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Manuel Baldemor | |
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Born | Manuel D. Baldemor March 26, 1947 |
Nationality | Filipino |
Known for | Painting |
Manuel Baldemor is a Filipino painter, sculptor, printmaker, writer and book illustrator. He was born on March 26, 1947, in Paete, Laguna, Philippines.
He is best known for his paintings on various media that depict scenes in simplified geometric forms with a folk art character. Most of his subjects in art are his hometown, its people, their everyday activities, and their celebrations.
His works are known not only in the Philippines but also in other countries. He is an artist-in-residence in Chile, Estonia, France, Israel, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland and Portugal. His works is known internationally because UNICEF is reproducing his works as greeting cards that are distributed worldwide. [1]
Manuel Baldemor studied in the University of Santo Tomas College of Fine Arts and Design. He worked for Mabini Artist to support his financial needs as a student. He did academic plates for his classmates. [2]
In his senior year, he worked as a layout artist an editorial cartoonist for the Philippine Graphic. This started his career in publication.
His career started as a painter when he depicted the beauty of his hometown Paete, Laguna through pen-and ink. His mural work "Paete I" won the grand prize on Art Association of the Philippines Art Competition and Exhibition in 1972. The next year, his mural work "Paete II" won the same prize. His consecutive wins make way for him to become a representative of the Philippines for XIV International Art Exhibition in Paris in 1973. The art critic, Leonides Benesa, hails him as "The Folk Artist".
In the 1970s he developed his own brand of art that had fused his rural memories. He had several works that depicted the Philippines ideal through the use of Folk Modernist treatment. His first exhibit "The Graphic of Manuel D. Baldemor" at the Hidalgo Gallery in 1972 marked the debut of his career.
He won his third gold prize for the annual Art Association of the Philippines competition for his fine prints in the year 1983. He experimented and tries other media such as, watercolour, acrylic, tempera, oil in canvas, woodcut, ceramics, glass, grass paper and fine prints.
Rosalinda Orosa, an art connoisseur and columnist, called him "The Chronicle of the Motherland" for depicting the beauty of all the places of the Philippines. In 1992, the Cultural Center of the Philippines awarded him as one of the Thirteen Artist Awardees as recognition for his contributions to the country.
He garnered travel grants as artist –in-residence in France, England, Switzerland, Russia, Spain and Portugal in Europe; United States, Mexico and Chile in the Americas; Iran, Israel, Egypt, South Korea, India, Malaysia and China in Asia. Each country that he visits became his topic and subject for his art. He became known as International Artist and also the Most Travelled Artist for travelling for more than 50 countries.
In 1995, he celebrated his 25th Anniversary as an artist by exhibiting 2 reminiscing artworks at the Artists’ Corner in SM Megamall: "Sining Bayan" for being a Filipino Painter and "The Global Village" for being a painter of the world with the ambassadors of the countries where in he is an artist-in-residence as the honorable guests. In 1998, President Fidel V. Ramos became his honorable guest for the inauguration of his mural "Pasasalamat" that is shown in the hall of United Nations Center in Vienna, Austria.
He is also known as a sculptor. He won his fourth gold prize for sculptor for the Annual Art Association of the Philippines Competition sculpture category in the year 1982. His winning piece was "Tribute to the Filipino Farmer" that was shown the in City Gallery at Luneta in 1980, as his tribute to his father, Perfecto S. Baldemor. In 1999, he became the representative of the country for the 3rd Inami International Wooden Sculpture Camp in Toyama Prefecture in Japan. In the span of his camping, he created the sculpture "Pamilyang Pilipino" with 1m wide and 4m high.
On October 1–14, 1999, he exhibited his 100th show entitled "A Distinctive Milestone" as a painter and sculptor at the Artists’ Corner in SM Megamall. At that time, he was the only artist to exhibit his works a hundred times.
He is also a writer; he is part of the Writers’ Guild of the Philippines. His poems and essays are featured in leading newspapers and magazines in the country. He became a columnist for culture in two major newspaper companies. In his weekly column entitled "Folio" of Manuel D. Baldemor in Sunday times of the Manila Times newspaper in 1992 to 1994. He continued his weekly column in the "Art and Culture Section" of "The Philippines Star" from 1997 to 1999.
He showed his skills as a graphic designer by making the souvenir program of XI World Congress of Cardiology in 1991, XXII International Conference on Internal Medicine in 1994, and other commemorative books about the history and cultivation of the Philippines.
