Mario Castillo ______Table of Contents
Page I……...Table of Contents
Page 2……..Personal Information - Education – Thesis – Academic Appointments - Collections (Public)
Page 3…….. Collections (Public) - Collections (Selected / Private) - Selected Professional Accomplishments
Page 4…….. Curatorships - Judge of Artistic Merit
Page 5…….. Consultations – Workshops
Page 6…….. Panels - Other Academic / Administrative Activities
Page 7…….. Other Academic / Administrative Activities
Page 8……… Other Academic / Administrative Activities - Solo Exhibitions
Page 9…….. Solo Exhibitions - Group Exhibitions
Page 10…… Group Exhibitions
Page 11…… Group Exhibitions
Page 12…… Group Exhibitions
Page 13…… Group Exhibitions - Community Service & Interviews - Film Screenings
Page 14…… Film Screenings – Television, Internet, & Film Coverage
Page 15…… Television, Internet, & Film Coverage - Commissions
Page 16…… Awards - Grants - Honors - Sound Composition
Page 17…… Sound Composition - Lectures
Page 18…… Lectures - Published texts (Essays and Monographs)
Page 19…… Published texts - Other Professional Activities - Newspaper Articles, Reviews and Texts
Page 20…… Newspaper Articles, Reviews, and Texts
Page 21…… Newspaper Articles, Reviews, and Texts - Other Publications
Page 22…… Other Publications
Page 23…… Biographical Accounts
Page 24……Biographical Accounts – Professional Affiliations – Research – Fieldwork and Photo Essays
Page 25……Special Training – Languages – Selections from Internet Presence
Page 26…… Selections from Internet Presence
Page 27……Closing Commentaries ______Mario Castillo ______10101 S. Av. M, Chicago IL, 60617 | 872-484-9594 | [email protected] | mariocastillo.net
Education______
MFA California Institute of the Arts BFA School of the Art Institute of Chicago
MFA Graduate Thesis______MFA Art Exhibition: At Cal Arts we had a choice of doing a written thesis or a solo art exhibit. Castillo's artwork in his thesis exhibition was covered in 1973 by Art News magazine; October issue, page 42 - in Cal Arts article, by Paul Gardner, in which he notes Castillo’s artwork and Figure Drawing for Animation Class, where strobe lights were used while models moved about.
Experience______
Academic Appointments (teaching experience)
Current Columbia College Chicago (1990 - Present) 2011 School of the Art Institute Internship with one SAIC student 1996 Triton College (summer course), River Grove, IL 1989-90 LA Plaza De La Raza, LA, CA 1986-90 Los Angeles Unified School District 1985-86 Exceptional Children’s Foundation, LA, CA 1980-81 Pacific Asian Consortium in Education, LA CA 1979-80 Immaculate Heart College, Hollywood, CA 1973-76 University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana 1974 Cal Arts (Buchla Synthesizer Fundamentals) 1973 Santa Monica City College (summer course) 1973 Cal Arts (Figure Drawing for Film Animation)
Collections______
Public Collections
The Art Institute of Chicago Hispanic Research Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Notre Dame University National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C. National Hispanic Cultural Center Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM Portland Art Museum San Diego Museum of Art San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson Museum of Art The Albuquerque Museum San Francisco Museum of Art San Francisco Museum of Contemporary Art The Denver Art Museum The Mexican Museum, San Francisco University of California at Santa Barbara San Antonio Art Museum City Hall, City of Chicago Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL Page 2
Public Collections (continued)
University of Guadalajara, Ocotlan, Jalisco, Mexico Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX Avondale Elementary School, Chicago, IL The National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL
Selected Private Collections
Sara Lee Corporation, Chicago, IL (artwork in their collection for 20 years; donated to NMMA in 2011) Chicano Humanities & Art Council, Denver, CO Ariztlan, Inc., Phoenix, AZ Donald Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA Columbia College, Chicago, IL Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, Denver, CO Centro Cultural de la Raza, San Diego, CA Bell Telephone Co., Chicago, IL MIRA - Mi Raza Arts Consortium, Chicago, IL EI Mercado Co., Los Angeles, CA Scholarship & Guidance Association, Chicago, IL Public Schools Art Society, Chicago, IL Homewood Chamber of Commerce, Homewood, IL Lake Meadows Association, Chicago, IL Latino Institute, Chicago, IL
Selected Professional Accomplishments______
2011 Oxford University publishes Mario Castillo’s artwork on cover of the textbook The Course of Mexican History 2006 University of Norte Dame; Castillo’s artistic career is archived by Tracy Grimm at the Latino Studies Institute 2003 University of TX at Houston: Castillo appears in Nicolas Kanellos’ Hispanic America: The Last 100 Years 2003 Arizona State University publishes essay by Castillo on their Web site dedicated to Chicano Art, Tempe, AZ 1999 Exploring Colored Pencil by Sandra Angelo, Davis Publications book, includes Castillo’s artwork 1996 The Bronx Museum of the Arts includes Castillo in its permanent collection catalogue, New York City, NY 1994 St. Cloud State University “Castillo Retrospect”, 5-9-94, St. Cloud, MN 1992 CHANNEL 44 (Architectural Design for Pilsen Homes) interview with Castillo, Chicago, IL 1988 Montebello Unified School District, lecture on “Diego Rivera”, Montebello, CA 1985 Film Screening of Castillo’s AFI award film; The New College of California Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1975 Mexico City TV program “Escenario” by Jaime Mejia gives Castillo an interview and screens his experimental film 1974 U of I students select Castillo (one of three Art Department faculty) to the list of excellent teachers. List is printed as a UIUC official notice on the Daily Illini Newspaper three times; 1974, 75, & 76, Champaign, IL 1973 American Film Institute, awards Castillo a film grant, Beverly Hills, CA 1970 University of Southern California Awards the Oakley Fellowship to Castillo, Los Angeles, CA
