Virginia Ty-Navarro (5 July 1924 – 1996) was a Filipina sculptor, known nationwide for her sculpture "Statue of Our Lady Queen of Peace", which she completed in sixteen months on a 12 million

peso The peso is the monetary unit of several countries in the Americas, and the Philippines. Originating in the Spanish Empire, the word translates to "weight". In most countries the peso uses the same sign, "$", as many currencies named "dollar" ...

budget. The sculpture is alternatively called "Our Lady of

EDSA Shrine The Shrine of Mary, Queen of Peace, Our Lady of EDSA, or more popularly, the EDSA Shrine is a small church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila located at the intersection of Ortigas Avenue and Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) in Bara ...

" and is located in

Ortigas Ortigas Center is a central business district located within the joint boundaries of Pasig, Mandaluyong and Quezon City, within the Metro Manila region in the Philippines. With an area of more than , it is Metro Manila's second most important bu ...

. Ty-Navarro was born on 5 July 1924. Ty-Navarro took a course in

Fine Art In European academic traditions, fine art is developed primarily for aesthetics or creative expression, distinguishing it from decorative art or applied art, which also has to serve some practical function, such as pottery or most metalwor ...

s at the

University of Santo Tomas The University of Santo Tomas (also known as UST and officially as the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, Manila) is a private, Catholic research university in Manila, Philippines. Founded on April 28, 1611, by Spanish friar Migue ...

where she studied under National Artist Carlos “Botong” Francisco and National Artist Victorio C. Edades during the

Japanese occupation of the Philippines The Japanese occupation of the Philippines (Filipino: ''Pananakop ng mga Japones sa Filipinas''; ja, 日本のフィリピン占領, Nihon no Firipin Senryō) occurred between 1942 and 1945, when Imperial Japan occupied the Commonwealth of the ...

. She worked on metal sculptures, such as bronze. She followed a

modernist Modernism is both a philosophy, philosophical and arts movement that arose from broad transformations in Western world, Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The movement reflected a desire for the creation of new fo ...

style in her art. Some of her works are displayed at the National Museum of Fine Arts. Ty-Navarro was married to fellow artist

Jerry Navarro Elizalde Jeremias "Jerry" Elizalde Navarro (22 May 1924 – 10 June 1999) was a Filipino artist. Early life and education As a young artist, Navarro was very passionate in creating new ways of art. He experimented with different kinds of art media su ...

. She died from Alzheimer's disease in 1996.

Exhibits and works

*Women in Art 2008:Oil Painting and Metal Sculpture

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Jerry Elizalde Navarro"Nude Torso" and "Tantrum" metal sculpturesWomen In Art (Philippines)

Exhibits and works

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