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Dex Fernandez As He Likes It
by Christiane L. de la Paz
August-September 2017 -- Dex Fernandez began his art career in 2007, painting a repertoire of phantasmagoric images inhabited by angry mountains, robots with a diminutive sidekick,...
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Noel Soler Cuizon's Gesamtkunstwerk and Everything in Between
by Christiane L. de la Paz
April-May 2017—The public exhibition of Noel Soler Cuizon’s works began in 1987 when he was a member of Hulo, a group of alumni students of the Philippine Women’s...
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Last Full Show Danilo Dalena Retrospective
by Text and Photos from the Retrospective Exhibition
March 2013--Magkalinawan na tayo sa simulat simula pa. Hindi ito ang last full show ni Danilo Dalena. At lingid sa kaalaman ng karamihan, naging abala naman siya gayong tila...
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Lito Mayo's Alternate Reality
by Christiane L. de la Paz
January-February 2017—Lito Mayo was a fixture in the Philippine art scene since the 1970s and his relevance in the history of Philippine art has never been questioned and ignored...
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ABUEVA Works and Words
by Napoleon V. Abueva
Restless, daring, imaginative he blazed new paths in his chosen art. A protean innovator in a craft which demand high skill, he is the weather vane of contemporary sculpture, planting the seeds of...
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Leo Abaya's Dialogue of Ideas and Images
by Christiane L. de la Paz
September 2016--Leo Abaya has an enviable sense of timing. In 1993, his student plate of a collage study of images from magazines, Views and Points of View won the Jurors...
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School of Sanso
by The Artes de las Filipinas Research Team
August 2016--Juvenal Sanso (1929, Spain) is a seminal Philippine modernist. His works have been collected in museums in Philippines, France and the United States. He studied Fine Arts...
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Raul Piedra's Textured Abstracts
by Christiane L. de la Paz
June 2016--Known for his textured abstract paintings, Raul Piedra, still a college student in 1970, staged his first solo exhibition at the University of the East where he featured...
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Porfirio Castañeda on His Tatay, Dominador Castañeda
by Christiane L. de la Paz
March 2016--Dominador Castañeda spent his early education at the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Quiapo, Manila. In 1924, he graduated at the University of the Philippines School...
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Alfredo Roces: Man of Arts and Letters (Second of Two Parts)
by Christiane L. de la Paz
February 2016--Alfredo Roces holds a prominent place in the history of Philippine art. He is a painter who started with a figurative style but soon began to amalgamate Expressionism...
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Alfredo Roces: Man of Arts and Letters (First of Two Parts)
by Christiane L. de la Paz
January 2016--Alfredo Roces holds a prominent place in the history of Philippine art. He is a painter who started a figurative style but soon began to amalgamate Expressionism, Fauvism...
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The Quiapo and Pakil of Danny Dalena
by Alice Guillermo, Erwin Castillo, Quijano de Manila
December 2015--Danny Dalena appeared with a bang in the early seventies. He first made his mark with a brilliant and caustic political cartoons and illustrations for the Free Press...
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Dominador Castañeda
by The Artes de las Filipinas Research Team
November 2015--At the age of six his father presented him a French book of drawing lesson: and the child sat down and did the lessons over and over with crayons. Then his father took...
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Alliance Francaise de Manille's Aguilar Alcuaz A picturesque journey in Europe
by The Artes de las Filipinas Research Team
June-August 2015--In 1955, Federico Aguilar Alcuaz received a scholarship grant to study at the Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid. His instructor soon noticed that he...
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REVELATIONS A Jaime de Guzman Retrospective
by The Artes de las Filipinas Research Team
May 2015--Jaime de Guzman began his fine art studies at the University of Sto Tomas where he majored in Painting. Two years...
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Remembering Severino "LAC" Lacambra, Sr. (1918-1985)
by Christiane L. de la Paz
April 2015--Nothing much have been recorded lengthily about Severino Lacambra’s life and works except that he was often written in the shadow of his more popular contemporaries, Cesar Buenaventura and...
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HERNANDO R. OCAMPO
by The Artes de las Filipinas Research Team
BIO – DATA (as of March 12, 1971) I. Date and Place of Birth: April 28, 1911, Sta. Cruz Manila II. Name of Father: Emilio Ocampo y Salterio III. Name of Mother: Delfina Ruiz y Santos IV. Name...