The Smithsonian American Museum’s permanent collection: http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=32719
The New York Times in its Travel section features Castillo’s mural at NMMA: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/06/29/travel/0629-CHICAGO_5.html
Museum of Fine Arts Houston to Launch Digital Archive of 20th-Century Latin American and Latino Art: “Texts included in the archive are by or about important art critics and historians, like Victor Sorell; artists such as Mario Castillo, Raoul Deal, Mauricio Lasansky, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, and Paul Sierra; artist collectives such as Movimiento Artístico Chicano (MARCH), Association of Latino Brotherhood of Artist (ALBA), and the editorial staff of the journal Abrazo; and activists/organizers like Carlos Cortez Koyokuikatl.” http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2∫_new=48645#.VLwVXMbZpBQ Page 3
Other Professional Experience______
Curatorships 2007 Estampa Cultural, C33 Gallery, (selected art for students to use) Columbia College, Chicago, 1998 Day of the Dead Altar Installation, Hokin Annex Gallery, Columbia College 1998 Latino Serigraphs - for Hispanic H.M. Hokin Annex Gallery, CCC 1997 Day of the Dead Altar - for Hispanic H.M Hokin Annex Gallery, CCC 1997 Latino Diversity 97 Hokin Gallery, Columbia College 1996 Color and Composition Hokin Annex Gallery, Columbia College 1995 Latino in the Arts Hokin Gallery, Columbia College 1995 Day of the Dead Hokin Annex Gallery, Columbia College 1995 Fundamentals of 2 -D Design Hokin Annex Gallery, Columbia College 1995 Latino Diversity 11th Street Gallery, Columbia College 1995 Latino Artists in Chicago Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, IN 1995 Dissolving the Figure Boeger Fine Arts Gallery River Grove, IL 1995 Selections from Beginning Drawing Hokin Annex Gallery, Columbia College 1995 Co -Curator Latino Art Exhibition Hokin Gallery, Columbia College 1994 Co -Curator for 2-D Modular Design Student Work Hokin Annex Gallery, CCC 1994 Created the first Día de Los Muertos Installation at Columbia College 1994 Archeology of the Mind 11th Street Gallery, Columbia College 1994 Curator for EI Taller Mexicano de Grabado, 10th Fl. Gallery , W Building CCC 1994 Latino Graphics 94 , 9th Floor, W Building at CCC 1976 Latino Graphics 76, University of Illinois Art Gallery, Champaign, IL 1975 Generative Systems, University of Illinois Art Gallery , Champaign, IL
Judge of Artistic Merit
2004 Judge for All -City Art Exhibit 2004, Chicago Bureau of Cultural Arts, CPS 2004 Judge for Juried Student Exhibition, Governor’s State University, 2003 Juror for Chicago Public Schools, Art Competition. Chicago, IL 2002 Judge for Chicago Public Schools student scholarships Chicago, IL 2001 Judge “Latino Horizons” at Museum of Science & Industry Chicago, IL 1996 Northern Illinois University evaluation for Michelle d’Anjou's portfolio 1996 Juror; “Best of Show,” Weisman Scholarship, Columbia College, Chicago, IL 1995 Juror; Latino artists in Calumet Region for Northern Indiana Assoc . Munster, IN 1995 One of the judges for Weisman scholarships at Columbia College Chicago 1995 Judge for Senator Gutierrez’s Advisory Board on Art Issues, Chicago, IL for high school art competition exhibition sent to Washington, DC 1995 Juror for the Humanities Department’s “The Creative Spirit,” Columbia College 1995 Juror for Latinos in the arts exhibition “Nuestra Voz”, Chicago, IL 1993 Judge for painting at Old Town art fair, Chicago , IL 1993 Judge for the Weisman Scholarship “Best of Show”, Columbia College 1992 Arizona State University evaluation for tenured track faculty’s portfolio 1975 Judge; Student Art Show at the University of Illino is campus, Champaign, IL 1974 Judge for the University of Illinois Student Film Festival, Champaign, IL 1968 Judge for Art Contest sponsored by Citizenship Council of Metro Chicago
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Consultations
2000 Consultant to Latino students on their Day of the Dead altar: Columbia C ollege 1999 Participant in 1999 national study of post -secondary faculty from the U.S. Dept. of Education - Office of Educational Research and Improvement - National Center for Education Statistics 1996 The School of th e Art Institute of Chicago consults with Castillo on possible Summer Mural Class in Grant Park 1995 Consultant on mural for U of I’s Rafael Citron Ortiz Latino Cultural Center 1995 Consultant for Jones Memorial Community Cent er and Thrall Car Chicago Heights, IL on arts program for disadvantaged youth in their community 1995 Consultant for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, for the 1968 advisory committee on exhibit “Art in Chicago, 1945-1995” 1995 Consultant for Lilly Grant committee on tentative multicultural mural at CCC 1995 Consultant for U of I, Chicago, for tentative Latino mural a Chicago campus 1995 Consultant for Triton College, River Grove, IL for multi-cultural mural seminar 1995 Consultant for Latino Alliance at Columbia College 1994 Consultant for U of I, Chicago Latino Group for possible mural on campus 1994 Consultant to Jennifer Taylor from Riversid e School, Riverside, IL (murals) 1992 Mural Consultant for Columbia’s Latino Alliance 1990 Consultant for HBE Design firm in St. Louis regarding mural for Universal Bk.
