Philip Leonard Ocampo
CV ✪
b. 1995
Based in Toronto, Canada
https://philipocampo.com/
https://www.instagram.com/philip.ocampo/
EDUCATION
2018 Bachelor of Art, Integrated Media, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
SOLO / TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS & STUDIO PROJECTS
2027 Whispers Between Grids (Two-person with Brubey Hu), United Contemporary (UPCOMING)
2027 Kaleidoscope (Two-person with Natalie King), YYZ Artists’ Outlet, Toronto, ON (UPCOMING)
2025 Thrillseekers feat. Hannah Doucet, SCaM, Toronto, ON
2025 Animorphs*, Gallery 44, Toronto, ON
2023 Gallivanter, Zalucky Contemporary, Toronto, ON
2022 Seethe Hiss Rumble, the plumb, Toronto, ON
2022 Coldest Winter / Sweetest Spring, Arsenal Contemporary, Toronto, ON
2017 St. Michael and the Demon, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON
2017 Space Song, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON
2016 Shapshifter, The White House Studio Projects, Toronto, ON
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 On Time, Gallery 1065, Toronto, ON
2026 Sunlight in a Deep Forest, March Christopher Gallery, Toronto, ON
2026 Daybreak, Doris McCarthy Gallery, Scarborough, ON
2025 10, Zalucky, Toronto, ON
2025 horizon(s) as:, Orchid Contemporary, Hamilton, ON
2025 ℳ𝒶𝑔𝒾𝒸 𝒮𝒽ℴ𝓌 ᵖᵃʳᵗ ᵒⁿᵉ, 24hr atm lotto, Toronto, ON
2025 Milestone Nerve, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, ON
2024 CENTO, Open Space, Victoria, BC
2023 Along the Way, TAP Art Space, Montreal QC
2021 Couverture / Cover Story, POP Montreal, Montreal QC
2021 Lose Your Illusion, Ignite Gallery, Toronto, ON
2020 Gap Year, Roundtable Residency, Toronto, ON
2018 9x, 156 Studio Projects, Toronto, ON
2018 Dragon Tank, Ignite Gallery, Toronto, ON
2017 Gifts by Artists: Every. Day. Objects., Art Metropole, Toronto, ON
2017 Common Goods, Forest City Gallery, Toronto, ON
2016 Polypackets, The Great Hall, Toronto, ON
2016 Goods & Services, The Hollows, New York City, NY
2016 Video Fever 2016, Trinity Square Video, Toronto, ON
2015 Running Aloe, Room 134, Toronto, ON
2015 Newly Born, Lote Window Projects, Toronto, ON
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2026 I Chase the Winter Sun, The MacLaren Art Centre (UPCOMING)
2026 Kind Of / Sort Of, MKG127, Toronto, ON
2026 Mischief Specter, Hearth, Toronto, ON
2025 Milestone Nerve, The Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, ON
2025 At the Eleventh hour, Hearth, Toronto, ON
2024 Soul Jubilee, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON
2024 A phosphene rifts, VECTOR Festival 2024, Toronto, ON
2023 A psionic hope, and astonishing dream, Trinity Square Video, Toronto, ON
2021 The way you look tonight, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON
2020 Sentient Sun (co-curated with Rowan Lynch), Hearth, Toronto, ON
2019 The Bald Eagle's Claw, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON
2019 Scaffolds I can no longer see (co- curated with Sophia Oppel), Inter/Access, Toronto, ON
2019 - Present Hearth Programming (co-curated with Hearth), Toronto, ON
2018 Best Behavior, BUMP Television, Toronto, ON
2017 Im/Mature, Anniversary Gallery, Toronto, ON
EXPERIENCE
2026 - Present Associate Curator, The MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON
2023 - Present Board of Directors, Mercer Union, a centre for contemporary art, Toronto, ON
2021 - Present Access and Inclusive Action Committee Member, Gallery 44, Toronto, ON
2019 - Present Co-Director, Hearth, Toronto
2018 - 2025 Programming Coordinator, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON
2016 - 2017 Outreach Intern, Mercer Union, a centre for contemporary art, Toronto, ON
2011 - 2014 Youth Council Member, The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
RESIDENCIES
2025 Paradise AIR Residency (Shortstay), Matsudo, Japan
2020 Roundtable Residency, Toronto, ON
2017 TAIS: Microresidency, The Toronto Animated Image Society, Toronto, ON
PRESS / ACCOLADES
2025 In Process Episode 2: This painter is looking for meaning at the amusement park, CBC Arts
2025 The 2026 CBC Arts Trend Forecast, CBC Arts
2025 2025 Lacey Prize (Runner-Up), National Gallery of Canada (Hearth)
GRANTS
2026 TAC Visual Artists program: Creation
2026 OAC Visual Arts Creation Projects
2025 Partners-In-Art Artist Direct Grant
2024 TAC Visual Artists program: Creation
2024 OAC Visual Arts Projects
2023 OAC Visual Arts Creation Projects
2022 OAC Indigenous and Culturally Diverse Curatorial Projects
2021 TAC Visual Artists program: Creation