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Painting is one of the things that makes me happy.. Everything in this world inspires me, especially the viewers of my works inspires me a lot because they are the reason why I paint to inspire them through the messages of my work

Awards
Grand Prize Winner PLDT-DPC 24th VIsual Art Competition February 3, 2010

2nd Place 2010 UST Annual Inter- School On the Spot Painting Competition

February 25, 2010 Honorable Mention 42nd Shell NSAC watercolor category

October 20, 20th Honorable Mention 2012 Natonal On-The-Spot Painting Competition of Malolos Cathedral

a Filipino visual artist wherein he specializes in oil painting. His approach and style in painting is contemporary impressionism, a term used to describe works created by contemporary artists that share similar aesthetic qualities with those by the French Impressionists. Xander is fond of painting figures in dramatic moments, most likely figures in landscape or interior settings. He likes to paint something that can easily grasp by ordinary audience, paintings which can create possible numbers of stories behind it.

Though his main medium is oil, Xander can also be considered versatile in his techniques because he sometimes creates experimental and assemblage arts using other media such as acrylics, gels, mortars, found objects and the like. 

Xander is a self taught artist. He began painting at the early age of 8 using any materials available that time to practice his arts. He developed his techniques in oil painting during his 20’s. He has read many books about oil paintings especially the art of the impressionists. He exchanged thoughts and ideas with fellow artists that he liked to imitate, one of which is Morgan Weistling whom he considered his mentor.

He has his first group show in 2007 and since then he has been participating in some of the big events and art exhibits in the Philippines. His first solo show was held in Metropolitan Museum of Manila wherein he showcased his early works of landscapes, still life, figures, portraits and other commissioned works from the past clients. His last solo show was in 2015 wherein he exhibited oil paintings of still life in contemporary arrangement and his main characters in the composition are stuff toys. He also exhibited his artworks outside the country specifically in New York and in Texas.

Xander is an active member of Arts Association of the Philippines. He was also a member of The Saturday Group of Artists. He is one of the founding members of Byaheros Group of Artists. He was a finalist in the AAP Annual Art Competition and semi-finalist in the ECCA Abstract Painting Competition and an honourable mention in the GSIS Arts Competition.

He studied BFA Major in Advertising in TUP Manila and now he is a fulltime painter. Art is his daily life, carreer and happiness. For him it is a room for freedom, the window to his heart and soul. The field where he can express deeper interpretation to life and give a form to his imagination. The reason why he paint because it is a gift that has given to him and he really love it, it is his strength and passion. he’s inspired since he started to impress his families about his talent. his inspiration is come to the good people that sorrounds on him. Even in struggles,difficulities and ,failures  art is the way that he can transform it into motivation to a master piece. Motivation and inspiration comes into His life exprience. And now he isconfidently and more competitive in this field.

she studied BS Food and Technology in UP Los Baños. a passionate artist who describes her masterpiece as loud and colorful.

Awards

GSIS Finalist non-representational 2017

METROBANK semifinalist sculpture category (2017)

He wants revolutionize art,to develop a more provocative mode of expression and to break barriers in the aesthetic philosophy of art, Hisworks are inspired by the wearing and tearing of structural materials that demonstrate the urban structural walls of eroded industrial buildings.

5 Top awards

Grand Prize GSIS Painting Competition 2011.

Jurors Choice Award AAP Mixed media Competition 2008.

Finalist MADE Painting & Sculpture Competition 2012, 2015.

Finalist BSP Tanaw Art Competition 2013.

Currently, JUVI’s skillful brushwork in figurative art shapes various categories of expressions like movement and gesture which evoke particular emotions and psyche. His Plastic Series, Water Series, Flower Series and Butterfly Series lend such curiosities and indeed make powerful depictions of internal states. physicality and tactility of these hyper realistic works are made interesting in the play of the organic nature of flesh. Juvi is an artist who does not impose immediate meanings to his work but allows his audiences to freely interpret and digest his work and make sense of it, which in turn completes his creative acts. Though his works embraces its own sense of suggestions,intently, he wants his oeuvres to induce conversations and shape multiple meanings among its viewers.  As a practice, Juvi does not formulate on a theme or subjects; his works are driven by intuition and pure esthetic moments of things that interests him.  As he is moved by certain mundane observations, he recreates and re-imagines his visions and repertory of ideas in a very uncomplicated manner but with diligent technicality and commitment. Juvi hails from Buguias Benguet, and finished his art degree at the University of the East in Caloocan. He has been actively involved in the local art scene and has received recognitions for his work, among them the Grand Prize at Seventh Art Petron in 2007 and winning the 3rd Place in the 2011 Metrobank Art and Design Excellence.   He was recently featured in Juxtpoz Magazine and Hypbest.

