ABOUT THE ARTIST
Fitz
Ocampo began painting at the young age of eleven. She dreamt of
pursuing a career in the arts but was compelled to take a degree in
business due to circumstances. After earning a degree in Management at
Ateneo de Manila University, she spent years helping out in the family
business but felt the need to follow her dream of being a painter. From
2006 to 2012, she enrolled at the Academy of Art University in San
Francisco, USA and took several drawing and painting classes through the
school’s overseas online Fine Arts program. Since then and through the
help of family and friends, she has joined in group shows, mounted a
number of solo shows and won various recognitions for her talent, an
honorable mention from an art contest sponsored by the IAF International
Art Festival in New York, a finalist of 2014 Art Kudos International
Exhibition and a finalist of The Artist's Magazine 31st Annual Art
Competition 2014. (from the Press Release of ArtistSpace Ayala Museum)
TECHNIQUE
The
artist’s approach to painting carries a semblance of the European art
style Expressionism which appears in the way the artist distorts reality
to evoke moods or ideas and her use of strong contrasts and shadows. On
the other hand, her up-close-and-personal slant to creating artworks,
which she relates is her way of healing, bring to mind works of Frida
Kahlo, who narrated her life through the use of perplexing symbols in
her paintings. Ocampo is quoted saying: “Now, I paint again as a form of
healing. I paint again to celebrate my daughter and our life together.
Painting is my life journey towards my own healing.” (from the Press
Release of ArtistSpace Ayala Museum)
EDUCATION
2012
Undergraduate, Bachelor of Fine Arts Major in Painting (Online),
Academy of Art University, San Francisco
SOLO ART EXHIBIT
2015
Promises, ArtistSpace Ayala Museum, Greenbelt, Makati City
2014
The Nursery, Cevio Art Haus, 60 San Isidro St. Bgy. Kapitolyo, Pasig
2007
Dimensions, The Jewellery, Greenhills Shopping Center, Ortigas Avenue, San Juan
2006
Colors in Bloom, The Enterprise Center Art Hall, Makati
2005
Fitz of Inspiration: A Celebration of Tropical Philippines, The Peninsula Manila, Makati
GROUP ART EXHIBIT
2015
Art in the Park, Various Artists, Cevio Art Haus and Tin-Aw Gallery, Jaime Velasquez Park, Salcedo Village, Makati
Asia Contemporary Art Show Hong Kong, Conrad Hong Kong, Various Artists, Cevio Art Haus
Wearing My Master's Shoes, Various Artists, Ceveio Art Haus
2014
Pasasalamat (Thanksgiving), Group Exhibit by Various Artists, Cevio Art Haus
ManilArt 2014, Viewing Room Gallery, SMX Aura Convention Center, Taguig
Art in the Park 2014, Tin-Aw Gallery, Jaime Velasquez Park, Salcedo Village, Makati
2013
Pasasalamat (Thanksgiving), Cevio Art Haus, 60 San Isidro St. Bgy. Kapitolyo, Pasig
Art in the Park 2013, Tin-Aw Gallery, Jaime Velasquez Park, Salcedo Village, Makati
2006
Alun-Alon, Makati Artists Guild, SM Megamall Art Center, Mandaluyong
AWARDS
2014
Finalist, Rag
Doll Has Feelings (Self Portrait), Portraits/Figures category of The
Artist's Magazine 31st Annual Art Competition 2014 (December 2014 issue)
Finalist, 2014 ArtKudos International Juried Art Competition & Exhibition, 10th annual online juried competition.
Honorable Mention, Knight in Shining Armor Unmasked and Lu Lu the Doll, IAF International Art Festival, New York, NY USA