Monday, October 31, 2011

Artist for Volunteerism : Benjie Cabangis


Benjie Cabangis is currently professor of painting at the UP College of Fine Arts. He graduated from the University of the Philippines with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major in Painting in 1978 .He served as chairman of the Department of studio Arts from 1987-1998. In 2000, he was conferred the UP Gawad Chancellor as the University’s Most Outstanding Visual Artist and twice awarded the Fernando Amorsolo Professorial Chair in 1992 and 1996 respectively. He has been a recipient of many awards and grants among which is the Cultural Center of the Philippines Thirteen Artists Award in 1978.



PAINTINGS

"Antabay I"
4 X 4 ft.
Acrylic on canvas
2011
Price: Php 170,000

"Calma Un Dia" 
4 X 4 ft.
Acrylic on canvas
2011
Price: Php 170,000

"Horizon Lines"
4 X 5 ft.
Acrylic on canvas
2011
Price: Php 190,000




*Benjie Cabangis Photo courtesy of up.edu.ph