Workshops
1996 International Mural Worksho p – “Universal Cultures” Coordinator for this mural done at the Residence Hall at Columbia College. Participating artists were from the University of Guadalajara and Columbia College Chicago 1996 “Multicultural Ethnicity” mural workshop at Lincoln Park for the Chicago Park District and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1996 "Mural Workshop – Contrasts and Polarities’ School of Fine Arts, University of Guadalajara, (U of G), Guadalajara. Jalisco, Mexico 1995 The University as Creator of the New Humanity” Mural Workshop at the U of G 1995 "Banners’ Workshop”, artists designs for new Latino Museum at Humboldt Park, Chicago, IL 1995 Mural workshop at Colle ge of Lake County Grayslake, IL 1994 Invited participant to international prints workshop at Taller. Mexicano de Grabado Chicago, IL 1994 Director of Mural project at Joliet Jr. College Joliet, IL 1994 "Human Rights Portfolio” prints workshop at El Taller Mexicano De Grabado, Chicago, IL 1993 Northern Illinois University two day Mural Workshop DeKalb, IL 1992 McHenry County College two day Mural Workshop Crystal La ke, IL 1978 Corpus Christi State University Art for Youth Workshop Corpus Christi, TX 1975 Galeria Jose Maria Velazco Drawing Workshop, Mexico City, D. F. Mexico
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Panels
2004 “Activism in Art” for office of Latino Affairs at Columbia College (CCC) 1998 Aesthetics Panel at CCC for Phyllis Johnson’s Seminar: Arts, Entertainment and Media Management 1996 Moderator for “International Muralism” at Columbia College's Residence Hall 1996 Participant in “Art and Activism” at the NACS (National Association of Chicano Studies) conference at the Ramada Congress Hotel 1996 Participant in panel “Is Muralism Dead” at the U of G, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico 1995 Coordinator for the “Latino Diversity” artists’ panel for Columbia College’ Latino in the Arts Celebration 1995 Panelist in “Four Chicago Artists”, Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL 1994 Organized panel on “Latino Culture in the U.S.A..” for Columbia College’s Latinos in the Arts Festival 1994 Columbia College’s “Seeing Through Borders - The Challenge of Cultural Diversity in the Arts” panel 1994 NACS (National Association of Chicano Studies) Annual Conference at the Congress Hotel, theme was “Latino Identity”, Columbia College 1993 Panelist for Chicago Artists’ Coalition 1992 Panelist for Columbia College Leadership Conference 1991 Panelist for Channel 28’s “Chicago: Passport to the World” 1990 Panelist for “Van Gogh and I” at ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL 1976 Panelist for College Art Association of America, Chicago, IL 1975 Panelist for Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL
Other Academic / Administrative Activities______
2014 Member of Curriculum Committee 2014 Participant in BFA Review accepting students into the BFA program 2014 Pougialis Fine Art Award judge 2014 Evaluator for Part-Time Faculty, Nancy Van Kanegan 2014 Advisor for Fine Arts students 2014 Evaluator for Part-Time Faculty, Joseph Trupia 2014 BA Honor Award juror 2014 Representative for the Fine Arts Program during CCC Open House 2014 Representative for the Fine Arts Program during CCC Open House 2014 Foundations Teaching Commons all-day informational forum on May 29, 2014 2014 Representative for the Fine Arts Program during CCC Open House 2014 Member of Fine Arts Committee 2013 Participated with Foundations Program with a PDF full of 130 ideas for Module classes 2013 Hollis Siegler Prize Juror 2013 Advisor for Fine Arts students 2013 Member of fine Arts Committee 2013 Representative for the Fine Arts Program during CCC Open House 2012 Advisor for Fine Arts students 2012 Fine Arts Priorization Group participant 2011 Part-Time Faculty Evaluation: Nikki Anderson, Marsely Kehoe, & Wayne Close 2011 Castillo participated in the pilot program for EASE 2011 Pougialis Award CCC, Chicago, IL 2009-11 Managing “The Space”, A+D small exhibition area on the 10th floor .CCC, Chicago, IL 6 Page 6
Other Academic / Administrative Activities (continued)
2011 Advisor for Fine Arts students 2010-11 Pougialis Award with Adam Brooks CCC, Chicago, IL 2010-11 PFAC Recruitment Group CCC, Chicago, IL 2010 Advisor for Fine Arts students 2010 Fine Arts Work Group 2010 Curriculum Development: charged in doing new course outline for Mural Strategies Class CCC, Chicago, IL 2009 Advisor for Fine Arts students 2009-10 Pougialis Award with Anna Kunz CCC, Chicago, IL 2008-09 Sabbatical CCC, Chicago, IL 2009 Fine Arts Work Group 2008 Advisor for Fine Arts students 2008 Fine Arts Work Group 2008 Moratorium on committees CCC, Chicago, IL 2007 Fine Arts Work Group 2007 Foundations Group CCC, Chicago, IL 2007 Space Planning Committee CCC, Chicago, IL 2007 Advisor for Fine Arts students 2007 2D Curriculum Development Committee CCC, Chicago, IL 2007 Multiply Committee CCC, Chicago, IL 2006 Space Planning Committee CCC, Chicago, IL 2006 Fine Arts Work Group 2006 2D Curriculum Development Committee CCC, Chicago, IL 2006 Multiply Committee CCC, Chicago, IL 2006 Advisor for Fine Arts students 2006 A+D Advancement Committee CCC, Chicago, IL 2006 A+D Lecture Committee CCC, Chicago, IL 2006 Campus Safety and Security CCC, Chicago, IL 2005 Foundation’s Task Force CCC, Chicago, IL 2005 Advisor for Fine Arts students 2005 Fine Arts Work Group Page 6 2005 2D Curriculum Development Committee CCC, Chicago, IL 2005 Outdoor Wall Art Committee CCC, Chicago, IL 2005 A+D Advancement Committee .CCC, Chicago, IL 2005 A+D Lecture Committee CCC, Chicago, IL 2005 Campus Safety and Security CCC, Chicago, IL 2004 Student Affairs Committee CCC, Chicago, IL 2004 Advisor for Fine Arts students 2004 Outdoor Wall Arts Committee CCC, Chicago, IL 2003 Member of the Student Affairs Committee CCC, Chicago, IL 2003 Fine Arts Work Group 2003 Advisor for Fine Arts students 2002 Member of the Student Affairs Committee CCC, Chicago, IL 2002 Fine Arts Work Group 2002 Advisor for Fine Arts students 2001 Fine Arts Work Group 2001 Advisor for Fine Arts students 2001 Fine Arts Work Group 2000 Advisor for Fine Arts students 2000 Fine Arts Work Group
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Other Academic / Administrative Activities (continued)
