Contemporary

artists who use

Lesson 1: Contemporary artists indigenous
materials
who use indigenous materials or
inspirations for their art
Lesson 2: Performing artists who
use indigenous techniques
 • Strongest factors that
influence or inspiration of
artists are: ENVIRONMENT,
CULTURE and HERITAGE.
• This lesson is divided to
showcase the different
Contemporary contemporary artists of the
Visual Artists country’s 3 main island 2

groups.
 RODEL TAPAYA DEXTER SY RONALD RIEL
JARAMILLO HILARIO

CLIFFORD ESPINOSA JOHN PAUL ANTIDO RICKY AMBAGAN

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 AZE ONG ALMA QUINTO

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 RODEL TAPAYA
• Multi-awarded Filipino artist
winning art contests abroad
• He uses folk subjects and
myths from Filipino folktales
such as manananggals and
tikbalangs.
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 DEXTER SY
• He uses his mix heritage of being
a Filipino-Chinese as his
inspiration
• Filipino cultural influence is
evident with his use of Catholic
images, indigenous Filipino
LUZON motifs and ubiquitous Filipino
products.
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 RONALD RIEL JARAMILLO
HILARIO
• He belong to a family who is famous in
creating wood carved santos and furnitures.
• He describes himself as a contemporary
artist who uses traditional wood carving
techniques
• He was chosen by the National Commission
for Culture and the Arts to be one of the
artists to exhibit for the Sungdu-an 3 (a
LUZON national traveling exhibition. 9
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 CLIFFORD ESPINOSA
• He is a Filipino architect, artist
and environmentalist.
• When he was in college, he
started exploring and
experimenting with carving
• He is focused on green
LUZON architecture 11
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 JOHN PAUL ANTIDO
• He is a Filipino contemporary
painter whose works are
characterized by his use of
impasto technique

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 RICKY AMBAGAN
• He looks to the present Filipino
daily grind for inspiration in his
collection of paintings entlitled
Mga Langgam Sa Syudad.
• He finds interest in the
impermanence of things, which
LUZON he tries to capture in his art. 15
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 AZE ONG
• She is known for her colorful and
organic forms made of crocheted
threads.
• She shares that the creative
process involved in her creation of
her crocheted masterpieces are
LUZON parallel with the Talaandigs. 17
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 ALMA QUINTO
• She is an artist, teacher and
cultural worker who uses her
talent and art to help
communities that have been
affected by natural and human
made calamities.
• She describes her style as “not
LUZON static”
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 PETER JAMES FANTINALGO NUNELUCIO
& MOREEN AUSTRIA
MARTINO ABELLANA
ALVARADO

VISAYAS MANUEL PANARES 20

 PETER JAMES
FANTINALGO & MOREEN
AUSTRIA
• They collaborated
together to create a
collection entitled Lawig
• Lawig means “umbilical
VISAYAS cord” in Hiligaynon 21
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 NUNELUCIO
ALVARADO
• He often uses his work to
raise awareness on the
Sakadas of Negros.
• His paintings are often
very bold in their
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 MANUEL PANARES
• He is known for his
historical themed
paintings.
• He creates realistic
paintings of Cebu and
Mindanao’s historical
VISAYAS events. 25
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 MARTINO ABELLANA
• He is also known as “Noy
Tinong”
• He is acknowledged as the
“Dean of Cebuano
Painters”
• He was an demand
VISAYAS muralist and portraiture
artist.
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 MARIANO AMAR
RAMEER TAWASIL SAUDI AHMAD
CATAGUE