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Making An Impression: Efren Zaragoza's Life in Art
by Christiane L. de la Paz
January-February 2015--Efren Zaragoza had his first sighting as a printmaker in 1966 when he joined the First National Graphic Art Competition sponsored by the Art Association of the...
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Jerson Samson's Doon Po Sa Amin
by Christiane L. de la Paz
November-December 2014--Jerson Samson, during his freshman year at the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts (UP CFA), started making a name for himself when his entries...
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Lex Tvbiera's Breezy Beach and Secret Gardens
by Christiane de la Paz
September 2014--In 1978, Lex Tvbiera received his first commissioned work from Emmi Barbin, an ardent art collector based in Missouri, U.S.A to paint the American jazz musician, John...
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Roberto Chabet at West Gallery and Finale Art File
by Jack Sotto
August 2014-- This year marks the 50th anniversary of Roberto Chabet as an artist. To commemorate this milestone, a series of exhibitions is running until January 2012. It began...- Rody Herrera's Nationalistic Legacy
by Christiane L. de la Paz
July 2014--Influenced by Fernando Amorsolo’s use of impressionistic brushstrokes and Botong Francisco’s carefully modelled form, color and movement, Rody Herrera’...
- Ambrocio Mijares Morales (1892-1974): Engraver, sculptor, art professor and supporter of the Katipunan
by Christiane L. de la Paz
May 2014--Engraver, sculptor, art professor and supporter of the secret organization, the Kataas-taasan, Kagalang...
- The History and the 1940s Graduates of the University of the Philippines School of Fine Arts
by Christiane L. de la Paz
March 2014--The School of Fine Arts was established by authority of Act No. 1870, founding the University of the...
- The History and the 1930s Graduates of the University of the Philippines School of Fine Arts
by Christiane L. de la Paz
February-March 2014--The School of Fine Arts was established by authority of Act No. 1870, founding the University of the Philippines which was enacted by the Philippine Assembly on...
- Leonardo Boy Hidalgo Comes Home For Good
by Christiane L. de la Paz
January 2014---In 1958, Boy Hidalgo joined a group exhibition where he debuted as an aquarellist, partial to on-the- spot painting. He staged his first one-man show at the C.I.V.I....
- Renato Rocha: Building Modern Sculptures
by Christiane L. de la Paz
December 2013--From 1960-1965, Renato Rocha had a winning streak in various art competitions including the University of the Philippines Student Catholic Action Art Competition (UP...
- Federico Estrada: The Forgotten Great
by Christiane L. de la Paz
October 2013-- A lesser known contemporary of Vicente Manansala, Federico Estrada started his career as a sculptor in 1932. He was the first Filipino to work at the atelier of Pietro...
- Brief Sketch of the History of Plastic-Graphic Arts in the Philippines (Second of Two Parts)
by Fabian de la Rosa
September 2013--In sculpture, we are face to face with a problem more difficult perhaps than that which we have encountered in the consideration of Philippines architecture, considering...
- Brief Sketch of the History of Plastic-Graphic Arts in the Philippines (First of Two Parts)
by Fabian de la Rosa During the pre-Spanish period, the Philippines already enjoyed a certain degree of civilization. The unit of social and political organization varied in size from 5 to 7,000 inhabitants, and was known...
- Mario de Rivera: Shape and Color of Memory
by Joel Vega
August 2013--LIBERTAD in Mandaluyong City could be a typical street in busy Metro Manila with its row of apartments and the bustle of passing motorists. On number 26, a mix of potted...
- William Gaudinez's Cathedrals of Truth
by Christiane L. de la Paz
June 2013-- William Gaudinez came to public attention during the 1984 Metrobank Painting Competition. Early in his career, he painted vendors, fiesta and childhood scenes but over...
- Serafin Serna's Traces of Greatness
by Christiane L. de la Paz
May 2013--Serafin Serna was in his senior year when World War II broke out. He was studying at the University of the Philippines School of Fine Arts where he learned the fundamentals...
