Year Awardee Category Notes

posthumous
1972 Fernando C. Amorsolo Visual Arts - Painting
conferment
Francisca Reyes Aquino Dance
Carlos "Botong" V. Francisco Visual Arts - Painting posthumous
Amado V. Hernández Literature conferment
1973 Antonio J. Molina Music
Juan Nakpíl Architecture
Guillermo E. Tolentino Visual Arts - Sculpture
Jose Garcia Villa Literature
Napoleón V. Abueva Visual Arts - Sculpture
Leonor Orosa-Goquingco Dance
Lamberto V. Avellana Film and Theater
1976 Nick Joaquín Literature
Jovita Fuentes Music
Victorio C. Edades Visual Arts - Painting
Pablo Antonio Architecture
posthumous
1981 Vicente S. Manansala Visual Arts - Painting
conferment
 conferment
Gerardo de León Film
1982
Carlos P. Rómulo Literature
1987 Honorata "Atang" de la Rama Theater and Music
Antonino R. Buenaventura Music
1988
Lucrecia Reyes Úrtula Dance
1989 Lucrecia R. Kasilag Music
Francisco Arcellana Literature
1990 César Legaspi Visual Arts - Painting
Leandro V. Locsin Architecture
Hernándo R. Ocampo Visual Arts - Painting
1991
Lucio D. San Pedro Music
Lino Brocka Film
Felipe P. de León Music
posthumous
Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero Theater
conferment
Rolando S. Tínio Theater and Literature
1997 N. V. M. González Literature
Levi Celério Music & Literature
Arturo R. Luz Visual Arts - Painting
 José Maceda Music
Carlos Quirino Historical Literature
J. Navarro Elizalde Visual Arts - Painting posthumous
Ernani Joson Cuenco conferment
Music
1999 Andrea O. Veneración
Edith L. Tiempo Literature
Daisy Avellana Theater
Ishmael Bernál Film posthumous
Severino Montano Theater conferment
2001
F. Sioníl José Literature
Ang Kiukok
Visual Arts - Painting posthumous
José T. Joya
conferment
Virgilio S. Almario
2003 Literature
Alejándro R. Roces
Eddie S. Romero Film and Broadcast Arts
Salvador F. Bernál Theater and Design
Benedicto Reyes Cabrera Visual Arts - Painting
 Abdulmari Asia Imao Visual Arts - Sculpture
Bienvenido Lumbera Literature
Ramón Obusan Dance
2006
I.P. Santos Architecture - Landscape
Fernando Poe, Jr. Film
posthumous
Architecture, Design and Allied conferment
Ramón Valera
Arts - Fashion Design
Manuel Conde Film and Broadcast Arts
Lázaro Francisco Literature posthumous
2009[5]
Visual Arts - Painting, Sculpture conferment
Federico Aguilar Alcuáz
and Mixed Media
Alice Reyes Dance
posthumous
Francisco Coching Visual Arts
conferment
Cirilo F. Bautista Literature
2014 [6]
Francisco Feliciano Music
Ramón Santos Music
posthumous
José María Zaragoza Architecture
conferment
 Ryan Cayabyab Music
Francisco Mañosa Architecture and Allied Arts
posthumous
Ramon Muzones Literature
conferment
2018 Resil Mojares Literature
posthumous
Larry Alcala Visual Arts
conferment
Amelia Lapeña Bonifacio Theater
Kidlat Tahimik Film and Broadcast Arts
▪ Proclaimed in 2009 but conferment delayed due to a controversy. Order was later bestowed
to candidate in a ceremony at Malacañang Palace in November 2013.[7]

▪ Music
▪ Visual Arts

• Levi Celério
• Napoleón V. Abueva (Sculpture)

• Ernani Joson Cuenco

• Larry Alcala (Comics)

• Felipe Padilla de León

• Fernando C. Amorsolo (Painting)

• Francisco Feliciano
• Benedicto "BenCab" Reyes Cabrera
• Lucrecia R. Kasilag
(Painting)

• José Maceda
• Francisco Coching (Comics)

• Antonio J. Molina
• Victorio C. Edades (Painting)

• Lucio D. San Pedro

• Carlos "Botong" V. Francisco
• Ramón Santos
(Painting)

• Andrea O. Veneración
• Abdulmari Asia Imao (Sculpture)

• Antonio R. Buenaventura
• José T. Joya (Painting)

• Jovita Fuentes
• Ang Kiukok (Painting)

• Ryan Cayabyab
• César Legaspi (Painting)

▪ Dance
• Arturo R. Luz (Painting)

• Francisca Reyes Aquino

• Vicente S. Manansala (Painting)

• Amelia Lapeña Bonifacio

• J. Navarro Elizalde (Painting)

• Leonor Orosa-Goquingco
• Hernándo R. Ocampo (Painting)

• Ramón Obusan
• Guillermo E. Tolentino (Sculpture)

• Alice Reyes
• Federico Aguilar Alcuáz (Painting,
• Lucrecia Reyes Úrtula
Sculpture, and Mixed Media)

▪ Theater
▪ Literature

• Daisy Avellana
• Francisco Arcellana

• Honorata "Atang" de la Rama

• Virgilio S. Almario

• Rolando S. Tínio
• Cirilo F. Bautista

• Salvador F. Bernál (Set Design)

• N. V. M. Gonzalez