Jerry Araos

Jerusalino “Jerry” V. Araos (1944-2012) was a Filipino sculptor, landscape artist, and activist best known for using discarded wood and felled trees in his sculptures, and for his prominent role in the resistance against the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos.{{Cite journal |last=Scalice |first=Joseph |title=A Planned and Coordinated Anarchy: The Barricades of 1971 and the "Diliman Commune" |url=https://www.academia.edu/38192454 |journal=Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints |year=2018 |language=en |volume=66 |issue=4 |pages=481–516 |doi=10.1353/phs.2018.0035 |s2cid=150016596 |issn=2244-1638}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/288312/lifestyle/they-left-us-in-2012-filipinos-who-made-their-mark/ |title=They left us in 2012, Filipinos who made their mark |last=Lapeña |first=Carmela G. |date=December 31, 2012 |work=GMA News Online |access-date=2019-07-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704083826/https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/content/288312/they-left-us-in-2012-filipinos-who-made-their-mark/story/ |archive-date=2019-07-04 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=http://aer.ph/learning-from-history/ |title=Learning from History |last=Castilla |first=Greg S. |date=2019-07-04 |publisher=Action for Economic Reforms (AER) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704084304/http://aer.ph/learning-from-history/ |archive-date=2019-07-04 |url-status=live |access-date=2019-07-04}}{{Cite news |url=https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/83523/jerry-araos-artist-who-competed-with-bakeries-for-his-wood-sculptures-68/ |title=Jerry Araos, artist who 'competed with bakeries' for his wood sculptures; 68 |date=2012-12-30 |work=Philippine Daily Inquirer |access-date=2019-07-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130101203624/https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/83523/jerry-araos-artist-who-competed-with-bakeries-for-his-wood-sculptures-68/ |archive-date=2013-01-01 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.nameless.org.ph/j_araos |title=ARAOS, Jerusalino "Jerry" |website=The Nameless |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821213325/http://www.nameless.org.ph/j_araos |archive-date=2016-08-21 |url-status=live |access-date=2019-07-04}}{{Cite news |url=https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/philippines/famous-filipino-sculptor-jerusalino-araos-dies-1.1123306 |title=Famous Filipino sculptor Jerusalino Araos dies |last=Dacanay |first=Barbara Mae |date=2012-12-24 |work=Gulf News |access-date=2019-07-05 |language=en}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/arts-and-culture/2002/02/11/150271/jerry-araos146-wooden-art |title=Jerry Araos' wooden art |last=Defeo |first=Ruben |date=February 11, 2002 |work=the Philippine Star |access-date=2019-07-05}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RQ_RAgAAQBAJ&q=gerry%2520araos&pg=PT263 |title=The Tropical House: Cutting Edge Design in the Philippines |last=Reyes |first=Elizabeth |date=2012-04-02 |publisher=Tuttle Publishing |isbn=9781462906130 |language=en}} In 2018, Araos was identified by the Human Rights Victims' Claims Board as a Motu Proprio human rights violations victim of the Martial Law Era.{{Cite web |title=Motu Proprio |url=https://hrvvmemcom.gov.ph/roll-of-victims/roll-of-victims-motu-propio/ |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=Human Rights Violations Victims' Memorial Commission |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104033728/https://hrvvmemcom.gov.ph/roll-of-victims/roll-of-victims-motu-propio/ |url-status=dead }}

Araos is also known for having popularized the term "Bansoy" - a portmanteau of "bansot na halamang makahoy" (short woody plant) - in reference to Philippine interpretations of Bonsai art.{{Cite news |url=http://www.realliving.com.ph/home-improvement/gardening/craft-your-own-enchanting-bansoy-a00010-20161112 |title=Craft Your Own Enchanting Bansoy |last1=Calzado |first1=Cielo Anne |date=2016-11-12 |work=Real Living Magazine |access-date=2019-07-04}}