Artist Bio:
Background
Carlo Castellanos began his formal art training in Honduras at the studio of Cuban painter Gelasio Jimenez. Under the tutelage of Jimenez, Carol honed his oil painting technique and began exploring various styles of expression. Soon Carlo began exhibiting his art in group and individual art shows in the capital, Honduras.
In 1975, he moved to the United States, settling in Tulsa, Oklahoma where he opened an art gallery that became a hub for the burgeoning art community in Tulsa. But he then saw opportunities in New Orleans, LA, where he moved with his family and worked with Jose Ferrer, a Catalan painter and graduate from the Barcelona School of Art. With Mr. Ferrer he refined his technical mastery of light, space, form and color. While in New Orleans, he also began painting portraits, figures, landscapes, and still life. Meanwhile, he also started a business that provided restoration and shipping services to the art community in New Orleans, LA. Soon the business was a full-time pursuit.
Eventually, Carlo Castellano sold his business and moved to Seattle, WA where he resumed his passion in oil painting. He began to share his work with the public at the local Art Walk in Pioneer Square. From there he became more involved in the art community and an active member in the collective art gallery, finding greater opportunities to participate in Seattle’s growing art world.
Carlo Castellano has been a Seattle-based artist for the past decade.
Education
1982 University of New Orleans Art School.
1983 Delgado Community College Art School
2004 Cage Art Academy
Shows:
1970 Honduran
Group Show
Galleries
La Botija, Tegucigalpa,
Honduras
1972
Solo Exhibit
Galleries
La Botija, Tegucigalpa,
Honduras
1973 Solo Exhibit
The Institute
of International Culture. Tegucigalpa, Honduras
1973
Group Show
The
International Institute of Culture. Tegucigalpa, Honduras
1974 Paired show
with American photographer, David Dow
The Institute
of International Culture. Tegucigalpa, Honduras
1976
Solo Show
La
Botija. Tulsa Oklahoma
2000 Artwalk
Pioneer
Square, Seattle, WA
2004 The Art of
Carlo Castellano
Bianca Art
Salon. Seattle, WA
2005
Art
Not Terminal Gallery. Seattle
2005 Private shows
Manhattan
and Brooklyn Heights, NY
2007 Group Show
Art Not
Terminal Gallery. Seattle, WA
2008 Seven Years
of Painting - an exhibit of work by Carlo Castellano
Art Not
Terminal Gallery. Seattle, WA