Allan Cosio, Filipino postwar and contemporary artist, dies at 79
Published May 1, 2021 2:19pm
This portrait of Allan Cosio was drawn by his friend, the late artist Onib Olmedo. PHOTO COURTESY OF DANA COSIO-MERCADO Filipino postwar and contemporary painter, sculptor, and production designer Allan Cosio has passed away. He was 79. According to his daughter, Dana Cosio-Mercado, the multi-awarded artist died April 29, 2021, in Pampanga after battling COVID-19. Mercado shared a tribute to her father on social media. “We comforted ourselves that he was exactly where he wanted to be, in his home province. That he was not attended to with pomp and circumstance. That there was a beautiful sky that embraced us all, physically present and not. And that he was ready when he was,” Dana wrote.