In 1980, he is awarded "Gawad Sikap" for Visual Arts for the 400th anniversary of his hometown. Paetenians International Northeast Chapter acknowledged him as the "Paetenian of the Year" in 1985 and one of the "Ten Outstanding Living Paetenians"in 2000. He is also awarded as one of the "Natatanging Buhay na Anak ng Bayan" in the Celebration of Balik-Paete 2004.
He sometime leads the patronage and affirmation of Paete like his shows "Salubong" in Nayong Pilipino in 1978, "The Masters of Paete Exhibit" at the City Gallery, Luneta in 1980, grand exhibition of "The Paete Phenomenon" at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, the tape-recording of the two historical concert of Band 69 – "Konsyerto ng Pamanang Himig" and "Konsyerto ng Sentenaryo ng Banda " – at the UP Abelardo Hall in 1997, the "Konsyerto ng Sentenaryo ng Kalayaan ng Bansa" inside the hundred-year Church of Paete, Laguna.
His works have been chosen and reproduced by UNICEF as a design for their greeting cards for the past 30 years, that generated for at least P35 million sales for the company. [3]
Year | Awards |
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2007 | Most Outstanding Alumni of University of Santo Thomas |
2004 | 10th Asian Biennale Bangladesh |
1998 | Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Delhi, India |
1997 | Ministry of Arts and Culture, Prague, Czech Republic |
1994 | Artist-in-residence, Internationale Austausch Ateliers Region Basel, Switzerland |
1992 | Thirteen Artists Award, Cultural Center of the Philippines |
1991 | Ministry of Arts and Culture, Cairo, Egypt |
1989 | First ASEAN Symposium on Aesthetics, Workshop and Exhibition, National Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
1988 | Artist-in-residence, Santiago, Chile Artist-in-residence, Miskenot Shaannmin, Jerusalem, Israel USIS, Voluntary Visitors Program, USA |
1987 | China Exhibition Agency, The People's Republic of China |
1985 | Ministry of Arts and Culture, Moscow, USSR Leutuvos TSR Kuturas Ministerija, Vilnius, Lithuania |
1983 | Best Fine Print Award, Art Association of the Philippines |
1982 | Best Sculpture Award, Art Association of the Philippines |
1975 | British Council, London Ministry of Arts and Culture, Paris, France |
1974 | Honorable Mention Award for Painting, AAP |
1973 | Philippine Representative, XIV Internationale Art Exhibition, Paris, France Grand Prize Award, Art Association of the Philippines |
Year | Exhibits |
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2014 | "Mosaique" Alliance Francaise, France [4] |
2013 | "Moments with Christ", SM Megamall Atrium [5] "Symphony of Colors" Centro Cultural Galileo, Madrid, Spain [6] "Philippine Skyland" Salon des Délegués., UNESCO Miollis, Paris, France [7] |
2012 | "Impressions: An Art Exhibition of Paintings" Vienna International Center, Vienna, Austria [8] "Images of My Homeland and Switzerland" Switzerland [9] |
2010 | A Cross-Stitch Echibit, Event Center, SM Megamall [10] |
2008 | "The Images of the Philippines and Norway" Norway’s Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs, Norway, Iceland [11] |
2007 | "Somewhere in France" Art Center, SM Megamall [12] "Windows" Atrium, Singapore "Chromatext Reloaded" CCP Main Gallery "The Wonders of China" Galerie Y |
2006 | Vietnam Fine Art Museum exhibit, Hanoi |
2005 | Galerie S, Stockholm |
1998 | "Las Canciones de la Revolucion" Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Madrid, Spain "From the Heart of India" Art Center, SM MegaMall |
1997 | "A Gift of Nature" Gallery 139, Ayala Alabang, Muntinlupa "Dubrovnik Croatia" Galerie Y, SM MegaMall, Mandaluyong "Czech National Day" Czech Embassy, Manila "Songs of the Revolution" Ayala Museum, Makati City "Prague, The Heart of Europe" Ayala Museum, Makati City "Mula sa Sinisintang Lupa" GSIS Museo ng Sining, GSIS Bldg, Financial Center, Pasay "Philippines Nature's Wonder" Hotel Bayerischen Hof, Munich, Germany "Images of my Native Land" Novomestska Radnice, Prague, Czech Republic "Hymn to my Homeland" Kunst Im Sonnenhof, Bern, Switzerland "Transition" The Crucible Gallery, SM MegaMall, Mandaluyong |
1996 | "Cultural and Spiritual Homeland" Museo Iloilo, Iloilo City "Quelque Part En France" La Galerie, Alliance Francaise de Manille "Global Village" The Art Center, SM MegaMall, Mandaluyong "Hymn to the Earth" Luz Gallery, Makati City "Discovery" The Country of Tagaytay Highlands, Tagaytay City "Festival of my Hometown" Philippine International Convention Center |
1995 | "Switzerland Aquarelle" Finale Art Gallery, SM MegaMall, Mandaluyong "Pasko sa Aming Bayan" EDSA Plaza Hotel, Mandaluyong "Graces from the Land" Gen. Luna Gallery, Davao City "Masskara", Bacolod Convention Plaza Hotel, Bacolod City "Sining Bayan" Art Center, SM MegaMall, Mandaluyong "CEBU, The Queen City of the South" SM City, Cebu |
1994 | "Madonna Filipina" Sculpture Exhibition, Heritage Art Center, Shangri-La Plaza, Mandaluyong "Flowers from the Alps" Galerie Y, SM MegaMall, Mandaluyong "A Piece of Switzerland" Ayala Museum, Makati City "Ein Stuck Schwiz" International Austausch Ateliers Region, Basel, Switzerland |
1993 | "Maskara ng Buhay" Galerie Y, SM MegaMall, Mandaluyong "Zona Verde" Hotel Intercontinental, Makati City "Philippine Skyworld" Phoenix Gallery, Baguio City "Cogon at Kahoy" Woodcut Prints Exhibition, Ayala Museum, Makati City "Scent of China" Galerie Y, SM MegaMall, Mandaluyong "The Gentle Carabao" West Gallery, SM MegaMall, Mandaluyong "Festival of Colors" Victoria Plaza, Davao City |
1992 | "Pasko Filipino" Heritage Art Center, SM MegaMall, Mandaluyong "Mirror" Lopez Museum, Pasig "Awit at Kulay" Hotel Nikko Manila Garden, Makati City "Season's Best" Westin Philippine Plaza Hotel, Manila "Recuerdos de Mexico" Ayala Museum, Makati City |
1991 | "Underneath the Rainbow" Philippines Center, New York City, USA "The Wonders of Egypt II" Egyptian Ambassador's Residence, Makati City "The Wonders of Egypt I" Lopez Museum, Pasig "The Art of Manuel D. Baldemor" National Gallery, Open House, Cairo, Egypt "Ugat ng Sariling Atin" UPLB Gallery, Los Baños, Laguna "Ang Pista sa Nayon" West Gallery, Quezon City "Sa Duyan ng Pagmamahal" Ayala Museum, Makati City "May Isang Bayan sa Dakong Silangan" Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila "Sa Lambong ng Bahag-hari" Artist's Corner Gallery, Hotel Intercontinental Manila, Makati City |
1990 | "Munting Bayan sa Salamin" Hotel Nikko Manila Garden, Makati City "Nature's Best" Lopez Museum, Pasig "Sining at Lulturang Kinagisnan" The Luz Gallery, Makati City "Pagdiriwang" Philippine International Convention Center, Manila |
1989 | "Chile: A Discovery of Colors" The National Museum, Manila |
1987 | "The Art of Manuel D. Baldemor" Harry Steel Cultural Center, Kiriat Ono, Israel "As I Came Down from Jerusalem" Ayala Museum, Makati City "Munting Bayan" Philippine Center, New York |
1986 | "Homage to Carlos V. Francisco" Angono Artist's, Angono, Rizal "Recent Works" Lopez Museum, Pasig "Homage to Botong" Ayala Museum, Makati City "American Experience" Thomas Jefferson Cultural Center, Makati City "The Art of Manuel D. Baldemor" International Art Gallery, Beijing, China "Xian Beyond Expectations" Ayala Museum, Makati City |
1985 | "The Graphic Art of Manuel D. Baldemor" The Friendship House, Moscow, USSR "Manuelis Baldemoras Tapyba Grapika" Lietuvos TSR Dailies Muziejus, Vilnius Lithuania "Folk Vision" The Luz Gallery, Makati City "Pahiyas and the Year of the Carabao" Gallery Genesis, Mandaluyong |
1984 | "Summertime" Gallery Marguerite, Hyatt Terraces, Baguio City "Baldemor Country" The Luz Gallery, Makati City |
1983 | "Laguna, the Land and the People" Hidalgo Gallery, makati City "Painting and Sculpture" ELF Arthaus, Parañaque, Metro Manila "Munting Bayan" Ayala Museum, Makati City |
1982 | "Roots" Greenhills Art Center, San Juan, Metro Manila |
