Jun Impas

Florentino “Jun” G. Impas, Jr. is a realism and portrait, visual artist. Although born in Danao City, Cebu, at a young age, his family decided to migrate to Surigao City. As a son of a fisherman and housewife and with 10 siblings, life was not easy for Jun. He worked several part-time jobs to make ends meet. He was introduced to art through a part-time job as a poster and billboard maker in a local cinema in Surigao City. Painting actors and actresses in showing movies was how he realized he was quite capable of painting. He pursued his professional art career by moving to Cebu and joining local art groups. As a self-taught artist, he absorbed lessons from art books and techniques from peers. Since then, he has become a multi-awarded artist and has consistently shown in both group and solo exhibits. He eventually earned a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts Major in Painting from the University of Santo Tomas, Manila. He also became the president of Cebu Artists Inc. (CAI) as well as the former president of the Portraits Artist Society of the Philippines. He is currently a member of the Durian Collective artist group. His works have been exhibited locally, nationally, and internationally reaching Vatican, Italy, Chicago, and New York. He has judged several art competitions and has also done numerous portrait commissions of known personalities and families in society. Now, he has established his own Art Space, located in Gaas Balamban, Cebu, which comprises a gallery, studio, paint bar, and café. Currently, his mission is to connect art and tourism to showcase Filipino art and culture and to make everyone fall in love with art.