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Okuda San Miguel
Birth Name:Oscar San Miguel Erice
Birth Date:1980 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Santander, Spain
Nationality:Spanish
Known For:Street Art, Sculpture, Painting
Notable Works:Kaos Temple

Okuda San Miguel, (born Óscar San Miguel Erice; Santander, 19 November 1980) is a Spanish painter and sculptor known for his distinctive style of colorful geometric patterns that portray animals, skulls, religious iconography and human figures. He painted the Kaos Temple in Llanera, Asturias, Spain.[1] His murals can be seen on buildings and objects across the world in India, Mali, France, the United States, Japan, Chile, Brazil, Peru, South Africa, Mexico, Canada, Morocco, Ukraine and Spain.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Biography

Born Oscar San Miguel Erice in Santander, Spain, Okuda began producing recognizable graffiti along railroad tracks and on abandoned factories in his hometown around 1997.[9] After receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Complutense University of Madrid in 2007, he began to produce works in his studio, which led to shows in New York, Berlin, London and Paris.[10] Around 2009, he also began producing sculpture. In 2011, his sculpture began to exhibit the colorful, frequently triangular geometric patterns for which he became known.[11] His early works focus on birds, stars, naked women, skulls and faces. Many of Okuda's human characters are painted in grayscale.

Okuda received international renown after painting the interior of the church of Santa Barbara in Llanera, Asturias, Spain, in 2015.[12] After a group of donors purchased the church and turned it into a skate park, they agreed with Okuda to paint the interior.[13] Following its debut, the church was renamed the Kaos Temple. In 2015, he also began producing 3D sculpture of animal heads in fiberglass bearing his signature colorful geometric patterns.[14] The following year, Okuda painted another abandoned church with a 360-degree mural in Marrakesh, Morocco, which he titled "11 Mirages to Freedom."[4]

In 2017, Okuda was named among the most recognized contemporary urban artists by Graffiti Art Magazine.[15] His outdoor works appear in Spain, Morocco, Miami, Paris, Edmonton, Vancouver, and Toronto.[3] [4] [5] [6] [8] His tallest outdoor mural is a multithemed painting on a 23-story student residence in Toronto completed in 2018.[8]

In 2018 he placed Air Land Sea a series of seven sculptures in around the Boston Seaport in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States. It is his largest installed series of work to date.[16]

Characteristics of his work

work of Okuda San Miguel is predominantly characterized by geometric structures and multicolored prints. These are sometimes associated with gray bodies, and often include headless figures, religious references, symbols, animals and giant heads. Art critics catalog his style as pop surrealism with a clear street influence of urban art, though his style has not been exempt from controversy.[17] [8]

His works focus on contradictions in existentialism, the meaning of life and the false freedom of capitalism, particularly on the conflict between modernity and our human roots.[18] He is interested in pop art, especially in cinema and fashion, as well as in the light and color of other cultures, which allows him to incorporate all these interests to his style. Sometimes he looks for inspiration in great classic works such as the Garden of the Delights of El Bosco or Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. As influences, he cites René Magritte, Max Ernst, Yayoi Kusama, Takashi Murakami, and Hieronymus Bosch.[19]

Selected exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Bogojev . Sasha . "Kaos Temple" by Okuda in Llanera, Asturias . 28 July 2018 . StreetArtNews.net . 4 January 2016.
  2. Web site: Okuda San Miguel . Bio . OkudaArt.es . 28 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181006163013/http://okudart.es/showcase/biography/biography--contact . 6 October 2018 . dead .
  3. News: Drake . Virginia . Okuda: el Banksy español . 29 July 2018 . XLSemanal.
  4. News: Sierzputowski . Kate . Okuda San Miguel Wraps a Moroccan Church in a Vibrant Geometric Mural . 29 July 2018 . Colossal . 15 March 2016.
  5. Web site: Vondom . THE WINNER OF MIAMI WALL ART . Vondom.com . 27 October 2016 . 29 July 2018.
  6. Web site: Martinique . Elena . Okuda's Dream of Mona Lisa Takes Over Paris . Widewalls . 29 July 2018.
  7. News: Hohenadel . Kristin . A Spanish Street Artist Gives a Drab Kiev Train a Psychedelic Makeover . 29 July 2018 . Slate . 14 September 2016.
  8. News: Bendar . Olivia . Okuda San Miguel's Equilibrium brightens Toronto's skyline . 29 July 2018 . Now Toronto . 13 July 2018.
  9. Web site: Okuda San Miguel . Biography . OkudaArt.Es . 29 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181006163013/http://okudart.es/showcase/biography/biography--contact . 6 October 2018 . dead .
  10. Web site: About Okuda Biography . StreetArtBio.com . 9 July 2016 . 29 July 2018.
  11. Web site: Okuda San Miguel . Sculpture, 2011 . OkudaArt.es . 29 July 2018.
  12. News: Azzarello . Nina . Okuda San Miguel paints colorful mural within converted church's indoor skate park . 29 July 2018 . Designboom . 15 December 2015.
  13. News: Jobson . Christopher . A 100-Year-Old Church in Spain Transformed into a Skate Park Covered in Murals by Okuda San Miguel . 29 July 2018 . Colossal . 15 December 2015.
  14. Web site: Okuda San Miguel . Sculpture, 2015 . OkudaArt.es . 29 July 2018.
  15. News: The Guide to Contemporary Urban Art 2016 . 29 July 2018 . Graffiti Art Magazine . 1 January 2017.
  16. Web site: Geometric Sculptures Give the Boston Seaport a Colorful Makeover. 22 October 2018.
  17. News: Lenor . Víctor . Polémica sobre Okuda: ¿nueva estrella antisistema o bluf decorativo? . 29 July 2018 . El Confidencial . 4 March 2018.
  18. Web site: Okuda San Miguel . Biography . OkudaArt.es . 29 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181006163013/http://okudart.es/showcase/biography/biography--contact . 6 October 2018 . dead .
  19. News: Gomez . Laura . Okuda San Miguel . 28 July 2018 . Klassik Magazine . 6 February 2016.

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