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Abdul Mari Asia Imao

Abdul Mari Asia Imao was a Filipino sculptor and painter born in 1936 in Siasi, Sulu. He was named the National Artist of the Philippines for Sculpture in 2006, making him the first Muslim recipient of this award. Imao studied sculpture at the University of the Philippines and is known for using motifs from Muslim culture like the okir, sarimanok, and naga in his artwork.

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Abdul Mari Asia Imao

Abdul Mari Asia Imao was a Filipino sculptor and painter born in 1936 in Siasi, Sulu. He was named the National Artist of the Philippines for Sculpture in 2006, making him the first Muslim recipient of this award. Imao studied sculpture at the University of the Philippines and is known for using motifs from Muslim culture like the okir, sarimanok, and naga in his artwork.

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Artist in Mindanao
Abdul Mari Asia Imao
- Born in January 16 1936 in Siasi, Sulu
- He was a Filipino painter and sculptor
- He was named as National Artist of the
Philippines for sculpture in 2006
- Aside from being a sculptor, Imao is also a
painter, photographer, ceramist, cultural
researcher, documentary film maker, writer
and a patron of Philippine Muslim art and
culture
- Abdul Mari Asia Imao studied at the University of
the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City and
graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts
in Sculpture
- Guillermo Tolentino and Napoleon Abueva
preceded him as National Artist
- In 1963, Imao received the New York Museum of
Modern Art grant to Europe and Scandinavia
becoming the first Asian Recipient of the grant
- in 2017, Imao won Special Citation in the 2017
Metrobank Art and Design Excellence national
competition.
• Abdul Mari Imao was the first Muslim
recipient of the Philippine National Artist
Award
• Abdulmari Imao is known for using
the okir, sarimanok and the naga as motifs in
his artworks and is credited for popularizing
the motifs to the Filipino national
consciousness
• Abdul Mari Asia Imao Arwork’s
Sari fish Sarimanok
• Creative fishes Water Bufallo
( 1936-2014) (1936-2014)
• sarimanok series

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