About David Ocelotl Garcia
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Colorado-based artist David Ocelotl Garcia (b. 1977, Denver, CO USA) is accomplished across several mediums including painting, sculpture, and murals. His work can be seen in public art commissions, and both museum and private collections.
David discovered his natural ability and passion for fine art at the age of eleven. His early work consisted of life drawing and water-based sculpture, which he created at the Art Students League of Denver. By the age of eighteen David was assisting professional muralists and monumental bronze sculptors. Now, his own work ranges from large-scale interior and exterior murals, painted directly on existing surfaces, panels, cloth and canvas as well as mosaic and sculpture. Through self-meditation and creative exploration David has developed his own technique and philosophy on painting and sculpture coined “Abstract Imaginism.” Abstract Imaginism is a style of art that combines the spontaneity and unpredictability of abstraction with the creativity and perception of his imagination. David is most influenced by the movement of atomic energy and its effect on all living things. It is through art that David hopes to manifest beauty, inspiration, color and energy. |
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2020
The Colors of Community Lincoln Center Fort Collins, CO Para Mi Pueblo McNichols Building Denver, CO 2019 Solo Show Aurora City Hall Aurora, CO Dia de los Muertos Art GYM Gallery Denver, CO Dia de los Muertos Denver Art Museum Denver, CO 2018 Belleza Mexicana Emanuel Art Gallery Denver, CO Dia de los Muertos Denver Art Museum Denver, CO Masked Art Gym Denver Denver, CO 2017 3D Studio Denver Art Museum Denver, CO 2016 Dia de los Muertos Colorado Springs Fine Art Center Colorado Springs, CO Movement Studio Denver Art Museum Denver, CO Galeria Consulado General De Mexico Denver, CO 2015 Denver Art Museum Denver, CO Solo Show – Ocelotl Art CHAC Gallery - Santa Fe Drive Denver, CO 2014 Resident Artist Denver Art Museum Denver, CO 2013 Hispanic Heritage Arvada Center for the Arts Arvada, CO 2012 Honorable Mention Wright Museum of Art Beloit, WI Hispanic Heritage Pueblo Hispanic Resource Center Pueblo,CO La Mexicana Arvada Center for the Arts Arvada, CO 9th Annual Indigenous Film and Arts Festival Republic Plaza Denver, CO FUERA de la FRONTERA/Outside the Border McNichols Building Denver, CO Dia De Los Muertos Arvada Center for the Arts Arvada, CO Day of the Dead Studio 12 Gallery Denver, CO |
2011
Contacto 12 Museo De Las Americas Denver Chalk Painting Festival Larimer Square Denver, CO Award - Best In Show 2010 Sculpture in the Park Benson Sculpture Garden Loveland, CO Denver Chalk Painting Festival Larimer Square Denver, CO Award – Best Color 2009 Group Show – Somos Aztlan CHAC Gallery - Santa Fe Drive Denver, CO 2008 Group Show - Celebrate Art 910 Arts - Santa Fe Drive Denver, CO El Dia de los Muertos CHAC Gallery - Santa Fe Drive Denver, CO Sculpture in the Park Benson Sculpture Garden Loveland, CO La Piazza dell’Arte Street Painting Festival Larimer Square Denver, CO 2007 Sculpture in the Park Benson Sculpture Garden Loveland, CO La Piazza dell’Arte Street Painting Festival Larimer Square Denver, CO 16th Annual Sculpture Invitational Benson Sculpture Garden Loveland, CO La Piazza dell’Arte Street Painting Festival Larimer Square Denver, CO CHAC Gallery, Santa Fe Drive Denver, CO Sculpture in the Park Benson Sculpture Garden Loveland, CO 2003 Piazza dell’Arte Street Painting Festival First Place Winner Larimer Square Denver, CO Summer Art Market Art Students League of Denver |