1981 | "Korean Impressions" Greenhills Art Center, San Juan, Metro Manila "Baldemor's Painting Exhibition" Philippine Embassy, Seoul, Korea "Images of the Homeland" Greenhills Art Center, San Juan, Metro Manila |
1980 | "Tribute to the Filipino Farmers" (Sculpture) City Gallery, Manila |
1978 | "Introspective" Print Collections Gallery, Manila "Kay Ganda ng Pilipinas" ABC Galleries, Manila "Muslim Impressions" Hidalgo Gallery, Makati City |
1977 | The Art of Manuel D. Baldemor" Mainz Rathaus, Mainz, West Germany "Baldemor Paintings" PhilamLife, Iloilo City |
1976 | "Ceramic Paintings" The Gallery, Hyatt Regency, Manila "Mother and Child" ABC Galleries, Manila "Prints and Drawings" Galeria Burlas, Bacolod City |
1975 | "Kay Ganda ng Pilipinas" Kilusang Sining Gallery Makati "Recent Paintings" Galeria Burlas, Bacolod City |
1974 | "Baldemor's Paete" GMTFM Hall, Taguig, Metro Manila "Paete" Second Laguna Development Bank, Paete, Laguna "Paete: Sketchbook of a Filipino Town" Quad Gallery, Makati |
1973 | "The Art of Manuel D. Baldemor" Hidalgo Gallery, Makati |
1972 | "The Graphic Art of Manuel D. Baldemor" Hidalgo Gallery, Makati City |
Year | Exhibits |
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2011 | "Edades: From Freedom to Fruition", Cultural Center of the Philippines [13] |
2006 | "Ode to the Pasig River" Ayala Museum "Through the Palette's Eye" U.P.-Jorge B. Vargas Museum and Filipiniana Research Center |
2005 | Philippine Exhibit, Stanford Art Spaces, Stanford University "SCAPES: Images of Time and Place" DLSU Museum |
1997 | Two-Man Show, Albor-Baldemor, Stadt Museum, Düsseldorf, Germany Two-Man Show, Albor-Baldemor, Landesvertretung Thuringen, Bonn, Germany |
1996 | "The Filipino Masters" Ericsson Telecommunications, Manila Three-Man Show, Albor-Baldemor-Olmedo, Philippine Embassy, Vienna, Italy |
1992 | Philippine Pavilion, Seville, Spain |
1991 | "Paete Phenomenon" Cultural Center of the Philippines |
1990 | Cultural Gallery, Muzium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
1989 | First ASEAN Symposium on Aesthetics, Workshop and Exhibition, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
1988 | International Art Festival, Saddam Art Center, Baghdad, Iraq |
1987 | Metropolitan Museum, Manila |
1986 | Bienal de la Habana, Cuba |
1985 | Print Council of Australia, Melbourne Asia World Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan |
1984 | Galerie Taub, Philadelphia |
1982 | ASEAN Traveling Art Exhibition, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Hong Kong, and Manila |
1980 | Madurodam Gallery, The Hague, The Netherlands |
1977 | Wall Panel Gallery, Tehran, Iran |
1975 | The Philippine Center, New York City, New York, USA |
1973 | XIV Internationale Art Exhibition, Paris, France |
1972 | AAP Art Competition and Exhibition, Cultural Center of the Philippines |
Year | Books and Publications |
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2010 | "Manuel D. Baldemor’s European Journey of Discovery" [14] |
1996 | "Painting the Global Village" with Rosalinda L. Orosa |
1993 | "Tales of a Rainy Night" with C. Hidalgo "Sabong" with A. Hidalgo |
1992-94 | Columnist, "Folio", Sunday Times Life Magazine, Philippines |
1992 | "Philippine Food and Life" with G.C. Fernando [15] |
1991 | "The Paete Phenomenon" with I.C. Endaya |
1990-94 | Official UNICEF Card Design |
1989 | "The Philippines" with C. Nakpil & "Chile, A Discovery of Colors" with S. Fanega |
1988 | "Sarap" with D. Fernandez, E. Alegre |
1987 | "Philippine Ancestral Houses" with F. Zialcita, N. Oshima |
1986 | "Painture, New Lixicom of Philippine Art" with P. Zafaralla |
1981 | "Images of the Homeland" with M. Baterina |
1980 | "Tribute to the Filipino Farmers" with L. Benesa |
1974 | "Paete, Sketchbook of a Filipino Town" with B. Afuang |
1972 | "The Graphic Art of Manuel D. Baldemor" with M. Duldulao |
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