Octavio Ocampo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Octavio Ocampo

Mexican artist

Date of Birth: 28-Feb-1943

Place of Birth: Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico

Profession: artist, painter, sculptor

Nationality: Mexico

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Octavio Ocampo (born 28 February 1943 in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico) is a Mexican surrealist painter.
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 Rivera, 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 extend 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.