He would eventually pursue further studies abroad and return to the Philippines in 1964 to become a full-time sculptor and professor at the University of the East School of Fine Arts. Ama naming makapangyarihan at mapagmahal, tinipon mo kami sa ngalan ng iyong anak na si Hesus. View artworks for sale by Abdulmari AsiaImao Abdulmari AsiaImao (4, Filipino). Browse upcoming auctions and create alerts for artworks you are interested in. They had four children: Abdulmari “Toym” Junior, Jose Mari, Juan Sajid, and Alkarim. Necrological services were held at the Cultural Center of the Philippines last Sunday, December 21, for National Artist Abdulmari Asia Imao, who died December 16 at the age of 78. “The sculpture features the growth and blossoming of an individual depicted by different family milestones that are shown from every side of the work,” according to the awards program. Abdulmari Asia Imao, 73, is the first Moro, and the only one to date, to be honored as National Artist of the Philippines. ABDULMARI ASIA IMAO January 14, 1936 . Abdulmari Asia Imao is perhaps most famous for his fusion of eastern mystical and ornamental motifs with the western technique of Cubism. Jose Maria Ansaldo, aide to the President, helped Imao enter college at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City. National Artist for Visual Arts (2006) (January 14, 1936 – December 16, 2014) Abdulmari Asia Imao, a native of Sulu, is a sculptor, painter, photographer, ceramist, documentary film maker, cultural researcher, writer, and articulator of Philippine Muslim art and culture. Clearly, the country hasn't been able to flatten the...Panalangin Para Sa Bayan Filter by auction house, media and more. Find artworks by Abdulmari Imao on MutualArt and find more works from galleries, museums and auction houses worldwide. It is given by the Philippine Government, by virtue on Presidential Proclamation No. Perhaps it’s through their union (or maybe it’s really his personality) but Imao is known in the community as being open and accepting person of other faiths. Abdulmari Asia Imao, 73, is the first Moro, and the only one to date, to be honored as National Artist of the Philippines. 1001 dated April 2, 1972, and jointly administered by the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).Imao also has the distinction of being the first Asian recipient of the New York Museum of Modern Art Grant to Europe and Scandinavia in 1963. Imao etched trophies with the shape of a swimmer atop a pedestal for the swimmers in Sulu. Here are five fast facts about the first and only Muslim National Artist: Abdulmari Asia Imao is perhaps most famous for his fusion of eastern mystical and ornamental motifs with the western technique of Cubism. This translated to his art, which is all about the beautiful creations beyond cultural differences. Named National Artist for Sculpture in 2006, he articulates Philippine Muslim art and culture through his work not only as a sculptor but also as a painter, photographer, ceramist, documentary film maker, cultural researcher, and writer.