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ph/dr-abdulmari-asia-imao-78/

[email protected]
Asia Imao
Procedures of nominations

Native of Sulu, is a sculptor, painter, photographer, ceramist, documentary film maker,


cultural researcher, writer, and articulator of Philippine Muslim art and culture.

Through his works, the indigenous ukkil, sarimanok and naga motifs have been
popularized and instilled in the consciousness of the Filipino nation and other peoples as
original Filipino creations.

His U.P. art education introduced him to Filipino masters like Guillermo Tolentino and
Napoleon Abueva, who were among his mentors.

With his large-scale sculptures and monuments of Muslim and regional heroes and leaders
gracing selected sites from Batanes to Tawi-tawi, Imao has helped develop among cultural
groups trust and confidence necessary for the building of a more just and humane society.

List of Qualifications of nominees

Imao wrote to then President Ramon Magsaysay to seek a study grant. Jose Maria Ansaldo, aide to the President, helped
Imao enter college at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City. Imao entered as a pensionado of the
Commission on National Integration. Among his mentors at the university were Guillermo Tolentino and Napoleon Abueva,
who preceded him as National Artists. Imao graduated from the university with the degree Bachelor of Fine Arts in
Sculpture.
In 1960, Imao entered the University of Kansas in the United States as a Smith Mundt and Fulbright Scholar. Imao was able
to qualify for the top 20 slots of the scholarship. In 1962, Imao earned his Masters of Fine Arts in Sculpture, major in Metal
Brass Casting. From 1962–1963 at the Rhode Island School of Design, Imao honed his craft as a scholar taking Creative
Sculptor in Ceramic Technology.
Imao also entered the Columbia University in New York City under the Columbia Faculty Scholarship in the tuition of Dr.
Lloyd Burden. who developed the first color processing for Kodak. Imao studied documentary motion picture and
photography at the university.
Benefits and rewards of the awardees

For his contribution to Philippine culture and the arts, he was inducted into the Order of National Artists in 2006 and
awarded the Presidential Medal of Merit in 2005, the Gawad CCP para sa Sining in 1990, and the Gawad Patnubay ng
Sining by the City of Manila in 1985, and the Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines (TOYM) in 1968.

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