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URBAN DAYDREAM, CARLO MAGNO

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Deep sea formation, RAUL ISIDRO

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Flight over red mountain, RAUL ISIDRO

VIP NIGHT ATRIUM, S MAISON 6:00PM, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2018 PREVIEW APRIL 11 - 18, 2018 ATRIUM, S MAISON APRIL 19 - 25, 2018 LOBBY LOUNGE, THE MANILA HOTEL

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Herminio B. Coloma Jr.

Executive Vice President Manila Bulletin Publishing Corp.

To further propagate the humanitarian work of the Philippine Red Cross, the Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation is fully supporting Art for Red, a charity event that features leading Filipino artists whose outstanding works of art are showcased in our publication Filipino Artists in their Studios.

In collaboration with Galerie Francesca, the Manila Bulletin invites art connoisseurs and patrons to the Art for Red exhibit at S Maison and at the Manila Hotel on 11-18 April and 1925 April, respectively, to view and appreciate the featured art works.

We salute and thank our artists for generously sharing their masterpieces for a truly worthy cause. The Philippine Red Cross provides a beacon of hope in times of distress and calamity by dint of its timely and dependable assistance to those whose lives and wellbeing are severely affected.

Red is, indeed, the color of love and affection for those in need. The Philippine Red Cross is the timeless symbol of courage, as it is a bulwark of strength in times of pain and grief.

Art for Red is, therefore, a celebration of courage and the indomitable spirit of magnanimity of all the generous artists and lovers of art that are joining hands in this noble endeavor.

Mabuhay!

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MILlIE F. DIZON

Senior Vice President SM Malls

It is our honor for S Maison to host the Art for Red special charity art gala and preview of the Filipino Artists in their Studios Volume II in partnership with the Manila Bulletin.

Through this week-long exhibit, we will be celebrating and showcasing the ingenuity and vision of the master artists featured in this extraordinary coffee table book.

Published by the Manila Bulletin, Filipino Artists in their Studios Volume II features a collection of portraits and artworks of the Philippines’ most prominent and legendary as well as emerging artists at their private workspaces.

This is a take-off from Filipino Artists in their Studios, which had a series of “The Artists Gallery” exhibits at the SM Mall of Asia, SM Megamall, SM Aura Premier, and SM North EDSA The Block.

The Art for Red special charity gala, on the other hand, will be for the benefit of the Philippine Red Cross, especially to the families that the organization supports.

In behalf of the SM Management, we would like to thank the Manila Bulletin for this opportunity to launch this beautiful book, and to host the special charity art gala.

We are looking forward to more cultural partnerships with your company.

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RICHARD J. GORDON

Chairman and CEO Philippine Red Cross

Art imitates life. Art can depict an imagery of the daily lives of our people, depicting their emotions, their routines, sufferings, and aspirations. If one has to paint a picture of the Philippine Red Cross, it will certainly paint a huge canvas of different humanitarian activities showing how people’s lives are saved or how sufferings of the most vulnerable are alleviated.

For 71 years to date, the PRC has remained steadfast in alleviating human suffering and uplifting human dignity. Through our major services, Disaster Management, Blood, Safety, Health, Welfare, and Red Cross Youth, we have always been committed to serve the most vulnerable, regardless of race, religion or nationality. In a manner of speaking, volunteers may also be regarded as artists. Artists and volunteers have their own messages to convey. Like artists, volunteers aim to deliver messages of hope for those who are downtrodden.

Together with our millions of truly committed and compassionate volunteers, the PRC would like to congratulate the Manila Bulletin for successfully staging “Art for Red� and to the participating artists who have shared their talents for the benefit of the PRC. By doing so they have now became our partners in building our capacity to provide timely, efficient, and responsive assistance to the most vulnerable, especially during disasters, emergencies, and crisis.

We would like to thank everyone who supported this initiative.

