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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, […]

ALEGRE, Hermes

Multi-awarded artist Hermes Alegre was born in Daet, Camarines Norte on March 7, 1968. He graduated from the Philippine Women’s University, Majoring in Fine Arts, where he studied under notable artists Ibarra dela Rosa and Mars Galang. Art critics have described his works as “portrait-like renditions of women with an uncanny sense of movement.” Looking […]

BADON, Philip

Philip Badon was born in Quezon City in 1957 and took up Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of the East. Sold his first painting as a student to ballet luminary Joji Felix Velarde, who saw his “Women in Forest” at the UE Fine Arts stock room. After graduation, he worked as artist at […]