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8 Pinoy artists who started out as student contest winners

8 Pinoy artists who started out as student contest winners

ABS-CBN News

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Updated Oct 13, 2018 06:24 AM PHT

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MANILA – Before they became masters of their craft, these eight Filipino artists emerged victorious in a certain student contest.

And this contest is the National Students Art Competition (NSAC), which has been championing Filipino talent for the past 51 years.

Get to know them through the slideshow below:

“Twins” by Bencab. Handout

1. Benedicto “Bencab” Cabrera

Cabrera was proclaimed National Artist for Visual Arts (Painting) in 2006. He won second prize at the 1962 Shell NSAC for his oil painting “Blue Serenity,” a surreal abstraction of “barung-barong” or shanties.

“Abiding Me” by Juvenal Sanso. Handout

2. Juvenal Sansó

Spanish by birth but Filipino at heart, Sanso has made a name for himself as one of the most in-demand artists today. He won third prize in the 1951 NSAC with his piece, “Cha Bianang.”

“Surging Red” by Jose Tanig Joya. Handout

3. Jose Tanig Joya

Joya is said to have “spearheaded the birth, growth, and flowering of abstract expressionism” in the Philippines. He won first prize in the 1952 Shell NSAC for his oil painting titled “Gossips.”

“Clowns” by Ang Kiukok. Handout

4. Ang Kiukok

The National Commission for Culture and the Arts describes Ang Kiukok as one of the most vital artists in the 1960s. He won third prize for his piece “Calesas” under the oil painting category of the 1955 Shell NSAC.

“Zoomorph” by Leeroy New. Handout

5. Leeroy New

New is a contemporary Filipino fine artist-designer whose practice intersects with film, theater, product design, fashion, and visual arts. He won second prize in the 2004 Shell NSAC for his piece, “Prima Materia,” and in the 2006 edition of the contest with “Zoomorph.”

“The Forest” by Ronald Ventura. Handout

6. Ronald Ventura

Ventura is known for melding realism, graffiti and cartoons. His “Grayground” painting was sold in 2011 for $1.1 million at Sotheby’s Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Paintings auction in Hong Kong. He won first prize in the 1990 Shell NSAC for his painting titled “Dama.”

“Barking Up the Wrong Tree” by Rodel Tapaya. Handout

7. Rodel Tapaya

Tapaya’s works have won several regional art contests and gained international exposure through exhibitions. He won first prize in the 2001 Shell NSAC for his entry titled “From East to West # 2” under the oil/acrylic category.

“Martha’s Dance” by Luis Yee Jr.

8. Luis Yee Jr.

Yee is considered a pioneer of site-specific art in the Philippines, incorporating found objects and natural materials. He was named finalist in the 1967 Shell NSAC for his piece titled “Condemned No. 3” under the sculpture category.

This year, Shell’s NSAC is accepting applications from students enrolled with at least 12 units in a recognized Philippine school for the academic year 2018-2019.

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They can submit their works in oil, acrylic, watercolor, sculpture, and digital fine arts (print).

For more details, visit Shell’s website.

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