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Imelda Cajipe-Endaya (born 1949), painter, printmaker, mixed-media installation artist, curator, art project organiser and writer, activist; Paulina Constancia (born 1970), Filipino-Canadian painter; Xyza Cruz Bacani (born 1987), Filipina street photographer and documentary photographer
The first Filipino woman to achieve a level of prominence in the art world, while the Philippines was under the management of Spain, was sculptor Pelagia Mendoza y Gotianquin (1867-1939). The first female student at the Academia de Dibujo y Pintura (Academy of Drawing and Painting), Mendoza studied sculpting under the mentorship of Agustin Saez ...
Women in Philippine art is the many forms of art in the Philippines that utilizes women in the Philippines and even women from other parts of the world as the main subject depending on the purpose of the Filipino artist. The portrayal of women in the visual arts depend on the context on how Philippine society perceives women and their roles in ...
The group's exhibits foregrounded the importance and excellence of women, breaking down the primacy of “fine art” over “indigenous art” or “folk” art. Other exhibits such as Filipina Migranteng Manggagawa (Filipina Migrant Workers), enacted an advocacy, discussion and analysis of the current Filipina diaspora of women labour. [11]
Geraldine Javier is a contemporary Filipina Visual Artist whose work is best known for her work which blends of painting with various media, and is "recognized as one of the most celebrated Southeast Asian artists both in the academic world and in the art market." [1]
Anita Magsaysay-Ho (born Anita Corpus Magsaysay; May 25, 1914 – May 5, 2012) was a Filipina painter who specialized in Social Realism and post-Cubism in regard to women in Filipino culture. [2] Magsaysay-Ho's work appeals to Modernism by utilizing more abstract designs and styles rather than realistic approaches. [ 3 ]
Nena Saguil (September 19, 1914 – February, 1994) was a Filipina artist of modernist and abstract paintings and ink drawings. She was most known for her cosmic, organic, and spiritual abstract works depicting internal landscapes of feeling and imagination. For these, Saguil is considered a pioneer of Filipino abstract art. [1] [2]
Philippine women are rediscovering their strengths. Filipino women had been successful in implementing policies by becoming executive staff members, advisers to politicians, and as advocates within non-governmental organizations. [6] Modern-day Filipino women are making strides in electoral politics by initiating more female-oriented programs.