- Jose Zabala Santos (1911-1985)
by Ricky Orellana
March 2013--Jose Zabala Santos or “Mang Pepe” to his neighbors in Kuatro Kantos, Malabon, was born in Calumpit, Bulacan on July 20, 1911. He acquired his early drawing...- Lenore Lim's Liberation of Colors
by Christiane L. de la Paz
November-December 2012--Lenore Lim burst upon the art scene in 1968 after graduating from the UP College of Fine Arts where she was a student of Jose Joya, Carlos Valino, Larry Alcala...
- Edrick Daniel's Chimerical Pursuits
by Christiane L. de la Paz
August 2012--Edrick Daniel began his career in 2004 painting figurative works that show the influence of surrealism. Fantasy, tales, relationship informed his early narratives. Later...
- Bonifacio Nicolas Cristobal: Rediscovering a Forgotten Great
by Christiane L. de la Paz
June 2012-- Bonifacio Cristobal’s artistic influence was as great as his contemporaries. He began his painting career in 1937 after obtaining a Certificate in Painting ...
- Cenon Rivera: Artist and Professor of Modern Art
by Christiane L. de la Paz
April-May 2012-- Cenon Rivera, a painter of note, began his art career in the 1950s and later made significant contributions in Philippine art. In 1952, he pioneered in graphic...
- Ramon Estella: A Purveyor of Modern Art
by Christiane L. de la Paz
March 2012--Ramon Estella first made a name for himself as a writer and director for film, television and radio during the 1950s before having his solo exhibition in 1959 at the Philippine...
- Josie Lim Cruz's Vital Gestures
by Christiane L. de la Paz
February 2012--Well-regarded by critics, artists, collectors and art students, Josie Lim Cruz began her artistic career in Manila during the mid-1980s but emigrated to America in 1995...
- Antonio G. Dumlao: The Forgotten Great
by Christiane L. de la Paz
December 2011--In the not so distant past, Antonio Gonzales Dumlao was a big name in Philippine art. He was a contemporary of Fernando Amorsolo and Vicente Manansala who...
- Islamic Art in the Philippines
by Jericho Paul C. Santos
October-November 2011--Islam as a religion has long been established since the early A.D. 600s. Along with its emergence around the world, it also paved way for the development of...
- Dina Gadia's Assembling Collage of Contemporary Art
by Christiane L. de la Paz
July 2011-- Collage has a short and distinguished history and was firmly established as an art form of novelty in the 1920s and 1930s. Today, the popularity of collage is on the rise...
- Seeing Through the Canvas of Simon Saulog
by Angelo J. Aguinaldo
June 2011-- I first met Simon Saulog in 1983. I was then a young misfit college student who wanted to become a visual artist. At that time, I thought I have given up on my dream until...
- Guillermo Estrella Tolentino: A Classic of His Time
by Lilimay Manalo-Castor
May 2011-- Guillermo Estrella Tolentino was born in Malolos, Bulacan on 24 July 1890. He was the fourth of eight children. His father was a tailor, whose only artistic...
- Jason Moss' Unabashed Narrative
by Christiane L. de la Paz
April 2011--Jason Moss has been around the art circle since 1997. He graduated with a fine arts degree from the University of Santo Tomas and soon started work as an illustrator...
- Daniel Coquilla's Art of Street Culture
by Christiane L. de la Paz
February-March 2011-- Daniel Coquilla, fondly called Dansoy, is a painter of whom nothing is known yet his body of work are never derided and ignored by critics, curators, historians...
- Daniel de la Cruz's Touchstone of Modern Sculpture
by Christiane L. de la Paz
January-February 2011 -- Many of the artists who emerged in 2006 found themselves pursuing a career in painting. But Daniel de la Cruz, who turned forty that year, actively turned...
- Jeho Bitancor's Painted Truths
by Christiane L. de la Paz
October-November 2010 -- Jeho Bitancor is one of the more important and astute contemporary painters in the country today. In the mid-1980s, he emerged with quasi-surreal paintings...
- Keiye Miranda's Moving Waters
by Christiane L. de la Paz
September- October 2010-- Keiye Miranda has burst upon the art scene in 1998 roaming freely among photography, gallery assisting, art teaching and painting. But despite her various...
