JERRY ELIZALDE NAVARRO (1924-1999)
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Jerry Navarro was born May 22nd 1924 in San Jose, Antique. He was a Ramon Roces publications scholar at the University of the Philippines Manila, where he studied in 1947. He transferred the following year to the University of St. Tomas where he majored in painting. In his art studies, Navarro experimented with many different methods of sculptor and mixed media, including incision painting. While in school, Navarro was also an editor for the university newspaper, the Varsitarian. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1951, and later married Filipina sculptor Virgina Ty-Navarro.
Navarro's devotion and practice of art spanned 40 years. He was well known for his abstract paintings in oil and watercolor, his aseenlabges of found objects and metals, and his carved, harwood masks that merge the human and the animal. He also created a series of figurative works inspired from Balinese art and culture. In 1999, Navarro was awarded Philippine National Artist for Painting. That same year he passed away at age of 75.
Exhibitions and Awards:
1967 – represented the Philippines in Sculpture Category, São Paulo Beinnale Brazil
1970 – represented the Philippines in Sculpture Category, São Paulo Beinnale, Brazil
1972 – represented the Philippines at the Biennale de art Graphiques, Brno, Czechoslovakia
1980 – First Filipino artist to be represented at YAYASAN Bali, Indonesia
1999 – Philippine National Artist
2014 – Leon Art Gallery Auction House "The Kingly Treasures"
Notable Works:
1965 – I'm Sorry Jesus, I Can't Attend Christmas This Year
1969 – Homage to Dodjie Laurel
1977 – designed the Philippine booth, 12th Tokyo International Trade Fair Japan
1977 – designed the ASEAN Trade Fair, Manila, Philippines
1984 – A Flying Contraption for Mr. Icarus
1992 – The Seasons
Navarro's devotion and practice of art spanned 40 years. He was well known for his abstract paintings in oil and watercolor, his aseenlabges of found objects and metals, and his carved, harwood masks that merge the human and the animal. He also created a series of figurative works inspired from Balinese art and culture. In 1999, Navarro was awarded Philippine National Artist for Painting. That same year he passed away at age of 75.
Exhibitions and Awards:
1967 – represented the Philippines in Sculpture Category, São Paulo Beinnale Brazil
1970 – represented the Philippines in Sculpture Category, São Paulo Beinnale, Brazil
1972 – represented the Philippines at the Biennale de art Graphiques, Brno, Czechoslovakia
1980 – First Filipino artist to be represented at YAYASAN Bali, Indonesia
1999 – Philippine National Artist
2014 – Leon Art Gallery Auction House "The Kingly Treasures"
Notable Works:
1965 – I'm Sorry Jesus, I Can't Attend Christmas This Year
1969 – Homage to Dodjie Laurel
1977 – designed the Philippine booth, 12th Tokyo International Trade Fair Japan
1977 – designed the ASEAN Trade Fair, Manila, Philippines
1984 – A Flying Contraption for Mr. Icarus
1992 – The Seasons
