Manolito Tolentino Mayo

Manolito "Lito" Tolentino Mayo (December 17, 1954 – May 4, 1983) the Mayo clan of Lipa City has claimed and has documented their roots from Spanish, Chinese, and Irish-British ancestry. His father was an employee at the Philippine National Bank branch of Lipa City who had retired early to establish The Lipa Trading Company, a multifaceted family business that included insurance, financing, real estate, agriculture, tax preparation and a Suzuki motorcycle dealership and tricycle shop. While at UST he received several art awards at the university: 1st Honorable Mention, Sculpture Contest; 3rd Prize, Graphic Arts (1973); 3rd Honorable Mention, Graphic Arts Competition (1973); and Honorable Mention, Annual On-The-Spot Painting Contest (1974).

Art and career Mayo's early work was heavily inspired by Cubism, wood print blocks, and sculptures. He established himself in graphic arts, with print plate etching as his major technique. Intaglio, xerographics, and silkscreen processes were also incorporated into his early works. Business Day writer Angel G. De Jesus wrote that Mayo was "a surrealistic expressionist with a satiric sense of humor".

He was president of the Philippine Association of Printmakers from 1975 to 1976, and was a member of the board of directors of the Art Association of the Philippines in 1977.

From 1981 to 1983 he taught Visual Arts and Design at the Philippine Women's University School of Fine Arts and Design.

Awards and recognition 1975 2nd Prize (Mixed Media Category): Print Competition in Manila sponsored by Bancom, Eurasia Arts, and the Philippine Association of Printmakers

1976 First Runner-up: Grand Art Competition in Manila sponsored by the Art Association of the Philippines

Museum collections and posthumous exhibitions

Tirada: 50 Years of Philippine Printmaking 1968-2018 (05/19/2018- 07/15/2018). Cultural Center of the Philippines. Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City, 1003 Metro Manila

October 17–30, 2015: Hiraya Gallery. 35th Anniversary Exhibition, ArtistSpace, Ayala Museum

Ateneo Art Gallery

Temptation, 6/10 (1974) – Etching – 32 cm x 27.5 cm (Gift from Emmanuel Torres) Untitled (1975) – Etching and aquatint – 20.5 cm x 20.5 cm (Gift from Mayo)

The Ateneo Art Gallery presents Print(Ed): The AAG Print Collection Revisited (July–September 2019). Selected works from Wilson L Sy Prints and Drawings Gallery collection, curated by Pandy Aviado

Gallery of works