CONTEMPORARY
FILIPINO ARTIST
RONALD VENTURA
• Ronaldo Ventura
-auction sensation.
-his paintings and sculpture
feature a - complex layering of
image and styles, symbolic
of the multifaceted national
identity of the Philippines.
HIS ARTWORK
CONTEMPORARY FILIPINO ARTIST:
• Alfredo and Isabel
Aquilizan
-their work speaks of
community, personal
experience, memory,
displacement, and
emotional,
psychological affects of
THEIR ARTWORK
Alfredo and Isabel AquilizanAlfredo and Isabel Aquilizan
CONTEMPORARY FILIPINO ARTIST:
–-another project in 2012 at the
Sherman Contemporary Art
Foundation was a floor-to-ceiling
installation of miniature car board
houses made by the artist and local
communities.
MARK SALVASTUS
• a Filipino contemporary
artist living and working
between Manila, Philippines,
and Osaka, Japan.
• His work deals with familiar
objects, chance encounters, and
everyday politics, using media such
as drawings, installations,
photography, video, and street art
in interactive and participatory
projects.
MARK SALVASTUS
• His works are heavily
influenced by the urban
landscape, internet,
advertising, and popular
culture.
HIS ARTWORK
Alfredo and Isabel AquilizanAlfredo and Isabel Aquilizan
GARY- ROSS PATRANA
interested in the
consequences of transforming
the physicality of an object and
how the connotations
attached to the originals are
affected by the transformation.
-explore how an object can
still retain its “wholeness or
thing-ness”.
CONSTANTINO ZICARRELI
• -his work often reflect the
history of drone metal, black
metal, and everything rock
n’ roll.
• -he chooses to paint the
deviant and morose. With his
art,
• Costantino Zicarelli hopes to
change how viewers look
with disfavor and antipathy
paintings that are not eye
candies.
HIS ARTWORK
DESTROYED ROOM
Pedro Ubaldo Ain't Holy
Anymore
Alfredo and Isabel AquilizanAlfredo and Isabel Aquilizan
RODEL TAPAYA
-weaves contemporary
reality with folk narratives
in a vibrant tableaux that
draw inspiration from his
research into folktales and
pre-colonial history.
MOUNTAIN FANTASY CANE OF KABUNIAN
PACITA ABAD
• Philippine-American contemporary
painter, was born in Basco,
Batanes,
• During her career Pacita created
over 4,500 artworks, and her
paintings were exhibited in more
than 200 museums and galleries
around the world.
PACITA ABAD
• Pacita Abad's painting is
characterized by color, constant
change and experimentation
• Pacita's most extensive body of
work is her vibrantly, colorful,
mixed media painted textile
collages, abstract assemblages,
and trapunto paintings.
HER WORKS
• CERAMICS • GLASS
HER WORKS
• ANITO • BUTTERFLY WITH LOTUS
Elmer Borlongan
• is a prominent
contemporary Filipino
painter best known for his
distinctive use of
figurative expressionism.
• He is one of the CCP
Thirteen Artists Awardees
Elmer Borlongan
• He has held numerous
exhibitions in the
Philippines and abroad.
• He was an Artist-in-
Residence in ARCUS
Ibaraki, Japan in 1996
• POP COLA KID • HATING KAPATID
MANUEL OCAMPO
• Manuel Ocampo composes his
paintings using motifs from
popular western iconography,
religious symbols art history,
and literature.
• He believes loaded images to
be his tools as an artist—an
idea that became manifest in
his 2011 exhibition “The
Painter’s Equipment.”
HIS WORKS
• KILLING HISTORY
Alan VALENCIAAlan VALENCIA
BRENDA FAJARDO
• began her career in the visual arts
as a printmaker and graphic artist
before moving on to painting.
• Most of her works carry strong
historical and nationalist themes
as well as depict folk and
mythological tales. She has held
several solo exhibitions, locally
and internationally.
• She has also joined group shows
in the country and in international
exhibitions.
HER WORKS
Lordy Lodriguez
• s a contemporary artist who uses
cartography and maps to
reconfigure factual locations and
create fictional assemblage
pieces.
• Rodriquez has had solo
exhibitions at the Austin Museum
of Art (Austin, TX), the Hosfelt
Gallery (San Francisco, CA), and
Clementine Gallery (New York).
His works
His works
ANA FER
• has done numerous illustrations, posters,
paintings, and installations with sociopolitical and
feminist themes.
