Arnel Mangogtong is a 23-year-old artist based in Zamboanga del Sur, Pagadian City. He is a self-taught full-time artist. He began doing art in his childhood, since then, it became his passion. During high school, he started accepting commissioned portrait by the help of his artist father. 

 After college he started exploring the vast world of painting landscape and sharpened skills on every medium such as acrylics and oil paints. He focuses more on oil painting 'realistic expressionism' style where he was greatly influenced by the young master artist Rowin Obrero.