CONTEMPORARY VISUAL ARTS  No patterns in her works which make his art unique and original.

 Believes on “spirits” as her guide for her craft

Two Factors that influence artworks
 Environment- the way they were raised and the experiences they ALMA QUINTO
had  From Urdaneta, Pangasinan
 Culture and Heritage- the use of familiar materials and media  Alma “Urduja” Quinto
 Believes art has a social responsibility to the community and a tool
LUZON for healing and collaboration
 “not static” style- involve marginalized communities to
RODEL TAPAYA communicate and collaborate to connect with people and learn
 From Bulacan from their experiences.
 Awards: Nokia Art Award, Signature Art Price  Notable Artworks: Illustration of On the Night of Sedong:
 Graduated in UP College of Fine Arts Narratives of Children Survivors, Soft Dreams and Bed Stories
 Studied in Finland and New York
 Used subjects inspired by the culture and history of the Philippines VISAYAS
 Uses folk subjects and myth from Filipino folktales such as
manananggals, tikbalangs used as commentary on the ills of the Peter James and Moreen Austria
society today.  Collaborated in 2016 to create a collection entitled Lawig to
 Notable artworks: Modern Manananggal (2013), Mountain celebrate the unique relationship between the neighboring islands
Fantacies of Negros and Panay whose history and language have been
entwined
DEXTER SY  Lawig means “umbilical cord” in Hiligaynon
 From Manila
 Uses mix heritage of being a Filipino-Chinese NUNELUCIO ALVARADO
 His artworks were personal, self-deprecating, and honest about  Based in Bacolod
the differences and clash from a diverse and contradicting cultural  His paintings are often rooted on the problems his home province
heritage. faces, namely, injustice and poverty
 Research-based art  Uses his work to create awareness of the Sakadas of Negros and
 Artworks: The Self Recognized by the Others (2015), DNA (2015) other marginalized people of the society
 Notable Artwork: Babaye
RONALD RIEL JARAMILLO HILARIO
 From San Vicente, Ilocos Sur MANUEL PAŇARES
 From a family of wood-carver of santos, furniture  From Cebu
 Learn carving from his uncle Jose Lazo, Jr.  Known for his historical paintings; paint subjects that dealt with
 Uses wood-carved religious iconography of Catholicism etymology and history
 Notable Artwork: Sugbo sa Karaang Panahon
CLIFFORD ESPINOSA
 Architect, artist, and environmentalist MARTINO ABELLA
 Functional things can be as such as beautiful as seen in his  Known as “Noy Tinong”
furniture.  “Dean of Cebuano Painters”
 Applies traditional crafts in assembling and creating furniture  Muralist, portraiture artist, landscape painter
without the use of nails (an indigenous technique)
 Focused on green architecture; creates artworks from secondhand MINDANAO
wood showing the beauty of recycling and conservation.
 Notable Artwork: LuzViMin MARIANO AMAR CATAGUE
 Mariano “Anoy” Amar Catague
JOHN PAUL ANTIDO  From Davao
 From Antipolo  Depicts Lumads in his figurative paintings because of his
 Use impasto techniques (bright vivid colors) encounter with the manuvu tribe in Agusan del Norte peaceful
 Figurative subjects where people are in contemporary settings, but living destroyed by the militarization in the area
wearing traditional costumes such as the baro’t saya, barong, etc.  His paintings give a feeling of serenity and peace, but calling
 His paintings are said to be an allegory of the situation of the attention to the suffering of the tribe
Filipinos where their psyche seem to live in two contradicting eras  “Painter of the Lumads”
when compared to the global situations  Notable Artwork: Catague

