ACUÑA, Ivan
Ivan Acuña was born in Manila in 1968. He studied Fine Arts at the University of The Philippines, and attended art workshops in Brisbane, Australia. His greatest influence is Philippine National Artist Jose Joya. Although he has been painting since the 80s, he initially started as a professional photographer before becoming one of the Philippine’s […]
ADLAO, Max
Max Adlao was born in 1925 the day after Christmas on the small, little known island of Maria Siquijor, of Negros Oriental died 2009. Max remembers he first started to draw even before he went to school,using, on the sly, the crayons and pencils of elder brother David. By the time he reached high school, […]
AGUINALDO, Lee
Leopoldo Aguinaldo, Jr. was born in New York City on September 5, 1933. He was among the first generation of abstractionists in the country and considered among the innovators of post-war Modernism in the Philippines. He developed several styles of painting: “Flick” painting, where he flicked paint from a palette knife on canvas; “galumphing,” which […]