Jerry Elizalde Navarro

Jeremias "Jerry" Elizalde Navarro (22 May 1924 – 10 June 1999) was a Filipino artist. He was later proclaimed a National Artist.

Early life and education As a young artist, Navarro was very passionate in creating new ways of art. He experimented with different kinds of art media such as oil, acrylic, and watercolor. He also tried making sculpture and mixed media. He uses the "incision painting" this method is applied on the stop surface by carving out the artist’s desired pattern on the stone materials and layering paint or plaster on the stone surface.

He studied in the University of the Philippines, Manila as a Ramon Roces Publication Scholar in 1947. The following year he transferred to the University of Santo Tomas, he studied fine arts with a major in painting. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1951. While studying at the university he was also an art editor for the university newspaper The Varsitarian.

Personal life His wife was sculptor Virginia Ty-Navarro.

Exhibits and works 1967 – represented the Philippines in Sculpture Category, São Paulo Beinnale Brazil 1970 – represented the Philippines in Sculpture Category, São Paulo Beinnale, Brazil 1972 – represented the Philippines at the Biennale de art Graphiques, Brno, Czechoslovakia 1977 – designed the Philippine booth, 12th Tokyo International Trade Fair Japan 1977 – designed the ASEAN Trade Fair, Manila, Philippines 1980 – First Filipino artist to be represented at YAYASAN Bali, Indonesia 2014 – Leon Art Gallery Auction House "The Kingly Treasures"