الأربعاء، مارس 09، 2011

Octavio Ocampo






Artist Octavio Ocampo was born in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico on February 28, 1943. He was educated at the Fine Art Institute, Mexico City and the San Francisco Art Institute, graduating in 1974. He has been exhibiting since 1972.

His work is in major collections in Mexico, the National Palace and the collections of the last three presidents. In Europe that great collector, the late Florence Gould, had a landscape of the New York skyline from her apartment, at her house at Cap D'Antibes; H.M. The King of Spain is also a great admirer. Ocampo is the master of his métier and unique among today's painters.

The talents of Octavio Ocampo were not limited to painting and sculpture but also extended to acting and dancing. While 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.

Celebrity portraits for which Ocampo has been commissioned in the United States include President Jimmy Carter (commissioned by President Lopez Portillo and was presented as a gift from the United Mexican States), Jane Fonda, Cher (for the front and back covers of her latest album), and Cesar Chavez.

Ocampo now works and resides in Tepoztlan, north of Mexico City, it is considered to be one of the most magical places on earth.

He works primarily in the metamorphic style - using a technique of superimposing and juxtaposing realistic and figurative details within the images that he creates.

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Nació en Celaya, Guanajuato el 28 de febrero de 1943

Estudió en la escuela de pintura y escultura (La Esmeralda) Bellas Artes ( 1961 – 1965 ) y en el San Francisco Art Institute, de San Francisco, California (1972 – 1974 ).

Realizó la escenografía de más de 120 películas mexicanas y norteamericanas, así como los diseños para numerosas obras de teatro.

Ha participado en exposiciones individuales en México, Estados Unidos, Canadá, Latinoamérica, Europa y Medio Oriente; así como en gran numero de colectivas alrededor del mundo.

Su obra forma parte de importantes colecciones como: Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes México, Jimmy Carter Museum Atlanta GA., Museo Reina Sofía Madrid España, Jane Fonda Collection, Cher, Ted Turner, etc.

Pronto se inaugurará el museo “Octavio Ocampo” en su ciudad natal.

Ha realizado retratos biográficos con su peculiar estilo “metamórfico” para personalidades como Jimmy Carter, Miguel Alemán Valdés, José López Portillo, Jane Fonda, César Chávez, Cher (utilizado para la portada de su disco “Heart of Stone”), entre otros.

Ocampo es también un excelente muralista. Su obra se encuentra en importantes edificios como Palacio Nacional México, Presidencia Municipal e Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya, Grossenbacher Oil Co.Harlingen, Tx.; Casa de gobierno Guanajuato, Gto. entre otros.

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