Manuel Baldemor
{{Short description|Filipino artist (born 1947)}}
{{Infobox artist
| name = Manuel Baldemor
| image = Manuel Baldemor en Mexico.jpg
| image_size =
| birth_name = Manuel D. Baldemor
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|03|26}}
| birth_place = Paete, Laguna, Philippines
| nationality = Filipino
| field = Painting
}}
Manuel Baldemor is a Filipino painter, sculptor, printmaker, writer and book illustrator.{{cite web
|title=BALDEMOR, Manuel |url=https://heritagegallery.ph/2017/11/baldemor-manuel/ |website=Heritage Gallery |access-date=March 3, 2015
}} He was born on March 26, 1947, in Paete, Laguna, Philippines.
He is best known for his paintings on various media that depict scenes in simplified geometric forms with a folk art character. Most of his subjects in art are his hometown, its people, their everyday activities, and their celebrations.{{cite web|title=Manuel Baldemor - drybrush Gallery|url=https://drybrush.com/artists/manuel-baldemor|accessdate=2025-06-14}}
His works are known not only in the Philippines but also in other countries. He is an artist-in-residence in Chile, Estonia, France, Israel, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland and Portugal. His works is known internationally because UNICEF is reproducing his works as greeting cards that are distributed worldwide.{{cite web |title=Manuel Baldemor |url=https://www.artnet.com/artists/manuel-baldemor/ |website=Artnet |access-date=2025-06-14}}
Early career and education
Manuel Baldemor studied at the University of Santo Tomas College of Architecture and Fine Arts (CAFA), which later became the College of Architecture and the College of Fine Arts and Design. While a student, he worked with Mabini artists to support himself financially.{{Cite web
|url=https://newyorkpcg.org/pcgny/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/PR-CSC-098-19.pdf
|title=Manuel Baldemor’s Luzviminda, An Art Exhibit at the Philippine Center – Press Release PR-CSC-098-2019
|date=14 November 2019
|publisher=Consulate General of the Republic of the Philippines, New York
|accessdate=22 June 2025
}} His classmates often sought his help with their academic art plates, recognizing his distinctive skill and style.
During his stay, he was influenced by modernist principles introduced by National Artist Victorio Edades. Baldemor was later featured in exhibitions tracing the roots of modern art in the Philippines, alongside other prominent artists shaped by Edades’ legacy.
In his senior year, he worked as a layout artist an editorial cartoonist for the Philippine Graphic. This started his career in publication.
Career
His career started as a painter when he depicted the beauty of his hometown Paete, Laguna through pen-and ink. His mural work "Paete I" won the grand prize in the Art Association of the Philippines Art Competition and Exhibition in 1972.{{cite web|title=Paete I - CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art|url=https://epa.culturalcenter.gov.ph/3/82/2254/|accessdate=2025-06-14}} The next year, his mural work "Paete II" won the same prize. His consecutive wins paved the way for him to become a representative of the Philippines for the XIV International Art Exhibition in Paris in 1973. The art critic, Leonides Benesa, hails him as "The Folk Artist".{{cite web
|title=Meet the Artist Whose Paintings of Paete Led Him to Represent the Philippines in France
|url=https://www.wheninmanila.com/meet-the-artist-whose-paintings-of-paete-led-him-to-represent-the-philippines-in-france/
|date=2024-12-18
|website=When In Manila
|accessdate=2025-06-14
}}
In the 1970s he developed his own brand of art that had fused his rural memories. He created several works depicting the Philippine ideal through Folk Modernist treatment. His first exhibit "The Graphic of Manuel D. Baldemor" at the Hidalgo Gallery in 1972 marked the debut of his career.
He won his third gold prize for the annual Art Association of the Philippines competition for his fine prints in 1983. He experimented with other media such as watercolour, acrylic, tempera, oil-on-canvas, woodcut, ceramics, glass, grass paper, and fine prints.
