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Ivan Roxas
"Ivan Roxas' (born in June 06, 1976) is a UST alumnus who thrived early on in the contemporary art scene in the Philippines. His name and works of symbolic-graphic-realism that depicts death, loss and beauty are well-known inside and outside the country.

Biography
Ivan Roxas was born in Tanay, Rizal on June 26, 1978. He started to make doodles and sketches when he was three years old. When he turned ten years old, he just knew that he wanted to be a painter and he even started to use oil paints when he was twelve years old. His first teacher in painting was his brother, Irvyn. He graduated at the University of Santo Tomas College of Fine Arts and Design, majoring in Painting (2000). He has been a full time painter since 1993. He also has been consistently teaching or lecturing various institutions and organizations for the underprivileged all over the Philippines. He has conducted comprehensive art workshops that cater from the basics to the most advanced. He is actively exhibiting his works in different art venues.

Awards and achievements

 * Artist of the year 1991 Ilaya Elementary School, Tanay Rizal
 * Artist of the year 1995 San Ildefonso College, Tanay Rizal
 * Finalist 1996 Oct Shell National Students Art Competition
 * Honorable Mention 1997 Sept Metrobank Young Painters Annual
 * First Prize 1997 Oct Shell National Students Art Competition
 * Best Innovative Design 1997 Nov Veterans Memorial Medical Center Poster Contest
 * First Prize 1997 Nov Veterans Memorial Medical Center Poster Contest
 * Benavidez Achievement 1998 Feb University of Santo Tomas Award
 * First Prize 1998 Feb Inter University Painting Competition/ UST
 * Finalist 1998 Sept Metrobank Young Painters Competition
 * Honorable Mention 1999 Feb On the Spot Painting Contest/UST
 * Honorable Mention 1999 Feb On the Spot Painting Contest/SSC
 * First Prize 1999 March On the Spot Painting Contest/TUP
 * Second Prize 1999 Sept Metrobank Young Painters Annual
 * Finalist 1999 Oct Philip Morris Art Awards
 * Best Thesis of the Year 2000 University of Santo Tomas
 * Grand Prize 2000 May Student Artfest 2000 - DBP
 * Finalist 2000 Sept Philip Morris Art Awards
 * Top 5 Juror's Choice 2000 Oct Nokia Art Awards 2000
 * Finalist 2001 Oct Philip Moris Art Awards