Biography

“The artist whose truth moved millions.”

Michael Owino is a celebrated Danish visual artist and author whose work bridges the boundaries between emotion, identity, and the universal search for beauty. His art captures moments of intimacy and humanity with a precision that feels both timeless and boldly contemporary.

Thephants in the room. Acrylic on canvas 100x 80 cm 2025 n canvas 100 x 80

The year 2025 marks a defining moment in Owino’s career — a year of major international recognition and profound personal revelation. He has exhibited twice in Rome and will be featured during Rome Art Week from October 23rd to 30th. His works have appeared three times at Art Expo New York, represented by three different galleries — a rare distinction that underscores his growing global influence. In Venice, his paintings were showcased with Galleria Tilde Visual Perspectives, where critics praised his poetic balance between strength and sensitivity.

La dernière lumière .Mix media 60 x 40 cm .2025

In 2025 alone, Owino has been honored with nine international art awards, including the prestigious Collectors Art Prize: Legends of Our Time and The Leonardo da Vinci – The Universal Artist Award, both recognizing his outstanding contribution to contemporary art and his visionary ability to merge classical beauty with modern narrative power.

Bea One. Acrylic on canvas 100 X 80 -2025-2025

Yet beyond the accolades, 2025 also became the year Michael Owino shared a deeply personal truth — revealing himself as one of the world’s first rainbow children. The story resonated across continents, reaching more than fifty-eight million readers and transforming the way audiences perceive his work. Through this revelation, Owino has redefined vulnerability in art, turning personal history into a universal language of resilience and light.

Three elepants in the room 100x 80 Aylic on canvas 2025

In the latest issue of Spotlight Magazine, his work once again takes center stage — a testament to an artist who dares to unite vulnerability, courage, and elegance. Michael Owino stands as one of the defining creative voices of our time: bold, reflective, and unafraid to turn truth into beauty.
Photo credit Maria Rand

Artist Statement

“Beauty is never born from perfection — it rises from survival, from the ability to transform pain into light.”

My art is the story of transformation. It is born from complexity — from a childhood that carried both silence and defiance, and from the experience of being one of the world’s first rainbow children long before the world had words for it. I create not to escape that truth, but to give it form — to turn the fragments of memory, emotion, and identity into something that speaks without needing explanation.

Bea Four. Acrylic on canvas 50 x 35 ,2025

Each painting, sculpture, or mixed-media piece is a dialogue between the visible and the hidden — between what we show the world and what the world refuses to see. I work with contrasts: fragility and strength, chaos and order, darkness and illumination. My goal is not to offer comfort, but to confront the viewer with the beauty that exists inside contradiction.

Thre elepants in the room .Acrylic on canvas 40 x 30 .2025

Art, for me, is not a decoration of life — it is life itself. It is the echo of every unsaid word, every moment of displacement turned into balance, and every invisible struggle transformed into shape and colour. Through my work, I seek to remind people that what we survive becomes the architecture of who we are.

La protestation non entendue 59.4 × 84.1 cm · Mixed media 2025

I believe the most powerful art is not created from privilege or peace — it is born in the places where the human spirit has been tested, yet refuses to break. My story is one of survival, resilience, and rebirth — and every piece I create is a testament to the possibility of turning adversity into grace.

https://michaelowino.com/