• She held her first one-person exhibition of
drawings, Emanation at the Hyatt Regency. In
1991 she exhibited her ecological Earth
Triptych murals in CCP. She also participated in
the Metropolitan Museum's Centennial exhibit in
1998.
Her works
FILIPINO PAINTERS
FERNANDO AMORSOLO
• was born May 30, 1892, in the
Paco district of Manila.
• At 13 he was apprenticed to the
noted Philippine artist Fabian de
la Rosa,
• First National Artist in Painting
(1972)
• so-called "Grand Old Man of
Philippine Art“
•
FERNANDO AMORSOLO
• known for his illuminated
landscapes, which often
portrayed traditional Filipino
customs, culture, fiestas and
occupations.
• Amorsolo averaged to
finishing 10 paintings a
month
His Works
 Planting Rice
 Afternoon Meal of the Workers (Noonday Meal
of the Rice Workers)
 Fruit Pickers Harvesting Under The Mango Tree
 Making of the Philippine Flag
 Fruit Gatherer
 Sunday Morning Going To Town
 The Bombing of the Intendencia
 Dalagang Bukid
HIS ARTWORK
HIS ARTWORK
CARLOS “BOTONG” FRANCISCO
• one of the greatest Filipino
visual artists and muralists.
• recognized as a Philippine
National Artist in 1973.
• He was affectionately called
"Botong“
• one of the of the modernist
artists together with Galo
Ocampo and Victorio Edades
known as " The Triumvirate”"
CARLOS “BOTONG” FRANCISCO
• Magpupukot
• Blood Compact
• Bayanihan
• Portrait of Purita
• The Martyrdom of
Rizal
HIS ARTWORK
MAGPUPUKOT BLOOD COMPACT
VICENTE MANANSALA
• Filipino cubist painter and illustrator.
Manansala was born in Macabebe,
Pampanga
• In 1981, he was posthumously
recognized as one of the National
Artists of the Philippines in Visual
Arts
• His signature style is based on
Cubism, but rather than breaking
down figures, shows them through
transparent angular forms.
HIS ARTWORK
MOTHER AND THE CHILD BALUT VENDOR
HIS ARTWORK
COMMUNITY
PLANTING OF THE FIRST
CROSS
VICTORIO EDADES
• is a Filipino painter who was the
leader of the revolutionary Thirteen
Moderns
• "Father of Modern Art in the
Philippines" and named National
Artist in 1976,
• One of the triumvirate with Galo B.
Ocampo and Botong Francisco
VICTORIO EDADES
• It was during this time that he
introduced a liberal arts program that
offered subjects as art history and
foreign languages that will lead to a
Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts.
• This development brought about a
first in Philippine education since art
schools then were mostly vocational
schools.
HIS ARTWORK
THE SKETCH BUILDERS
Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo
• a Filipino artist. He is acknowledged
as one of the great Filipino painters
of the late 19th century
• one of the greatest Filipino painters
along with fellow painter Juan Luna
in the 19th century
Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo
• Laguna Estigia
• Young Filipina
• La Barca de Aqueronte
• A lady in the Moonlight,
• La Marina,
• Self Portrait
HIS ARTWORK
YOUNG FILIPINA AFTER THE TYPHOON
FABIAN DELA ROSA
• Filipino painter.
• He was an uncle and mentor to the
Philippines' national artist in
painting, Fernando Amorsolo, and to
his brother Pablo.
• He is regarded as a "master of
genre" in Philippine art
• recognized and was given
the Patnubay ng Sining at
Kalinangan (Guide of the Arts and
Culture) by the City of Manila in
HIS ARTWORK
MARIKINA VALLEY PLANTING RICE
JUAN LUNA
• a Filipino painter, sculptor
and a political activist of
the Philippine
Revolution during the late
19th century. He became
one of the first recognized
Philippine artists.
HIS ARTWORK
SPOLIARIUM PLANTING RICE
ANG KIUKOK
• a leading Filipinopainter and
a National Artist for Visual Arts.
• He first attained prominence in
the Philippine arts scene in the
1960s with a distinct style that
fused influences
fromcubism, surrealism and expr
essionism. Some classified his
style as "figurative
expressionism", others merely
called it ugly
HIS ARTWORK
Crucifixion MOTHER AND CHILD
Anita Magsaysay-Ho
• was a Filipino painter. She was the
only female member of the Thirteen
Moderns, a standing group of
Filipino modernist artists and in
1958 was chosen by a panel of
experts at the six major painters of
the country.
• The most famous work of
Magsaysay-Ho are subject to the
beauty of Filipino women dealing

Contemporary Filipino Painters

  • 1.