Joy, a prolific artist, has been exhibiting his works since 2014. His first solo show, “Strong Material,” was presented in 2017. Joy had six solo exhibitions as well as several group exhibits in less than a decade. He wasn’t painting then, at least not publicly. But when he did, what first showed up was masterful strokes showing handsome horses in full gallop! This was probably an aftermath of his work in the Philippine Racing Commission.

“My inspiration to paint came from my sister who took up fine arts in the 1970s for two years at PWU (Philippine Women’s University),” Joy says modestly. He was the youngest of six children, the “bunso” of the family.

Jose Ferdinand M. Rojas, has worn too many hats to count. He is a lawyer, a columnist-writer, a former radio host, a lay minister, and a sportsman. He was in government service, the vice-chairman and general manager of PCSO (Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office)” from 2010 to 2016. But one thing is certain: He will always be an artist at heart.” He is a member of the Saturday Group of artists and is married to Atty. Patricia A.O. Bunye.

Joy admits to filling his notebooks from grade school to high school with drawings and sketches. He had a distinguished career as a lawyer, and art took a back seat, albeit temporarily. Away from government service, he had an outstanding stint handling huge funds for charitable purposes at the PCSO. It took time before he blossomed to be a full-time artist. From his home to his workspace, he designed the interiors, which also helped him develop the composition of his artworks.

The paintings were quickly bought by horse enthusiasts and his popularity grew. Now Joy dabbles in sculpture with interesting subjects like father and daughter for his whimsical resin and marble Unica Hija 5, the cross of Christ, saints, and heroes. Indeed his journey through adventurous and amazing landscapes has made him an artist to the core. He is now in the abstract genre, which he has so mastered it that he is now counted among the best in the field.   

In some paintings, the abstraction is used as a framing device to highlight stenciled images of heroes and saints, with the passages of textures and marbling of pigments providing a visual accompaniment to the figures. These works mediate the artist’s contemplation of faith, religion, and art itself.

He studied BFA in FEU. Janddie loves nature and he want to create a masterpiece in his own style and techiniques and to show it to the people specially to those art entusiast. His Father Nelson Castillo also known as the father of Philippine Miniature Paintings is one of Janddie’s inspiration.

Top 5 Awards:

GSIS 2016 National Art Competition – HONORABLE MENTION (NON-REP/ABSTRACT CATEGORY)

GSIS 2015 National Art Competition – FINALISTS (NON-REP/ABSTRACT CATEGORY)

  1st Batangas National Painting Competition 2014- TOP 10 JURORS CHOICE AWARD

  Shell National Students Art Competition – 3 CONSECUTIVE YEAR FINALIST 1993, 1994, 1995

  Bahay Kubo ng Sining Foundation INC. – NATATANGING ARTISITIKONG PINUNO NG PANSINING 2016

Accomplishments

Founder of Visual Artist of Paranaque/organizer of group show.

Jhune lobo is a self taught artist from san rafael macabebe pampanga. He is very much interested in the process of art making. He started to paint on 2015.

Art recognition

Guhit pinas pampanga, art festival. Demo painting, participant. Feb 2017

Guhit pinas pampanga, Artbeat. Demo painting participant. April 2017

Guhit Pinas Artist of the month (augost) 2019.

Recent exhibit

Wave-x music and art festival(pampanga) may 2016

FAS,DENR ‘sandaang obra para sa kalikasan’ may 2017

‘The magic begins..’Witches brew dinners july 2017..

Jan 23 2018. Got heart Gallery. White plains qc.

June 1, 2019 double Dragon plaza. Pasay city.

July 12 2019. Araw ng pasasalamat sa OFW.

Camp Aguinaldo.

Nov 15, 2019 Adamson university Art gallery. Manila

Nov 22, 2019. GSIS museo ng sining. Pasay

Nov 25, 2019. 2019 Sea Game. Clark museum, angeles city

Feb 16, 2020 Gournemt gypsy Art cafe. Quezon  city

March 5, 2020 buenas artes Art facility. Quezon city.

Bernardo “Bernie” Balagtas is known for assemblage and sculpture, wherein he employs a motif use of stainless or corrosion-resistant steel and sturdy design, harking back to his early influences of Filipino rural settings, mostly accentuated with small circles that can be a sun or moon hovering on the horizon or on the round constructed brass or metal. This could be a conundrum of his recent works that almost departed from the traditional painting approach he was accustomed to while still serving as a public servant. His works evolved on the topic of idyllic landscapes with urban dwellings in an unknown geography fusing with a lucid red background, but the polished, burnished metals that weld together gave them another meaning and aesthetic evaluation. The significance of space and context in visual art has been recognized by audiences through the mediums of sculpture, assemblage and installation art. 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.