Octopus Studios

Ricky Castanedo-Laredo is an artist and designer based out of the rainy west coast of British Columbia. He graduated from Emily Carr University (BFA) with honors and a tenuous future to show for it. Trained as print maker and graphic artist, Castanedo-Laredo's primary output is two dimensional work and media exploring themes of aloneness, disappearance, binaries, divination, freak occurrences, and the widening gaps that exist between places, ideas, and people (and all of the things that fall in chasm between.) Castanedo-Laredo works in a variety of mediums such as acrylic, intaglio print, lithographic print, text, ink, and watercolour and is largely experimental in his work, opting to let the material navigate his chosen themes in its own native tongue.