Apart from his depictions of everyday life, Baldemor has ventured into spiritually themed art. His work "Moments with Christ" is noted for invoking a sense of divine inspiration and adds another dimension to his repertoire.{{Cite web |title=Spiritualized through art with Manuel Baldemor's 'Moments with Christ' |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/content/301466/spiritualized-through-art-with-manuel-baldemor-s-moments-with-christ/story/ |website=GMA News |date=2013-03-21 |access-date=2025-06-21 |author=Lago, Amanda |language=en}}
Rosalinda Orosa, an art connoisseur and columnist, called him "The Chronicle of the Motherland" for depicting the beauty of all the places of the Philippines.{{cite web
|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/In+Memoriam%3a+Rosalinda+Luna+Orosa%2c+the+Mother+of+Philippine+Arts+and...-a0776423059
|title=In Memoriam: Rosalinda Luna Orosa, the Mother of Philippine Arts and Culture
|date=2023-12-15
|website=The Free Library
|accessdate=2025-06-22
}} In 1992, the Cultural Center of the Philippines awarded him as one of the Thirteen Artist Awardees as recognition for his contributions to the country.
He garnered travel grants as artist-in-residence in France,{{cite news
|last=Medina
|first=A.
|date=2013-04-25
|title=PHL artist Manuel Baldemor features Ifugaos in Paris art exhibit
|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/305528/pinoyabroad/pinoyachievers/phl-artist-manuel-baldemor-features-ifugaos-in-paris-art-exhibit
|work=GMA News
|access-date=March 3, 2015
|url=https://dmcircuitart.com/artist/manuel-baldemor/
|title=Manuel Baldemor - DM Circuit Art by Art Circle Gallery
|website=DM Circuit Art
|accessdate=2025-06-22
|title=Philippine Embassy in Berne celebrates 150th anniversary of Philippine-Swiss relations through an exhibit by Manny Baldemor
|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2012/07/06/philippine-embassy-in-berne-celebrates-150th-anniversary-of-philippine-swiss-relations-through-an-exhibit-by-manny-baldemor/
|website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines
|date=2012-07-06
|access-date=2025-06-21
}} Russia, Spain,{{cite web
|title=Ambassador Salinas Opens Manuel Baldemor Exhibit in Madrid
|url=https://www.philembassymadrid.com/ambassador-salinas-opens-manuel-baldemor-exhibit-madrid
|website=Philippine Embassy Madrid
|access-date=March 3, 2015
}} Portugal, and Scandinavia{{cite news |last=Grejalde |first=G. |title=Filipino holds exhibit in Norway, Iceland |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/content/100993/filipino-holds-exhibit-in-norway-iceland/story/ |work=GMA News |date=13 June 2008 |access-date=21 June 2025}} in Europe; United States,{{cite web
|url=https://dfa.gov.ph/dfa-news/news-from-our-foreign-service-postsupdate/9334-manuel-baldemore-s-symphony-of-flowers-blooms-at-philippine-center-gallery
|title=Manuel Baldemor’s “Symphony of Flowers” Blooms at Philippine Center Gallery
|date=2016-05-23
|website=Department of Foreign Affairs, Republic of the Philippines
|publisher=GOVPH
|accessdate=2025-06-22
}} Mexico,{{cite web
|url=https://dfa.gov.ph/dfa-news/news-from-our-foreign-service-postsupdate/7741-phl-embassy-in-mexico-opens-painting-exhibit-of-filipino-artist-in-taxco
|title=PHL Embassy in Mexico opens Painting Exhibit of Filipino Artist in Taxco
|date=2015-11-03
|website=Department of Foreign Affairs, Republic of the Philippines
|accessdate=2025-06-22
|publisher=GOVPH
}} and Chile in the Americas; Iran, Israel, and Egypt in the Middle East; South Korea, India, Malaysia, and China{{cite web
|url=https://manilastandard.net/?p=307141
|title=A tale of two nations
|date=2023-09-15
|website=Manila Standard
|accessdate=2025-06-22
}} in Asia. Each country he visited became a topic and subject for his art. He became known as an International Artist and also the Most Travelled Artist for traveling to more than 50 countries.