MINDANAO BERT MONTERONA ABDULMARI IMAO 29

 • He was a Davao artist who depicts
the Lumads in his figurative
paintings
MARIANO • His passion and love for the
Lumads of Mindanao have never
AMAR waned in his art as he continues to
raise awareness on the social
CATAGUE injustices the natives are
experiencing.
• This passion of his has given him
the title “Painter of the Lumads”
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 • In his artworks, he often uses
vibrant and bold colors and applies
indigenous Muslim motifs
• His works is very popular to arts
connoisseurs
• His paintings are exhibited in the
RAMEER Philippines and in many countries
such as UK, Germany, USA,
TAWASIL Malaysia and South Korea.
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 • He is said to be one of Mindanao’s
greatest painters
• His works are inspired by the rich
culture and tradition of the Filipino
Muslims
• His works are intricately made
SAUDI using his trademark technique that
he calls subtraction
AHMAD • Subtraction is a process in which
he would apply watercolour on an
area and then using a brush dipped
in water he would erase or lighten
the applied watercolor
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 • His works is known all over the
world for his use of color,
human figures, symbols and
motifs
BERT • He says that an artist should
still retain what he calls “basic
MONTERONA native creativity”
• He believes that as an artist it
is his duty and responsibility to
educate through art
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 • He was recognized as a
National Artist in 2006
• He is also said to be one of the
ABDULMARI reasons why Filipinos are more
aware and knowledgeable of
IMAO cultural motifs
• He also uses elements that are
inspired by his Muslim faith
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I. Fill in the blanks

1. Martino Abellana is also known as _____________________.

2. Alma Quinto describes her style as _____________________.
3. The strongest factors that influence or inspiration of artists
are _________________
4. ________________ and
5. ________________

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II. Identify the following contemporary artists

1. She is known for her colorful and organic forms made of

crocheted threads.
2.He uses folk subjects and myths from Filipino folktales such as
manananggals and tikbalangs.
3. He is a Filipino contemporary painter whose works are
characterized by his use of impasto technique.
4.He creates realistic paintings of Cebu and Mindanao’s historical
events.
5. He was a Davao artist who depicts the Lumads in his figurative
paintings. 41
III.

1-2.

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III.

3-4.

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III.

5. BONUS MGA B………..

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Performing artists who

use indigenous
techniques
 BAAO CHILDREN AND
YOUTH CHOIR (BCYC)
• It is a choral group that
started with student
artists from a community
and church based choir

LUZON 46
 LAHING BATANGAN DANCE
TROUPE
• It is the official folk dance
company of the Lyceum of
the Philippines University
based in Batangas.
• It has performed in various
LUZON countries such as Italy,
Malaysia and South Korea
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 BARASOAIN KALINANGAN
FOUNDATION INC. (BKFI)
• Created and performed a good
number of original play
• Holds biannual Theater
Laboratory Workshops whose
outputs include creations of
one act plays
LUZON • Serves as the theater school in
Bulacan
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 KONTEMPORARYONG
GAMELAN PILIPINO
• Most popularly known as the
Kontra-GaPi
• It is the local Ethnic Music and
Dance Ensemble
• They were encouraged to
develop groups and it is called
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 JOSE GOMEZ
• “Musician of Samar”
• He is considered to be
the most productive
composer of Samar
songs
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 KABATAANG SILAY
RONDALLA ENSEMBLE
(KSE)
• The group is composed of the less
fortunate youth of their
community
• The groups has won awards and
recognition from many regional,
VISAYAS national and even international
cultural festivals
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 UNIVERSITY OF
VISAYAS CHORALE
(UVC)
• It was created in 1999 as a
way to give opportunities
and grant scholarships to
musically gifted students
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 DAGYAW BAILE
• Formerly known as the
Dagyaw Theater and Dance
Company
• Its mission is to give
talented students an
opportunity to showcase
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 AMAL LUMUNTOD
• He is one of the best
kulintang players in
MINDANAO Maguindanao
 MEBUYAN BAND
• It started from a theater
and musical group project
in 2001 called the Mabuyan
Peace Project
MINDANAO • Mebuyan is derived from
the name of a goddess in
Manobo and Bagobo
mythodology
 KABPAPAGARIYA
ENSEMBLE
• It was conceived as a
theater group that was
dedicated to promote
culture and arts
MINDANAO • Kabpapagariya means “the
act of making friends”
 SINING KAMBAYOKA
ENSEMBLE
• It was created in 19744 and is
the only Filipino-Muslim folk
theatre company in the
country
MINDANAO • Its focus is on the
preservation of the Maranao
culture
 BAYANG BARRIOS
• She is a Filipina musician
who is a member of the
ethnic group Manobos
• She endeavors to create
music that not only
MINDANAO promotes folk music but also
gives attention to social
issues
 JOEY AYALA
• He is one of the most
successful composers and
musicians that hails from
Mindanao
• He is one of the few
MINDANAO contemporary musicians
that bring to light the beauty
of the sound of traditional
instruments