Octavio Ocampo
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Octavio Ocampo (born 28 February 1943) was born in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico. He grew up in a family of designers, and studied art from early childhood. At art school, Ocampo constructed papier mache figures for floats, altars, and ornaments that were used during carnival parades and other festivals. In high school, Ocampo painted murals for the Preparatory School and the City Hall of Celaya. Ruth Riviera, daughter of artist and muralist Diego Rivera, and Maria Luisa Mendoza encouraged him to attend the School of Painting and Sculpture of the National Fine Art Institute.
The talents of Octavio Ocampo are not limited to painting and sculpture, but also extended to acting and dancing. At the Art Institute of San Francisco, he studied all these disciplines and pursued both a film and theater career. In 1976, he began to devote himself solely to painting and sculpture. He now works primarily in the metamorphic style – using a technique of superimposing and juxtaposing realistic and figurative details within the images that he creates.
"I am fascinated by the forces of Good and Evil and the Sun (male) and the Moon (female). I live in Tepoztlan, which is a mountainous region southwest of Mexico City, and is considered to be one of the most magical places on earth. Like the Bermuda triangle, there is a strange and unexplained, but extremely powerful, confluence of magnetic forces seemingly concentrated in the Tepozteco Mountain."
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[edit] References
--Lindley Karstens 16:33, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Representation
Octavio O'Campo is represented in the United States by the Visions Fine Art Gallery of Sedona, Arizona.
[edit] Shows
2007 - March 18
4pm to 8pm The Visions Fine Art Gallery will be hosting Mr. O'Campo in an opening of his recent work on March 18, 2007 from 4 - 8pm.
[edit] Famous Works
O'Campo is particularly well known for several works in his sometimes wryly sardonic, sometimes hauntingly evocative paintings in which detailed images are intricately woven together to create larger images - the optical illusions fading back and stepping forward as you study the pieces, notice the details, and finally recognize the large scale intention. This is what Octavio O'Campo terms his "metamorphic" style, and while other artists have attempted this approach, few have O'Campo's mastery.
Some popular works include Mona Lisa's Chair, Palm Sunday, Fire Woman
[edit] Collections
Octavio O'Campo's paintings are included in the art collections of the following individuals and organizations (list not inclusive):
- Jane Fonda
- Cher
- The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library
