1954
Born in Iloilo City, Philippines

Antipas Delotavo studied at the University of San Agustin, Iloilo City and majored in Fine Arts at the Philippine Women’s University College of Fine Arts and Music in Manila. Part of the Kaisahan group of painters who are also known as Social Realists, he has been part of numerous shows, exhibiting both here and abroad. Some of these exhibits include Critic’s Choice in 1979; Traveling Exhibit of Concerned Artists of the Philippines in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Adelaide in 1984; The 14th Asian International Art Exhibition in Fuokoka Asian Art Museum, Fuokoka, Japan in 1999; and Identities versus Globalization at the Chiang Mai Museum in Thailand in 2003. In 1990, his achievement in the visual arts was recognized with the conferment of the Cultural Center of the Philippines Thirteen Artists Award and he was also selected to paint the official portrait of then Philippine President Corazon Aquino. He has been mentioned in numerous publications such as A Century of Realism in Philippine Art and Protest/Revolutionary in the Philippines: 1970-1990.