Mamerto Tuazon Evangelista, Jr.
Paintings from an artist in the Philippines.
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Mamerto spent his youth in the town of Gapan, Nueva Ecija. He went to Manila in 1960 to find work and study Fine Arts at the University of Santo Tomas. In 1964 joined the art staff of the National Museum and worked there until 1966. In 1967 the Museum of Philippine History and Iconographic Archives (now the Ayala Museum) hired him, among others, to build the now famous dioramas of Philippine History. He stayed with the Ayala Museum as Staff Artist until 1981. He went on to build dioramas for other institutions such as the National Historical Institute, PANAMIN, the Quezon Memorial Museum, the Philippine Army Museum, the NFA Grains Museum, the Villa Escudero Museum and the Philippine Military Academy. He has also joined group art exhibitions with the Ayala Artists Group. He held a one-man art exhibit at the Heritage Art Center, SM Mega Mall, in December, 1995. Currently, Mamerto is a free-lance painter residing in San Pedro, Laguna, Philippines.