Honrado Fernandez

(1950-2005) 

Fernandez was successful in his Industrial Designs and Landscape Designs where he focused on the use of, for instance, indigenous materials, or with the ergonomics of Cordillera basketry—where his inspirations are all familiarly from home. Not wanting to alienate art from the Filipino way of life, he found ways to incorporate existing indigenous technologies and materials, manipulating them to give new forms, new expressions, and maybe even new meanings.

Until his death, Fernandez was the Executive Director of the Philippine High School for the Arts, Administrator of the National Arts Center, a Principal at the HR Fernandez, Sons & Associates, and faculty at the College of Architecture.

He finished his undergraduate degree in Architecture at UP in 1971, his Master of Engineering (Architectural Design) at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan in 1975; and his Ph.D. in Science of Arts and Design at the University of Tsukuba, Japan in 1988.

At his alma mater, he served as Senior Architect for the Infrastructure Development Program (1976-1978), College of Architecture Secretary (1980-1983) and Dean (1990-1999); and was a member of both the Committee on Campus Planning and Development (1990-1999) and the Resource Management Committee (1995-1996).

At the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), Fernandez was the Director for Visual Arts (1980-1990), a Critic in the Encyclopedia of Philippine Culture and Arts (1991-1994), and a member of the Advisory Council of the CCP Coordinating Center (1993-1995). He also served as Commissioner on Education, United Architects of the Philippines (1991).

His scholarship grants include the Thomas Arguelles Memorial Scholarship (1970-71), the Japanese Ministry of Education Grants (Mombusho, 1972-1975 and 1984-1988), the Iwatani Naoji Foundation Scholarship Grant (1975), and the Association of International Education in Japan (1983-1984).

Fernandez has taken part as speaker, researcher, facilitator, organizer, co-chair, and delegate in some 80 conferences, seminars and workshops here and abroad since 1975. He has also participated in some 40 art exhibits in the country since 1979.

His works on Philippine architecture—from its history and design philosophy, interior design and its role in nation-building—have appeared in local and overseas publications since 1984. He has also been featured numerous times as an architect, artist and educator in various publications since 1979.

Fernandez was a member of numerous organizations, including the National Committee of Monuments and Sites, National Committee on Architecture and its Allied Arts, the National for Culture and the Arts, Kanlungan Foundation (former director), National Commission for Culture and the Arts’ Committee of Architecture, Council of Deans and Heads of Architecture Schools in the Philippines (former president) , Japan Society for the Science Design, Philippine Institute of Environmental Planners, United Architects of the Philippines.

Kulay-Diwa Gallery of Philippine Contemporary Art is a privately owned venue for artistic expression. It is strategically located within a cluster of progressive communities South of Manila. It has an independent exhibition area able to accommodate large-scale works, and a spacious garden ideal for outdoor programs, performances and sculpture installations.

Goals of Kulay-Diwa

To discover and promote the works of talented, young and deserving Filipino Artist;

To serve as a cultural outpost and make the arts more accessible to the fast-growing communities South of Manila; and

To foster cultural interaction and exchanges with the local regions and other countries.

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Diwa(Spirit, Thought)



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