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    RONALD VENTURA • RonaldoVentura -auction sensation. -his paintings and sculpture feature a - complex layering of image and styles, symbolic of the multifaceted national identity of the Philippines.
  • 3.
  • 4.
    CONTEMPORARY FILIPINO ARTIST: •Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan -their work speaks of community, personal experience, memory, displacement, and emotional, psychological affects of
  • 5.
    THEIR ARTWORK Alfredo andIsabel AquilizanAlfredo and Isabel Aquilizan
  • 6.
    CONTEMPORARY FILIPINO ARTIST: –-anotherproject in 2012 at the Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation was a floor-to-ceiling installation of miniature car board houses made by the artist and local communities.
  • 7.
    MARK SALVASTUS • aFilipino contemporary artist living and working between Manila, Philippines, and Osaka, Japan. • His work deals with familiar objects, chance encounters, and everyday politics, using media such as drawings, installations, photography, video, and street art in interactive and participatory projects.
  • 8.
    MARK SALVASTUS • Hisworks are heavily influenced by the urban landscape, internet, advertising, and popular culture.
  • 9.
    HIS ARTWORK Alfredo andIsabel AquilizanAlfredo and Isabel Aquilizan
  • 10.
    GARY- ROSS PATRANA interestedin the consequences of transforming the physicality of an object and how the connotations attached to the originals are affected by the transformation. -explore how an object can still retain its “wholeness or thing-ness”.
  • 11.
    CONSTANTINO ZICARRELI • -hiswork often reflect the history of drone metal, black metal, and everything rock n’ roll. • -he chooses to paint the deviant and morose. With his art, • Costantino Zicarelli hopes to change how viewers look with disfavor and antipathy paintings that are not eye candies.
  • 12.
    HIS ARTWORK DESTROYED ROOM PedroUbaldo Ain't Holy Anymore Alfredo and Isabel AquilizanAlfredo and Isabel Aquilizan
  • 13.
    RODEL TAPAYA -weaves contemporary realitywith folk narratives in a vibrant tableaux that draw inspiration from his research into folktales and pre-colonial history.
  • 14.
  • 15.
    PACITA ABAD • Philippine-Americancontemporary painter, was born in Basco, Batanes, • During her career Pacita created over 4,500 artworks, and her paintings were exhibited in more than 200 museums and galleries around the world.
  • 16.
    PACITA ABAD • PacitaAbad's painting is characterized by color, constant change and experimentation • Pacita's most extensive body of work is her vibrantly, colorful, mixed media painted textile collages, abstract assemblages, and trapunto paintings.
  • 17.
  • 18.
    HER WORKS • ANITO• BUTTERFLY WITH LOTUS
  • 19.
    Elmer Borlongan • isa prominent contemporary Filipino painter best known for his distinctive use of figurative expressionism. • He is one of the CCP Thirteen Artists Awardees
  • 20.
    Elmer Borlongan • Hehas held numerous exhibitions in the Philippines and abroad. • He was an Artist-in- Residence in ARCUS Ibaraki, Japan in 1996
  • 21.
    • POP COLAKID • HATING KAPATID
  • 22.
    MANUEL OCAMPO • ManuelOcampo composes his paintings using motifs from popular western iconography, religious symbols art history, and literature. • He believes loaded images to be his tools as an artist—an idea that became manifest in his 2011 exhibition “The Painter’s Equipment.”
  • 23.
    HIS WORKS • KILLINGHISTORY Alan VALENCIAAlan VALENCIA
  • 24.
    BRENDA FAJARDO • beganher career in the visual arts as a printmaker and graphic artist before moving on to painting. • Most of her works carry strong historical and nationalist themes as well as depict folk and mythological tales. She has held several solo exhibitions, locally and internationally. • She has also joined group shows in the country and in international exhibitions.
  • 25.
  • 26.
    Lordy Lodriguez • sa contemporary artist who uses cartography and maps to reconfigure factual locations and create fictional assemblage pieces. • Rodriquez has had solo exhibitions at the Austin Museum of Art (Austin, TX), the Hosfelt Gallery (San Francisco, CA), and Clementine Gallery (New York).
  • 27.
  • 28.
  • 29.
    ANA FER • hasdone numerous illustrations, posters, paintings, and installations with sociopolitical and feminist themes. • She held her first one-person exhibition of drawings, Emanation at the Hyatt Regency. In 1991 she exhibited her ecological Earth Triptych murals in CCP. She also participated in the Metropolitan Museum's Centennial exhibit in 1998.
  • 30.
