The real magic, awakening the sleeping imagination.
Octavio Ocampo (Octavio Ocampo) was born in a family of Mexican artists and designers in 1943 in Celaya. From childhood he studied art, and received his education in the School of painting and sculpture, then at the Art Institute of San Francisco. At the stage of prospecting work, the artist-designer in theater and film, created the scenery for more than 120 Mexican and American films.
Octavio Ocampo – representative of the style of the metamorphoses, are very close to Spanish surrealism, whose ancestor was Salvador Dali. Ocampo paints-illusions hidden images and endless meanings. The imagination is the master weaves a realistic and metaphorical details in a unique pattern from the encrypted images. A considerable place in his work is Catholic symbolism.
“I call my style “metamorphic” because when you look at my paintings, they are moving from one image to another. My philosophy is that we live in different universes, parallel to each other. The universe and philosophy – that’s my style…” – says the artist.
Ocampo is also popular as a portraitist. Best known for his portraits of such famous personalities as Jimmy Carter, Jose Lopez Portillo, Miguel Aleman Valdes, Cesar Chavez, Jane Fonda and cher (portrait used for the cover of the album “Heart Of Stone”). Work of Octavio Ocampo exhibit in solo and group exhibitions around the world. In the artist’s hometown have created a Museum in his name.
