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• National Artist


  A Filipino who has made a significant contribution to the development of Philippine arts in the fields of Music, Dance, Theater, Visual Arts, Literature, Film and Architecture
• National Artist Award


  The highest national recognition for the arts in the Filipino context, also known as the Gawad Pambansang Alagad ng Sining
• The Order of the National Artists Award

  • The highest national recognition given to Filipino individuals who have made significant contributions to the development of Philippine arts
  • Concurrent administered by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP)
  • Conferred by the President of the Philippines upon recommendation by both institutions
• The Order of National Artists Award

  • Represents the nation's highest ideals in the humanities and aesthetic expression through the recognizable achievements of individual citizens
  • Achievements are measured in terms of their vision, unusual insight, creativity and imagination, technical proficiency of the highest order in expressing Filipino culture and traditions, history, way of life, and aspirations
• Proclamation No.1001 established the Order of the National Artist Award


  April 27, 1972
• The first award was given to Fernando Amorsolo
• On May 15, 1973 under Proclamation No. 1144, CCP Board of Trustees was named as the National Artist Awards Committee
• Presidential Decree No.28 issued on June 7, 1973 reiterated the mandate of CCP to administer the National Awards as well as the privileges and honors to National Artist
• The Order of National Artists aims to recognize

  • The Filipino artists who have made significant contributions to the cultural heritage of the country
  • The Filipino artistic accomplishment at its highest level and to promote creative expression as significant to the development of a national cultural identity
  • The Filipino artists who have dedicated their lives to their works to forge new paths and directions for future generations of Filipino artists
• Categories under which National Artists can be recognized

  • Literature - poetry, fiction, essay, playwriting, journalism and/or literary criticism
  • Film and Broadcasting / Broadcast Arts - direction, writing, production design, cinematography, editing, camera work, and/or performance
  • Architecture, Design and Allied Arts - architecture design, interior design, industrial arts design, landscape architecture and fashion design
  • Music - singing, composition, direction, and/or performance
  • Dance - choreography, direction and/or performance
  • Theater - direction, performance and/or production design
  • Visual Arts - painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, installation art, mixed media works, illustration, graphic arts, performance art and/or imaging
• Qualifications for the National Artist Award

  • Living artists who are natural-born Filipino citizens
  • The content and form of their work have procured in building a Filipino sense of nationhood
  • An artist who have developed a mode of creative expression or style and living a legend on succeeding generations of artists
  • An artist who manifest excellence in the practice of their art form
  • The artwork made has attained an international and national recognition
• Insignia of the Order of the National Artists

  Formed from a Grand Collar featuring circular links depicting the arts and an eight-pointed sunburst suspended from a sampaguita wreath in green and white enamel. The center of the badge is divided into three equal portions, in red, white and blue representing the Philippine Flag with three stylized letter K's that stands for the CCP's motto "Katotohanan, Kabutihan at Kagandahan" (The true, the good and the beautiful). The Grand Collar is made from silver gilt bronze.
• National Artists of the Philippines

  • Architecture: Juan Nakpil, Pablo Antonio, Leondro V. Locsin, Ramon Valera, Jose Maria Zaragoza, I.P Santos
  • Dance: Francisca Reyes Aquino, Leonor Orosa-Goquingco, Lucrecia Reyes Urtula, Ramon Obusan
  • Film: Gerardo de Leon, Lino Brocka, Ishmael Bernal, Eddie S. Romero, Manuel Conde
  • Literature: Calos P. Romulo, Francisco Arcellana, N.V. M Gonzales, Carlos Quirino, Edith L. Tiempo, F. Sionil Jose, Virgilio S. Almario, Bienvenido Lumbera, Lazaro Francisco, Cirilo F. Bautista
  • Music: Antonio J. Molina, Jovita Fuentes, Antonio R. Buenaventura, Lucrecia R. Kasilag, Lucio D. San Pedro, Felipe Padilla de Leon, Jose Maceda, Levi Celerio, Ernani Joson Cuenco, Andrea O. Veneracion, Francisco Feliciano, Ramon Santos
  • Theater: Honorata "Atang" de la Rama, Levi Celerio, Wlfrido Ma. Guerero, Rolando S. Tinio, Daisy Avellana, Severino Montano
  • Visual Arts: Fernando C. Amorsolo, Carlos "Botong" V. Francisco, Guillermo E. Tolentino, Victorio C. Edades, Napoleon V. Abueva, Vicente Manansala, Cesar Legaspi, Hernando R. Ocampo, Arturo R. Luz, J. Elizalde Navarro, Ang Kiukok, Jose T. Joya, Abdulmari Asia Imao, Bencab, Federico Aguillar Alcuaz, Francisco Coching
• Works of Filipino National Artists

  • Guillermo Tolentino's Oblation at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City
  • Fernando Amorsolo's romantic paintings of bucolic landscapes and idealized portraits at the National Museum
  • Jose Tanig Joya's mural Barter of Panay (1978) at the Virata School of Business, rendered in Abstract expressionist style
  • Jose Maceda's Pagsamba involving a hundred mixed voices and indigenous musical instruments, and his founding of the UP Center for Ethnomusicology where he donated his valuable collections