3 UNDERRATED FILIPINO ARTIST THAT YOU

SHOULD KNOW.
These are the 3 underrated Filipino artists that we should know and acknowledge since
their paintings are much know outside the country and I think we should know them because
they are representing our country around the world. These painters are still present up until
know and working on some arts that they make to make our country known in this line of work
or professionalism. I chose these people since they have a great taste in art that impresses me
the most and I think they should be known and we should give thanks since they are working for
our country…

1. Neil 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. Currently based in Manila, he
has become known for his paintings that hold multiple layers, using different mediums to
expose new forms. Pasilan’s work has been represented by the Drawing Room of Manila,
Artinformal Gallery, and West Gallery.

‘Isla Hubad, 2012’

 2. Ronald Ventura
- Ventura is a contemporary artist from Manila, with a Bachelor’s degree of Fine Arts in
Painting from the University of Santo Tomas. He initially taught in the same school after
graduating but found his true calling as a visual artist after his first solo exhibition at the
Drawing Room in Makati in 2000. 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.

‘Grayground, 2011’

3. Vicente Rivera
- Vicente Rivera, a master in Philippine paintings, is commonly underrated due to the
rarity of his works. During his early years in education, he received a silver medal after
taking two head studies. He also received various nominations and awards in the field of
painting. Unknown to everyone, he is one of the founders of U.P. School of Fine Arts. His
famous work, Supplication, depicts a picture of a woman kneeling on the nailed feet of
 Jesus on the cross. The painting has a dramatic background to clearly express the
desperate state of the woman. It is a famous example of a stylish and an organized
approach in Philippine paintings. Rivera’s organization in paintings made it more
appealing to the subject, thus, inspiring painters to put more passion in their painting
rather than painting to make names for themselves.

‘Bahay Kubo, 1924’