Philippine

Contemporary Artist
Filipino Artists
Fernando Amorsolo
Filipino Artists
Nick Joaquin
Filipina Artists
Julie Lluch
Filipina Artists
Imelda Cajipe-Endaya
National Artists of the Philippines
To qualify, the National Artists must have the
following criteria:
1. Filipino citizens

2. Contributed in building a Filipino

sense of nationhood.
3. Pioneered in a mode of creative
expression.

4. Created a substantial and significant

body of work.

5. Artist who enjoy broad acceptance.

 Visual Arts
 Abdulmari Asia
Imao
Sarimanok,
2006
 Painting
 Carlos V.
Francisco
First Mass at
Limasawa, 1973
 Sculpture
 Guillermo E.
Tolentino
Oblation,
Bonifacio
Monument, 1973
 Fashion Design
 Ramon O. Valera
Philippine
Terno, 2006
 Dance
 Alice Reyes
Founder of
Philippine Ballets,
2014
 Literature
 Jose Garcia Villa
Footnote to
Youth, 1973
 Music
Felipe P. de Leon
Lupang
Hinirang, Ama
Namin, 1997
 Architecture and Allied Arts
Juan D. Nakpil
Interor design
of Quiapo church,
1973
 Theater
Daisy H. Avellana
Sakay, 2006
 Film and Broadcast Arts
Fernando Poe Jr.
Ang
Probinsyano, Isang
Bala Ka Lang, Ang
Pilipinas Kong
Mahal, 2006
 GAWAD SA MANLILIKHANG BAYAN
(GAMABA)
Honor artist who have
reached a high level of technical
skill and artistic excellence in
folk and traditional art.
 Criteria in GaMaBa
1. The artist should be an inhabitant of indigenous community anywhere in the Philippines.

2. Engaged in folk art tradition that has been existence for at least 15 years.

3. Performed with superior quality.

4. Possess a mastery of tools and materials needed by the art.

5. Artist must have passed on to other members of the community.

GaMaBa Teachers
Ginaw Bilog
Samaon Sulaiman
Lang Dulay
Uwang Ahadas
Magdalena Gamayo
 World-Class Artists
Philippine artist that
can stand proudly on
the world stage.
 El Gamma Penumbra
A shadow play
group of young
locals from
Tanauan,
Batangas.
 Patrick Flores
He named the
exhibit “Tie a
String around the
World.”
 Cesid Licad
Acclaimed
internationally as
a gifted classical
pianist.
 Lea Salonga
Was one of several
hundred Asian
aspirant to be
chosen for the role
of Kim in the 1989
musical Miss
Saigon.
 Lisa Macuja-Elizalde
Country’s first
Prima Ballerina.
 Charice Pempengco
Youtube Pop
Singer.