The Roster of National Artists

President Year Picture Awardee Province Category Notes

Fernando Cueto
Visual Arts – posthumous
1972 Amorsolo Manila
Painting conferment
(1892–1972)

Francisca Santos
Reyes-Aquino Bulacan Dance
Ferdinand (1899–1983)
Marcos
Carlos Modesto
"Botong" Villaluz Visual Arts –
Rizal
Francisco Painting
(1912–1969) posthumous
conferment
Amado Vera
Hernández Manila Literature
(1903–1970)
Antonio Jesus
Naguiat Molina Manila Music
1973 (1894–1980)
Juan Felipe de Jesus
Nakpil Manila Architecture
(1899–1986)
Guillermo Estrella
Visual Arts –
Tolentino Bulacan
Sculpture
(1890–1976)

José García Villa

Manila Literature
(1908–1997)

1976 Napoleón "Billy"

Visual Arts –
Veloso Abueva Bohol
Sculpture
(1930–2018)
Leonor Luna Orosa-
Goquingco Batangas Dance
(1917–2005)

Lamberto Vera
Mountain
Avellana Film and Theater
Province
(1915–1991)

Nicomedes "Nick"
Márquez Joaquín Manila Literature
(1917–2004)
Jovita Flores Capiz Music
Fuentes
(1895–1978)
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Victorio Cándido
Visual Arts –
Edades Pangasinan
Painting
(1895–1985)

Pablo Sebero Manila Architecture

Antonio Sr.
(1901–1975)

Vicente Silva
Visual Arts – posthumous
1981 Manansala Pampanga
Painting conferment
(1910–1981)

Gerardo "Gerry"
Ilagan de Leon Manila Film
(1913–1981)

1982
Carlos Peña Rómulo
Tarlac Literature
(1898–1985)

Honorata "Atang"
Márquez de la
1987 Manila Theater and Music
Rama-Hernández
(1902–1991)
Antonino Ramírez Bulacan Music
Buenaventura
(1904–1996)
1988
Corazon Aquino Lucrecia Faustino Iloilo Dance
Reyes-Urtula
(1929–1999)

Lucrecia Roces
1989 Kasilag La Union Music
(1918–2008)

Zacarias Francisco
"Franz" Quino
Manila Literature
Arcellana
(1916–2002)
Cesar Torrente Manila
1990 Visual Arts –
Legaspi
Painting
(1917–1994)
Leandro Valencia Architecture
Negros
Locsín
Occidental
(1928–1994)
1991 Hernando Ruiz Manila Visual Arts – posthumous
 President Year Picture Awardee Province Category Notes
Ocampo
Painting conferment
(1911–1978)
Lucio Diestro San
Pedro Sr. Rizal Music
(1913–2002)
Catalino "Lino" Sorsogon Film
Ortiz Brocka
(1939–1991)
Felipe Padilla de
León Nueva Ecija Music
(1912–1992)

Wilfrido María
posthumous
Barredo Guerrero Manila Theater
conferment
(1911–1995)

Rolando Santos Manila

Theater and
Tinio
Literature
(1937–1997)
Néstor Vicente
1997 Madali González Romblon Literature
(1915–1999)

Levi Celerio Cruz

Fidel V. Ramos Manila Music & Literature
(1910–2002)

Arturo Rogerio Luz Visual Arts –

Manila
(1926–2021) Painting

José Montserrat
Maceda Manila Music
(1917–2004)

Carlos Lozada
Quirino Manila Historical Literature
(1910–1999)
1999 Jerry Navarro Antique
Visual Arts –
Elizalde
Painting
(1924–1999) posthumous
Ernani Joson Bulacan Music conferment
Cuenco
(1936–1988)
Andrea Carriaga Manila
Joseph Estrada
Ofilada-Veneracion
(1928–2013)
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Edith Cutaran
Nueva
López-Tiempo Literature
Vizcaya
(1919–2011)

Daisy Pardo
Hontiveros-
Capiz Theater
Avellana
(1917–2013)

Ishmael Bernal Manila Film

Ledesma
(1938–1996)
posthumous
Severino Tabat conferment
Montano Ilocos Norte Theater
(1915–1980)

2001
Gloria Macapagal Francisco Sionil
Arroyo José Pangasinan Literature
(b. 1924)

Ang Kiukok
Davao del Sur
(1931–2005) Visual Arts –
José Tanig Joya Painting posthumous
Manila
(1931–1995) conferment

Virgilio Senadrin
Almario Bulacan
(b. 1944)
Literature

Alejandro Reyes Manila

Roces
2003 (1924–2011)

Edgar Sinco
Negros Film and Broadcast
Romero
Oriental Arts
(1924–2013)

Salvador Floro Pangasinan Theater and Design

Bernal
(1945–2011)
2006 Benedicto Reyes Manila Visual Arts –
Cabrera Painting
(b. 1942)
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Abdulmari Asia Sulu
Visual Arts –
Imao
Sculpture
(1936–2014)

Bienvenido
Lumbera
Batangas Literature
(1932-2021)

Ramon Arevalo Albay Dance

Obusan
(1938–2006)
Ildefonso Paez Manila
Architecture –
Santos Sr.
Landscape
(1929–2014)

Ronald Allan
"Fernando" Kelley
Manila Film
Poe Jr.
(1939–2004) posthumous
conferment

Ramón Oswald Architecture, Design

Valera Abra and Allied Arts –
(1912–1972) Fashion Design

Manuel Pabustan
Camarines Film and Broadcast
Urbano
Norte Arts
(1915–1985)
Lázaro Ángeles Bataan Literature posthumous
20091[5] Francisco conferment
(1898–1980)
Federico Aguilar Manila Visual Arts –
Alcuaz Painting, Sculpture
(1932–2011) and Mixed Media
2014[6] Alice García Reyes Manila Dance
Benigno Aquino van Doorn
III (b. 1942)
Francisco Vicente
posthumous
Coching Manila Visual Arts
conferment
(1919–1998)

Cirilo Francisco
Bautista Manila Literature
(1941–2018)

Francisco Espíritu Rizal Music posthumous

Feliciano conferment
(1941–2014)
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Ramón Pagayon
Santos Manila Music
(b. 1941)

José María Vélez

posthumous
Zaragoza Manila Architecture
conferment
(1912–1994)
Raymundo Cipriano
"Ryan" Pujante
Manila Music
Cayabyab
(b. 1954)

Franciso "Bobby"
Architecture and
Tronqued Mañosa Manila
Allied Arts
(1931–2019)

Ramón Larupay
posthumous
Muzones Iloilo Literature
conferment
(1913–1992)
2018 Resil Barretto Zamboanga
Mojares del Literature
(b. 1943) Norte/Cebu

Rodrigo Duterte Lauro "Larry"

posthumous
Zarate Alcala Albay Visual Arts
conferment
(1926–2002)
Amelia Ramolete
Lapeña-Bonifacio Manila Theater
(1930–2020)
Erik Oteyza de
Guia (Kidlat Film and Broadcast
Benguet
Tahimik) Arts
(b. 1942)