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CONTENTS

untitled, GREGORY HALILI

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JULIO AUSTRIA

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BENJIE CABANGIS

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FERDINAND CACNIO

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MICHAEL CACNIO

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ROSS CAPILI

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VALERIA CAVESTANY

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SALVADOR CHING

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DANSOY COQUILLA

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THOMAS DAQUIOAG

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FIL DELACRUZ

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JANOS DELACRUZ

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MARIO DE RIVERA

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VINCENT DE PIO

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EDGAR DOCTOR

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GREGORY HALILI

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RAUL ISIDRO

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RAUL LEBAJO

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ROMEO LEE

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CARLO MAGNO

DAYDREAMING iii, ROSS CAPILI

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BILOG, DANSOY COQUILLA

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JASON MOSS

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SAM PENASO

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Juvenal SANSO

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IAN VENERACION

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ROY VENERACION

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NESTOR OLARTE VINLUAN

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BETSY WESTENDORP

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EDWIN WILWAYCO

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Julio Austria is an artist who examines urban spaces, scenes, and landscapes to influence an aesthetic that uses bold brushwork and strong tones. Austria graduated from Fine Arts program of the University of Santo Tomas, where he majored in painting. He is a recipient of the 2009 Asian Artist Fellowship Award at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson Vermont, Joan Mitchell Foundation grantee for the Ox-Bow School for the Arts in Saugatuck, Michigan in 2010, and Ruth Katzman scholarship awardee by the Vytlacil campus of the Arts student League New York. He has exhibited his works extensively in Southeast Asia, Europe, and the Americas.

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100 JULIO AUSTRIA Leaning Against the Wall Oil on Canvas 52” x 44” 2017

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BENJIE CABANGIS Fall into Place II

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Acrylic on Canvas 48” x 36”

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Benjie Cabangis demonstrates an affiliation with linear abstraction, reminiscent of an architectural blueprint or diagram. Cabangis is one of the most consistent practicing abstractionists working today and a 1978 Thirteen Artist Awardee, works with a layered aesthetic.

His gauze-like variance of hue application techniques removes his practice – and this painting in particular – from the cold geometric abstractions of his peers. He is currently a full professor at the UP College of Fine Arts where he also graduated with a BFA in Painting in 1978.

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Ferdinand Cacnio is a sculptor, painter, and graphic artist known for his rural compositions of dancers, farmers, and garden scenes.

A graduate of the University of the Philippines, Cacnio’s mastery of both composition and construction has lauded both locally and abroad. Cacnio is a recipient of the Art Association of the Philippines Award and is highly-regarded by a multitude of critics.

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FERDINAND CACNIO Pink Ballerina

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Sculpture in frosted pink 16” x 10” x 10”

FERDINAND CACNIO Balance Sculpture 22” x 14” 14”

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104 MICHAEL CACNIO Brass on Woods Brass on Woods 13” Ht x 12” L x 6” W

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Michael Cacnio’s candid representations of tableaux scenes of Philippine genre is critically acclaimed and the artist has achieved a fair measure of awards in his 26 years in sculpture, including the 2006 Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM). A product of the College of Fine Arts at the University of the Philippines, Michael Cacnio is also the first – and so far only – Filipino artist to exhibit at the Berlaymont in Brussels.

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Rosscapili (Born 1959) has exhibited both here and abroad in a variety of media, such as painting, photography, and digital art. He has also accumulated at least 57 awards and distinctions, including the Jurors’ Choice in the 1994 Philip Morris Asean Art Awards, 2001 Pamana Ng Lahi Award in San Francisco, USA, and 2009 Ani Ng Dangal Presidential Award.

His works adorn top establishments such as the Chanel Centre in Dubai, Hong Kong Airport (commissioned by Steven Leach & Associates), Philam Life Makati, Citibank, Shangri-La Hotel, and Johnson & Johnson.

His collectors include the Sultan of Qatar and Indonesian Ambassador Soedarmono. Recently, the newly opened Pearl Rotana Hotel in Abu Dhabi commissioned Rosscapili to deliver hundreds of signed archival prints of his works.

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ROSS CAPILI Daydreaming III Acrylic on Canvas 25” x 29” 2017

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VALERIA CAVESTANY Hysterical Women

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Acrylic on Canvas 96 x 101 cm 2016

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Valeria Cavestany is a Philippine-Catalan artist, known for genre and still-life paintings that combine techniques such as montage with vigorous brushwork to convey energy and movement. She studied Textile Design at the Escuela de DisenoTextil in Barcelona and has a degree in Asian Studies from the University of the Philippines, and has exhibited extensively in the Philippines, Spain, Mexico, and Turkey.

