J elizalde navarro biography

Elizalde Navarro was born in in Antique, Philippines. His first solo exhibit at the Philippine Art Gallery in consisted of woodcuts and construction pieces of mixed media, using metal, wood and other found objects.

J. elizalde navarro famous works

This visit exposed him to traditional Japanese art which greatly influenced him. He continued to paint and sculpt while working at an advertising agency, eventually becoming the creative director and handling its major multinational accounts. In , he represented the Philippines at the Sao Paolo Biennale in Brazil in the category of sculpture.

He was responsible for the Philippine exhibits in key cities around the world. In , he held his retrospective exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Manila. He continued to paint and hold one man shows in Manila until his death in June His career spans more than 50 years of painting, sculpting and other forms of visual art. His watercolors and work on paper are often overlooked given the wide scope of work that Navarro did.

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