Filipino Artists

1. Ronald Ventura
•Holds the record for the highest bid of
Sotheby’s contemporary Southeast Asian
painting auction.
•He is well known for his application of
multiple layers of mixed media techniques.
•WORK: HIGH FIVE

2. KIKO ESCORA
KulayDiwa describes his works as an emotion expressed in a
canvass and interpreted by the individual’s recognition of
intelligence mixed with beauty.
WORK: The Strangers
His mix of oil and acrylic are works of narratives in paint.
His works have been featured in several galleries and
Websites such as The Drawing Room, Artnet, Altromondo,
and Christie’s.

3. Annie Cabigting
•eclectic artist with varied works of
paintings and installations
• Her works are historical perspectives
on the constitution of art.
WORK: An Audience with Vermeer

4. Angeli Bayani
• Is a theater and film actress who gained acclaim for her
performance in Lav Diaz’s Norte: The End of History.
• In 2013, she starred in the Singapore- produced independent
film Ilo Ilo, which got her the nomination for Best Actress in
the 56th Asia Pacific Film Festival.
• Academy Award- winning director Ang Lee praised her as a
“national treasure” for her performance in Ilo Ilo. Her other
works include Melancholia (2008), Ka Oryang(2011), and
arbol de Fuego(2015).

5. Joshua Lim So
• A Palanca winning fictionist and playwright. He is one
of the founders of the Destiyero Theater Commune, a
theater group that aims to produce works that engage
in critical and aesthetic discourses.
• Tungkol kay Angela- a full length play that won first
prize in the Palanca Awards and was shortlisted in the
23rd BBc International Playwriting Competition. It was
described as “an extraordinary piece of writing”by the
BBC panel of judges.

6. Ed Lacson
• A theater director, is one of the Philippine theater’s rising stars.
• His directorial debut was Remi Karen Velasco’s Ondoy: Ang Buhay sa
Bubong in the 2010 Virgin Labfest. In 2014, he directed Glen Mas’s
Games People Play, which gave him critical success.
• His works continue with Liza Magtoto’s Isang Daan(2013 An of
paintings and installations Virgin Labfest) and Eljay Deldoc’s Si Maria
Isabel at ang Guryon ng mga Tala(2015 Virgin Labfest). He also worked
as a second assistant director for the Cinemalaya independent films
Niῆo (2011) and Requieme!(2012)

7. Sophia Lee
• 2014 grand prize winner of the Scholastic Asian Book
Awards for What Things Mean, a young adult novel. She is
currently taking up her master’s degree in Creative Writing at
the University of the Philippines. A writing fellow at the 52nd
Siliman National Writers Workshop, Lee is an active member
of the storyteller for the group Kwentista ng mga
Tsikiting(KUTING). Her story, Soaring Saturdays, won second
prize at the Samsung KidsTime Author’s Award at the Asian
Festival of Children’s Content in Singapore. She received the
NCCA Ani ng Dangal 2015 for her international recognition.