User:Kasining/Jophel Botero Ybiosa

Mr. Jophel Botero Ybiosa is a Filipino youth advocate and internationally – acclaimed artist. He was born in Quezon City, Philippines. He brought major awards for the country and his primary mission is to showcase to the world the inherent beauty and meaningful story of the Philippines through artistic works. Currently, he's the Director of Juan Makasining Youth Artist Network, the flagship project of Team Juan Makasining (Awarded as Dangal ng Bayan and Outstanding Youth Group for Arts and Culture by the Consumer Affairs Foundation of the Philippines and Area Finalist for 2012 Search for Ten Accomplished Youth Organizations). He finished his secondary studies in Culiat High School with a Youth Leadership Excellence Award from Philippine Jaycees and Department of Education (DepEd) and graduated as Most Outstanding Student of Polytechnic University of the Philippines -- College of Communication in 2007. He wrote and directed documentaries for the Liwanag ng Kapayapaan Foundation and Robin C. Padilla Productions. One of those is “Ang Misyon sa Bundok Apo”, which won a Special Citation in 2012 Gawad Cultural Center of the Philippines para sa Alternatibong Pelikula at Video. He also taught Art Appreciation among the scholars of LKF. As an artist, he shares his talent in photography, abstract painting and performance art. His abstract painting entitled, "Flying High the Filipino Dreams" won the Excellent Prize in the 2011 Global Youth Artistic Competition in Los Angles, U.S.A. He presented his performance art depicting socially - relevant issues in some significant venues like Cultural Center of the Philippines, Art Association of the Philippines – Kanlungan ng Sining, Quirino Grandstand, GSIS Museum and ConspiracyBar. He was featured as Guest Artist in some Philippine television programs like Unang Hirit (GMA-7), Homepage (Net-25) and Sining-Gising (NBN-4). He was also featured in Frame One Magazine of Federation of Philippine Photographers’ Foundation, Global Pinoy in The Filipino Channel T.V. Commercial (ABS-CBN Global), Picture Perfect Photographer of the Week in Manila Bulletin, Depth of Focus Artist in the FullFrame Pinoy Photography Magazine based in Middle East and one of the Artists in the 3rd Issue of Park International Art Magazine based in Portugal. His artistic works were exhibited in the Philippines, United Kingdom, Italy, Switzerland, Japan, South Korea, China, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. He's listed as one of the Top 10 Filipino Visual Artists for 2010 in WikiPilipinas: Philippine Encyclopedia and he is also a three-time awardee of Ani ng Dangal (Harvest of Honors for Visual Arts) by the Office of the President and National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) in 2010, 2012 and 2013, Outstanding Pinoy Achiever for Arts and Culture and Dangal ng Bayan People's Choice Award for Arts and Culture Advocacy 2012 by the Consumer Affairs Foundation of the Philippines, 2010 Outstanding Youth Leader for Culture and the Arts by the United Nations Association of the Philippines, Outstanding Alumnus for the Arts and Culture - Culiat High School, Excellent Prize Winner of China -- ASEAN Artwork Creativity Contest 2010, Grand Prize Winner of The Print Space International Photography Competition 2011, 1st Prize Winner of The Photographic Angle Photography Competition (United Kingdom), Winner and People's Choice Awardee of 2011 Snapshots Asia Canon Photo Contest, Grand Prize Winner of ASEAN -- Korea Multimedia Competition 2009, Best Photograph in 2011 and 2012 Global Festival International Photography Competition (Indonesia),Three - Time Finalist in the International Photographic Contest (Thailand), Finalist of 2009 Bangkok International Print and Drawing Competition, One of the Selected Photos in Garuda International Photography Competition (Indonesia), Two-time Honorable Mention Winner in the International Photographic Salon of Japan, Grand Prize Winner of Captured Smiles Photography Competition and Gold Awardee in Photography Category of World Art Experience. He’s a recipient of 2013 SEAMEO SPAFA Full Scholarship in Thailand and Scholarship and Youth Development Program of Quezon City Government in 2003 – 2007. He was also a Philippine Delegate to Film Expo Asia 2010 (Bangkok, Thailand), ASEAN Youth Camp 2010 in (Hanoi, Vietnam) and ASEAN Art Fusion 2010.