Jose Tanig Joya (1931 - 1995) Philippines

Jose Tanig Joya (1931 - 1995) Philippines
Ink on Paper
Measure 15 3/4"in H x 10 1/2"in W and 20 1/4"in H x 15"in W with frame

Known for: Abstract expressionist easel painting, murals, teaching
Biography: National artist Jose Joya was a pioneer modern and abstract artist who was active as a painter, print maker, mixed-media artist and ceramicist. It has been said that it was Joya who "spearheaded the birth, growth and flowering of abstract expressionism" in the Philippines. His mature abstract works have been said to be "characterized by calligraphic gestures and linear forces, and a sense of color vibrancy emanating from an Oriental sensibility." Joya's sense of color has been said to have come from the hues of the Philippine landscape, and his use of rice paper in collages demonstrated an interest in transparency. During his pre-teens, he dabbled in architectural sketching, but by the time he had to choose a career path for college, he discovered that the math and science required of an architect was beyond his skill. In his early years, Joya studied under prominent Filipino artists Fernando Amorsolo and Guillermo Tolentino at the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts. He graduated as the college's first magna cum laude in 1953, and while riding the wave of success, was urged by Philippine Art Gallery member Fernando Zobel de Ayala to do what young artists must do if they want to expand their influence and intellect—travel. The Spanish government awarded him a grant to further study painting in Spain at the Instituto de Cultura Hispanica from 1954 to 1955. After studying in Madrid, he left for the United States on a Fulbright Smith-Mundt grant to attend school in Michigan at the Cranbrook Academy of Art under Zoltan Zepeshy, where he would eventually earn his Master's Degree in Painting (1957). As Joya believed in self-expression and interpretation, participants in the contest are given no specific instructions other than encouragement to "paint what they will." The competition is in part funded by the artist's family estate and this year marked the 38th competition, which was won by a freshman at the University of the Philippines.
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