Died: December 28, 1978

Studies
1917-1922    
Primary, Maypajo Barrio School
1923-1926    
Intermediate, Caloocan Central School
1926-1929    
Association Institute
1929    
Fist Pre-Law, Letran College, Manila
1929-1930    
Fist Year College, Far Eastern University
1930-1931    
Creative Writing, Valenzuela School of Journalism under Manule E. Arguilla
1929-1978    
Creative Painting, Self Study

Work Experience
1923-1927    
Shoe-shine Boy (Self Employed)
1928-1930    
Cashier, Maypajo Cabaret, Caloocan
1931-1935    
Correspondence Clerk, Philippine Education Company, Inc. Manila
1936-1938    
Manager and Proprietor, Ocampo Art Studio, Manila
1938-1941    
Associate Editor, Mid-Week Magazine
1942-1945    
Chief Scriptwriter and Assistant Director, Associated Artist, Producer of stage show at the Capitol, Lyric and Avenue Theaters
1946-1947    
Chief Publicity and Script Department, Polaris Films and Fernando Poe Productions
1947-1949    
Editor, Manila Chronicle Sunday Magazine
1950-1953    
Producer Director, Filipino Players Guild; producer of radio programs
1954-1958    
Director, National Media Production Center
1958-1968    
Senior Vice-President, Philprom, Inc.
1969-1978    
Advertising Consultant, La Tonde Inc., Manila
1969-1972    
Director, Radio Drama Program, ABS-CBN
1973-1978    
Consultant, National Media Production Center

Individual and Group Exhibitions
1938    
First Art Exhibition, Philippine Painters League, Malacang, Manila
1940    
University of Santo Tomas
1941    
ManansalaMing Ocampo Art, University of the Philippines
1948    
Sports in Art, London
1949    
Manila Club Art
1950    
First Neo-Realist and Opera House Art exhibition
1951    
Feature Wall, Fish Motif, Philippine Art Gallery; RKO Pictures Art exhibition,Avenue Theater
1952    
Philippine Cultural Exhibition, New York
1953    
Biennales Hispano-Amerikano, Havana; 1st exhibition of non objective Art, Philippine Art Gallery; University of the East Foundation Day Art, Manila
1954    
16 Artist, Philippine Art Gallery; Group Exhibition, Carnegie Endowment International Center, New York
1955    
Philippine Neo-Realist Art Exhibition, Mexico City
1956    
45 One Man exhibition, Philippine Art Gallery; The Development of Philippine Art in Painting, Social Hall, Department of Foreign Affairs
1957    
1st Southeast Asian Art Conference and Exhibition, Northern Motors Showroom
1957-1959    
Southeast Asia Tour of Philippine Art
1958-1959    
Philippine-America Art, Tour of the Philippine
1961    
One Man Retrospective, sponsored by the Art Association of the Philippines, Philamlife Building; Philippine Cultural exhibition, Taipei; Philippine Painting Qantas Showroom, Rome; Philippine Painting, Qantas Showroom, London
1962    
Seattle World旧 Fair, U.S.A.
1963    
9th Sao Paolo Biennale, Brazil; Luz Gallery; Legaspi-Luz-Ocampo Exhibition, The Luz Gallery
1965    
Inaugural Exhibition, Gallery 7
1966    
20 Years of Philippine Art, The Luz Gallery
1967    
Exhibition of Philippine Contemporary Art, Philamlife Building, Manila
1969    
Festival International de la Peinture, Chateau Musee, Grimaldo, Frace; Exhibition of Nudes, Solidaridad Galleries
1970    
Expo �70, Osaka, Japan; The Artist in Revolt, Solidaridad Galleries
1961-1970    
Annual Group Exhibition, Luz Gallery
1969-1970    
Annual Group Exhibition, Solidaridad Galleries
1970-1976    
Various Group Exhibition at the Cultural Center of the Philippines
1978    
Hernando Ocampo, A Retrospective Exhibition, Museum of the Philippine Art exhibition of early works, Galerie Dominique
1981    
A Selection from the MOPA Collection of Philippine Art, MOPA

Awards and Distinctions
1948    
Philippine Representative, Sports in Art, Victoria & Albert Museum, London; Nude With Candle And Flower, 6th prize AAP 1st annual Competition and Exhibition; Break of Day, 4th prize AAP Annual Competition and Exhibition; Reaching For The Moon, 4th prize Boy旧 Town Carnival.
1949    
Arabesque and Man And Carabao, 1st and 2nd places, respectively, AAP 2nd Annual Competition and Exhibition; Angel旧 Kiss, 3rd Prize Manila Club Art.
1950    
Recipient, a French gov art scholarship to Paris (declined)
1951    
Recipient, Smit-Mundt Leader Grant in Communications declined; Ancestors, 1st prize and the 1st William Shaw award, AAP 3rd Annual Competition and Exhibition; My Kind Of Woman, 1st prize RKO Pictures Art Exhibition
1953    
Fifty-Three , 4th prize University of the East Foundation Day.
1954    
Fifty-Three , 4th prize AAP 7th Annual Competition and Exhibition; First of Republic of the Philippine Award in Painting
1955    
Fifty Five, 4th prize AAP 8th Annual Competition and Exhibition
1959    
Dark Self, 3rd prize Opera House Art Exhibition
1967-1968    
Participant with 8 paintings, 9th Sao Paolo Biennale
1969     Participant with 3 paintings, Festival International De La Peinture, Chateau Musee, Grimalde, France; Circle 1st prize AAP 22nd Annual Competition and Exhibition; Patnubay ng Sining Araw ng Maynila Award in Painting.
1975    
Outstanding Citizen of Caloocan City Award
1975    
Diwa ng Lahi Award
1975    
Posthumous Cultural Center of the Philippines Award for Outstanding Services in Arts and Humanities