ANG KIUKOK

Ang Kiukok b. Davao City 01 Mar 1931. Painter. Born to immigrant Chinese parents Vicente Ang and Chin

Lim, He is married to Mary de Jesus with whom he has four children. Ang Kiukok took up art studies at the

University of Santo Tomas from 1952 to 1954. For five years, he taught art in a school for children of

overseas Chinese.

In 1934 he held his first one person show at the Contemporary Arts Gallery. Since then, he has had many

other solo shows . In 1990, he was featured with Onib Olmedo, and Solomon Saprid in a show entitled Three

Figurative Expressionists held at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) He is known for his

expressionistic interpretations of themes, like the mother and child, Christ crucified or suffering, heaps of

junk, roosters crowing, dogs fighting, a couple making love.

In 1953 he won the third prize in the Shell National Students Art Competition for Calesa He was several times

awarded by the Art Association of the Philippines (AAP) first prize, The Bird, 1959; honorable mention, Still

Life, 1951; third prize, Still Life in Red, 1963; second prize, Fish, 1963; and second prize, Geometric

Still-Life Fish, 1963. In 1961 he was recognized as Outstanding Overseas Chinese in Art. In 1976 he received

the Patmabay ng Sining at KiLinangan Awarrd from the City of Manila. In 1978 he was given an outstanding

alumnus award by the University of Santo Tomas, in 1980 his images of Modern Angst was a finalist in the

Mobil Art Awards.

His works are displayed in various collections, such as the Philippine National Museum, the Ateneo Art

Gallery, the Cultural Center of the Philippines and the National Historical Commission in Taipei.