  • 31.
  • 32.
    FERNANDO AMORSOLO • wasborn May 30, 1892, in the Paco district of Manila. • At 13 he was apprenticed to the noted Philippine artist Fabian de la Rosa, • First National Artist in Painting (1972) • so-called "Grand Old Man of Philippine Art“ •
  • 33.
    FERNANDO AMORSOLO • knownfor his illuminated landscapes, which often portrayed traditional Filipino customs, culture, fiestas and occupations. • Amorsolo averaged to finishing 10 paintings a month
  • 34.
    His Works  PlantingRice  Afternoon Meal of the Workers (Noonday Meal of the Rice Workers)  Fruit Pickers Harvesting Under The Mango Tree  Making of the Philippine Flag  Fruit Gatherer  Sunday Morning Going To Town  The Bombing of the Intendencia  Dalagang Bukid
  • 35.
  • 36.
  • 37.
    CARLOS “BOTONG” FRANCISCO •one of the greatest Filipino visual artists and muralists. • recognized as a Philippine National Artist in 1973. • He was affectionately called "Botong“ • one of the of the modernist artists together with Galo Ocampo and Victorio Edades known as " The Triumvirate”"
  • 38.
    CARLOS “BOTONG” FRANCISCO •Magpupukot • Blood Compact • Bayanihan • Portrait of Purita • The Martyrdom of Rizal
  • 39.
  • 40.
    VICENTE MANANSALA • Filipinocubist painter and illustrator. Manansala was born in Macabebe, Pampanga • In 1981, he was posthumously recognized as one of the National Artists of the Philippines in Visual Arts • His signature style is based on Cubism, but rather than breaking down figures, shows them through transparent angular forms.
  • 41.
    HIS ARTWORK MOTHER ANDTHE CHILD BALUT VENDOR
  • 42.
  • 43.
    VICTORIO EDADES • isa Filipino painter who was the leader of the revolutionary Thirteen Moderns • "Father of Modern Art in the Philippines" and named National Artist in 1976, • One of the triumvirate with Galo B. Ocampo and Botong Francisco
  • 44.
    VICTORIO EDADES • Itwas during this time that he introduced a liberal arts program that offered subjects as art history and foreign languages that will lead to a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts. • This development brought about a first in Philippine education since art schools then were mostly vocational schools.
  • 45.
  • 46.
    Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo •a Filipino artist. He is acknowledged as one of the great Filipino painters of the late 19th century • one of the greatest Filipino painters along with fellow painter Juan Luna in the 19th century
  • 47.
    Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo •Laguna Estigia • Young Filipina • La Barca de Aqueronte • A lady in the Moonlight, • La Marina, • Self Portrait
  • 48.
    HIS ARTWORK YOUNG FILIPINAAFTER THE TYPHOON
  • 49.
    FABIAN DELA ROSA •Filipino painter. • He was an uncle and mentor to the Philippines' national artist in painting, Fernando Amorsolo, and to his brother Pablo. • He is regarded as a "master of genre" in Philippine art • recognized and was given the Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan (Guide of the Arts and Culture) by the City of Manila in
  • 50.
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    JUAN LUNA • aFilipino painter, sculptor and a political activist of the Philippine Revolution during the late 19th century. He became one of the first recognized Philippine artists.
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    ANG KIUKOK • aleading Filipinopainter and a National Artist for Visual Arts. • He first attained prominence in the Philippine arts scene in the 1960s with a distinct style that fused influences fromcubism, surrealism and expr essionism. Some classified his style as "figurative expressionism", others merely called it ugly
  • 54.
  • 55.
    Anita Magsaysay-Ho • wasa Filipino painter. She was the only female member of the Thirteen Moderns, a standing group of Filipino modernist artists and in 1958 was chosen by a panel of experts at the six major painters of the country. • The most famous work of Magsaysay-Ho are subject to the beauty of Filipino women dealing

Editor's Notes

  • #31 geisha
  • #36 Fruit Gatherer, oil on board, 1950. A specimen of Amorsolo's conception of an ideal Filipina beauty.
  • #37 Phil. Village life
  • #40 Magpupukot pulling the net
  • #42 Magpupukot pulling the net
  • #43 COMMUNITY-Artwork DescriptionDimensions: 50 by 63cm.; 19½ by 24¾in. Medium: watercolour on paper CAVITE WATER COLOR
  • #46 COMMUNITY-Artwork DescriptionDimensions: 50 by 63cm.; 19½ by 24¾in. Medium: watercolour on paper CAVITE WATER COLOR