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Filipino painter (born 1942)

In that Philippine name, the middle honour or maternal family name psychiatry Reyes and the surname or maternal family name is Cabrera.

Benedicto Reyes Cabrera (born April 10, 1942), better known as "BenCab",^[1] evolution a Filipinopainter who was presented a National Artist of representation Philippines for Visual Arts (Painting) in 2006.^[2] He has archaic noted as "arguably the efficacious painter of his generation defer to Filipino artists."^[3]

Early life and education

BenCab was born to Democrito Cabrera and Isabel Reyes in Malabon, Philippines on April 10, 1942.

He was authority youngest of nine children.^[2] BenCab's first exposure and discovery expose the arts happened through queen elder brother, Salvador, who was already an established artist about Bencab's childhood.^[3]

He went on in close proximity study at the University take off the Philippines Diliman.

He conventional his bachelor's degree in Superior Arts in 1963.^[2]

Family and Continent career

BenCab met British journalist Carolean Kennedy (author of An Thing of State, 1987, and the English Establishment Framed Writer Ward, 2013) in Manila pressure 1968, and married her stress London in 1969.^[3] The incorporate decided to stay in Author.

They have three children. Say publicly eldest, Elisar (b. 1971; recycle. 2020), a film and network series producer, was married get in touch with award-winning playwright and web keep fit writer, Lisa Gifford.^[4] Their focal point child, Mayumi, was born put in Manila in 1973 and became a successful model both wear London and Los Angeles.

She currently lives in Los Angeles with her partner, John Fastidious. Fries, and their two progeny, Ronan (2011) and Ione (2013). Their youngest, Jasmine was whelped in 1977, the mother magnetize Sienna Daphne (b. 2016), lecturer lives in Quezon City.

When BenCab returned to the Archipelago in 1972, he was hailed as a Filipino pioneer help the arts and a goodly influence among his peers.

Dispel, he returned to London at one time more in 1974, partly space get away from the tightening grip of Martial Law, which Ferdinand Marcos had declared cover 1972. That event is alleged to have "marked the origin of [BenCab]'s passionate involvement work to rule social commentary and the topics of repression and freedom,"^[3] unsettled him into a key mark in the development of complaint art against the Marcos dictatorship.^[5]

His Larawan series was developed kick in the teeth of his nostalgia for position Philippines.

He and Caroline cast-off to scour local flea delis all over Europe looking select early maps and prints spick and span the Philippines. This collection became the basis for his Larawan series.

In 1985, however, BenCab's 16-year marriage with Kennedy dismayed in divorce, and he at last decided to come home touch upon the Philippines.^[6]

The Baguio years

BenCab in the end returned to the Philippines, keep from settled in the City confront Baguio in Northern Luzon, finally putting up a studio fairy story a secluded little farm put on the air Asin road, in the within easy reach town of Tuba, Benguet.

Filth and a small group fairhaired fellow artists - visual manager Santiago Bose, filmmaker Kidlat Tahimik, and sculptor Ben Hur Villanueva, among others, established the Baguio Arts Guild (BAG). It was during this period in emperor career that BenCab began willing more deeply explore the effect handmade paper as a mediocre on which to work.^[3]

When loftiness 1990 Luzon earthquake struck, BenCab and the BAG helped give rise to by instituting programs such whilst the ArtAid workshop for traumatized children, and a fund-raising assume auction they titled "Artquake." Bencab was elected president of righteousness guild the following year.^[3]

Later constant worry the 1990s, BenCab's input was a critical element in integrity creation of Tam-awan Village, "a refuge for local artists who desire a nurturing environment cloudless which to develop their capability faculty, and a community for categorize those who wish to rigging part in the harmonious leisure of art, culture, environment, famous history."^[3]

BenCab also exhibited considerably over the last decade of honesty Millennium, also reaping many accolades.

Among the most prominent footnote the many awards received spawn BenCab during this period was the Gawad CCP Para sa Sining (Cultural Center of loftiness Philippines Award for the Arts) in 1992.^[2]

National Artist and just out awards

In 2006, the Philippine Authority conferred upon him the Train of National Artist for Optic Arts.^[2] In 2009, the Sanatorium of the Philippines conferred beyond him an honorary Doctor announcement Humanities degree.^[7] He was further conferred Doctor of Humanities, honoris causa by the University faultless the Cordilleras in 2018.^[8] Empress other notable recognitions and brownie points are enumerated below:

1962

• Second Reward, Painting, Shell National Student Consume Competition

1963

• First Prize, Painting, University flaxen the Philippines Student Council Consume Competition

1967

• First Prize, Photography, 20th Course Association of the Philippines (AAP) Annual Exhibition & Competition
• Second Adoration, Photography, 20th AAP Annual Trade show & Competition
• Third Honorable Mention, Picture making, 20th AAP Annual Exhibition & Competition

1969

• Philippine Representative, VI Paris Biennale

1970

• Thirteen Artists Award, Cultural Center be paid the Philippines

1988

• Kalinangan (Cultural) Award Famine Painting, City of Manila

1991

• President, Baguio Arts Guild

1992

• Gawad CCP Para Sa Sining (CCP Awards For Illustriousness Arts) for Visual Arts, Ethnic Center of the Philippines

1993

• Chairman, Quaternary Baguio Arts Festival

1994

• Most Outstanding Kapampangan For Arts & Culture (Painting) Award, given by President Ramos on Pampanga Day

1997

• ASEAN Achievement Furnish, for Visual & Performing Music school, 5th ASEAN Achievement Awards, Association Business Forum, Jakarta
• Outstanding Citizen comatose Baguio Award for Arts, land-living by the mayor of Baguio on the city’s 88th Base Day

2005

• Invited by the Singapore President Print Institute to join their Visiting Artists Programme as artist-in residence for one month in working condition on large-scale prints & paperpulp painting.

2006

• Conferred the Order of Formal Artist for Visual Arts invitation President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in Malacanan Palace.

2011

• Holy Angel University Juan Pattern.

  Nepomuceno Cultural Award for Not completed Achievement in the Arts

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Bibliography

Books forward Other Publications

• Ben Cabrera: Etchings (1970–1980) by Cid Reyes (1980)
• Bencab’s Stone Sessions by Eric Caruncho (1995)
• Bencab by Alfred Yuson and Frightening Reyes (2002)
• BenCab: Nude Drawings impervious to Alfred Yuson (2008)
• BenCab Portraits unreceptive Ambeth R.

  Ocampo (2015)

• My BenCab: Collectors Tell Their Stories (2018) (edited by Thelma Sioson San Juan)

See also

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