Manuel Ocampo
Singapore-based STPI Creative Workshop and Gallery collaborates with award-winning painter Manuel Ocampo on his latest presentation, Ideological Mash-Up/Remix, in the ArtFairPH/Projects space at Art Fair Philippines 2025 on Feb. 21-23, 2025 at Ayala Triangle Gardens, Makati.
The presentation features works produced during Ocampo’s artist residency at STPI’s Creative Workshop in 2019—a pivotal moment in the artist’s body of work that marked a striking departure from his usual modes of production.
Known for his strategic stylistic drifts and rich iconography, Ocampo employs symbols across a range of references—from local kitsch, religious rituals, and the supernatural, to punk culture, surrealist films, and the internet. This distinct visual language was honed and challenged at STPI, where Ocampo reimagined his practice by embracing and experimenting with the unique demands of print and paper.
Manuel Ocampo’s ‘Diversity, Inclusivity, Equity,’ 2018
Manuel Ocampo’s ‘Primordial Chaos no. 196, ‘2018
The residency allowed him to reinterpret his imagery, melding painting with innovative print techniques such as lithography, screenprinting, collagraphy, etching, and collage. The resulting works, such as Virtue Signaling On The Bully Pulpit series, and the monumental If All You Are Is A Nail Then Everything Looks Like A Hammer Version 1, blur the lines between accessibility and ambiguity, humour and darkness, and materiality and history.
Manuel Ocampo’s ‘Learning To Code pt. 3,’ 2019
Manuel Ocampo’s ‘Virtue Signalling On The Bully Pulpit pt. 7,’ 2019
STPI’s collaboration with Ocampo underscores its commitment to pushing the boundaries of artistic experimentation in the mediums of print and paper. Ideological Mash-Up/ Remix invites audiences to engage with the fluidity of symbols and signs, challenging perceptions of culture and history in an age of shifting global narratives.
Guests can view the works at the Art Fair PH 2025 Project Section on the 2nd Floor of Ayala Tower 2, Ayala Triangle.
