Bio

Mr. Jophel Botero Ybiosa is a world-class and multi-award winning Filipino artist with at least 500 local and international honors. He´s an 11-time Ani ng Dangal Awardee for Visual Arts (National Commission for Culture and the Arts), Bagong Bayani Awardee for Culture and the Arts, Go Negosyo Inspiring Balik-bayan Creative Artist, Topnotch Filipino Artist and Professional Leadership Awardee (Asia-Pacific Luminare Awards), an Outstanding Alumnus for Arts and Culture of Culiat High School and Notable Alumni Awardee for Visual Arts of Polytechnic University of the Philippines – College of Communication. He’s the Founder of an award-winning arts and advocacy group – the Team Juan Makasining (2017 Asia-Pacific Excellence Awardee for Outstanding Arts and Advocacy Organization) and works as a Master Photographer at Princess Cruise Lines and served as a Special Lecturer at Polytechnic University of the Philippines. He´s the Captain of World Photographic Cup Philippine Team and recently appointed as a member of the New York Photography Awards and Global Photography Awards Grand Jury. Some of his historic achievements are the following: First Filipino to win Events Photographer of the Year and included in the Best of Show Exhibition of Moscow International Foto Awards (MIFA), First Filipino to win a Gold Award in New York Photo Fair, First Filipino to win a 1st Prize in Chromatic Photography Awards, First Filipino to win a 1st Place in Neutral Density Photography Awards, First Filipino to win 1st Prize in the Photographic Angle International Photography Competition, One of the first Filipino Gold Medalists in the World Art Camp Olympiad, First Filipino to win Gold Award in Southeast Asia Photo Circuit, First Filipino to win a Grand Prize in ASEAN-Korea Multimedia Competition and Two-time Best Photograph in Global Festival Photography Competition (Indonesia). As an artist, his primary purpose is to share with the world the positive images, inherent beauty, cultural identity and meaningful stories of the Philippines and also to contribute in putting the country on the global map of Visual Arts.