Biography of ofelia gelvezon tequi paintings

Filipina printmaker and painter (born 1942)

Ofelia Gelvezon-Tequi (born June 4, 1942) is a Filipina visual artist based in France.

Ofelia Gelvezon Tequi is a Filipino Asian Modern & Contemporary artist who was born in Ofelia Gelvezon Tequi's work has been offered at auction.

Ofelia Gelvezon Tequi is a Filipino Asian Modern & Contemporary artist who was born in Ofelia Gelvezon Tequi's work has been offered at auction.

Printmaker and Painter​​ With two degrees in Fine Arts and English from the University of the Philippines Diliman, Gelvezon-Tequi also earned.

Ofelia Gelvezon-Tequi (born June 4, ) is a Filipina visual artist based in France.

Ofelia Gelvezon Tequi is a Filipino Asian Modern & Contemporary artist who was born in Ofelia Gelvezon Tequi's work has been offered at auction multiple.

This retrospective spans five decades of Gelvezon-Tequi's work, from paintings on silk, linen, and paper to colorful prints bearing imagery taken from medieval.

She works primarily in the media of painting and printmaking and is considered a pioneer in Philippine printmaking. Her prints are created using copper-plate etching and viscosity color printing techniques.^[1]

Early life and education

Gelvezon-Tequi was born June 4, 1942, in Guimbal, Iloilo, Philippines.^[2] Her family moved around during her childhood due to her father's employment in the Philippine Army.

During her childhood she lived in Paco, Iloilo, and Lucena.^[3]

Gelvezon-Tequi graduated from the University of Philippines-Diliman with degrees in English (1966) and Fine Arts (1964).^[4][5] She continued her education at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, earning a diploma in painting in 1967.^[5] A scholarship from the Rockefeller Foundation enabled her to stu