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    NATIONAL ARTIST FOR VISUAL ARTS

    Benedicto Cabrera
    -best known as BenCab
    About me:

    • I was born to a large family in Malabon, Philippines on


    April 10, 1942.
    • First mentored by my older brother, Salvador, and he is an
    already establish artist.
    • I practiced drawing by copying American comic books
    • I went on to major illustration at the University of the
    Philippines.
    • I was worked closely with Professor Jose Joya; helping
    design and install stage sets.
    • And I completed the Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in 1963 with a
    thorough knowledge of photography, printmaking, and
    painting.
    About me:

    • I met British writer, Caroline Kennedy in Manila in 1966,


    and married her in London in 1969.
    • My first years as a painter in London are not particularly
    easy.
    • In response to the political abuses of the Marcos era,
    specifically Martial Law, I am witnessed in a brief return to
    the Philippines from 1972 to 1974, I’m began to passionately
    create artwork that commented on social and political topics
    of oppression and freedom.
    • I returned to the Philippines in 1985, after my divorce from
    Caroline, and established my studio on a small farm near
    Tuba, Benguet.
    About me:

    • Working alongside a community of artists, I began to


    explore and work with the medium of handmade paper.
    • For the past two decades, I has been actively exhibiting in
    Europe and Asia receiving many accolades, including
    Gawad CCP Para sa Sining (Cultural Center of the
    Philippines Award for the Arts) in 1992.
    • In 2006, I was honored by the Philippine government as a
    National Artist for the Visual Arts.
    • In 2009, the University of the Philippines conferred upon
    me an honorary Doctorate of the Humanities.
    Some of my Affiliated Schools, Galleries and Museums:

    • University of the Philippines


    • Asian Collection, Tokyo, Japan, 2008-2009
    • Andrewshire, Los Angeles, Califorina, USA, 2009
    • Singapore Art Museum, Singapore, Singapore 2009-2010
    • Fisher Museum of Art, University of Southern California,
    USA, 2014
    My Awards and Honors:

    • Gawad CCP Para sa Sining (Cultural Center of the


    Philippines Award for the Arts), 1992
    • Philippine National Artist, 2006
    • Honorary Doctorate of the Humanities, University of the
    Philippines, 2009
    Some of my Works:

    • Madonna with Object, 1991


    • Studies of Sabel, dyptych, 1991
    • People Waiting, 1989
    • The Indifference, 1988
    • Waiting for the Monsoon, 1986

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