Geraldine Javier
Geraldine Javier is a contemporary Filipina Visual Artist who work is best known for her work which blends of painting with various media, and is " recognized as one of the most celebrated Southeast Asian artists both in the academic world and in the art market. " She rose to prominence in 2003 when she received the Cultural Center of the Philippines' Thirteen Artists award. and has since exhibited her works widely both in the Philippines and abroad. Born in 1970, in Makati City, Javier did not start out with a training in arts as most of her contemporaries did, having first pursued a career in nursing before turning to the arts. [2] When she did eventually begin her art training through a bachelor's degree at University of the Philippines Diliman (UP) College of Fine Arts, she was strongly influenced Roberto Chabet, who is known for "highly conceptually oriented training" - a fact which some critics credit her "predilection매우좋아함 for ...