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• The national artists award (NAA) is established by the issuance of Presidential Decree No. 1001 in 1972 by Ferdinand Marcos
• Fernando Amorsolo was the first recipient of the award
• Guillermo Tolentino (1973) created Oblation (1935), a geometric sculpture portraying a nude male with hands extended in an expression of sacrifice and freedom
• Abdulmari Asia Imao (2006) - his unnamed sculpture in the garden of the Vargas Museum is one of the enormous public sculptures he made
• Benedicto Cabrera (2006) - iconic Variations of Sabel (2015), made of aluminum sheets, can be found at the UP Theater
• Jose Joya (2003) - Joya’s mural in the Virata School of Business titled Barter of Panay (1978) is composed of alternating zones of black, white, orange, brown, and golden yellow in an Abstract Expressionist style.
• Napoleon Abueva (1976) - Abueva's abstract sculpture Spirit of Business (1979), looks like something pulled out from science fiction as it consists of a meta
• Leandro Locsin (1990) - Designed the church of the holy sacrifice in UP Diliman
• The Church of the Holy Sacrifice in UP Diliman – first catholic church in the nation to use a circular architecture with a thin shell dome inspired by the spirit of time
• Vicente Manansala (1981) - his 15 Stations of the Cross resonated the use of flat and angular forms - he was assisted by Ang Kiukok (2001)
• Arturo Luz (1997) - a terrazzo floor work is another work of the Modernist style which shows the end of the rivers at the altar in a whirling pattern of planar forms
• Jose Maceda (1997) - was an avant-garde composer, musician, and ethnomusicologist who founded the UP Center for Ethnomusicology and donated his collections to the UNESCO Memory of the World. His Pagsamba was composed of hundreds of mixed voices of indigenous musical instruments
• Manuel Conde (2009) & Carlos V. Francisco (1973) - collaborated to create Genghis Khan (1950)
• Tales of the Manuvu - Bienvenido Lumbera (2006) wrote the libretto who is a national literature artist
• Genghis Khan – depicted the epic journey of Mongolian conqueror
• Tales of the Manuvu - Alice Reyes (2014) choreographed the performances; she is the founder of the Philippines Ballet
• Salvador Bernal (2003) - national artist for theater and handled the costume and stage design as a national artist for theater
• Noong Unang Panahon - a melancholic reminiscence of environmental change that is still convincing in contemporary settings, has been one of the compositions popularized by this production
• Francisco V. Coching (2014) - influential for comics - created Pedro Penduko
• Gerardo de Leon (1982) - national film artist - animated Pedro Penduko in 1954
• Nick Joaquin (1976) - national artist in literature, penned A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino in 1950 - The film was devoted to the two unmarried daughters of a crippled artist, Candida, and Paula
• Lamberto Avellana (1976) - national artist for film - developed a portrait of the artist as filipino for the big screen in 1965
• Daisy Hontiveros Avellana (1999) - national artist for theater - spouse of Lamberto Avellana - she portrayed the protagonist in both big screen and theatre
• Gawad sa Manlilikhang Bayan (GAMABA) - awarded to someone who creates for the nation - established in 1992 by Republic Act No. 7355 through 2012 - 12 individuals have won this award
• Teofilo Garcia (2012) - farmer from San Quintin, Abra Province, who is renowned for contributing to a piece of property filled with enlarged upo or gourd - turned crop into sturdy hats or tabungaw
• Weaving: Lang Dulay - 1998 - T’boli - Lake Sebu, South Cotabato, Mindanao, Southern Philipp
• Weaving: Salinta Monon - 1998 - Tagabawa Bagobo - Bansalan, Davao del Sur, Southeastern Mindanao Island - Inabal fabric
• Weaving: Haja Amina Appi - 2004 - Sama - Tandubas, Tawi-tawi, Southern Philippines - Mat fabric
• Weaving: Darhata Sawabi - 2004 - Tausug - Parang, Sulu, Southern Philippines - Pis siyabit fabric
• Weaving: Magdalena Gamayao - 2012 - Ilocao - Pinili, Ilocos Norte, Northern Luzon Island, Northern Phil - Inabel fabric
• Literature and Performing Arts: Ginaw Bilog - 1993 - Hanunoo Mangyan - Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro, central Philippines - Surat Mangyan and ambahan poem writing
• Literature and Performing Arts: Masino Intaray - 1993 - Pala’wan - Brookes Point, Palawan Island, Central Philippines - Poems composed of rhythms (kulilal, basal and bagit) epic singing and narrative; and performing their associated device
• Literature and Performing Arts: Samaon Sulaiman - 1993 - Maguindanao - Mama sa Pano, Maguindanao, Western Mindanao Island, Southern Philippines - Kudyapi music
• Literature and Performing Arts: Alonzo Saclag - 2000 - Kalinga - Lubuagan, Kalinga, northern Luzon Island, northern Philippines - Choreography rhythms and gestures connected with ceremonies; operating kalinga music equipment
• Literature and Performing Arts: Frederico Caballero - 2000 - Sulod Bukidnon - Calinog, Iloilo, Panay Island, middle Philippines - Chanting the sugidanon epic of Panay Bukidnon
• Literature and Performing Arts: Uwang Ahadas - 2000 - Yakan - Lamitan, Basilan Island, Southern Philippines - Playing Yakan musical instruments
• Plastic Arts: Eduardo Mutuc - 2004 - Kapampangan - Apalit, Pampanga central Luzon Island, Northern Philippines - Silver plating of religious and secular art
• Plastic Arts: Teofilo Garcia - 2012 - Ilocano - San Quintin, Abra northern Luzon Island, northern Philippines - Gourd casque making
• Diokno Pasilan - neo-ethnic musician, visual art, and former art director form Negros - defines the term “local” as encompassing a variety of locations such as Palawan, Baguio, and Bicol
• Digital Tagalog - a work created through the collaboration of Lani Maestro and Poklong Anading - another project that uses bamboo as a primary material - a 2012 exhibition at Mo Gallery;