Contemporary Arts

• Pablo Sebero Antonio


  National Artist for Architecture, 1976
• Leandro V. Locsin


  National Artist for Architecture, 1990
• Juan F. Nakpil


  National Artist for Architecture, 1973
• Lamberto V. Avellana


  National Artist for Theater and Film, 1976
• Lino Brocka


  National Artist for Film and Broadcast Arts, 1997
• Ishmael Bernal


  National Artist for Cinema, 2001
• Fernando C. Amorsolo


  National Artist for Visual Arts (First National Artist)
• Hernando R. Ocampo


  National Artist for Visual Arts, 1991
• Benedicto 'Bencab' Cabrera


  National Artist for Visual Arts, 2006
• Napoleon V. Abueva


  National Artist for Sculpture, 1976
• Guillermo Estrella Tolentino


  National Artist for Sculpture, 1973
• Francisco Arcellana


  National Artist for Literature, 1990
• Carlos P. Romulo


  National Artist for Literature, 1982
• Virgilio S. Almario


  National Artist for Literature, 2003
• Ramon Valera


  National Artist for Fashion Design, 2006
• Salvador F. Bernal


  National Artist for Theater Design, 2003
• Francisca Reyes Aquino


  National Artist for Dance, 1973
• Ramon Obusan


  National Artist for Dance, 1997
• Carlos Quirino


  National Artist for Historical Literature, 1997
• Ryan Cayabyab


  National Artist for Music, 2018
• Honorata "Atang" Dela Rama


  National Artist for Theater and Music, 1987
• Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio


  National Artist for Theater, 2018
• Pablo Sebero Antonio - His characteristic features of which maximum utilization of natural light and transverse ventilation.
• Rising Locsin Building - with floating scale and the duality of light and heavy, thriving and huge works
• Leandro V. Locsin - created 75 houses and 88 buildings between 1955 and 1994, including 11 Churches and Chapels, 23 Public Houses, and 48 commercial buildings
• Juan F. Nakpil - planned and enlarged Quaipo church with cave and second cloak to the original plan.
• Lamberto V. Avellana - "The Boy Wonder of Philippine Movies" in 1939.
• Juan F. Nakpil - planned the World Eucharistic Congress altar in 1937
• Lamberto V. Avellana - founded Barangay Theater Guild with Daisy Hontiveros, Leon Ma Guerrero, and Raul Manglapus
• Pablo Sebero Antonio


  National Artist for Architecture, 1976
• Lamberto V. Avellana - encouraged by Carlos P. Romulo to show his first "Sakay" film.
• Lino Brocka - directed 66 films that encouraged life and hope in deprived segments of society.
• Ishmael Bernal - recognized as "the Philippine film genius".
• Ishmael Bernal - a filmmaker who serves as social commentary and a brave relfection on the present reality of the Philippines' struggle.
• Fernando C. Amorsolo - recognized as "Grand Old Man of Philippine Art".
• Hernando R. Ocampo - self-taught painter that offered perspective of the brutal socioeconomic conditions of the Philippines shortly following World War 2.
• Hernando R. Ocampo - central role in Philippine Art Gallery, the first in the world.
• Benedicto 'Bencab' Cabrera - baptized as the emblematic scavenger "Sabel", a sad symptom of troubling and distant person of human integrity with immense injustice of Philippine society.
• Napoleon V. Abueva - Youngest National Artist at the age of 46.
• Napoleon V. Abueva - Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture