Daniel dela cruz biography of alberta

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Despite his reluctance, he tried his best to please them and pursued courses in both fields. The artist’s tribute to Christ featured gaunt, elongated forms which were a dramatic contrast to the robust women of Kandungan. This initial success led to a second exhibit of works called Parangal, in April 2008. We create solid boundaries that act not only as walls but also become for us a prison of sorts.

We retreat behind barriers that get more and more opaque with each day that passes and each layer we build.

Diaphanous Boundary Series

“What is seen of us and what we are… are not one and the same. He was the first Filipino designer to develop ceramic collections for the prestigious company, Villeroy & Boch in Germany.

But Daniel’s artistic urges were still not pacified, and he vowed to experience doing the work he loved before reaching the age of 40.

Despite his reluctance, he tried his best to please them and pursued courses in both fields. Applying his instinctive skills and knowledge of diverse materials as well as through constant experimentation, Daniel used mix metals to create sculpture works and allowed his creative energies to take over.

In 2007, he mounted his first solo exhibition, Kandungan, themed as a tribute to women and giving birth to what would be his signature and trademark: robust women defined with grace, strength and wonderful movement.

This newest exhibit, called Precipice, aims to describe the points in one’s life where man is perched over the edge and faces his own mortality. Keeping the world at bay and hiding our true selves. A Filipino by birth and sensibility, his natural artistic skills were discovered during his freshman year at college and gained him a measure of fame.

This represented a milestone for the artist as it saw him extending his creative powers and boundaries of metal with his use of chrome for the first time. The professional designer cum-artist now had a following within Manila’s art community, and along the way, had raised the bar for the established contemporary sculptors in the country.

His third solo exhibit in September 2008, entitled Himig, was another unique celebration of women.

We don a new garment not of full disclosure but of honesty and openness. Clothes that weigh us down and clothes that get heavier each day, a dress best shed and replaced with a translucent tracery, a curtain rather than a wall. These attempts did not turn out very well but Daniel still obtained a degree in Philosophy from the prestigious University of the Philippines in 1991.

He was the first Filipino designer to develop ceramic collections for the prestigious company, Villeroy & Boch in Germany.

But Daniel’s artistic urges were still not pacified, and he vowed to experience doing the work he loved before reaching the age of 40. Upon graduation, and to the disappointment of his family, Daniel bravely decided to follow his heart and intuition and strike out on his own.

Daniel’s Nativity sculptures won the highest honor in a field of 131 entries from 71 countries.