National Artist

• • Francisca Reyes Aquino (1973)  Fondly called the “Mother of Philippine Dancing and is acknowledged as the Folk Dance Pioneer.
• Lucrecia Reyes Urtula (1988)  She was the dance director of the Bayanihan Philippine Dance Company
• Ramon Obusan (2006  He achieved phenomenal success in Philippine dance and cultural work.* He was also acknowledged as a researcher, archivist and documentary filmmaker who broadened and deepened the Filipino understanding of his own cultural life and expressions.
• Agnes Locsin (2022)  She is dubbed as one of the “most progressive contemporary choreographers in the Philippines,”
• Fernando Amorsolo (1972)  First National Artist for Painting Category in the year 1972  He was titled the Grand Old Man of Philippine Art
• Guillermo E. Tolentino (1973)- product of the Revival period in Philippine art.
• Napoleon V. Abueva (1976)- A native of Bohol, was the youngest National Artist awardee  “Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture”
• Vicente Manansala (1981)- Filipino cubist painter and illustrator,
• Cesar Legaspi (1990)- – remembered for his singular achievement of refining cubism in the Philippine context.
• Arturo Luz (1997)- created masterpieces that exemplify an ideal of sublime austerity in expression and form
• Francisco Coching (2014)- Dean of Filipino Illustrators”. referred to as the "King of Komiks", and as the "Dean of Philippine Comics".
• Lauro “Larry” Alcala (2018)- Dean of Filipino Cartoonist
• Amado V. Hernandez- one of the Filipino writers who practiced “committed art”
• Jose Garcia Villa- Doveglion as his penname. one of the finest contemporary poets regardless of race or language. - introduced the reversed consonance rhyme scheme.
• Nick Joaquin- - Regarded by many as the most distinguished Filipino writer in English. - uses the penname Quijano de Manila.
• Virgilio S. Almario- also known as Rio Alma - revived and reinvented traditional Filipino poetic forms, even as he championed modernist poetics.
• Carlos Quirino- The only National Artist for Historical Literature
• Juan Nakpil- a pioneer and innovator in Philippine architecture.
• Pablo Antonio- pioneered modern Philippine architecture
• Leandro V. Locsin- - known for his use of concrete, floating volume and simplistic design in his various projects
• Ildefonso P. Santos- popularly known simply as “IP Santos” Father of Philippine Landscape Architecture
• Salvacion Lim-Higgins- - known to the fashion world as “Slim’s” - modernized the look of the terno.