contemporary

2. a. Ernest Concepcion (1977-present)
b. Ronald Ventura (1973-present)
c. Leeroy New (1986-present)
d. Oscar Villamiel (1953-present)
e. Dex Fernandez (1984-present)
f. Kawayan de Guia (1979-present)
g. Patricia Perez Eustaquio (1977-
present)
h. Martha Atienza (1981-present)
i. Elmer Borlongan (1967-present)

3. • Concepcion is a studio artist whose
work experiments with intense
emotion, deconstructing images in his
paintings, sculptures, and installations.
He creates art like recording a music
album, where each painting is from a
series of nine. Concepcion describes it
as producing an old favorite, a classic,
sleeper hit and one piece he doesn’t
really like but keeps coming back to.

6. • Ventura’s work is known to consist
of multiple layers, using imagery
that focuses on the human form. His
paintings are a dramatic union of
comic sketches, reality, and graffiti.
He draws inspiration from Asian
mythology, Catholicism, science
fiction and comic book characters.
He is known to have the highest
selling work in the history of the
Southeast Asian art market.

7. • Initially trained as a sculptor, Leeroy’s
work blends theatre, fashion, film,
production design, and public art. He
graduated from the prestigious
Philippine High School for the Arts,
before continuing his Fine Arts degree
at the University of the Philippines. His
large-scale public art uses common
objects and materials found in

8. • Born in Caloocan City, Manila, Villamiel is a
multimedia artist known for his largescale
installations consisting of objects found in
local communities. His art career may have
started later in life, but his installations have
enthralled audiences for the past decade.
He initially worked as a set designer for
television, a leather bag craftsman and a
successful t-shirt company entrepreneur
before holding his first solo exhibition in
2006.

9. • Brother to artist Diokno Pasilan,
Neil is a Bacolod-born artist from a
family of craftsmen and boat
builders. He is a self-taught visual
artist who displayed creativity as a
child. Pasilan has moulded clay
figures for most of his life and
continues to use this in his work.

10. • This Baguio-born artist is son to legendary
filmmaker Kidlat Tahimik and German artist
Katrin de Guia, and was mentored by
famous Baguio artists BenCab and
Santiago Bose. Kawayan’s art
contemplates the Philippines’ changing
urban culture. He illogically arranges texts
and icons to compose a painting, depicting
the human form in new ways. His work
draws from popular culture, the media and

12. • Eustaquio is an artist who works in
various mediums, experimenting with
different materials through installation,
drawing, and painting. The frames from
her painting are cut, resulting in
canvases that evoke images of wilted
flowers and carcasses. Her sculptures
are fashioned from fabric, covering
objects with resin-treated silk or
crochet. The object is then removed, to
allow the fabric to retain its position,
folds and drapes.

13. •Her video art reflects
snapshots of reality and the
environment drawn from her
Filipino and Dutch roots. She
is currently interested in
using contemporary art as an
aid to bring about social

14. •The Manila-based artist
often refers to Filipino
culture in his paintings,
drawing from everyday
scenes of local urban life,
which sharply depict an
imperfect world.