Thursday, November 5, 2015

Proudly From Lipa: Chelony Pinaypainter


Chelony Pinaypainter recently received an award from Philippine Ambassador to the Netherlands, H.E. Jaime Victor Ledda, and BITAW Breda recognizing her talent in the field of arts, photography and film making.

Chelony is from San Jose, Lipa City and studied Bachelors of Science in Elementary Education at Lipa City Public College (now Kolehiyo ng Lungsod ng Lipa) and finished a film making course at SAE Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Other than painting, she had been a freelance artist, photographer and art director in different television events and shows while in the Philippines. She was also a DJ in an FM station based in Lipa City and has engaged into multiple arts exhibit in both local and national events. She won in different arts competition and received awards like Best Female Artist in Batangas.

At present, Chelony is happily married to a former NBA player, Erwin Lelieveld, and is based in the Netherlands with 2 kids. She is still active in photography, arts and added filmmaking in her skills. Last April, she and her team won best use of props in a Dutch Film Festival for short films where she was the art director and make up artist for special effects.

Congratulations, Chelony!

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