Coldest Winter / Sweetest Spring — Philip Leonard Ocampo

Philip
Leonard
Ocampo

b. 1995
Based in Tkaronto, CA

@philip.ocampo
Bio
CV

-------- ✷ Studio Projects

Seethe Hiss Rumble

Coldest Winter / Sweetest Spring

No belief without proof

Five flickering points across the night

After[]life

Selected works

-------- ✷ Curatorial Projects

The Bald Eagle’s Claw

Scaffolds I can no longer see

Sentient Sun

The way you look tonight

Hearth

-------- ✷ Graphic Design / Text Projects

Writing

Promotion / Ephemera

Publications

Coldest Winter / Sweetest Spring
Arsenal Contemporary

June 23rd - July 30th, 2022

Coldest Winter / Sweetest Spring references popular culture, personal archives, divinatory practices and board games as a method of seeking wonder amidst boredom. Piecing together fragmented narratives of life, loss, love, Ocampo passes time by daydreaming beyond ordinary moments and alluding to nostalgic sensibilities. Set against a tonal backdrop of the changing of seasons, this body of work reflects on how the lessons of turbulent and/or mundane adolescence never cease to be relevant. They mirror lifelong insecurities, challenges, and doubt - but also processes of healing and growth.

Text by Ivetta Sunyoung Kang

Windowsill
Acrylic and acryla-gouache on canvas
44” x 56”
2022

Abacus
Acryla-gouache on panel
8” x 10”
2021

~*~**~**~~~~
Acryla-gouache on dowel
Dimensions Variable
2021

Plinko
Acryla-gouache and acrylic on found bedframe, Toronto Bluejays sticker, polymer clay and poker chips
38” x 40”
2021

Thinning Patience
Acryla-gouache and acrylic on panel
11” x 14”
2021

King Codeswitch
Graphite and acryla-gouache on panel
11” x 14”
2021

Gosssip
Acryla-gouache and graphite on panel
11” x 14”
2022

Eagle Eye
48” x 56”
Graphite, acryla-gouache, iridescent acrylic, and tarot cards
2022