Bonifacio Arévalo y Flores (14 May 1850 - 13 December 1920) was a Filipino ilustrado, dentist, sculptor, propagandist, and an ardent patron of music and theater.
He acquired an education through his uncle's beneficence and, upon finishing, worked as an aide at the San Juan de Dios Hospital.
After José Rizal was deported to Dapitan, La Liga was disbanded and in August 1894, Arévalo joined a new association called the Cuerpo de Compromisarios, that chose to carry on the peaceful reforms rather than support a revolution or the radical organization (Katipunan) of Andrés Bonifacio (former La Liga member) that wanted Philippine Revolution separation from the Spanish Empire.
Nevertheless, they were still associated to the organization that when the arrests were made to capture the members and supporters of the Katipunan, Arévalo was one of captives and was imprisoned for nine months.
After his release in 1898, he was appointed to the Asamblea Consultiva together with C. Arellano, Pedro Paterno, and Isaac de Ríos under its aim of convincing the revolutionaries to support Spain's war against the Americans.
He had been serving as the intendente of the second zone of operations of the revolutionary army until the early part of the Philippine–American War when he was jailed by the American forces.
As a sculptor, his works mainly fall into one of three categories: those with religious subjects or motifs; tipos del pais (country genre) on pieces depicting local customs, scenes, and occupations; and portraits.
He trained Mariano Madriñan of Paete, who gained fame through his participation in the Amsterdam Exposition in 1882 where his Mater Dolorosa won raves.
[3] Bonifacio Arévalo won the Gold Medal from the 1895 Exposición Regional de Filipinas, and in 1902 the Hanoi Exhibition Awards.
He reorganized the group, bought new instruments, and hired Marcelino Asunción, the former director of a Spanish military band, to lead it.
As a patron of the theatre arts he organized an actor's company and regularly staged productions of the then very popular moro-moro plays, like Ibong Adarna, Jason at Medea, and Juan Tiñoso.