Sid Natividad

Sid Natividad (b. 1989) is a Filipino Artist, trained at the Florence Academy of Art, Natividad is adept in classical figuration, but has contemporary sensibilities in the subjects he chooses, and in his cool color palette.

The art practice of Sid Natividad is deeply anchored on the permanent concept of impermanence using the natural, impermanent qualities of water. Understanding that water, with its constant ebb and flow, perfectly captures the movement and change we so associate with impermanence, Natividad, a free diver, acknowledges that being in the water is one of the most explicit examples one can imagine of being in the moment.

To emphasize the natural impermanent qualities of water, Natividad paints in expressionistic hyperrealism that straddles both figuration and abstraction to balance distortion and realism. He uses an abundance of energetic brush strokes in technical shades of turquoise blue, white, and ivory black to echo the fluid nature of water while capturing the gentle ripples and light refracting through it, beautifully illuminating his subjects.

Sid Natividad staged successful exhibitions in Japan and the Philippines. He has also exhibited at the Philippine National Museum of Natural History. His works have been featured in several publications, like Philippine Tatler, Brave New World, BluPrint, and Art Plus Magazine. The Philippine Permanent Mission in Geneva has also chosen his paintings to be featured in their 2022 calendar to celebrate the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the 1982 Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes in the 2022 ASEAN-China Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC).