Likha by Rosario Charito Bitanga

JAIME PONCE DE LEON

Established in 2010, León Gallery is one of the country's most esteemed auction houses and art galleries. León takes pride in being one of the leading purveyors of museum-quality and historically important works of art, antiques, and furniture.

Our mission is to make the best of Filipino art accessible to the world. This is why we have made it our mission to become the simple and convenient link between buying and selling these pieces of art. We understand the level of responsibility and trust required by this role. Hence, our pool of experts work hard from the authentication and documentation process, to each work’s storage and preservation, to the actual pricing and bidding, so there is little for you to worry about. Since 2010, we have specialized in finding important museum-quality and historically-important pieces of art. We have also earned the reputation of the best purveyor of Philippine antiques, from the pre Spanish to the colonial times. Culturally significant furniture, ivory, silver, porcelain, rugs, jewelry, rare books, maps and flags as well as extraordinary documents that define us as Filipinos are among the gallery’s estate and heirloom offerings. As one of the country's leading art establishments, León Gallery is constantly on the lookout for the best that the art scene has to offer through León Gallery International. This includes showcasing well-known artists and masters of their craft, and fostering and supporting the talented and groundbreaking voices of the contemporary art scene. Since its inception, León has mounted numerous exhibits and auctions that feature both established masters and exciting new artistic voices.

DF Art Agency is a Manila based professional artists' representative firm that primarily aims to offer both emerging and established artists strategic advise and empower them to explore opportunities where they can share their originality to the world. The other roles of DF Art Agency also include arts business consultancy, strategic arts engagement, and private arts collection management.

The Agency is committed to investing in and nurturing its artists' talents by working closely with them as they build their careers. Whatever the genre is, the Agency helps the artists reach markets and open a world of opportunity and networks.

Founded by Derek Flores in 2011, DF Art Agency continues to advocate contemporary arts and to search for more talent that can be showcased on both Philippine and international platforms.

ROSARIO BITANGA

years, Rosario Bitanga has s a painter, sculptor, and ’ premier female abstract inent practitioners.

e next generation of artists as d Design of the Philippine ultant in Sculpture at the nto Tomas.

Her paintings range from miniature expressionistic landscapes, still life compositions, and life studies to mural sized abstracts depicting arrested motion and light in a form of neo Cubist Futurism that crosses artistic movements. Her sculptures move from compact bronzes of the human figure to massive installations of tesseracts and polyhedrons.

She will be one of the first woman artists with works to be archived on the Moon and the one with the most artworks represented. A catalogue raisonné of her lifetime of work including the works in this exhibit will be on board three time capsules launching under NASA’s Artemis program, over 2022 2024.

Back on Earth, her works are on display in public and private collections the world over, including the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Australia, the Vatican, Italy, Canada and the United States.

"Apples and Cider"

12 x 9 inches

on canvas

"Forest Floor"

10 x 14 inches

on canvas

"Suspended Apple"

10 x 14 inches

on canvas