1999 Advisor for Fine Arts students 1999 Fine Arts Work Group 1998 Member of Tenure Committee for Kathleen Perkins CCC, Chicago, IL 1998 Member of Tenure Committee for Cadence Wynter CCC, Chicago, IL 1998 Advisor for Fine Arts students 1998 Also met independently with Andrea Polli for tenure committee CCC, Chicago, IL 1997 Advisor for Fine Arts students 1996 Latinos in the Arts committee member CCC, Chicago, IL 1996 Faculty Advisor for Student Organization LUNA CCC, Chicago, IL 1996 Advisor for Fine Arts students (prior to this every semester we have been required to advice students ) 1996 Coordination for Mural event “Universal Culture” at Residence Hall CCC, Chicago, IL 1995 Appointed member for Articulation meeting on Exchange Program with U of G at CCC, Chicago, IL 1995 Responsible for bringing in Benjamin Varela, Visiting Artist, to do a workshop at Columbia CCC, Chicago, IL 1995 Member of the Weisman Scholarship Committee CCC, Chicago, IL 1995 Member of Advisory Committee for The Center For Black Music Research CCC, Chicago, IL 1995 Faculty advisor for LUNA, Latino student organization CCC, Chicago, IL 1995 Member of the Latino in the Arts committee CCC, Chicago, IL 1994 Responsible for brining Victor Sorell to Columbia for lecture on Public Art CCC, Chicago, IL 1994 Member of advisory committee for The Center for Black Music Research CCC, Chicago, IL 1994 Faculty advisor for LUNA, Latino student organization CCC, Chicago, IL 1994 Member of the Governance Committee CCC, Chicago, IL 1994 Member of “Expresiones Latinas” Committee to organize Latino Festival CCC, Chicago, IL 1993 Member of the Resident Life Director Search Committee CCC, Chicago, IL 1993 Member of ASPIRA Committee CCC, Chicago, IL 1993 Member of the President’s Committee on Minority Student Development CCC, Chicago, IL 1992 Responsible for bringing muralist H. Duarte to give a mural workshop CCC, Chicago, IL 1992 Participant in Columbia College Leadership Conference CCC, Lake Bluff, IL 1992 Member of the Institute Policy Council CCC, Chicago, IL 1992 Member at Columbia College of the Weisman Scholarship Committee CCC, Chicago, IL 1991 Member of the Institute Policy Council CCC, Chicago, IL 1976 Chairman Art Department Gallery Committee U of I, 1975-76, Champaign, IL 1975 Member of the Exhibitions Committee for School’s Art Gallery U of I, 1973-75, Champaign, IL
Exhibitions______
Solo Exhibitions
2012 Archeology of the Mind, Prospectus Gallery, Chicago, IL 2011 Ancestral Traces, Prospectus Gallery, Chicago, IL 2009 Perceptualism, Castillo Studio/Gallery, Chicago, IL 2005 Black Xmas – Amarga Navidad, Aguirre/Duron Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004 Minimalist Reassertions, Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004 Chupicuaro Revisited, La LLorona, Chicago, IL 2004 EGGsitentialism, Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, IL 2003 Ollin-Movement, Winter Festival of Art, Chicago, IL 2001 Recapitulations, Frick Ctr. Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL 1998 Birth of Death, Prospectus Gallery, Chicago, IL 1995 The World of the Nagual, John Lindsey Gallery, Oak Park, IL Page 8
Solo Exhibitions (continued)
1994 Nagualism, Mobil Art Gallery, MacMurray College, Jacksonville, IL 1994 Perceptualism, Atwood Art Center, St. Cloud State U., St. Cloud, MN 1993 Ontological Dimensions, Prospectus Gallery, Chicago, IL 1993 Ontological Dimensions, Northern IL University, DeKalb, IL 1992 Mario Castillo, McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, IL 1991 Layers of the Subconscious, Prospectus Gallery, Chicago, IL 1991 Chupicuaro Extensions, Sangre de Cristo Arts & Conference Center, Pueblo, CO 1989 Ending the Decade, Orlando Galleries, Sherman Oaks, CA 1989 Castillo/New Work, Institute for Hispanic Cultural Studies, Santa Monica, CA 1983 The Sky Kissing the Earth, El Mercado, Los Angeles, CA 1977-83 Various Performances, El Mercado, Los Angeles, CA 1980 Recent Work, Upstairs Gallery, Pasadena, CA 1976 Castillo’s Photographs, Latino Cultural House, U of I, Champaign, IL
Group Exhibitions
2015 Nuestras Historias, National Museum Of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL 2014 Chicago Artists Interpret Shakespeare As They Like It, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL 2014 Chicago Artists Interpret Shakespeare As They Like It, second showing at the Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL 2014 Mexicanidad, National Museum Of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL 2013 Chicago Artists Interpret Shakespeare As They Like It, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 2013 Chicago Artists Interpret Shakespeare As They Like It, Carthage College, Kenosha, WI 2013 Mexicanidad, National Museum Of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL 2013 Chicago Artists Interpret Shakespeare As They Like It, H. F. Johnson Art Gallery, Carthage College, Kenosha, WI 2012 Keepers - Group exhibition, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL 2012 Chicago Artists Interpret Shakespeare As They Like It, DePaul Art Museum, Chicago, IL 2012 Made in Pilsen V, Prospectus Gallery, Chicago, IL 2012 Rostros de la Migración-Chicago, Casa Michoacán Art Gallery, Chicago, IL 2012 Rostros de la Migración-Mexico, Exhibit in Tzitzio, Michoacan, Mexico 2012 Memories and Dreams, Cliff Dwellers, Chicago IL 2012 Chicago Artists Interpret Shakespeare As They Like It, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL 2012 Mexicanidad, National Museum Of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL 2012 Chicago Artists Interpret Shakespeare As They Like It, Concordia University, River Forest, IL 2012 Pilsen Open Studios Exhibition, Colby Art Gallery, Chicago, IL 2011 Made in Pilsen IV, Prospectus Gallery, Chicago, IL 2011 Mexicanidad, National Museum Of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL 2011 Arceo’s Print Portfolio, Concordia University, Ferguson Gallery, Chicago, IL 2011 CelebrARTE, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL 2011 Portable Postcard Exhibition, Created by Sonia Sheridan, On the Web 2011 Off the Wall, South Side Community Art Center, Chicago, IL 2010 Mano/Mundo/Corazon, Center for Book & Paper Gallery, Chicago, IL 2010 Made in Pilsen III, Prospectus Gallery, Chicago, IL 2010 Day of the Dead, National Museum Of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL 2010 Mexicanidad, National Museum Of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL
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Group Exhibitions (continued)
