Art Exhibit by Leonardo Aguinaldo, Emmanuel Garibay, Othoniel Neri and Josephine S. Tan at Sulzer Regional

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Sulzer Regional Branch hosts an Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month art exhibit through the month of May, featuring Filipino artists Leonardo Aguinaldo, Emmanuel Garibay, Othoniel Neri and Josephine S. Tan.

Leonardo Aguinaldo was born in Baguio City, Philippines and currently resides in Benguet, Philippines. He first studied architectural drafting at Baguio College Foundation and then undertook workshops at the College of Fine Arts of the University of the Philippines Diliman. He has won numerous prestigious art awards. Aguinaldo’s style is highly illustrational and graphic, derived from his experience as a printmaker.

Emmanuel Garibay is a multi-awarded artist from Cotabato City, Philippines. He studied sociology at University of the Philippines, Los Baños and Bachelor in Fine Arts at University of the Philippines, Diliman. Garibay is a multi-awarded visual artist and has mounted at least 19 solo and group exhibitions in the Philippines and abroad. He paints ordinary people in an attempt to portray them as political entities. He is well known for his expressionist figurative styles.

Othoniel Neri was born in 1985 in Manila, Philippines. Neri started to draw shapes, forms of cars and stick figures of people when he was just a year and a half old. In 2003, he studied fine arts by mail through International Correspondence School, and received several awards in international and local competition. Being a figurative and portrait artist, he paints with accurate sense of observation, an undeniable flair for details and utilizes a palette of explosive colors. He currently lives and works in his studio and art gallery in Philippines.

Josephine S. Tan’s love for color fuels her artistic endeavors. With a father who was an artist who influenced and guided her towards art, she was never far from artist materials that have spawned her creativity in acrylic, watercolor, oil, colored pencil, beads, fabric, thread, yarn, clay and paper. Being largely self-taught, after she retired from the corporate world, she began pursuing her art in earnest. She found inspiration from works of old masters, her Filipino roots and worldwide travels.