Untitled 1
signed and dated 2014 (lower right)
mixed media on paper
15 1/2” x 11 1/2” (39 cm x 29 cm)

Provenance:
West Gallery

Manuel Ocampo is a painter who lives and works in Marikina City, Philippines. He studied at the University of the Philippines in Quezon City (1984) then later on moved to the United States to study at California State University in Bakersfield (1985).

His works use motifs from popular western iconography, religious symbols, Filipino kitsch, art history, and literature. In 2003, Ocampo moved back to the Philippines and co-founded the Department of Avant-Garde Clichés Gallery in Manila. He has received the Rome Prize at the American Academy in Rome (1996). He participated in Venice Biennial 1993 under the US Pavilion, 2001 under the Italian Pavilion and in 2017 with Lani Maestro under the Philippine Pavilion.