SARITA OCÓN
Multidisciplinary Artist
About
¡Saludos, I'm Sarita Ocón!
An award winning multidisciplinary artist, producer, and media arts educator based in Austin, Tejas.
"I am currently working on a visual arts commission awarded from DNAWORKS, supported by the Mellon Foundation, examining and exploring the themes of migration and home, borders and citizenship, through my interest in birds and their migration patterns. Experimenting within a new artistic medium of watercolors, this summer of 2026, I will begin the second phase of the project commission by integrating new painting techniques with mixed media. Thanks for visiting!"
Sarita's work is guided by three principles: the belief in the power of the human spirit; art as a catalyst for social change; and art as a tool for civic engagement. Sarita has produced: Las Hociconas Lab Residency, in partnership with Studio Grand Oakland, California Arts Council, Galería de la Raza, and Latino Arts Network; Hidden Refuge :: Refugio Escondido with SoundWave 8 and Grace Cathedral, in San Francisco; A Piece of Our Minds with Jóvenes Líderes En Acción and El Centro Hispano, in Durham, North Carolina.
As a performer, regional theatrical credits include: Alley Theater, American Conservatory Theater, Arizona Theatre Company, Austin Shakespeare, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, BRAVA Theater Center, Cal Shakes, Gala Hispanic Theatre, Glass Half Full Theatre Company, Golden Thread Productions, Huntington Theatre Company, Los Angeles Theatre Center, Oakland Theater Project, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, PlayMakers Repertory Company, Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, Round House Theatre, San Francisco International Arts Festival, San Francisco Playhouse, ShadowLight Productions, South Coast Repertory, Teatro Visión, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Zach Theater among others.
Awards: recipient of the TCG Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowship, Akonadi Foundation Beloved Community Award, Center for Cultural Innovation Investing In Artists Award, California Arts Council Local Impact Award, the Richard Henry Epstein Charitable Foundation Artistic Fellowship among others.
Sarita received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity from Stanford University. Fall of 2026, she will begin her graduate studies at UT Austin, pursuing a Masters of Fine Arts in Directing.