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49
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Male
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Married
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3
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catholic |
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| Education |
Bachelor of Fine Arts |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
painting |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Acrylic
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Contemporary Art - (Now)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
salvador dali
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| Your Personal Biography |
FIDEL SARMIENTO
Sarmiento’s interest in colonial houses stemmed from his initial college work while taking up an architectural degree course at MAPUA Institute of Technology. After one year, he found out that architecture was too linear and too technical in its approach to drawing. He realized that he was fascinated with the vintage appeal of period houses, more than the logic of the structure. He readily shifted to a fine arts course in painting at the Feati University. Enjoying a university scholarship, he was armed with pure essence in what was to become his art.
His fascination bas brought him to various places where large settlements of old houses abound. Their collective charms allure him. These places are living dioramas where the rich colonial past dialogues robustly with the forward-moving present.
Much of this interaction resides in Sarmiento’s old house paintings. He presents both the interior and exterior views of provincial ancestral houses, whether full or cropped, depending on the dictates of the composition and the corresponding mood he, as an artists, wants to amplify. There are also street scenes, to properly situate the houses and their environs. There are also pigeons, cats and other pets thrown into the compositions to breathe life into the paintings. Fidel’s paintings have very refined architectural details and strong interplay of light and textures. He does not only capture the mood of the morning light, he actually paints the light. Sarmiento paints directly onto the canvas. Studies are done mentally, and the use of photographs is resorted only to point of reference for composition. He infuses details like plants, animals, and human figures to dramatize contrast between what is vintage and what is contemporary, an indirect allusion to the generation conflicts between the old and the new.
Sarmiento, having gained the respect and support of his fellow artists, was elected President of the Art Association of the Philippines (AAP) for three consecutive terms. He opened new horizons for the members by fostering relationships with the artist’s groups in other Asian countries and encouraging art competitions sponsored by both private and public companies.
(from www.artconsultancygroup.com)
FIDEL MALIG SARMIENTO
Born : DECEMBER 19, 1959
P.Leoncio St. Sampaloc, Manila
Philippines
Residence : SANTA ROSA , LAGUNA
Email : aapfidel@yahoo.com
Contact # 09216606997
Educational Background
Elementary - Dr. A. Albert Elementary School - Dapitan Sampaloc Manila
High School - Esteban Abada High School - Sampaloc Manila
Bachelor of Fine Arts – FEATI University – Graduated – University Scholar 1983
BS Architecture – Mapua Institute of Technology 1978
Current President -- I.S.M.- Isang Samahang Makasining
President – Art Association of the Philippines –
( 3 TERMS ) 2002-2004, 2004-2006 2006 -2008
President – Sampaloc Art Group 1982
President - CMLI Art Group – 1976-77
Vice President – FILVAG- Filipino Visual Artists Guild 1998- 2001
Founding Member – PINTANAW Art Group - 1986
Residence Artist - Gallery Genesis - 1986 - 1998
AWARDS :
- MAGITING na MANGGAGAWA 2007 Award - Magiting na Manggagawa Foundation Inc
- Grand Prize, DENR Water Art Festival (On the Spot Sail Painting Competition) Boracay,
2002
- First Prize, UNCTAD IV Art Contest 1976
- Gold Medal / Best Entry-NCR - AAP Centennial Painting Competition 1998
- 2nd Prize, AAP Annual Painting Competition 1996
- Juror’s Choice, AAP Annual Art Competition 1999
- Juror’s Choice, AAP Annual Art Competition 1997
- Juror’s Choice, AAP Annual Art Competition 1992
