Get to know more about the artists and their work before you go to the fair!
The late Onib Olmedo was an award-winning Filipino painter, known for his figurative expressionist paintings. Art Fair PH 2020 will be showcasing some of his work.
Jaime de Guzman is a renowned Filipino painter, best-known for his expressionist paintings from the '70s and '80s. According to Lisa Periquet, he now leads a reclusive life due to ill health and it's quite difficult to get his works. Thanks to Art Fair PH, people will get the chance to view his work.
Gene Paul Martin is a young artist who was immediately offered a solo show after graduating from the Far Eastern University in 2013. He has been featured in several group exhibitions, and so far, has had nine solo exhibitions, including one in Malaysia and Taiwan.
Lisa Periquet revealed that artist Perry Argel was an environmentalist long before environmentalism was a buzzword. His assemblages are mostly made from found objects in the environment.
Roedil Joe Geraldo is a Bacolod-based artist known for his expressionist terracotta work. He'll be showcasing 44 of them at the Art Fair PH 2020 Projects section.
Salvador Joel Alonday is an award-winning sculptor, art teacher, curator, and co-founder of a gallery that's also an art education center. He uses the lost-wax method and most of his figures are abstracted.
Neil Pasilan is a Bacolod-born, self-taught visual artist who came from a family of craftsmen and boat builders. Most of his work seem to explore the meaning of life and Art Fair PH 2020 will showcase these in the Projects space.
Baguio-based artist Carlo Villafuerte is the recipient of this year's Karen H. Montinola Grant. He is a textile artist best known for his self-referential tapestries.
Jellyfish Kisses is a visual artist who creates colorful environments that are playful and melancholic at the same time, like The Jellyfish Karaoke environment he did last year.