THE ARTIST
Peter de Guzman
One of the Philippines' foremost figurative-expressionist sculptors, with a body of work that has shaped the nation's civic and historical landscape.
Biography
A Life in Civic Form
Peter Tiamzon de Guzman is a CCP Thirteen Artists Awardee and Metrobank Foundation Awardee for Sculpture. A graduate and former professor of the UP College of Fine Arts, his work reflects a lasting engagement with memory, identity, and nationhood.
His figurative-expressionist language translates the inner weight of historical figures into permanent civic form — sculptures that do not merely commemorate, but compel. In every work, the body carries thought; posture becomes conviction; stillness becomes resolve.
"Luminara Gravitas presents the José Rizal Series — sculpted by Peter De Guzman." The institution commissions. The artist creates. The patron's legacy endures.
Recognition
Achievements
AWARDS
CCP
Thirteen Artists Awardee — the highest recognition given by the Cultural Center of the Philippines to outstanding Filipino artists.
mbf
Metrobank Foundation Awardee for Sculpture — recognizing excellence in the visual arts in the Philippines.
ACADEMICS
UP
Graduate of the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts — alma mater of the Philippines' most distinguished visual artists.
INST
Former instructor at the UP College of Fine Arts — shaping the next generation of Philippine artists through sustained academic engagement.