In 1995, he marked his 25th anniversary as an artist with an exhibit at the Artists’ Corner in SM Megamall, featuring two works: "Sining Bayan", which reflected his Filipino identity, and "The Global Village", which highlighted his international engagements. Ambassadors from countries where he had served as an artist-in-residence attended as guests of honor. In 1998, President Fidel V. Ramos attended the inauguration of his mural "Pasasalamat",{{cite news |last=Zaide |first=Jose Abeto |date=2019-01-21 |title=Peripatetic artist & ambassador of goodwill |url=https://mb.com.ph/2019/01/21/peripatetic-artist-ambassador-of-goodwill/?amp |work=Manila Bulletin |access-date=March 3, 2015}} now permanently displayed at the United Nations Center in Vienna, Austria.{{cite web
|title=Pinoy artist Manuel Baldemor mounts exhibit in Austria
|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/pinoyabroad/dispatch/265440/pinoy-artist-manuel-baldemor-mounts-exhibit-in-austria/story/
|website=GMA Network
|date=2012-07-14
|access-date=2025-06-21
}} His international recognition continued in 2013 when [https://www.ust.edu.ph/ambassador-salinas-highlights-the-filipino-global-maritime-professional-in-diplomat-lecture/ Ambassador Carlos C. Salinas] opened his exhibit Symphony of Colors in Madrid, as part of the Philippines–Spain Friendship Day celebrations, further reflecting the international scope of Baldemor’s artistic career.
That same year, he held a one-day exhibit titled Philippine Skyland at UNESCO in Paris, featuring works that depicted the life and culture of the Ifugao people.{{cite news
|last=Medina
|first=A.
|date=2013-04-25
|title=PHL artist Manuel Baldamor features Ifugaos in Paris art exhibit
|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/pinoyabroad/dispatch/305528/phl-artist-manuel-baldemor-features-ifugaos-in-paris-art-exhibit/story/
|work=GMA News
|access-date=2025-06-21
}}
He is also a sculptor. In 1982 he won his fourth gold prize for sculpture at the Annual Art Association of the Philippines Competition with his piece "Tribute to the Filipino Farmer," exhibited at the City Gallery in Luneta in 1980, as a tribute to his father, Perfecto S. Baldemor. In 1999, he represented the Philippines at the 3rd Inami International Wooden Sculpture Camp in Toyama Prefecture, Japan, where he produced the monumental "Pamilyang Pilipino," measuring 1m wide by 4m high.
On October 1–14, 1999, he exhibited his 100th show entitled "A Distinctive Milestone" as a painter and sculptor at the Artists’ Corner in SM Megamall. At that time, he was the only artist to exhibit his works a hundred times.
He is also a writer and part of the Writers’ Guild of the Philippines. His poems and essays are featured in leading newspapers and magazines. He was a columnist for culture in two major newspapers. His weekly column entitled "Folio" appeared in the Sunday Times of the Manila Times newspaper in 1992 to 1994. He continued his weekly column in the "Art and Culture Section" of "The Philippines Star" from 1997 to 1999. In 2025, he actively participated in the 51st National Writers Congress of the Writers’ Union of the Philippines (UMPIL), where he designed and donated the handcrafted trophies for the Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas literary awards.{{cite web
|url=https://marketmonitor.com.ph/umpil-held-its-51st-national-writers-congress/
|title=UMPIL held its 51st National Writers’ Congress
|date=2025-04-26
|website=The Market Monitor
|accessdate=2025-06-22
|publisher=The Market Monitor
}}
He showed his skills as a graphic designer by making souvenir programs for the XI World Congress of Cardiology in 1991, the XXII International Conference on Internal Medicine in 1994, and other commemorative books about the history and cultivation of the Philippines.{{cite book
|title=The Philippines
|author=Guerrero-Nakpil, Carmen
|others=Illustrated by Manuel D. Baldemor
|publisher=XI World Congress of Cardiology
|date=1989-01-01
|pages=118
|url=https://openlibrary.org/books/OL45607063M/The_Philippines
|accessdate=2025-06-22
}}
In 1980, he was awarded "Gawad Sikap" for Visual Arts for the 400th anniversary of his hometown. Paetenians International Northeast Chapter acknowledged him as the "Paetenian of the Year" in 1985 and one of the "Ten Outstanding Living Paetenians" in 2000. He was also awarded as one of the "Natatanging Buhay na Anak ng Bayan" in the Celebration of Balik-Paete 2004.{{cite book
|last1=Africano
|first1=C.
