Emmanuel Garibay
Born November 17, 1962, Kidapawan, Cotobato City
Fine Arts Graduate major in Painting, University of the Philippines
Emmanuel Garibay has combined figurative distortion with the ideology of social action, creating powerful images in his paintings. His works have been critically acclaimed and is a recipient of the CCP Thirteen Artists Award for 2000. His works include strong expressions of Filipino spirituality ... Garibay rejects colonial religious models which he feels create an identity crisis that prevents his people from assessing their situation from their own perspective.
His works reflect a belief that art can be an effective medium for awakening consciousness... a genuine cultural revolution through art can help people pull themselves out of their despondency and feeling of powerlessness.
Amanda Watson
South China Morning Post
The rawness of Garibay's images is immediately arresting to the eye... colors and hues are rich; the surface textures seem to cry out, even bleed his message (not one that is entirely direct or facile). One has to think carefully on his works. His overlayings of images, a common device, for example, suggest to the viewer that behind each surface image is much, much more to be revealed.
Ian Findlay-Brown
Editor, Asian Art News
