Toym Imao
(1968–)
Toym Imao, born Abdulmari de Leon Imao Jr. in 1968, is a Filipino sculptor, multimedia visual artist, educator, and storyteller. He is known for creating historical monuments, large-scale installations, and contemporary artworks that explore Filipino identity, history, politics, social issues, and popular culture. He is the son of National Artist for Visual Arts Abdulmari Asia Imao and art collector Grace de Leon. He studied Architecture at the University of the Philippines Diliman and earned a Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He currently serves as Dean of the University of the Philippines Diliman College of Fine Arts. Among his notable works is Desaparecidos (Memorializing Absence, Remembering the Disappeared), an installation exhibited at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani that commemorates the victims of forced disappearance and represents the grief and absence experienced by their families. Another notable work is Santa Sierra Madre, also known as Our Lady of BRP Sierra Madre, which personifies the grounded Philippine Navy outpost at Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea as a symbolic protector of Philippine sovereignty amid maritime tensions with China. His historical monuments include the Andres Bonifacio National Shrine in Maragondon, Cavite; the Dr. Jose P. Rizal statue in Carson City, California; and the Tandang Sora National Shrine. Through these works, Imao combines historical commemoration with contemporary artistic expression and social commentary.
The Tandang Sora National Shrine, officially known as Dambana ni Melchora Aquino, by Toym Imao is located along Banlat Road in Barangay Tandang Sora, Quezon City. It marks the birthplace, former homestead, and final resting place of Melchora "Tandang Sora" Aquino, revered as the "Mother of the Philippine Revolution". 
Made up of a Central Monument, a 10.67 meters tall bronze monument depicting Tandang Sora nursing and tending to wounded Katipuneros. There are three historical panels on each side of the central monument are detailed sculptural reliefs that chronicle the chronological stages of Tandang Sora's life: her youth, marriage, revolutionary acts supporting the Katipunan, arrest, exile to Guam, and eventual death. The remains of Tandang Sora is enshrined on the base of the Central Monument.
Made up of a Central Monument, a 10.67 meters tall bronze monument depicting Tandang Sora nursing and tending to wounded Katipuneros. There are three historical panels on each side of the central monument are detailed sculptural reliefs that chronicle the chronological stages of Tandang Sora's life: her youth, marriage, revolutionary acts supporting the Katipunan, arrest, exile to Guam, and eventual death. The remains of Tandang Sora is enshrined on the base of the Central Monument.The Central Monument of the Tandang Sora National Shrine was featured on a 10-piso stamp (Scott #3549a), one of the four stamps issued on October 12, 2014, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Quezon City.
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- Created: 11 October 2026
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