|last2=Baldemor
|first2=M.
|last3=Casanova
|first3=A.
|title=Tatlong Haligi ng Sining. In Mga Natatanging Anak ng Paete
|year=2005
|publisher=UST Publishing House
|url=https://ust.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991001091059709111&vid=63UOSTP_INST:UOSTP
|access-date=2025-06-14}}
He sometimes leads the patronage and affirmation of Paete through his shows such as "Salubong" in Nayong Pilipino in 1978, "The Masters of Paete Exhibit" at the City Gallery, Luneta in 1980, the grand exhibition of "The Paete Phenomenon" at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, the tape-recording of two historical concerts of Band 69 – "Konsyerto ng Pamanang Himig" and "Konsyerto ng Sentenaryo ng Banda" – at the UP Abelardo Hall in 1997, and the "Konsyerto ng Sentenaryo ng Kalayaan ng Bansa" inside the hundred-year Church of Paete, Laguna.{{cite web
|url=https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/usappaete/a-salute-to-the-35-years-of-banda-69-t3250-s10.html
|title=A Salute to the 35 Years of Banda 69
|website=USAPPAETE Forum on Tapatalk
|accessdate=2025-06-22
}}
His works are known internationally because UNICEF is reproducing his works as greeting cards that are distributed worldwide{{cite web
|title=The Art of Manuel D. Baldemor
|url=https://philippinecenterny.com/manuel-d-baldemor-coming-soon/
|website=Philippine Center New York
|access-date=March 3, 2015
}} He has been noted for painting both the Philippines and the world, capturing local culture while engaging with global themes.{{cite web
|last=Galarpe
|first=K.
|title=Manuel Baldemor paints the Philippines and the world
|url=https://karengalarpe.wordpress.com/2010/01/13/manuel-baldemor-paints-the-philippines-and-the-world/
|website=K Monitor (WordPress)
|access-date=2025-06-21
}} Some of his artworks have also been adapted into cross-stitch patterns and featured in exhibitions in Europe, reflecting the versatility and international appeal of his visual style.{{cite web |title=Baldemor masterpieces turned into cross-stitch art, featured in European exhibitions |url=https://www.vintersections.com/2010/06/baldemor-masterpieces-turned-into-cross.html |website=VIntersections |date=June 2010 |access-date=21 June 2025}}
In 2009, Baldemor completed a monumental glass mosaic mural titled "People Power", which was installed at the Basilica of St. Thérèse in Lisieux, France. Created in collaboration with French mosaicists [https://fdac.dordogne.fr/les-oeuvres/acquisitions-realisees-en-2013/henot-sylvie/ Sylvie Henot] and [https://fr.linkedin.com/in/fran%C3%A7ois-sand-0b580b44 François Sand], the work commemorates the 1986 People Power Revolution in the Philippines. The mural is part of the basilica’s permanent collection, symbolizing peace and spiritual solidarity. Its installation marked a rare honor for a Filipino artist in one of France's most significant religious pilgrimage sites.{{cite web
|url=https://mb.com.ph/2020/3/8/on-living-beyond-our-means
|title=On living beyond our means
|date=2020-03-08
|website=Manila Bulletin
|accessdate=2025-06-22
}}
Notable Works
Awards
| class="wikitable" | |
| Year | Title and Location |
|---|---|
| 2007 | Most Outstanding Alumni of University of Santo Thomas |
| 2004 | 10th Asian Biennale Bangladesh |