- The Mastery of Mia Herbosa
by Christiane L. de la Paz
July-August 2010-- Mia Ongpin Herbosa has a unique standing in the history of Philippine art. Coming from the bloodlines of Jose Rizal and Damian Domingo, she proves with her talent...
- Kitty Taniguchi's Quintessential Feminine Aesthetic
by Christiane L. de la Paz
May-June 2010--Kitty Taniguchi is among the few female painters who had successfully trespassed upon a male-controlled territory. For the past thirty years, she has faithfully explored...
- Yasmin Sison's Unflinching Art
by Christiane L. de la Paz
April 2010 -- In the early years of her artistic direction, Yasmin Sison began experimenting with abstract expressionism. Utilizing a rich knowledge of form and color, her gestural...
- Cris Villanueva Jr.'s Bubble Wrap Art
by Christiane L. de la Paz
March 2010--Considered to be one the most hardworking and innovative artists of today, Cris Villanueva Jr.’s works draw ideas from commonplace objects, classical and popular...
- Jose John Santos III's Subconscious Upwellings
by Christiane L. de la Paz
February 2010 -- While many of the ideas of the young artists today swirled in chaotic orbits, Jose John Santos’ paintings remain simple and fantastic and are always governed...
- Igan D' Bayan's Silent and Macabre Art
by Christiane L. de la Paz
January 2010 -- The art of Igan D’ Bayan is a modern tale of fantasy and domination. It shares many similarities...
- Ian Quirante: A Postmodern Artist
by Christiane de la Paz
July 2009--In Philippine contemporary art, very few young artists have been the subject of much interest than Ian...
- Modern Graffiti Artist: HEPE
by Christiane L. de la Paz
February 2009--Graffiti is from the Italian word graffiato which means scratched. It has a long history that goes back to the figure drawings found in the walls of ancient ruins in Rome...
- Modern and Contemporary Artist: Roma Valles
by Christiane de la PazJanuary 2009 -- It has become a commonplace in contemporary art that a work has to be compositionally busy or wisecracks in a variety of forms. In Roma Valles' case, her technically...
- The Deviant Artist Costantino Zicarelli
by Christiane de la PazDecember 2008 - - Costantino Zicarelli belongs to the new generation of artists whose paintings are difficult to like but harder to ignore. His art differs from the standards as he chooses to paint...
- Photo-Art Artist: Alvin Villaruel
by Christiane de la PazOCTOBER 2008 Alvin Villaruel belonged to that generation of young artists who excites and intensifies the Philippine contemporary art. He began his career in 1998 after receiving his diploma from the...
- Marcel Belleza Antonio: The Son, The Man, The Painter (Second of Two Parts)
by Christiane L. de la PazDo you ever include your personal experiences in your works? I do sometimes. I cant recall which ones but I know Ive done a series of works that are biographical in nature. Your paintings had some...
- Marcel Belleza Antonio: The Son, The Man, The Painter (First of Two parts)
by Christiane L. de la PazThe works of Marcel Antonio belong to an expressive and non-literary tradition of storytelling. He began his career in 1983 while still a sophomore at the University of the Philippines College of Fine...
- Gallery Owner: Vic Salta of Artistree Gallery
by Christiane de la PazVic Salta is a legendary art collector in the seventies who opened Artistree gallery in Shangri la Plaza to make first-rate works of art available to learned collectors. He chose not to deal with ordinary...
- Gallery Owner: Silvana Ancellotti-Diaz of Galleria Duemila
by Christiane L. de la PazItalian-born beauty Silvanna Ancelloti-Diaz has spent the last thirty-two years in the Philippines promoting and exhibiting the works of the countrys blue-chip and contemporary artists. After settling...
- The Quintessential Artist-Storyteller Emmanuel Garibay
by Christiane de la PazEmmanuel Garibay was born on November 23, 1962 in Kidapawan, North Cotabato by a father who worked as a pastor in a Methodist church and a mother who worked in the city engineers office. His family...
- Art Restorer: June Poticar Dalisay June Poticar Dalisay
by Christiane de la PazI love my job because it challenges my person, says artist and art restorer, June Dalisay. Its a relationship between myself and the object infront of me. I have always wanted to become a doctor but...