2010 Generative Systems, Postcard Exhibition, curated by Sonia Sheridan, On-line 2009 A Diverse Perspective of Life and Death-Gallery 218, Harlingen, TX 2009 Dia de los Muertos: Common Ground… Expressions Graphics, Oak Park, IL 2009 Mexicanidad, National Museum Of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL 2009 Artists of Pilsen, Walker Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI 2009 Made in Pilsen II, Prospectus Gallery, Chicago, IL 2008 Consejo Grafico Symposium, University of Texas, Austin, TX 2008 COLECTIVA: Latino Artists, Casa Michoacán, Chicago, IL 2008 Tribute to Rudy Lozano, Rudy Lozano Public Library, Chicago, IL 2008 Mexicanidad, National Museum Of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL 2008 Gallery Artists Show, Prospectus Gallery, Chicago, IL 2008 Samhain Art Exhibit, Irish-American Heritage Center, Chicago, IL 2007 Mexicanidad, National Museum Of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL 2007 Identity, Latino Chicago Theatre, Chicago, IL 2007 Estampa Cultural, C33 Gallery, Columbia College, Chicago, IL 2007 National Printmaker’s Council Exhibit, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN 2006 Mexicanidad, Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, IL 2006 Duality: La Muerte y La Vida, U of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX 2006 A Celebration of Ancestors, Irish-American Heritage Center, Chicago, IL 2006 Grafica Popular de Chicago, N. M. Cultural Arts Center, Brownsville, TX 2006 Reencuentro, Prospectus Gallery, Chicago, IL 2005 Mexicanidad, Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, IL 2005 Self Portrait, 33 Collective Gallery, Chicago, IL 2005 Herencia, Noyes Art Gallery, Evanston, IL 2005 Samhain/Day of the Dead, Irish-American Heritage Center, Chicago, IL 2005 Columbia Group Show, Rueve on Dearborn, Chicago, IL 2004 Mexicanidad, Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, IL 2004 Selections / Permanent Collection, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL 2004 Homage to Cuauhtémoc, La LLorona Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004 Ofrendas, Aguirre-Duron Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004 Día de los Muertos, Casa de la Cultura, Chicago, IL 2004 Hispanic Heritage, Malcolm X College, Chicago, IL 2004 El Coyote Vive, Casa de la Cultura, Chicago, IL 2004 Visual Dialogues, Mestizarte Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004 Alas de Papel, Triton College fine Arts Gallery, River Grove, IL 2003 Mexicanidad, Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, IL 2003 Images from the Soul, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 2003 Xpressions, Malcolm X College, Chicago, IL 2003 Day of the Dead/Endangered Species, Colibri Art Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003 Frida & Diego, una Pareja #2, La LLorona Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003 The 33rd Annual Artists’ Open House, Chicago Arts District, Chicago, IL 2002 Mexican Painters in Chicago, IMCE Gallery, Chicago, IL 2002 Mexicanidad, Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, IL
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2002 Mexican Painters in Chicago Mexican Culture and History, IMCE Art Gallery, Chicago, IL 2002 CPS art exhibit for HS auction, Marwen Gallery, Chicago, IL 2002 To Kiss the Spirits: Homage to H. Sigler...Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL 2002 7th Annual Remembrance Show, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL 2002 Michoacán Benefit Art Exhibit, Arte de Mexico Gallery, Chicago, IL 2002 Spectrum: Contemporary Art of Chicago, Chicago Athenaeum, Schaumburg, IL 2002 September 11, 2001, Chicago Athenaeum, Schaumburg, IL 2002 Xicágo, Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, IL 2002 Mind Abstractions, Bank One Art Gallery, Chicago, IL 2001 Ollin: Movimiento, IMCE Gallery, Chicago, IL 2001 Of Mexican Roots, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL 2001 Mira, Chicago Athenaeum, Schaumburg, IL 2001 Remembrance, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL 2001 Atl Group, IMCE Gallery, Chicago, IL 2001 The Role of Paper, Center for the Arts, Albuquerque, NM 2001 9 Artistas de Chicago, Casa de Cultura Benito Juarez, Havana, Cuba 2001 Mexicanidad, Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, IL 2000 Altering Altars, Hokin Gallery CCC, Chicago, IL 2000 Faculty Show, Lake Lodge, Delavan, WI 2000 Of Intrinsic Value, Humboldt Park Gallery, Chicago, IL 2000 First Works, Glass Curtain Gallery CCC, Chicago, IL 2000 Day of The Dead: Door to Eternity, Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, IL 2000 The Role of Paper, Guadalupe Cultural Center, San Antonio, TX 2000 Manojo 2000, The Riverside Arts Center, Riverside, IL 2000 Same Origin/Different Paths, Galeria Arte de Mexico, Chicago, IL 1999 El Papel del Papel, Julia de Burgos Cultural Center, New York, NY 1999 Remembrance, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL 1999 Small Works, 11th Street Gallery CCC, Chicago, IL 1999 Al Paso del Tiempo, Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, IL 1999 The Role of Paper, The Brandywine Workshop Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1999 The Romp, The New Harrison Street Gallery, Oak Park, IL 1999 The Role of Paper, Caribbean Cultural Center, New York, NY 1999 Spiritual Passports, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL 1999 The Art of Memory, Aldo Castillo Gallery, Chicago, IL 1999 Spiritual Passports, Lockport Gallery, Lockport, IL 1998 Chicago Ten: New Art from The City of Chicago, The Chicago Athenaeum, Schaumburg, IL 1998 Spiritual Passports, Southern IL Art Gallery, Whittington, IL 1998 Mascaras - Mas Caras, 11th Street Gallery CCC, Chicago, IL 1998 Dream Visitors, Northwestern U. Settlement House, Chicago, IL 1998 Spiritual Passports, Illinois Art Gallery, Chicago, IL 1998 The Role of Paper, Instituto Cultural Puertorriqueño, San Juan, PR 1997 CC Faculty Show, CC Retreat, Geneva, WI 1997 Vicinity ’97, Norris Gallery Cultural Arts Center, St. Charles, IL 1997 Drawing in Chicago Now, Carleton College Art Gallery, Northfield, MN
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Group Exhibitions (continued)
1997 Tribute, Prospectus Gallery, Chicago, IL 1997 Pilsen/Little Village, Our Home Our Struggle, Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, IL 1997 Rivers of Art, La LLorona, Chicago, IL 1997 Talk Back! The Community Responds – Part II, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY 1997 Making History: The Art of Collecting, Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, IL 1997 Drawing in Chicago Now, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL 1997 Addendum: More Chicago Artists, NIU Art Museum Chicago Gallery, Chicago, IL 1996 Inspiring the Future, Avondale Elementary School, Chicago, IL 1996 Art in Chicago, 1945-1995, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL 1996 Art of Iberoamerica, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL 1996 Pilsen/Little Village: Our Home, Out Struggle, Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, IL 1996 The Day of the Dead: Living, Traditions, Part II, Western Illinois University Art Library, Macomb, IL 1996 Faculty Exhibition, CCC Retreat, Geneva, WI 1996 Hot, R. H. Love, Contemporary, Chicago, IL 1996 Day of the Dead, Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL 1996 Art of Iberoamerica, Montgomery Ward Gallery, UIC, Chicago, IL 1996 Drawing