- Juror’s Choice, (1 of the 50 Finalists) Philip Morris Philippine Art Awards 1998
- Juror’s Choice, (1 of the 50 Finalists) Philip Morris Philippine Art Awards 1997
- 6 Times Runner Up, Kulay sa Tubig Invitational Watercolor Competition -
from 1986 to 2002
- Finalist, Diwa ng Sining / NCAA Rotary 1994
- Finalist, UST On the Spot Painting Contest 1982
- Finalist, ASEAN Art Competition 1982
- Finalist, Manila Zoo On the Spot Painting Contest 1979
- Hi-‘Yer, Abada Chapter YMCA 1976 – 1977
SOLO SHOWS :
6th One Man Show Kanlungan ng Sining - 2nd Alay Kulay Para sa Alma Mater 2006
5th One Man Show Esteban Abada High School –Alay Kulay sa Alma Mater 2005
4th One-Man Show (Old Houses of Pampanga) Assumption University Museum ,
San Fernando Pampanga 2001
3rd One-Man Show Gallery Genesis 1995 ( Oil - Old houses and Still life )
2nd One-Man Show Print Collections Gallery 1984 ( Oil )
1st One-Man Show Print Collections Gallery 1982 ( Watercolor )
SAIL PAINTING Exhibit- Ubuntu Village, Johannesburg, South Africa
United Nation World Summit 2002
TWO MAN SHOWS :
Sarmiento – Kim Eun-ok Gallery Genesis 2005
Kim Eun-ok – Sarmiento Soo Yong Hwa Gallery – INSADONG South Korea 2006
Kwong – Sarmiento Gallery One, Greenhills, San Juan 1982
Sarmiento – Kwong Print Collections Gallery, Manila 1983
Art Exhibitions: Organized / Participated In
2009 - Seoul INTERNATIONAL ART FESTIVAL -Kramer Gallery -
Exhibition Coordinator
2008 ISM - Korea Peninsula Culture and Art Assosiation Art Exhibition -
Exhibition for Center for Contemporary Art - Organizer
2008 Korea- Philippines Art Festival - GSIS Museum - Organizer
2007 A DRIFT TO THE WORLD OF MASTERS –
Brussels Belgium, Le Meridian Hotel
- Museum Van der Togt – Amstelveen Holand
- Earnst and Young Gallery – Luxembourg
- Yeosu International Art Festival -Yeosu City Art Center, South Korea
2005 - -50th Year of Philippines -Germany Friendship
Hotel Intercontinental, Berlin, East Germany
- Philippine Center, Brugge, Belgium
- Philippine Embassy, Brussels, Belgium
- Asia Art Exhibition, Seoul, Korea
2004 - 22nd Korea New Art Festival, Seoul, Korea - Organizer
- Korean International Art Festival, Seoul, Korea - Organizer
- Asian Art Festival, GSIS Museum, Philippines - Organizer
- Asian Art Festival, Insa-dong Seoul, Korea - Organizer
- Manila Fine Art Biennale, Manila, Philippines - Organizer
- Korea Fine Art Biennale, Seoul, Korea - Organizer
2003 - Korea-Philippine Art Salon, Seoul, Korea - Coordinator
-Korea-Philippine Art Brain, Kanlungan ng Sining, Philippines- Organizer
- Korea-Philippine International Exhibition, GSIS Museum, Philippines- Organizer
2000 Fil-Am Expo 2000, San Francisco, USA
Pinoy Expressions 2000, New York, New York USA
1976 – 2008 - plus hundreds of Group Exhibitions here and abroad
COMPETITIONS JUDGED :
ARTURA09 - Pintados - UST
FABER CASTELL Sining Award 2008
Art PETRON Painting Competition - 2008
Phil National Red Cross Poster Making Contest 2008
NCCA Ninoy Aquino On D Spot Painting Contest 2008
FIAT Inc.On d Spot Painting Contest - Ayala Alabang - 2008
Ayala Alabang Camera Club Photo Contest - 2008
Manila 2007 On d Spot Painting Competition
FEATI – PLDT painting Competition - 2006
PLDT Inter-School Competition 2003
FEU Foundation Day Inter-School Painting Competition 2003
AAP-BAyantel Sining Para sa Kabataan 2003 - 2004
Faber Castell Art Contest 2003
UST Chalk Festival 2003
First Bulacan Art Festival 2003 - Pulilan Bulacan
3M Post-It Design Competition 2002
PAL Painting Contest 1986
UST - PLDT Cover Design Contest - 2005
PWU - PLDT Cover Design Contest- 2005
UE- PLDT Cover Design Contest - 2004
BOOKS :
Flora and Fauna in Philippine Art - 2008
Mother and Child Book
Philippine Art Now
Philippine Nudes 2005
Collectors Guide Book - Cover - 2005
Encyclopedia of Philippine Art 2004 (back cover)
Art Across the Philippines 2003
Saturday Group Book 2003
Manila Year Planner 2000 - Department of Tourism (front cover)
Philippine Art Now Book
San Miguel Corporation: A History in Brewing 1998
100 Years 100 Artists of the CCP
A Century of Realism in Philippine Art 1988
aapwebsite : www.universal-group.net/aap
fidelswebsite : www.fidelsarmiento.ht.cx
www.fsarmiento.multiply.com
http://www.artconsultancygroup.com
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