Ibarra dela Rosa

IBARRA DELA ROSA
Born 1943 in Nueva Ecija.  FEATI University College of Fine Arts.  Original member of the Dimasalang Group of progressive artists.  His first show at La Solidaridad Gallery was followed by more than 60 shows in his lifetime in the best Philippine galleries including Hidalgo, Quad, Kamalig, Luz, Jeune, Micaller and Galerie Bleue.
 Prizes and awards include the CCP 13 Artists award, Rotary Club Art Tilt and the Araw ng Maynila Heritage Award.
 Ibarra is the foremost exponent of meticulous impressionism in the Philippines.  His blots, which he called "wipings", as series of acrylic splashes on board project pure abstract art experience.
 Former member of the PWU art faculty.

Kulay-Diwa  is a venue for Philippines and Southeast Asian Contemporary Art. Inaugurated on February 7, 1987, Kulay-Diwa, is strategically located within a cluster of communities South of Manila.  It has five independent exhibition areas able to accommodate large-scale works and a garden ideal for programs, performances and sculpture installations.  The goals of the gallery are to discover and promote the works of young, talented but deserving Filipino Artists and to foster cultural interaction and exchanges with the local regions and other countries.

Kulay (Colour)

Diwa  (Spirit, Thought)

Ibarra dela Rosa, "Untitled", Oil on Canvas, 37 x 35 cms., 1994

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