Imelda Cajipe Endaya (b. 1949, Manila, Philippines) is a painter, printmaker, and installation artist recognized as one of the most influential voices in contemporary Philippine art. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of the Philippines, where she trained under leading modernists.
Her works explore issues of gender, cultural identity, globalization, and diaspora from an enlightened Filipina’s perspective. Combining painting, printmaking, collage, and installation, she often incorporates indigenous materials and domestic objects to highlight the intersection of personal and collective histories.
Cajipe Endaya has received numerous honors, including the Araw ng Maynila Award (1998), the CCP Centennial Honors for the Arts (1999), and two awards from the American Society of Contemporary Artists in New York (2008 and 2009).
Her art has been exhibited internationally, including at the 1992 Ninth Biennale of Sydney, the Centro Cultural de Conde Duque in Spain, the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, the Asia Society, and at Ceres and Pen‑and‑Brush galleries in New York City. She was also a founding member of Kasibulan (Kababaihan sa Sining at Bagong Sibol na Kamalayan), the feminist art collective established in 1987.
Her works have been cited in major art reviews, including those by Vibhuti Patel in Newsweek, and Benjamin Gennochio and Holland Cotter in The New York Times, affirming her international stature.
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