| 1998 | Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Delhi, India |
| 1997 | Ministry of Arts and Culture, Prague, Czech Republic |
| 1994 | Artist-in-residence, Internationale Austausch Ateliers Region Basel, Switzerland |
| 1992 | Thirteen Artists Award, Cultural Center of the Philippines |
| 1991 | Ministry of Arts and Culture, Cairo, Egypt |
| 1989 | First ASEAN Symposium on Aesthetics, Workshop and Exhibition, National Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 1988 | Artist-in-residence, Santiago, Chile
Artist-in-residence, Miskenot Shaannmin, Jerusalem, Israel USIS, Voluntary Visitors Program, USA |
| 1987 | China Exhibition Agency, The People's Republic of China |
| 1985 | Ministry of Arts and Culture, Moscow, USSR
Leutuvos TSR Kuturas Ministerija, Vilnius, Lithuania |
| 1983 | Best Fine Print Award, Art Association of the Philippines |
| 1982 | Best Sculpture Award, Art Association of the Philippines |
| 1975 | British Council, London
Ministry of Arts and Culture, Paris, France |
| 1974 | Honorable Mention Award for Painting, AAP |
| 1973 | Philippine Representative, XIV Internationale Art Exhibition, Paris, France
Grand Prize Award, Art Association of the Philippines |
Solo exhibits
| class="wikitable" | |
| Year | Title and Location |
|---|---|
| 2019 | "Luzviminda", New York City, USA |
| 2014 | "Mosaique" Alliance Francaise, France{{cite news |title=Manuel Baldemor revisits his affinity with France |url=https://businessmirror.com.ph/2024/12/17/manuel-baldemor-revisits-his-affinity-with-france/ |work=BusinessMirror |date=17 December 2024 |access-date=21 June 2025}}{{cite news |title=Manuel Baldemor paintings on exhibit in Makati |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/artandculture/929656/manuel-baldemor-paintings-exhibit-makati/story/ |work=GMA News Online |date=28 February 2024 |access-date=21 June 2025}}{{Cite web |title=Instagram post by @username |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DDL5TecMUOR/ |website=Instagram |access-date=2025-06-21}} |
| 2013 | "Moments with Christ", SM Megamall Atrium
"Symphony of Colors" Centro Cultural Galileo, Madrid, SpainPhl Ambassador opens Manuel Baldemor exhibit in Madrid. (2013, June 11). Retrieved March 3, 2015, from http://www.interaksyon.com/lifestyle/phl-ambassador-opens-manuel-baldemor-exhibit-in-madrid {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518093940/http://www.interaksyon.com/lifestyle/phl-ambassador-opens-manuel-baldemor-exhibit-in-madrid |date=2015-05-18 }} "Philippine Skyland" Salon des Délegués., UNESCO Miollis, Paris, France |
| 2012 | "Impressions: An Art Exhibition of Paintings" Vienna International Center, Vienna, Austria |
| 2010 | A Cross-Stitch Exhibit, Event Center, SM Megamall{{cite web |title=Manuel Baldemor: Masterpieces by DMC |url=https://archive.md/20150317012210/http://www.focusglobalinc.com/dmc-news/manuel-baldemor-masterpieces-by-dmc.aspx |website=Focus Global Inc. |archive-url=http://www.focusglobalinc.com/dmc-news/manuel-baldemor-masterpieces-by-dmc.aspx |archive-date=17 March 2015 |access-date=21 June 2025}} |
| 2008 | "The Images of the Philippines and Norway" Norway’s Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs, Norway, Iceland |
