Jose Tanig Joya

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JOSE TANIG JOYA

JOYA, JOSE TANIG b. Manila 3 Jun 193l d. 1996. Painter. He is the son of Jose Joya Sr and Asuncion

Tanig. He graduated from the University of the Philippines (UP) in 1953 with a bachelors degree in fine arts,

earning the distinction of being the university's first magma cum laude. In 1954 to 1955 the Instituto de

Cultura Hispanica of the Spanish government awarded him a painting grant to Madrid. A year later he finished

his master's degree in painting under a Fulbright Smith-Mundt grant. He also received a grant from the John

D. Rockefeller III Fund and Ford Foundation to paint New York, from 1967 to 1969.

Joya started sketching at the age of 11. He had initially wanted to become an architect, but the mathematics and

science subjects discouraged him. At the UP he was exposed to the paintings of Fernado and Armosolo.

Among his other early influences were Vicente Manasala and Anita Magsaysay-Ho. His first works were

mostly representational. During the late 1950s he gradually shifted to abstract painting and became one of the

leading painters in this genre. He has also done paintings in ceramics, as well as sketches in pentel.

He has held many one person shows here and abroad starting in 1954 at the Philippine Art Gallery. In 1981, a

retrospective of his works was held at the Museum of Philippine Art. In 1987 the French government

bestowed on him the "Order of Chevalier des Arts et Lettres." Among the positions he held were: president of

the Art Association of the Philippines (AAP), 1962 - 1965; dean of the UP College of Fine Arts 1970 - 1978;

chairperson of two Philippine delegations to China, 1961 and 1972. He was also a holder of the Amorsolo

Professorial Chair in UP in 1985. He serves as chairperson of the National Committee on Visual Ants, of the

National Commission on Culture and the Arts.

He has won several awards and distinctions, which include: The Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) award

for Painting and the Republic Cultural Heritage Award, both in 1961; the Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan

Award from the City of Manila, 1971; finalist for An Abstraction of Strength and Refinement in the Mobil

Foundation competition, 1980; first prize far Gossips in the 1952 Shell National Students Art Competition,

1952; the ASEAN Cultural Award, 1970; and the Gawad CCP para sa Sining, 1991. His awards from the Art

Association of the Philippines include: first prize, Cathedral, 1958; second prize, Space Transfiguration, 1959;

third prize, City Entering the Edge of Sundown, 1951; third prize, House of Life, 1960; purchase award,

Church Silver, 1960; second prize, Cathedral, 1962; and honorable mention, Yellow Harvest, 1962.

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