He studied Fine Arts in University of the Philippines -Diliman. In 2008 he became an outstanding student from Angono national high school as the years passed Balagtas joined prestigious art competition hit 2nd placer in 2004 PLDT cover directory and also an Honorable mention in Metrobank art competition. He is also active in participating group exhibits like masters in masters held in Megamall also Pangarap ang hinaharap happened in Ayala heights clubhouse. He is also known for his exquisites design in designing sculptures made of stainless metal and wood.
Von kept himslf on the beauty of Black and White with Sepia color in Orde to operate efficiently and inclusively in the contemporary world.
He studied at University of the east with a degree in Bachelor of Fine Arts in Advertising. Although he Mastered the details of his works as a background designer.
His artworks feature multi-layering of images,religious beliefs and human Figure. During his younger years, he joined competitions and won the following awards: Bronze medalist in Nippon Television Children’s Art Competition in Japan; and Finalist in Pen art national Competition.
One of his exhibits “TRES” was a 3-man art exhibit featuring Ronald Ventura, Francis Von Caro and Armand Dino (1997)
He had a group show entitled”ARTBAYAN” at Adamson Univeristy featuring Malabon Artist (2018).
His latest works were exhibited in the Manila Art show entitled”Ang ARTe ng Pilipinas” under The Artologist Gallery (17-21 October)
Ceasar Victor P. Reyes studied at the De La Salle University, the Academia di Belle Arti in Rome, and the City Literary Institute in London. He is Advertising executive, art critic, and painter. He is the author of several books such as Conversations on Philippine Art, The Graphic Art of Bencab, Thirty Years of Malang’s Women, Dr. Gregorio Lim: His Life in Art, Valeria, Arturo Luz, and J. Elizalde Navarro. He is co-author of Art Philippines and Southeast Asian Art Today. He won the art Criticism Award Award from AAP in 1978. The Art Manila Newspaper named him Art Critic of the Year. He used to write a weekly art column, Gallery-Hopping for today. He is Lifetime Achievement Awardee of the Creative Guild.
He graduated with a BFA from University of Santo tomas. He is best known for his abstract colorful paintings and mental sculptures. His “Dancing Rings” won the Grand Prize in the international Sport and Art Contest during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. His other well-known sculpture series are Ballerina, Dance of the Rings, and Bosom. He won the Gold Medal at the UNESCO International Calendar Design Competition in France in 1982. He also won a prize at the Moscow Olympic Poster Design in 1980, and the AAP Annual Competition in 1978.
When you meet the world of Noel Nieva Villafuerte’s paintings your first impression is, that here you have an artist delivering his inner world in pictures and not words. It’s is as if you are confronted with his instincts his irrational and creating forces. Ad if ancient universal signals are emerging in new deeply personal pictures. Faces mask and especially the especially the eye that sees recurs in many pictures. The signs can be as well symbolic as surreal. You are carried around in several corners of the emotional spectrum e.g. delight, eroticism, curiosity, anxiety and powerlessness. The pictures are telling stories in a mode of expression, ranging from tight compositions to free dynamic movements. In the main part of the pictures colors are combines with a strong graphic expression. Basically we meet a spontaneous abstract pictorial expression. An expression which has it’s roots in Noel Ancestry – Philippines – but it is also to find at the artist group COBRA from the mid 1900 COBRA was as association of artist from CO- Copenhagen BR- Brussels and A- Amsterdam, as in COBRA Noel is working with something original and unspoiled. You are meeting a lovely fantasy world.
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Jack Salud first entered the Philippine art scene in 1996 when he was invited by GALLERY GENESIS to participate in the gallery’s annual watercolour exhibition entitled KULAY SA TUBIG held at SM Megamall’s ART CENTER. In 1997, Jack C. Salud mounted his first solo exhibit at the AYALA MUSEUM in Makati City. Entitled Love, Love songs And Lullabies, the art exhibit showcased 17 large scale masterpieces all rendered in Pointillism using acrylic on canvas. It was the late Imelda Cojuanco who cut the ribbon to open the art exhibit. Subsequently, he received the prestigious commission to design the Ayala Museum’s Christmas Cards that year. In 1999, Jack C. Salud opened his first international solo exhibit in Roppongi, Japan held at the newly renovated multipurpose hall of Philippine Embassy . The exhibit was a project of the former Philippine First Lady Dra. Loi Estrada as part of the Philippine-Japan cultural exchange. In 2002, Jack C. Salud was chosen by the Philippine Daily Inquirer to be one of the 20 Filipino painters to paint the life-size “Guyito” sculptures – PDI’s official mascot, in celebration of the publication’s 20th anniversary. That same year, Jack C. Salud was named by the Philippine Daily Inquirer as one of THE BEST IN PHILIPPINE ART IN 2005 (PDI January 2, 2006 issue), together with Bencab, Malang, Fernando Sena, Lydia Velasco and others.
Jack C. Salud was one of the 30 Filipino painters, headed by Manuel Baldemor, who contributed their respective interpretations of the “PHILIPPINE MADONNA” which won in the stamp design contest of the Union Internationale, Contre La Tuberculose Es Les Maldies Respiratoires held in Paris, France 2005.