RICKY AMBAGAN RAMEER TAWASIL

 Inspired by the Filipino daily grind
 Capture daily lives of Filipinos and used as reference to his
hyperrealistic paintings using distortion as a style.
 Notable Artwork: Mga Langgam Sa Syudad
AZE ONG
 Known for her colorful and organic forms made crocherted threads
 Inspired by Talandig form Kibangay, Lantapan Bukidnon
 From Kalinggalan Caluang,Sulu
 Uses vibrant and bold colors and applies indigenous Muslim motifs
inspired by the okirs of the Maranao
 Subjects are often culled from the rich cultural heritage of the
Filipino Muslims
 Main subject is Vinta as an iconic symbol of Zamboanga in the hpe
to create a revival of the colorful vintas.
 Notable Artworks: The Vinta, The Poetry of the Sea Butterflies
SAUDI AHMAD
 Based in Sibugay, Zamboanga
 Works are inspired by the rich culture and tradition of the Filipino
Muslims
 Subjects are community life, with his figure garbed in colorful and
detailed costumes.
 Subtraction as his trademark technique; a process in which
watercolor is applied on an area and then using a brush dipped in
water to erase or lighten the applied watercolor.
BERT MONTERONA
 From Iligan City ( Now based in Vancouver, Canada)
 “basic native creativity” and use of local materials to create a more
authentic art in terms of forms and emotions.
 Mixed media artist best known for his tapestry paintings and
bamboo stick paintings
 His tapestry painting depicts Filipino myths and rituals with native
motifs
 Bamboo stick painting as his trademark technique
 Political artist; believes it is his duty and responsibility to educate
through art
ABDULMARI IMAO
 From Sulu, Mindanao
 Painter, photographer, ceramist, cultural researcher, documentary
filmmaker, and sculptor
 Stylized depictions of the indigenous motifs such as okir,
sarimanok, and the naga
 Uses elements that are inspired by his Muslim faith such as
calligraphy and arabesque patterns
PERFORMANCE ARTISTS WHO USE INDIGENOUS
TECHNIQUES
LUZON
BAAO CHILDREN AND YOUTH CHOIR (BCYC)
 Composed of the students from Rosary School Inc. and the Baao
National High School Special Program in the Arts.
 Achievemests: Finalist in the National Music Competitions for
Young Artists (NAMCYA) Children’s Choir Competition in 2004
and 2007; 1st place and best interpretation for the same contest in
2008; representative in the 1st International Children’s Art Festival
in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; representative in Busan Choral
Festival, 18th Certamen Juvenil de Habaneras, and Mundial de
Coros
LAHING BATANGAN DANCE TROUPE
 Founded in 1996
 A folkdance company based in Batangas
 Official folk dance company of the Lyceum of the Philippines
University
BARASOAIN KALINANGAN FOUNDATION INC. (BKFI)
 The resident theater of Bulacan; a theater school in Bulacan
 Created the Bulacan Arts, Culture, and History (BACH) Institute to
develop the rich cultural heritage of the province
SAMAHANG NAZARENO
 Commit the continuation of sinakulo, reenactment of the Passion
of Christ, the tradition in Cainta performed very Lenten season.
VISAYAS
JOSE GOMEZ
 “Music Man of Samar”
 Started his profession as musician as member of the band
Cecillian.
 After the WWII, he became a choir master of the Christ the king
College in Calbayog City.
 Able to wrote 5,000 composition
 Most of his songs were used as church hymns, graduation
marches, and Christmas songs
 Formed the Cecilian Cultural Group
 Notable artworks: In the Wink of an Eye, An Kamote
THE KABATAANG SILAY RONDALLA ENSEMBLE (KSE)
 Composed of less fortunate youth of their community in Silay
 Serve as promoters of the city’s rich traditional folk dance and
music
THE UNIVERSITY OF VISAYAS CHORALE (UVC)
 Created in 1999 to give opportunities and grant scholarshio to
musically-gifted students
 Their repertoire of folksongs promote the rich musical heritage of
the country
 Accomplishments: Silver and bronze awards in the Busan Choral
festival in 2007; 3 gold certificates from the Tomohon International
Chorale Competition in 2009; 2008 World Youth Day in Australia; 3
gold medals at tge CCP International Choral Competition in 2009
and 2015.
DAGYAW BAILE
 Formerly known as Dagway Theater and Dance Company
 Composed of various high school students in the school for the
Arts, majoring in dance from Iloilo National High School
 Created in 1990; aim to showcase and hone the talents of the
students, their social skills, and appreciate the beauty of their
national heritage.
 Accomplishments: representative of the Philippines in World Expo
in Spain in 1992, ASEAN Dance Festival in Manila in 1994,
International Festival for Experimental Theater in 1995 in Egypt,
Lisboa World Excposition in 1998 in Portugal
MINDANAO
AMAL LUMUNTOD
 One of the best kulintang players in Mindanao
 Playing Kulintang is not written down in notes but played from
memory
MEBUYAN BAND
 Started from a theater and musical group project in 2001 called
Mebuyan Peace Project composed of 18 female artists
 Mebuyan, derived from the name of the goddess of Manobo and
Bagobo mythology who supposed to be the goddess of the
underworld who nurture the unborn
 In 2007, it wqas divided into two one for dance and the other for
music; sad to say only the music group survive now known as
Bebuyan Band
 Notable Performance: Panaw and Salima in 2003; Mga Kwentong
Mindanaw (Album); Uwahig in 2006
KABPAPAGARIYA ENSEMBLES
 Conceived as a theater group dedicated to promote culture and
the arts.
  Kabpapagariya, means “the act of making friends”
 Perform spectrum of stories underlying commonality with the
attainment of peace and the aspiration of everyone in Mindanao
 Notable Productions: Kawing in 1987; Isang Alamat ng Sikil;
Torong-torong; Don’t Disturb: God at Rest; Ang Kulambo
 Become synonymous to the preservation of Mindanao heritage,
great talent, and ambassador for peace

THE SINING KAMBAYOKA ENSEMBLE (SKE)

 The theater company of the Mindanao State University
 Created in 1974 and is the only Filipino-Muslim folk theater in the
country
 It focus on the preservation of the Maranao culture by using the
folk theater called Kambayoka grounded on the Bayok (a love
song ) and the Darangen (epic song)

BAYANG BARRIOS

 Filipina musician; a Manobo; meber of Bagong Lumad

 Used her native instruments and styles to create music that
promotes folk music at the same time give attention to social
causes
 Make music that promote peace, environmental conservation, and
social equality
 Notable Artwork: Bayang Makulay (Album) which receive awards
from the Catholic Mass Media Awards, the Katha Awards, Best
Folk Vocal Performance, Best Folk Song, and Best Folk Album
 Other awards: Asian Vocalist Festival, Anvil Awards, Katha
Awards, MTV Music Awards, Forum of the Global Leaders, and
Metropop

JOEY AYALA
 Member of Bagong Lumad; a pop balladeer
 Bring to mainstream consciousness the use of indigebous
instrument like the T’boli hegalong in performing contemporary folk
songs.
 His music bring to light the beauty of the sound of traditional
instruments at the same time bring awareness to the ills of the
society.
 Awards: Datu Bago Award, Environmental Heroism Award from
the NCCA, Gawad ng Pagkilala from the Commission on Filipino
language, The Gerry Roxas Leadership Award, The Special Magis
Award from the Ateneo de Manila, the TOYM, and special citation
from Concerned Women of the Philippines