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A tour de force of social abstraction, Salvador Ching is an artist known for his trailblazing commentary on social issues, particularly the pervading influence of US policy and culture on the Philippines.

A product of the Fine Arts program of the University of Santo Tomas where he majored in Painting, Ching had his first exposure to international exhibitions as a student, being one of five Philippine representatives to the Third ASEAN Youth Painting Workshop and Exhibition in Indonesia. He has since exhibited in Cuba, Bangladesh, Seoul, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Taiwan, and the United States.

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SALVADOR CHING Kalakal II Acrylic and Graphite on Denim 66” x 48” 2017

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DANSOY COQUILLA Bilog

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Oil on Canvas 58.75 diameter

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Dansoy Coquilla brings the freshness of an untutored eye to his painting practice, producing paintings that compel his audiences to investigate his subjects further. Coquilla’s subjects look up to the viewer and seem to be caught at the sudden glimpse of the moment, almost like a group “selfie.” Coquilla won the Grand Prize in the Art Association of the Philippines Annual Painting Competition in 1996; Jurors’ Choice in the 4th Philip Morris ASEAN Art Awards 1997; and the University of the Philippines Gawad Chanselor para sa Sining Biswal in 1997. He was also one of five Philippine representatives in the Windsor and Newton Worldwide Millennium Painting Competition in 1999 and a Thirteen Artists awardee of the Cultural Center of the Philippines in 2006.

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Thomas Daquioag is a painter who uses surrealist techniques to investigate the nuances of Philippine culture and society. Daquioag is a product of the Fine Arts program of the University of Santo Tomas, where he majored in painting. After his first solo show at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, he became a recipient of the Darmasiswa Arts and Culture Studies Grant in Bali, Indonesia, and the Asian Artist Freeman Fellowship of the Vermont Studio Center in New England.

He has exhibited extensively in New York, Beijing, Korea, Singapore, and Nagoya.

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THOMAS DAQUIOAG Saturated

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Oil on Canvas 49” x 36” 2017

THOMAS DAQUIOAG Super Friends Oil on Canvas 48” x 48” 2013

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FIL DELACRUZ

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Diwata: “Maskara” Oil on Canvas 48” x 36” 2015

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Fil Delacruz is a renowned artist known for taking disparate images and forming abstract narratives within his practice. Known for his printmaking practice, Delacruz is a former president of the Philippine Association of Printmakers and a CCP Thirteen Artists Awardee.

Delacruz obtained his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of the Philippines and was a lecturer at the College of Fine Arts at the University of the Philippines.

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Janos Delacruz is a young painter and printmaker known for surrealist scenes of dreamlike landscapes. He is a recent 13 Artists awardee.

The son of printmaker Fil Delacruz, Janos Delacruz is also a graduate of the Fine Arts program of the University of Santo Tomas, and has exhibited extensively in Manila and New York.

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112 JANOS DELACRUZ Kaharian ni Haring Alon Oil on Canvas 48” x 36” 2016

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MARIO DE RIVERA Magnificant

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Mixed Media 10” ( 4 small panels ) Quadtych - 24” x 40” 2018

MARIO DE RIVERA Landscape with Saints no.9 Graphite, Phototransfers, Modeling Paste 44” x 48” 2016

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Mario de Rivera uses bold colors in semi-abstracted compositions reminiscent of Abstract Expressionist Mark Rothko had Rothko decided to incorporate figuration in his work. De Rivera graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Santo Tomas and has worked in advertising in the Middle East and China.

His first one-man exhibition was held at the gallery of the famed Solidaridad Bookstore in Manila, and he has exhibited extensively since then.

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Contemporary Philippine painter Vincent de Pio explores notions of Japanese identity, history, and popular culture in this work - a continuation of his series of paintings that juxtapose Japanese historical imagery with contemporary cultural visuals. A product of the College of Fine Arts of the University of the Philippines, he has exhibited in various art fairs around the world, including Art Fair Tokyo, Art Stage Singapore, and Art Fair Philippines. De Pio was also a finalist in painting competitions of the UP College of Fine Arts, the GSIS National Art Competition, and the Metrobank Art Competition.

