Artist Year Category Trademark Contribution to

Awarded
Philippine Arts
Fernando 1972 Visual Technique: Chiaroscuro His Technique
Amorsolo Arts Chiaroscuro which
best known for
became his
his illuminated
artistic
landscapes, which
trademark and
often portrayed
traditional Filipino his greatest
customs, culture, contribution to
fiestas and Philippine
occupations. painting.

Ang Kiukok 2001 Visual He is known for his “one of the most
Arts expressive arts. dynamic figures in
contemporary
Philippine arts.” It
has also been said
that he “opened eyes
with his violent
Cubist paintings of
fighting cocks,
stray dogs and
tormented lovers
Jose Garcia 1973 Literature . He used the pen name both poetry and
Villa “Doveglion,” which was challenging
a combination of the traditional poetic
words “dove,” “eagle,” style continues to
and “lion” and was have an impact in
what he believed was modern poetry, both
his true persona. His for members of the
notable works poetry community and
include The Anchored other Asian American
Angel writers.
Jose Maceda 1997 Music composer, pianist and His music fused
ethnomusicologist who cutting-edge
dedicated his life to compositional
the understanding and techniques such as
popularisation of spatialization,
Filipino traditional attention to timbre,
music and musique concrète
with traditional
Asian instruments,
rhythms, and
structures
Alice Reyes 2014 Dance visionary founder of Alice Reyes is
Ballet Philippines the visionary
founder of Ballet
Philippines. As a
dancer,
choreographer,
teacher, and
director, her work
has helped establish
dance as a
professional career
path in the country.