Singapore-based STPI – Creative Workshop and Gallery has partnered with Filipino painter Manuel Ocampo for Ideological Mash-Up/Remix, a presentation at the ArtFairPH/Projects section of Art Fair Philippines 2025.
The exhibition featured works created during Ocampo’s 2019 residency at STPI, a period that saw a significant shift in his artistic process.
Known for blending local kitsch, religious iconography, and punk culture with surrealist and digital influences, Ocampo expanded his practice by experimenting with print and paper techniques at STPI.
The residency allowed him to merge painting with printmaking methods such as lithography, screenprinting, collagraphy, etching, and collage. The resulting works, including the Virtue Signaling on the Bully Pulpit series and the large-scale If All You Are Is a Nail Then Everything Looks Like a Hammer Version 1, explore themes of accessibility, ambiguity, humor, and history.
STPI’s collaboration with Ocampo highlights its commitment to expanding the possibilities of print and paper as artistic mediums. Ideological Mash-Up/Remix invites audiences to examine the evolving meanings of symbols and cultural narratives.
The works were on view at the Art Fair PH 2025 Project Section on the second floor of Ayala Tower 2, Ayala Triangle.