| 2007 | "Somewhere in France" Art Center, SM Megamall
"Windows" Atrium, Singapore "Chromatext Reloaded" CCP Main Gallery "The Wonders of China" Galerie Y |
| 2006 | Vietnam Fine Art Museum exhibit, Hanoi |
| 2005 | Galerie S, Stockholm |
| 1998 | "Las Canciones de la Revolucion" Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Madrid, Spain
"From the Heart of India" Art Center, SM MegaMall |
| 1997 | "A Gift of Nature" Gallery 139, Ayala Alabang, Muntinlupa
"Dubrovnik Croatia" Galerie Y, SM MegaMall, Mandaluyong "Czech National Day" Czech Embassy, Manila "Songs of the Revolution" Ayala Museum, Makati City "Prague, The Heart of Europe" Ayala Museum, Makati City "Mula sa Sinisintang Lupa" GSIS Museo ng Sining, GSIS Bldg, Financial Center, Pasay "Philippines Nature's Wonder" Hotel Bayerischen Hof, Munich, Germany "Images of my Native Land" Novomestska Radnice, Prague, Czech Republic "Hymn to my Homeland" Kunst Im Sonnenhof, Bern, Switzerland "Transition" The Crucible Gallery, SM MegaMall, Mandaluyong |
| 1996 | "Cultural and Spiritual Homeland" Museo Iloilo, Iloilo City
"Quelque Part En France" La Galerie, Alliance Francaise de Manille "Global Village" The Art Center, SM MegaMall, Mandaluyong "Hymn to the Earth" Luz Gallery, Makati City "Discovery" The Country of Tagaytay Highlands, Tagaytay City "Festival of my Hometown" Philippine International Convention Center |
| 1995 | "Switzerland Aquarelle" Finale Art Gallery, SM MegaMall, Mandaluyong
"Pasko sa Aming Bayan" EDSA Plaza Hotel, Mandaluyong "Graces from the Land" Gen. Luna Gallery, Davao City "Masskara", Bacolod Convention Plaza Hotel, Bacolod City "Sining Bayan" Art Center, SM MegaMall, Mandaluyong "CEBU, The Queen City of the South" SM City, Cebu |
| 1994 | "Madonna Filipina" Sculpture Exhibition, Heritage Art Center, Shangri-La Plaza, Mandaluyong
"Flowers from the Alps" Galerie Y, SM MegaMall, Mandaluyong "A Piece of Switzerland" Ayala Museum, Makati City "Ein Stuck Schwiz" International Austausch Ateliers Region, Basel, Switzerland |
| 1993 | "Maskara ng Buhay" Galerie Y, SM MegaMall, Mandaluyong
"Zona Verde" Hotel Intercontinental, Makati City "Philippine Skyworld" Phoenix Gallery, Baguio City "Cogon at Kahoy" Woodcut Prints Exhibition, Ayala Museum, Makati City "Scent of China" Galerie Y, SM MegaMall, Mandaluyong "The Gentle Carabao" West Gallery, SM MegaMall, Mandaluyong "Festival of Colors" Victoria Plaza, Davao City |
| 1992 | "Pasko Filipino" Heritage Art Center, SM MegaMall, Mandaluyong
"Mirror" Lopez Museum, Pasig "Awit at Kulay" Hotel Nikko Manila Garden, Makati City "Season's Best" Westin Philippine Plaza Hotel, Manila "Recuerdos de Mexico" Ayala Museum, Makati City |
| 1991 | "Underneath the Rainbow" Philippines Center, New York City, USA
"The Wonders of Egypt II" Egyptian Ambassador's Residence, Makati City "The Wonders of Egypt I" Lopez Museum, Pasig "The Art of Manuel D. Baldemor" National Gallery, Open House, Cairo, Egypt "Ugat ng Sariling Atin" UPLB Gallery, Los Baños, Laguna "Ang Pista sa Nayon" West Gallery, Quezon City "Sa Duyan ng Pagmamahal" Ayala Museum, Makati City "May Isang Bayan sa Dakong Silangan" Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila "Sa Lambong ng Bahag-hari" Artist's Corner Gallery, Hotel Intercontinental Manila, Makati City |