in Chicago Now, CCC Art Gallery, Chicago, IL 1996 Visual Fusion, Field Museum, Chicago, IL 1996 “1968”, Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago, IL 1996 Really Small Works, 10th Floor Gallery, CCC, Chicago, IL 1996 Sharing our Cultural Richness, Hokin Gallery CCC, Chicago, IL 1996 Healing Walls, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL 1996 Reclaiming Our Past: Pre-Cuauhtémoc Imagery, Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, IL 1996 Gallery Artists, John Lindsey Gallery, Oak Park, IL 1996 Artist to Artist, 18th Street Gallery, Chicago, IL 1995 Imaging Aztlan, Reimer Gallery, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL 1995 Day of the Dead, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL 1995 Faculty Show, Lake Lawn Lodge, Delavan, WI 1995 Healing Walls – Murals and Community, Illinois State Art Gallery, Chicago, IL 1995 Day of the Dead, Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL 1995 Painting: Processes and Strategies, Northern Illinois University Art Gallery, Chicago, IL 1995 Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition, Hokin Annex Gallery, Chicago, IL 1995 Artist to Artist: Connections, Tabula Rasa, Chicago, IL 1995 Dissolving the Figure, Triton College Fine Arts Gallery, River Grove, IL 1995 Urban Art, Catholic Theological Union Art Gallery, Chicago, IL 1994 Archeology of the Mind, 11th Street Gallery Columbia College, Chicago, IL 1994 Chicago Heritage of Latino Art, South Suburban College, South Holland, IL 1994 Intermission, Prospectus Gallery, Chicago, IL 1994 Latino Prints, Joseph Randall Shapiro Gallery, Oak Park, IL 1994 El Quinto Sol, Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, IL 1994 Transformation of the Modern Figure, College of Lake County Gallery, Grayslake, IL 1994 Group Show, Open Windows Gallery, Chicago, IL 1994 Latino Group Show, Las Artes Galeria, Omaha, NE
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Group Exhibitions (continued)
1994 Taller Mexicano De Grabado, Frida’s, Chicago, IL 1994 Human Rights, University of Chicago, School of Social Sciences, Chicago, IL 1993 Love Letter Show, Hokin Gallery, CCC, Chicago, IL 1993 Self Portraits, 10th Floor, Columbia College, Chicago, IL 1993 Ball Court at Chichen Itza, Field Museum, Chicago, IL 1993 CARA, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
Community Service & Interviews ______
2011 Castillo contributes work to Francisco Mendoza’s Silent Art Auction at the NMMA, Chicago IL 2011 Mario Castillo is invited to contribute artworks for a Benefits Auction at the Urban Institute of Contemporary Art in Grand Rapids, Michigan 2011 Castillo has Radio interview (10-11-11) at "Sin Censura” radio program on 750-AM in Chicago, IL 2011 Interview by CCC student, Sylvia Chavez resulting in 2 page article, “Man In the Mural” in Student Wanderer 2011 Ellen Sulser interviews Castillo, resulting in written report for Kirwood H.S., St. Louis, IL 2011 Chelsea McCoy interviews Castillo, resulting in written report for Kirwood H.S., St. Louis, IL 2011 Taped interview of Castillo by Marc Zimmerman & Jeff Huebner in Chicago, IL for Chicano Art History document 2011 Along with the official internship for CCC student, I accepted a second student (who could not get credit as intern) to come to studio at the same time so in reality there were two students during the Fall Semester 2011 2011 Interview by student Ryan McGrath a senior at DePaul, for school report on Latino Culture & Community 2011 Interview by CCC student, Lynndel Noriega, for a school magazine 2011 Interview by student Vicki Ortiz from U of I, for Rhetoric Class report 2010 Interview by student Cheryl Tapia, for school report 2010 Interview by student Eric Pickersgill, for school report 2010 Interview by student Kate Bramer, for school report 2009 Maura Arellano ([email protected]) form Daley College wanted an interview , but there was not enough time 2009 Interview by student Marian Hayes for book project titled “E-plies” for Chicago State University 2009 Interview by Tracy Grimm for Oral History report for Notre Dame University 2009 Interview by student Bryan Simpson from De Paul University, for International reporting class 2008 Interview by Rick Villalobos for Café Media Magazine article 2008 Interview by student, Jimi Kardelis for school report on Latin American artists 2008 Interview by senior student Alexandra Macias from U of I, Chicago. This was for a Communications class 2008 Interview by Northwestern University student Marcy Miranda, on Latino Mural Art for the School of Journalism
Every semester since around 1993, there have been from 1 to 3 students who have interviewed me for a class project they were working on. These records were in my 3 or 4 office computers, which have burnt out through the years, and I have lost track of this information. I have also participated in several Benefit Auctions (as community service) & these records are gone also since info existed in Emails. It has always been difficult for me to update CV, this is why some info is not included.
Film Screenings______
1993 Chicago Latino Film Festival at NU, Evanston, IL, U.S.A. 1992 McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, IL, U.S.A. 1992 Hokin Hall, Columbia College Staff, Chicago, IL, U.S.A. 1992 Hokin Hall, Columbia College Students, Chicago, IL, U.S.A. 1991 “Art in Chicago Now”, Postiglione’s class Columbia College, Chicago, IL, U.S.A. 1991 Norris Hall, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, U.S.A. 12 Page 13
Film Screenings (continued)
1990 Columbia College Students & Faculty, Chicago, IL, U.S.A. 1985 ECF Art Center Exceptional Children’s Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A. 1985 The New College of California Gallery, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A. 1984 Cinematheque Theatre, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A. 1978 Corpus Christi State University, Corpus Christi, TX, U.S.A. 1976 Lincoln Hall, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, U.S.A. 1975 Galeria Jose Maria Velasco, Mexico City, Mexico 1975 Latino Culture House, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, U.S.A. 1975 David Kinley Hall, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, U.S.A. 1975 TV program; Jaime Mejia’s “Escenario”, Mexico City, Mexico 1974 Gregory Hall, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, U.S.A. 1974 American Film Institute, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A. 1974 Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, U.S.A. 1974 Cal Arts, Valencia, CA, U.S.A. 1973 Morton Subotnick’s Scandinavian Tour, Europe 1973 Vanguard Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A. 1972 Morton Subotnick’s National Tour, U.S.A. 1971 Ojai Music Festival, Ojai, CA, U.S.A.
