OTÓN
ABOUT
(b. 1978, Madrid, Spain)
Otón is a self-taught artist from Madrid who has been passionate about painting and drawing since childhood. He began learning under the guidance of a family member, a painter and photographer connected to Madrid’s countercultural movement La Movida. With him, Otón sketched his first works at the age of six.
His pieces parody iconic images of popular culture in a scatological and biting way. Just as a child might scribble, blot, or doodle a smile on Mickey Mouse with total freedom, Otón uses these resources to create ironic, mocking images that elicit a smile.
Gestural impulses on the surface—using pencils, crayons, pastels, and more—enrich a lucid, sharp body of work that leaves no one indifferent. Since 2023, he has participated in national and international art fairs.
FEATURED ARTWORKS
Mickey mouse negro | OTÓN
2023 | 187 x 150 cm | Graphite, pencil, and oil pastel on +250 grs/m2 paper
Sin título VII | OTÓN
2023 | 30 x 42 cm | Graphite, pencil, and oil pastel on +250 grs/m2 paper
Wendy | OTÓN
2023 | 187 x 150 cm | Graphite, pencil, and oil pastel on +250 grs/m2 paper
PRETTY NOSES | OTÓN
2023 | 187 x 150 cm | Graphite, pencil, and oil pastel on +250 grs/m2 paper
Achus | OTÓN
2023 | 42 x 29 cm | Graphite, pencil, and oil pastel on +250 grs/m2 paper
PELMA | OTÓN
2024 | 125 x 100 cm | Graphite, pencil, and oil pastel on +250 grs/m2 paper
INQUIRIES ABOUT THIS ARTIST
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PAST EXHIBITIONS
SWEET MALICE
February 2024 - September 2024
OTÓN blends childlike charm with razor-sharp satire. His monochrome drawings, filled with gestural spontaneity and iconic cartoon figures, unravel contradictions between innocence and subversion, humor and critique. Using simple tools—pencil, crayon, pastel—he creates a visual language that feels playful yet provocatively honest.
Through irony and instinct, Otón invites us to unlearn, to see the world through a mischievous lens where mistakes are part of the message and laughter becomes a radical act.