- Qualifying for the Guinness World Record
by Mailah D. BaldemorHave you heard of the Guinness World Records? The Philippines had been included in the Guinness Book of Records as the Biggest Pair of Shoes the city of Marikina ever had been made out of leather and...
- The Journey to Art of Joven Ignacio
by Christiane de la PazThere is something beguiling about painting new and spectacular flora. They infiltrate our reception of images and they carry particular poignancy. The sweetness of a nightingale and the tranquility...
- Art for a cause: ICA's "With Grateful Hearts"
by Christiane de la PazLast Feburary 4, 2006, the Immaculate Conception Academy (ICA) celebrated its seventieth anniversary with the theme, "Excellence and Service Towards a Transformed Society." The ICA Alumnae Association...
- Art Commentary: They Come and Go
by Mailah D. BaldemorI just realized that I have been teaching for almost eight years now. In the beginning, I thought it would be easy as I promise myself that I would only be teaching for five years. I was wrong, I never...
- Young and Emerging Artist Adler Llagas
by Christiane de la PazLandscape artists invariably have a love of their environment and this is clearly seen in the works of young artist, Adler Llagas. The rolling hills and mountains of Rizal and Laguna figure largely...
- The Art and Thought of Raul Arellano
by Christiane de la PazFilm actor, scriptwriter, and visual artist, Raul Arellano gives voice to the tumultuous emotions of many artists troubled by the war and the deeper feelings that remain with us all throughout life...
- The Art and Life of Baidy Rico Mendoza
by May Tobias-PapaShe is truly mystical. Of herself she declares, I am as old as the hills and as young as the clouds, and somebody said, as the mist. Baidy Rico Mendoza fashions her clay people out of disparate thingsit...
- Master of Genre: Fabian Cueto de la Rosa (1869-1937)
by Christiane de la PazFabian de la Rosa (May 5, 1869- December 14, 1937) was the brightest name in Philippine painting after Luna and certainly the leading master of genre in the first quarter of the century. Particularly...
- Old Master of the Visual Arts Antonio Austria (second of two parts)
by Christiane de la PazAustria started his teaching career in the University of Sto. Tomas in 1969. Students who knew Austria when he was still a professor describe their experience with Austria, Takot kami ma-late sa klase...
- Old Master of the Visual Arts Antonio Austria
by Christiane de la PazFilled with beautiful memories and happy moments, Antonio Austrias house in Bonifacio street in San Juan is an expression of his diverse fascination from antique bottles varying in different shapes...
- Art Collector Amaryllis Torres
by Christiane de la PazA former Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of the Philippines, currently Professor of Community Development, consultant, trainor, gender equality advocate, and head of various...
- Artist Commentary Robert Ko
by Samantha KingBorn on June 5, 1951 in Tondo, Manila, he was the third of seven children of Luis Ko and Rosalina Ho. A year after he was born, the family moved from Binondo to Caloocan where his mother ran a sari...
- The Higantes of Angono
by Mailah BaldemorHave you ever seen giants? Do you have the slightest idea how they looked like? Our parents read to us fairy tale stories when we were young and occasionally see them in movie theaters. But to tell...
- The Angono Petroglyphs
by Teta Limcangco- Art Collector Reggie Quimbo
by Christiane de la PazI interviewed Reggie Quimbo over the phone a few days before this conversation. When we met in his residence, he took me to the two-floored space, which serves both as his familys ancestral house and...
- Paete's Taka
by Mailah BaldemorBeautiful flowers of scarlet red adorn her from head to toe. Big, round, expressive dark eyes govern her proud head and a red stiff tail enhances her powerful back. A small horse; my first taka toy...
- Emerging Artist Robert Deniega
by Christiane de la PazHindi lahat nakukuha sa experience. Kung saan ka masaya at kung ano ang gusto mong ipakita sa tao, nasa sa iyo yon. On my side, hindi pa ako nakakarating sa Baguio o Sagada pero tuwang-tuwa ako i-paint...
- Art Collector Patrick Syling
by Christiane de la PazPatrick Syling was never taught to appreciate art as a young boy. As a Chinese-Filipino growing in the busy town of Binondo, he was trained early on to help in the family business and art was not something...
- Rody Herrera's Nationalistic Legacy