Television, Internet, & Film Coverage______
2013 The film, Raices Antiguas/Visiones Nuevas screened at La Catrina; Castillo appears in this early Chicano Art film; May 18 & May 19, 2013, Chicago, IL 2012 Castillo is interviewed by CCC film students (Filmable Reality) on Abstract Art and video is found in YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0TThLHbF1s 2011 Channel 5 – Hispanic Heritage Month shows short spot of Castillo’s Mayahuel mural At NMMA, Chicago, IL 2009 CLTV News, May 1, 2009-Channel 10 shows Castillo’s mural at NMMA for Cinco de Mayo, Chicago, IL 2007 “Chicago Tonight”, Mural Art Shown on WTTW, Channel 1, Chicago, IL 2006 Chicago’s Channel 23 @ 7:45 PM shows Castillo’s mural at MFACM for Day of the Dead, Chicago, IL 2004 Chicago’s Channel 2 News, April 2 @11:00AM shows Castillo’s mural at MFACM, Chicago, IL 2004 WTTW’s Artbeat Chicago: Panel of detail of painting used as part of set, Chicago, IL 2003 WTTW’s Artbeat Chicago: Two large paintings used as part of the set for 6 weeks, Chicago, IL 2000 Channel 25, TV interview on opening of “Same Origin...Different Paths”, 2-11-00, Chicago, IL 1997 Castillo’s painting “Pyramid of the Sun” appears on TV, 2-17-97, Chicago, IL 1996 Castillo’s work appears on TV, Channel 44, at the Field Museum, 9-20,21-96, Chicago, IL 1996 ECO – International Cable TV – Coverage of mural workshop project, “Universal Cultures” done at the CCC’s Residence Center by University: International viewing of U of G (Mexico) and CCC students, 5-10-96, Chicago, IL 1996 Channel 77 – In the 5 o’clock news, coverage of University of Guadalajara and Columbia College Chicago agreement under which mural at Ocotlan was made, 1-10-96, Chicago, IL 1995 Cablemex TVC – Channel 12 – coverage of U of G, mural at La Cienega Campus, 11 -22-95, Ocotlan, Jalisco, Mexico 1995 CHANNEL 66 – On the10 o’clock news, Castillo’s work appears in coverage of Pilsen Artists’ Exhibit, 10-2-95, Chicago, IL 1995 CLTV airs several times an interview with Castillo; “Dissolving the Figure” at Triton College; one shown on 9-24-95 Chicago, IL 1995 CHANNEL 7 – In their 5 o’clock Chicago news “Latino Diversity” at Columbia College is covered; 9-19-95, Chicago, IL 1995 CHANNEL 56 – From Gary and Merrillville, IN, coverage of NIAA Latino Artists Show mentions Castillo as Juror/Curator 9-8-95, Gary, IN
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Television, Internet, & Film Coverage (continued)
1995 CHANNEL 66 News – One of Castillo’s paintings appears from the Latino Institute collection, 1-14-95, Chicago, IL 1994 CHANNEL 44 – 5 pm News coverage of First Prize Award from ESDC for 18th Street Banner Design, 4-25-94, Chicago, IL 1994 CHANNEL 44 – 5 pm News – Interview on Tenochtitlan Mural at the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, 1-25-94, Chicago, IL 1993 Triton College’s Cable TV Channel – interview by Jack Scanlon about “Triad of Harmonic Complexity” at the Fine Arts Gallery, 12-13-93, Chicago, IL 1993 CHANNEL 7 “Weekend” program at 7 am, Teresa Gutierrez interviews and displays Castillo's art work, 11-21-93 Chicago, IL 1993 CHANNEL 44 News – Under “De Todo Un Poco” segment, coverage of solo exhibition at Prospectus Gallery, 10-25-93, Chicago, IL 1993 CHANNEL 4, Cable TV, News coverage of “Ontological Dimensions” solo show, Oct. 1993, Chicago, IL 1992 CHANNEL 44 (Architectural Design for Pilsen Homes) interview with Castillo, 6-9-92, Chicago, IL 1992 CHANNEL 26 (Univision) News at 10 shows Castillo’s 1st Prize Architectural Relief Award for ESDC Homes, 6-3-92, Chicago, IL 1992 CHANNEL 44 Interview with Castillo, 1-15-92, Chicago, IL 1992 CHANNEL 44 TV news covers solo exhibition at Prospectus Gallery, Chicago, IL 1992 CHANNEL 26’s program “Ayuda” displays 2 murals done by Castillo at the MFACM for “Mexico: La Vision del Cosmos”, 1-8-92, Chicago, IL 1992 Columbia Representative for CHANNEL 26 Tele-maratón for Hogar Del Niño, Chicago, IL 1991 CHANNEL 28’s “Chicago: Passport to the World”, Chicago, IL 1989 CHANNEL 34 – Los Angeles Al Día interview, Los Angeles, CA 1990 Castillo (shown at work on a painting) is selected to represent Latino culture in Coca Cola’s Spanish network TV commercial – directed by Luis Argueta from New York and produced by Sosa & Assoc., San Antonio, TX. Filming was done in Hollywood, CA.; 1989–1990 National Viewing. 1984 Castillo’s installation at El Mercado Company appears on TV commercial for CHANNEL 34, Los Angeles, CA 1983 Castillo’s artwork appears on TV commercial for “El Gallo” Restaurant on KMEX TV CHANNEL 34 in Los Angeles, CA 1975 Mexican Government TV Network “Escenario” Interview by Jaime Mejia, Mexico City, Mexico
Commissions______
2004 Painting, Family Focus, Aurora, IL 1998 Art for Book Cover, NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company, Lincolnwood, IL 1996 Mural, Chicago Historical Society (Mayahuel) , Chicago, IL 1994 Mural, Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum (Tenochtitlan), Chicago, IL 1994 Mural, Field Museum (Terrestrial Iconography), Chicago, IL 1993 Mural, Field Museum (Ball Court at Chichen Itza), Chicago, IL 1992 Two Murals, Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, IL 1991 Four Paintings, Latino Institute, Chicago, IL 1988 Poster Design, NACS – University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 1983 Painting, La Perla Restaurant,.Los Angeles, CA 1981 Tile Mural, El Gallo Restaurant, Los Angeles, CA 1980 Graphic Design, John McGowen, La Puente, CA 1976 Painting, City of Chicago (Dept. of Development & Planning), Chicago, IL 1975 Photography, Educational Consulting & Research Associates, Pasadena, CA 1975 Mural Study, Government of the State of Illinois (Dept. of Transportation), Springfield, IL 1973 Mural, Mr. & Mrs. Weinstock, Valencia, CA 1972 Three Films, Morton Subotnick, Los Angeles, CA
15 Page 15 Awards, Grants, Honors______
