FEATURED ARTIST: Fil Dela Cruz, Filipino Painter and Printmaker

Fil dela Cruz (22 November 1950- ) is a Philippine painter and printmaker known for his finely detailed works showing indigenous peoples in mezzotint, a printing technique in which different gradations of black tones are shown.

He majored in Advertising Arts at the University of Santo Tomas College of Architecture and Fine Arts. He went to the Art Students' League in New York for further studies, finishing in 1983. He studied printmaking techniques at a 1992 lithography workshop in Paris, France.

Some of his Achievements:
First Prize, Graphic Arts Category, National Commission for Culture and the ArtsThird Biennial Arts Competition (1998)
President, Philippine Association of Printmakers (1995)
Senior Lecturer, College of Fine Arts, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City 1992-95
Philippine Representative to the Republic of Namibia, Global Print Portfolio (1992)
Thirteen Artists Awardee, Cultural Center of the Philippines (1992)
Best Entry - Light Foundation Art Competition (1989, 1990)
Second Prize - Art Association of the Philippines (AAP) - Rotary Open Art Competition (1986)
Honorable Mention - Art Association of the Philippines - Rotary Open Art Competition Graphic Art Experimental Category (1986)
Outstanding Bulakeño in the Field of Arts (1985)
Grand Prize - 36th Annual Art Competition - Art Association of the Philippines (1983)
Finalist, First International Biennial for Print, Republic of China (1982)
Grand Prize - 35th Annual Art Competition - Art Association of the Philippines (1981)
Gold Medal - 34th Annual Art Competition - Art Association of the Philippines (1980)
Grand Prize - Bancom Graphic Arts Competition1975
Honorable Mention - Rotary Club On-the-Spot Watercolor Painting Contest (1974)
Benavidez Awardee - University of Santo Tomas, College of Architecture and Fine Arts 1973
First Prize - Graphic Arts Competition, UST, Annual Students' Art Competition (1973)
First Honorable Mention - Photography Contest, UST, Annual Students' Art Competition (1973)
First Prize - YMCA 19th Annual Students' Art Competition of the Philippines (1971)


Some of his Exhibits
Tribute kay Inang, Casa Victoria, Newark Ave., New Jersey, U.S.A (1998)
Larawaginip, Lopez Memorial Museum (1992)
Oil on Wood and Mezzotint, Galerie Lafayette , Paris, France (1992)
Paintings and Prints, Jupiter Art House (1991)
Painting: Mezzotint, Museo Iloilo (1991)
Wood Nymph, Ayala Museum (1988)
Painted Dreams I, Ayala Museum (1987)
Painted Dreams II, Lopez Museum (1987)
Goddess of the South and Other Painted Dreams, Cultural Center of the Philippines (1986)
Mezzotint, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (1983)
Pasimula, Philippine Consulate, New York, U.S.A. (1983)
Mezzotint, Hiraya Gallery, Manila, Philippines (1982)
Mga Pinakabagong Likha, City Gallery, Manila (1981)


Fil Dela Cruz - Filipino Painter and Printmaker
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