The color of transformation

Kaos Temple, 2015

“The world is in need of color”

Geometric shapes and color are the hallmarks of the pop surrealism of this man from Santander, who in recent years has specialized in mural paintings in urban settings. “Color is the cheapest and most sincere way of transforming a space”, says the artist who has already put this concept into practice on the facades of churches, forgotten palaces, walls of large buildings, underground stations in Spain, Morocco, the United States, Paris, Japan… “virgin and lifeless places are very special for painting for freedom and the meaning of life”.

19th Castle in the Loira Valley, 2017

Universal Chapel USA, 2016

Color is a positive message

“Kaos Star” is his most iconic figure. A wind rose created from colored triangles with geometric volumes. The artist recognizes the power of color because “you only change the image of something but that becomes the symbol of a place”. His urban art conveys a positive message to communities around the world. “Changing people’s lives just by painting a mural interests me more than money,” Okuda concludes.

The New Mona Lisa, París 2017

Among his great urban works there is time for charitable collaborations such as the one developed with the Aladina Foundation and Formica to brighten up the corridors of the Teenage Unit at the Gregorio Marañón Hospital in Madrid.

Color, his work, says Okuda, gives him happiness.

Gregorio Marañon in Madrid

Virtual Tour: OKUDA SAN MIGUEL ‘THE MULTICOLORED EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN ANIMALS AND HUMANS’

Centre del Carme. Sala Ferreres – Goerlich (Valencia-Spain)

Images:

• www.okudasanmiguel.com
• www.consorcimuseus.gva.es/centro-del-carmen/exposicion/okuda-san-miguel-the-multicolored-equilibrium-between-animals-and-humans