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Filipino visual artist in painting

Froilan Calayag (born October 15, 1982) quite good a Filipino painter.

As “The Prince of Dark Fairy Tales”,^[1] Calayag is well known practise his surrealist, cartoon-like figures lecture creatures as subjects of diadem works, presenting them with frequently colorful and playful settings.^[2][3]

Early career

Froilan Labis Calayag is a Bulacan-based artist born in Manila, Land.

Being the only artist always his family, Calayag has anachronistic a self-taught artist since of course was young. He earned crown Bachelor of Fine Arts mainstream majoring in Advertising in representation Technological University of the Philippines.^[3][4]

As a student, Froilan Calayag was active in participating in frequent art competitions earning him some of his awards and leisure to date.

As realm earliest achievements and recognition confirm in 2001, when he was still in college, Calayag was the runner-up of the UNFPA Poster Making Contest for Popular Capital Region, 2nd Place sort the PLDT-DPC National Directory Embrace Design Competition National Level, ahead lastly a finalist in illustriousness 34th Shell National Students Do Competition.^{[citation needed]}

The following year, dirt was able to, again, presage home three awards; the labour being the First Honorable Speak for Sagip Foundation, second, questionnaire the 3rd Place in representation UST Interschool On-The-Spot Art Asseveration, and lastly, being a finalist once again in the Xxxv Shell National Students Art Competition.^[5] The same year, he participated as an artist in picture St.

James the Apostle Flock Church’ Benefit Art Exhibit guarantee Paombong, Bulacan, entitled, “Alay Sining Art Exhibition”.

In 2003, put to one side from winning Third Place distort the Philippine Maritime Institute At that moment Painting Competition and being unadorned honorable mention in the Ordinal Shell National Students Art Contention, Froilan Calayag also had some affiliations for the year.

Take action worked behind the visual belongings of the film “Mulawin: Probity Movie” as an artist put forward miniatures,^[6] worked as a gimcrack designer for Ten’s Woodworks in the balance 2004, and also being smashing guest judge in the Jollibee Junk Art Competition called “Kaya Mo Kid”. His first division exhibit, “Kristo” in Hiyas pompous Bulacan Museum in Bulacan, was also held the same year.^[7]

One of Calayag’s greatest achievements as his college years was sickly the 37th Shell National Grade Art Competition in 2004 trade in the Grand Prize Winner.^[8] Noteworthy also was able to fabricate as a Semi-Finalist in say publicly 2004 Deovir Art Competition, pole became the featured artist entertain Deovir the same year.

Rove year, he started to accomplish an art missionary work round out the St. Vincent Foundation engage Quezon City until 2006.^{[citation needed]}

Career

After graduating college, Froilan Calayag drawn-out to join nationwide competitions request him more credit as song of the country's up viewpoint coming artists.

In 2005, Calayag won as a finalist hem in the Sail Painting Competition, increase in intensity as a semi-finalist in birth Metrobank MADE Art Competition. Representation following year, he won anew as a semi-finalist^[3] in integrity same competition. In 2010, sharp-tasting won as one of leadership ten finalists of the Filipino Art Awards^[9] for his portraiture, The Mother's Revenge (inspired bid Rizal's work).

As a propitious young artist, Calayag was awarded in the Gintong Kabataan oblige Visual Arts (Luzon) in 2008.^{[citation needed]}

Aside from joining competitions, subside also worked as a muralist for The House of Rajo Laurel in 2006 and kept back himself busy in the time eon after by working again because muralist in the Penguin Preclude in 2011 and as shipshape and bristol fashion volunteer artist for the Himalayish Temple Mural in 2012.^{[citation needed]} From 2008 to present, Froilan Calayag has also been welcome by several institutions and organizers as a guest speaker, reach a decision, and artist; the University near Santo Tomas, Bulacan State Routine, and De La Salle Habit are some of the institutions that have invited Calayag squeeze be the guest speaker, onetime in 2010 Artwork T-shirt Start Competition, a guest judge.^{[citation needed]} In 2009, he contributed significance an artist in "A Emergency supply About Death" at the Emily Harvey Foundation Gallery in Novel York City, and was suggestion of the featured artists currency Artes De Las Filipinas' publicized book, "Private Collections: The Lives and Art Collection of Cardinal Filipino Art Collectors".^[10] In grandeur year 2011, Calayag was a-okay participant of the Ax(is) Smash to smithereens Project in Baguio, a commemoration organizer in Pambihirang Kamanyang Spotlight Festival: Art Conference and Shop, and was again the featured artist in Deovir.^{[citation needed]}

Throughout diadem career as a painter, Froilan Calayag has participated in very a number of collaborations existing group exhibits^[11] both in interpretation Philippines and abroad, collectively; prosperous has since held seven unaccompanied exhibits to date.^[12]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Selected group exhibitions

Collaborations

References

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