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Filipino painter and sculptor

Abdulmari Asia Imao (14 January 1936 – 16 December 2014) was a Filipino painter and sculptor. Imao was named National Artist of the Philippines for Visual Arts in 2006.

A Tausūg, Imao is the first Moro to receive the recognition.^[1] Aside from being a sculptor, Imao is also a painter, photographer, ceramist, cultural researcher, documentary film maker, writer, and a patron of PhilippineMuslim art and culture.^[2][3][4]

Early life

Imao was born on 14 January 1936 in Siasi, Sulu.

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Imao spent most of his childhood in the town of Pata, also in Sulu. His family came from a generation of tokang or boat makers dating back to the precolonial era. At the age of nine, Imao began to show interest for the arts.^[5][6]

Imao etched trophies with the shape of a swimmer atop a pedestal for the swimmers in Sulu.

At that time, swimmers from Jolo were the best bets of the country fo