Al Perez Master Filipino Painter

MASTER PAINTER OF PHILIPPINE HERITAGE CHURCHES

Al Perez

Dubbed by multiple publications as the 'Master Painter of Heritage Churches' and 'Father of Heritage Art,' Al Perez is a Filipino Asian Modern & Contemporary artist born in 1947 in Hagonoy, Bulacan. Exhibiting precocious skills in art and design early on, he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Santo Tomas in 1968. He also studied at the Art Students League in 1984 and at the School of Visual Arts in 1996, both in New York. He has painted churches, houses, nipa huts, still life, flowers, and landscapes in a realistic manner.

His work has been featured on Philippine Postal stamps and PTSI TB Seals. In 1984, he exhibited at the Philippine Trade Centers in New York, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco.

Al Perez

Sacred and Profane

"Sacred and Profane features veteran artist Al Perez's famous paintings and sculptures, digging deep into the duality of his works, and his life before and beyond his art.

Edited and coauthored by the envoy himself with top art critic Cid Reyes, cultural journalist Edgar Allan Sembrano and cultural diplomacy researcher-writer Eugene Sumakwel Servigon, published in 2023 by Kawayan Press of the Cebu-based Museo Cariño of Ambassador José Maria A. Cariño."

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