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VINCENT DE PIO “Hiragana” (magnificent garden)

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Mixed Media 18” x 12.75”

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EDGAR DOCTOR Still Life ‘06 #5

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Watercolor 29” x 21” 2006

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Edgar Doctor is a watercolor painter known for his natural landscapes and scenes. He graduated from the University of Santo Tomas with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and worked for six months as a diorama artist and illustrator at the National Historical Commission.

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Gregory Halili is an artist whose recent practice examines stories within the socio-cultural issues surrounding Philippine rural communities, particularly in coastal communities, in the form of painted miniatures. A Bachelor of Fine Arts holder from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Halili was part of the Singapore Biennale 2016 and has exhibited in numerous exhibitions and shows, including the Hammond Museum and Sculpture Garden, Butler Institute of American Art, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Ayala Museum, and Vargas Museum.

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Gregory Halili Untitled Watercolor on Paper 1” x 1.25” 2000

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RAUL ISIDRO Blue Moon

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Acrylic on Canvas 36” x 36” 2013

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RAUL ISIDRO Deep sea formation

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RAUL ISIDRO Flight over red mountain

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Raul Isidro is a native of Calbayog in Samar. He is a product of the Fine Arts program of the University of Santo Tomas, where he finished with a degree in Advertising. One of the country’s most recognized abstractionists, Isidro garnered multiple awards such as inclusion in 1979's group of Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM), and the Outstanding Thomasian Award in 2006 - an honor he shares with Ramon Orlina. He also won the Cultural Grant Award from the Australian government in 1981 and was a 1st prize awardee at the Printmakers Association of the Philippines Annual competition in 1972.

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Raul Lebajo is a modernist pioneer as one of the country’s leading proponents of surrealism. Lebajo studied Art Studies at the University of the East from 1966-67, but graduated with a BFA from Philippine Womens University in 1969. The artist was active throughout the modernist period, garnering first-prize at the 1968 Shell National Student Art Competition. He also held numerous shows around the world, including at the Le Plaza Hotel in Basel, Switzerland, the Chicago Cultural Center, the World Art Exhibit in Paris, France, the National Gallery of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the Art Center of Silpakorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, and various commercial galleries in Germany, Hong Kong, and Japan. Because of this exposure, Lebajo is often held in high esteem by collectors throughout the region.

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RAUL LEBAJO Amiel Acrylic on Canvas 60” x 42” 2012

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ROMEO LEE Untitled

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Oil on Canvas 48” x 60” 2015

ROMEO LEE aLEEpin Oil on Canvas 50” x 40” 2015

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Romeo Lee is a contemporary artist known for bringing punk aesthetics to a popular painting practice. A product of the University of the Philippines, Lee is known for unusual compositions and esoteric imagery that is layered on his canvases. Lee has exhibited widely, including several solo and collaborative exhibitions in the United States and Australia.

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Carlo Magno is perhaps one of the most intellectual artists of his generation. A painter, sculptor, and installation artist, Magno's career began towards the end of the modernist era of Philippine art.

Starting out as an architecture undergraduate at the Mapua Institute of Technology, in 1976, Magno shifted to the Fine Arts program of the Philippine Womens University, under the auspices of its then-director Raul Isidro. In 1980, Magno won first prize at the YMCA Painting Competition for his work called "Bayanihan." This, and his subsequent first solo show at the Greenhills Art Center in 1981, garnered him a reputation for painting hyperrealist paintings of Filipiniana artefacts church interiors, gardens, and antique furnishings - that were heavily fused with a nostalgic sensibility. Making a name for himself with these works, Magno held exhibitions at some of the most important art spaces in the Philippines - including the Ayala Museum in 1990 and the Madrigal Art Center in 1992.

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124 CARLO MAGNO Urban Daydream Oil on Canvas 72” x 48” 2016

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JASON MOSS Map of the Hungry

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Acrylic on Canvas 24” x 36”

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Jason Moss is a contemporary painter, illustrator, animator, sculptor, and installation artist. A graduate of the Fine Arts program of the University of Santo Tomas, Moss is particularly known for his examination of existentialist ideas and the human condition within the context of contemporary socio-cultural urban environments.

