Okuda San Miguel

OKUDA SAN MIGUEL (Santander, 1980).
"Mickey Skull", 2023.
Fiberglass and synthetic enamel. Issue 24/33.
Signed, dated and numbered.
Attached certificate of authenticity issued by the artist.
Measurements: 30 x 30 x 30 cm.

In an irreverent gesture, Okuda transforms Micky Mouse into a skull while printing his iconic geometric patterns on the skull. It is integrated within his characteristic reflections on vanity (Vanitas), the meaning of life, the conflict between tradition and modernity, etc. The constant themes of his revisited pop art are capitalism, self-destruction, loneliness and false happiness.

Okuda San Miguel is a Spanish painter, sculptor and designer. Specialized in urban art, he creates large format works with fragmented figures in geometric shapes and strong polychromy. Born in the Cantabrian city of Santander, he settled in Madrid in 2000. He studied Fine Arts at the Complutense University, graduating in 2007. Parallel to his works in the street, he also begins to produce works in his studio, with which from 2009 he evolves towards a more personal path. From 2016 his 3D realizations begin, mainly with the realization of large sculptures, in addition to pieces of urban art, paintings, sculptures, tapestries, photography and everyday objects. Since 2011 he has held solo and group exhibitions in several countries around the world such as Spain, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Peru, or Mexico . Of these we can highlight the exhibition The Dream of Mona Lisa in Paris in 2017, the exhibition Palace of the Holy Animals in Santander in 20176 and the exhibition with a wide selection of his work The Multicolored Equilibrium Between Animals and Humans at the Centre del Carme in Valencia in 2018. On December 23, 2018 he was honored with a star on the Tetuan Walk of Fame in his hometown.