Contemporary artist using local

materials
RODEL TAPAYA
• USES FOLK SUBJECTS SUCH AS FILIPINO
MYTHS AND TALES TO HIS ART.
EXAMPLES:
RODEL TAPAYAN: FOLKGOTTEN(2008)
“MODERN MANANANGGALS” –
INSTALLATION (2013)
“MOUNTAIN FANTASIES – PAINTING
FEATURING MARIA MAKILING WARN US
ABOUT GREED AND THE DESTRUCTION
OF ENVIRONMENT.
DEXTER SY
• USES HIS FILIPINO – CHINESE
HERITAGE AS INSPIRATION
AND SUBJECT FOR HIS ART.
• “SELF RECOGNIZED BY THE
OTHERS (2015) – PORTRAIT OF
SY’S FAMILY
• DNA – INSTALLATION
RONALD RIEL JARAMILLO HILARIO

• USES TRADITIONAL WOOD

CARVING TECHNIQUES TO
CREATE HIS
CONTEMPORARY ARTS.
CLIFFORD ESPINOSA
• USES RECYCLED
INDIGENOUS MATERIALS
FOR HIS FUNCTIONAL AND
BEUATIFUL FURNITURE
PIECES.
JOHN PAUL ANTIDO
• DEPICTS HIS SUBJECTS IN
TRADITIONAL FILIPINO
ATTIRE IN CONTEMPORARY
SETTINGS AND
SITUATIONS.
RICKY V. AMBALGAN
• LOOKS FOR THE PRESENT
FILIPINO GRIND FOR
INSPIRATION IN HIS
COLLECTIONS OF
PAINTINGS.
NUNELUCIO ALVARADO
• USES HIS WORK TO CREATE
AWARENESS OF THE
SAKADAS OF NEGROS AND
OTHER MARGINALIZED
PEOPLE IN THE SOCIETY.
MANUEL PEŇARES
• CREATES REALISTIC
PAINTINGS OF CEBU’S
HISTORICAL EVENTS AS A
WAY FOR HIS PEOPLE TO
LEARN MORE ABOUT
THEIR HISTORY.
MARTINO ABELLANA
• ACKNOWLEDGE AS THE
“DEAN OF CEBUANO
PAINTERS”
MARIANO “ANOY” AMAR
CATAGUE
• DEPICTS THE LUMADS IN HIS
FIGURATIVE PAINTINGS TO
BRING AWARENESS TO THE
SOCIAL INJUSTICES THE
NATIVES ARE
EXPERIENCING
RAMEER TAWASIL
• OFTEN USES VIBRANT AND
BOLD COLORS AND MAKES
USE OF INDIGENOUS
MUSLIMS MOTIFS
INSPIRED BY OKIRS OF
MARANAO
SAUDI AHAMADS
• WORKS ARE INSPIRED BY
THE RICH CULTURE AND
TRADITIION OF THE
FILIPINO MUSLIMS
ABDULMAN ASI IMAO
• KNOWN FOR HIS STYLIZED
DEPICTIONS OF THE
INDIGENOUS MOTIFS SUCH
AS THE OKIR, SARIMANOK
AND THE NAGA.
BERT MONTERONA
• IS HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY
INDIGENOUS ROOTS. HE IS
KNOWN FOR HIS INNOVATIVE
USE OF INDIGENOUS MATERIALS
FOR HIS ART, SPECIFICALLY FOR
HID TAPESTRY PAINTINGS AND
BAMBOO STICKS.