In 2006, Jack C. Salud mounted his second international solo exhibit (31st solo exhibit) at the prestigious MORI ART MUSEUM, Tokyo, Japan. The event was hosted by the late Ambassador Domingo Siason in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Philippine- Japan Friendship Year. Her Imperial Highness Princess Takamado was the guest of honor of the exhibit.
To date, Jack C. Salud has held 32 solo exhibits in various leading galleries in the country. His 32nd exhibit was held at the ALTROMONDO CONTEMPORANEO gallery in Greenbelt 5 last 2010.
EMAN SANTOS Visual artist/sculptor FEU(Architecture) PSID(Interior design) Art lessons & Demo,Workshop: -Belgium -Germany -Global Taguig -Binondo Manila Eman wants to become a famous painter one day both local & abroad since he was little his passion in art is very distinct as he grew up those lessons that he learned became his style the use of multiple objects the creativity of designs plus the uses of colors he is known for this method. His inspiration in art is the famous painter in Vienna Austria Gustav Klimt he is noted for his paintings murals,sketches & other popular arts in austria.Just like Eman he uses his art as as a symbol in many forms of objects. Eman won 3 categories in one night in the 65th annual art of the Phil’s.He made shows also in abroad in st.camilus Germany also Young art in Belgium he also has shows in Asia like in Singapore Eman’s Art is a thing of beauty every stroke of his composition is passionate expression of his soul every color bares the rhythm of his imagination.
Eman Santos is a Filipino multi-awarded visual artist and sculptor from the Philippines who is internationally recognized as a contemporary master in visual arts. Notable among his accomplishments is the most prestigious art award given in the heart of Florence, the International Prize Donatello.
He studied Bachelor of Science in Industrial Education major in Industrial Arts (2003), Bachelor of Fine Arts major in Advertising (2011)
“ I paint not to be SEEN but to SEE and let other people SEE as well”. Painting is an avenue where in I believe I can freely channel or express my ideas regarding certain subjects, issues and commentaries. I believe my art will always be a part of history in its humble way, history perceived through my own unique world and express it through my own verse.
Judeo’s works may not even be decorative or described as pretty. What makes these pieces come alive is its narrative is deeply rooted on his experiences channeled through his own artistic terms; from an artist who is not a product of your typical western fine arts degree or from the current city art scene.
A subject void of color which is almost stainless in effect may not be of sadness or of blandness but of liberation. Judeo’s careful attention to his hues, how colors are well coordinated against his images as his imagery continuously evolves, his involvement digs deeper and his palette becomes more gray in urban treatment.
A born Filipino artist in the heart-shape province of Marinduque, Jesse Hands Espalana is experiencing that joys of liberation as a self taught artist. Now in his 5th Solo Art Exhibition, “UNINHIBITED”. Like any inborn artist, he transpired art like any other art genra. His painting are poetic and a narrative story in nature of which he fears not of what his works look like for it is open for public appreciation. Behind the mindstream, maybe few knows his work is an inner contemplation of his personal happiness, struggles and experiences that pushes him in the state of total liberation. Though Jesse is very conscious of his freedom as a visual artist and much aware of any constraints, it serves as an opportunity to let him express more freely; fearing not of public criticism of his works that are roughly done with finishing touches of textured impression and with boldness mannerism. For some portrait artists and figurist, everything goes with their individual experiences with the model from changing moods, contours and positions has to be recorded, but Jesse don’t bother it much, for as long as he captured the subject in his own interpretative rendition. His works he knows it is done with an inner feeling of satisfaction. That’s how his collectors felt the connectivity of Jesse’s aggressiveness and unique movement in doing his art. Jesse usual gesture are like chopping, slicing, throwing, tapping and punching of acrylic colors through his brushes and palette which somehow reflects his personality as a graduate in a Culinary Art and a chef with experiences in international demands.
His art narrate us his simple contemporary world as a chef; see his painting of hanged pork in a slaughter house, a series of cup of coffee; usually rendered in missy table and having an impression of canvases with patches and stain bloods of meat, chopped ingredients like onions and garlic splattered well. This uniqueness kept him flavored for years appreciation by many collectors in Australia, America, New Zealand, Europe and Asian countries. Adding points, his painting was once auction in Azamara Quest Cruise Line.
Dennis Enriquez de Jesus or simply Denz to his friends hails from Quezon City and has been living in the said city since then. He has no formal education in arts. It was his grandfather – a professional photographer and his father – a draftsman/cartoonist who inspired him to pursue a profession in arts. He sprang doodling at an early age of 8, which eventually directed him to create abstract paintings. Notable masters in their field like Jose Joya, Ang Kiukok, Cesar Legaspi, Federico Alcuaz, and Romeo Tabuena are a few stars Dennis looks up to. These art figures’ peculiar styles were considerably apparent in Denz’s earlier works, though he is deliberately discovering his distinctive approach. Denz is looking forward to having more significant art shows in the future as he is currently gearing towards a bigger and bolder style in acrylics, which can be observed in his artistic repertoire.