| 1990 | "Munting Bayan sa Salamin" Hotel Nikko Manila Garden, Makati City
"Nature's Best" Lopez Museum, Pasig "Sining at Lulturang Kinagisnan" The Luz Gallery, Makati City "Pagdiriwang" Philippine International Convention Center, Manila |
| 1989 | "Chile: A Discovery of Colors" The National Museum, Manila |
| 1987 | "The Art of Manuel D. Baldemor" Harry Steel Cultural Center, Kiriat Ono, Israel
"As I Came Down from Jerusalem" Ayala Museum, Makati City "Munting Bayan" Philippine Center, New York |
| 1986 | "Homage to Carlos V. Francisco" Angono Artist's, Angono, Rizal
"Recent Works" Lopez Museum, Pasig "Homage to Botong" Ayala Museum, Makati City "American Experience" Thomas Jefferson Cultural Center, Makati City "The Art of Manuel D. Baldemor" International Art Gallery, Beijing, China "Xian Beyond Expectations" Ayala Museum, Makati City |
| 1985 | "The Graphic Art of Manuel D. Baldemor" The Friendship House, Moscow, USSR
"Manuelis Baldemoras Tapyba Grapika" Lietuvos TSR Dailies Muziejus, Vilnius Lithuania "Folk Vision" The Luz Gallery, Makati City "Pahiyas and the Year of the Carabao" Gallery Genesis, Mandaluyong |
| 1984 | "Summertime" Gallery Marguerite, Hyatt Terraces, Baguio City
"Baldemor Country" The Luz Gallery, Makati City |
| 1983 | "Laguna, the Land and the People" Hidalgo Gallery, makati City
"Painting and Sculpture" ELF Arthaus, Parañaque, Metro Manila "Munting Bayan" Ayala Museum, Makati City |
| 1982 | "Roots" Greenhills Art Center, San Juan, Metro Manila |
| 1981 | "Korean Impressions" Greenhills Art Center, San Juan, Metro Manila
"Baldemor's Painting Exhibition" Philippine Embassy, Seoul, Korea "Images of the Homeland" Greenhills Art Center, San Juan, Metro Manila |
| 1980 | "Tribute to the Filipino Farmers" (Sculpture) City Gallery, Manila |
| 1978 | "Introspective" Print Collections Gallery, Manila
"Kay Ganda ng Pilipinas" ABC Galleries, Manila "Muslim Impressions" Hidalgo Gallery, Makati City |
| 1977 | The Art of Manuel D. Baldemor" Mainz Rathaus, Mainz, West Germany
"Baldemor Paintings" PhilamLife, Iloilo City |
| 1976 | "Ceramic Paintings" The Gallery, Hyatt Regency, Manila
"Mother and Child" ABC Galleries, Manila "Prints and Drawings" Galeria Burlas, Bacolod City |
| 1975 | "Kay Ganda ng Pilipinas" Kilusang Sining Gallery Makati
"Recent Paintings" Galeria Burlas, Bacolod City |
| 1974 | "Baldemor's Paete" GMTFM Hall, Taguig, Metro Manila
"Paete" Second Laguna Development Bank, Paete, Laguna "Paete: Sketchbook of a Filipino Town" Quad Gallery, Makati |
| 1973 | "The Art of Manuel D. Baldemor" Hidalgo Gallery, Makati |
| 1972 | "The Graphic Art of Manuel D. Baldemor" Hidalgo Gallery, Makati City |
Group exhibits
| class="wikitable" | |
| Year | Title and Location |
|---|---|
| 2011 | "Edades: From Freedom to Fruition", Cultural Center of the Philippines{{cite web
|last=Mayo |first=R. |title=Exhibition traces the roots of Modern Art in the Philippines |url=http://rachelmayo.blogspot.com/2011/12/edades-from-freedom-to-fruition.html |website=The Essence of Things by Rachel Mayo (Blogspot) |date=2011 |access-date=2025-06-21 }} |
| 2006 | "Ode to the Pasig River" Ayala Museum
"Through the Palette's Eye" U.P.-Jorge B. Vargas Museum and Filipiniana Research Center |