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Sam Penaso is a contemporary Philippine painter, sculptor, and performance artist. There is a binary nature to Penaso’s practice. On one hand, he produces paintings that reflect upon contemporary socio-political issues. In the guise of “Stripewalker” on the other hand, Penaso himself becomes a part of his practice as a sort-of recurrent figure. Penaso received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the Technological University of the Philippines and has held solo exhibitions in Japan, Thailand, Austria, Germany, and Singapore.

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SAM PENASO TEehnocolor

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Acrylic on Canvas 48” x 48”

SAM PENASO Teehnocolor 5 Acrylic on Canvas 48” x 60”

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Juvenal SANSO With Fervent Longing

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Acrylic on Paper 11.75” x 16”

Juvenal SANSO A purposeful Quest

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Acrylic on Paper 11.5” x 15.75”

Juvenal SANSO A Charmed Existence

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Acrylic on Paper 11.5” x 15.75”

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Presidential Medal of Merit Awardee Juvenal SansĂł is practically a personification of the Expressionist branch of Philippine modernism.

His trajectory has seen both critical and commercial acclaim in a storied career that both parallels and intersects significant developments in Philippine art. A foremost master, Sanso has had a long and stellar career capped by a number of awards and recognition including a King’s Cross of Isabella knighthood from the King of Spain, membership into the Order of Chevalier from the French Government, and a Presidential Medal of Merit from the Republic of the Philippines.

Born in Catalonia in Spain, he grew up in the Philippines and is a product of the College of Fine Arts of the University of the Philippines.

He won successive gold medals for watercolor and oil on canvas at the 1951 Art Association of the Philippines annual art competition before establishing a highly lauded career as a painter, textile, and costume designer.

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Ian Veneracion is an actor and sportsman, who is the son of painter Roy Veneracion. Like his father, Ian Veneracion paints in an abstract style, eschewing straight figuration with organic compositions using bold color palettes.

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131 IAN VENERACION Isolation Acrylic on Canvas 36” x 24”

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ROY VENERACION The Fountainhead

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Acrylic on Canvas 30” x 30” 2012

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Roy Veneracion is one of the country’s leading abstract painters, whose work explores a wide range of styles, techniques, materials, and subject matter. A product of the College of Fine Arts of the University of the Philippines, Veneracion is a CCP Thirteen Artists awardee whose works are primarily associated with the syncretism art movement and has been exhibited extensively in the United States, Japan, and Korea.

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Nestor Olarte Vinluan is, in many ways, an abstractionist’s abstractionist. The former dean of the UP College of Fine Arts brings a considered approach to geometric abstraction, creating works that are nuanced, considered, and sophisticated. After receiving his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the University of the Philippines, Vinluan continued to the Pratt Institute in New York as a Fulbright scholar, finishing Masters of Fine Arts degree. Vinluan is also a Thirteen Artists Awardee and an Art Association of the Philippines Grand Prize winner. With over 20 solo exhibitions around the world, Vinluan’s practice is esteemed both in academic and collector circles.

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133 NESTOR OLARTE VINLUAN Yellow Gestures on Dreamscape Acrylic on Canvas 24” x 36” 2006

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BETSY WESTENDORP Spring Flowers

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Oil on Canvas 21” x 18” 2015

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Born in 1927, Betsy Westendorp is a self-taught artist who knew at an early age that she had a special connection with the arts. Exhibiting since the 70’s all across Spain, Belgium, New York, and the Philippines, she first started out as a portraitist for royalty, politicians, and the elite. Her commissions extend to Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdown (Great Britain), the Princess of Merode (Belguim), King Juan Carlos of Spain, the Duchess of Alba, and the late President Ferdinand Marcos and his family, among others.

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As one of the most recognized abstractionists from the Philippines, the New England-based Edwin Wilwayco uses an enviable combination of honed technique, experimentation, and imagination to lend a thoroughly expressionist sensibility to his practice. A 1972 Fine Arts graduate of the College of Fine Arts of the University of the Philippines, Wilwayco also studied at the West Surrey College of Art and Design in Farnham, England as a scholar of the British Council.

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EDWIN WILWAYCO Circles, On and On 12 b Acrylic and Oil 20” x 20” 2016

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With Fervent Longing, JUVENAL SANSO

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