| 2005 | Philippine Exhibit, Stanford Art Spaces, Stanford University
"SCAPES: Images of Time and Place" DLSU Museum |
| 1997 | Two-Man Show, Albor-Baldemor, Stadt Museum, Düsseldorf, Germany
Two-Man Show, Albor-Baldemor, Landesvertretung Thuringen, Bonn, Germany |
| 1996 | "The Filipino Masters" Ericsson Telecommunications, Manila
Three-Man Show, Albor-Baldemor-Olmedo, Philippine Embassy, Vienna, Italy |
| 1992 | Philippine Pavilion, Seville, Spain |
| 1991 | "Paete Phenomenon" Cultural Center of the Philippines |
| 1990 | Cultural Gallery, Muzium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 1989 | First ASEAN Symposium on Aesthetics, Workshop and Exhibition, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 1988 | International Art Festival, Saddam Art Center, Baghdad, Iraq |
| 1987 | Metropolitan Museum, Manila |
| 1986 | Bienal de la Habana, Cuba |
| 1985 | Print Council of Australia, Melbourne
Asia World Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 1984 | Galerie Taub, Philadelphia |
| 1982 | ASEAN Traveling Art Exhibition, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Hong Kong, and Manila |
| 1980 | Madurodam Gallery, The Hague, The Netherlands |
| 1977 | Wall Panel Gallery, Tehran, Iran |
| 1975 | The Philippine Center, New York City, New York, USA |
| 1973 | XIV Internationale Art Exhibition, Paris, France |
| 1972 | AAP Art Competition and Exhibition, Cultural Center of the Philippines |
Books and publications
| class="wikitable" | |
| Year | Title and Contributors |
|---|---|
| 2010 | "Manuel D. Baldemor’s European Journey of Discovery"Manuel D. Baldemor's European journey of discovery. (n.d.). Retrieved March 3, 2015, from http://www.worldcat.org/title/manuel-d-baldemors-european-journey-of-discovery/oclc/758099557{{cite web |title=Manuel D. Baldemor's European journey of discovery |url=https://ust.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991002818509709111&vid=63UOSTP_INST:UOSTP |access-date=March 3, 2015}} |
| 1996 | "Painting the Global Village" with Rosalinda L. Orosa |
| 1993 | "Tales of a Rainy Night" with C. Hidalgo
"Sabong" with A. Hidalgo |
| 1992-94 | Columnist, "Folio", Sunday Times Life Magazine, Philippines |
| 1992 | "Philippine Food and Life" with G.C. Fernando Puto (2015, April 12) |
| 1991 | "The Paete Phenomenon" with I.C. Endaya |
| 1990-94 | Official UNICEF Card Design |
| 1989 | "The Philippines" with C. Nakpil & "Chile, A Discovery of Colors" with S. Fanega |
| 1988 | "Sarap" with D. Fernandez, E. Alegre |
| 1987 | "Philippine Ancestral Houses" with F. Zialcita, N. Oshima |
| 1986 | "Painture, New Lixicom of Philippine Art" with P. Zafaralla |
| 1981 | "Images of the Homeland" with M. Baterina |
| 1980 | "Tribute to the Filipino Farmers" with L. Benesa |
| 1974 | "Paete, Sketchbook of a Filipino Town" with B. Afuang |
| 1972 | "The Graphic Art of Manuel D. Baldemor" with M. Duldulao |
Notable people
References
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Bibliography
Africano, C., Baldemor, M., and Casanova, A. (2005). Tatlong Haligi ng Sining. In Mga Natatanging Anak ng Paete. UST Publishing House. Featuring artwork by Manuel Baldemor.
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