Awards 2005 The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, Nomination, Chicago, IL 2005 Chicago Public Art Group, Honor Recognition, Chicago, IL 2002 City of Chicago Board of Education, Certificate, Chicago, IL 1997 Norris Gallery, Vicinity Art Exhibition, Honorable Mention, St. Charles, IL 1988 Raymond Avenue School, Certificate, Los Angeles, CA 1987 Raymond Avenue School, Certificate, Los Angeles, CA 1983 Noches Rancheras Mexicanas, Trophy, Los Angeles, CA 1965 Foremost Promotions, Honorable Mention, Chicago, IL 1996 ESDC 18th Street Banner Design, 1st Prize, Chicago, IL 1994 ESDC 18th Street Banner Design, 1st Prize, Chicago, IL 1992 ESDC Architectural Relief, 1st Prize, Chicago, IL 1990 Region "C", LAUSD's Beautification Program, 1st Prize, Los Angeles, CA 1989 MALDEF art competition, 1st Prize, Los Angeles, CA 1988 U of I at Chicago - LAS logo design, 1st Prize, Chicago, IL 1975 Museum of Science and Industry, 1st Place; photography, Chicago, IL 1975 Museum of Science and Industry, 1st Place; drawing, Chicago, IL 1974 Museum of Science and Industry, 1st Place; painting, Chicago, IL 1967 Homewood Chamber of Commerce, 1st Place, Homewood, IL 1966 International Science Fantasy Art Exhibition, 3rd Place, Cleveland, OH 1965 Lawndale Art Festival, 2nd Place, Lawndale, IL 1965 Gold Meadows Art Fair, 1st Prize, Chicago, IL
Grants
2004 CCC Faculty Development, Grant, Chicago, IL 1975 Ford Foundation, Grant, Champaign, IL 1973 American Film Institute, Grant, Beverly Hills, CA
Honors
2007 Castillo’s written Essays are being archived by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX for Documents of 20th Century Latin American & Latino Art 2006 Castillo’s artistic career is being compiled & archived by, Norte Dame, IN 2005 Castillo was honored as a First Generation muralist by the Chicago Public Art Group 2004 CCC student nominated Castillo for inclusion in Who’s Who Among, Austin, TX America’s Teachers and he was selected to appear in the 8th edition. 1998 Castillo’s class in mural painting at Triton College is honored when it’s mural “World Cultures” was presented at the 11th Annual National Conference on “Race and Ethnicity in American Education”, Denver, CO. 1994 Columbia College Certificate for outstanding service to students, Chicago, IL 1988 Certificate of Appreciation for outstanding service to children Raymond Avenue School, Los Angeles, CA 1988 UCLA Selects Castillo as artist to represent the Midwest in the UCLA-Wight Art Gallery’s Chicago silkscreen workshop, Los Angeles, CA 1987 Certificate of recognition for outstanding service to children, Raymond Avenue School, Los Angeles, CA 1974 U of I students select Castillo to the list of excellent teachers 3 times. List appears as a UIUC official notice on the Daily Illini Newspaper, 1974, 75, 76; Champaign-Urbana, IL 1973 Awarded a California state teaching certificate for life for teaching art in colleges in that state, Santa Monica, CA
Sound Composition______
2004 Two of Castillo’s sound pieces engineered by Experimental Sound Studio are played during his one-month solo exhibition at Glass Curtain Gallery at CCC, Chicago, IL 1993 Animated Soundtrack piece is presented at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 1985 Castillo creates Rio Bravo recording label, Los Angeles, CA 1984 Manuel Langarica records one of Castillo’s compositions, Los Angeles, CA
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Sound Composition (continued)
1983 LA Opinion newspaper credits Castillo as a composer and performing artist, 3-10-83, Los Angeles, CA 1983 Castillo is awarded a trophy for his compositions and as a performing artist during Mr. Nevarez’ weekly program at El Mercado Company 1974 Castillo created electronic music score for film done at Cal Arts, Valencia, CA 1974 Castillo produces “Animated Sound Track” a synthetic sound & visual composition in which film images produce musical sounds, Valencia, CA 1973 Castillo produces electronic piece for Japanese Fire Festival, Valencia, CA 1972 Castillo’s electronic fictional ethno music 1969 Castillo’s Music Concrete piece was played at the Art Institute of Chicago for opening of Film Festival
Lectures______
The Lecture’s date was 4-29-1994, at Joliet Jr. College in Joliet, IL, when Castillo presented to a student audience his work and around 2012, Castillo received this below, form one of Chicago’s most successful art gallery directors: 33 Contemporary Gallery _ director, Sergio Gomez, ([email protected]) in an Email sent to Castillo states: …………… “I want to thank you for inspiring me when I was only 18 years old (I’m 40 now). You may not know this but I met you on a visit you did to a community college for a presentation. It was my first year of college. I was at your presentation and I left the room with a whole new vision of what life could be if I stayed in the arts.” …… Mr. Gomez gave Castillo permission to use this quote.
2007 ”Latino Identity”, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 2006 Walter Payton College in Alex Seeskin’s “Survey of Literature” class, 5-23-06, Chicago, IL 2003 Lecture on “Chicano Art” in Ms. Deb Foote’s class, Latin American, Art, Music, and Literature, at CCC 2003 “Mural Art” at David de Santiago’s class at De Paul University, Chicago, IL 2003 Illinois Arts Alliance Foundation Participates as a speaker at the “One State: Together in the Arts Conference”, 4-22-03, Chicago, IL 2002 Elmhurst College “Chicano Art & the Transplantation of Culture”, In Dr. Chris Travis’s class of “Expressive Latino Culture in the United States”, 1-15-02, Elmhurst, IL 2002 ”Anatomy and Art” Lecture at the Illinois Institute of Design, 7-17-02, Chicago, IL 2001 Lecture at Chicago State University lecture on “Chicano Art”, 11-2-01, Chicago, IL 2001 ”Day of the Dead” Lecture at Oak Park Art League, 11-24-01, Oak Park, IL 1997 On site at Triton College – Workshop talk on “How to Paint a Mural”, for group from city of Oak Park, IL who were beginning to paint a mural of their own, 7-16-97, River Grove, IL 1997 Triton College lecture on “Muralism”, 6-27-97, River Grove, IL 1996 Gallery talk at the Chicago Historical Society about “The Ancient, Memories of Mayahuel’s People Still Breathe” mural on exhibit under the Program “Pilsen Mexican Mural Movement”, 11-24-96, Chicago, IL 1996 “The Meaning of Chicago Murals” at the Chicago Historical Society– a special lecture for an interpreter training session, 11-7-96, Chicago, IL 1996 Triton College lecture on a multicultural mural dealing with “Diversity”, Oct. 1996, River Grove, IL 1996 “The Structure of a Mural” at the East Omaha Public Library, 8-12-96, Omaha, NE 1996 “Universal Culture” mural presentation at CCC Student Residence Hall, 5-10-96, Chicago, IL 1996 “University of Guadalajara Mural Workshop: presentation of Ocotlan mural done by CCC & U of G students to Pilsen Artists at Rudy Lozano Library, 5-9-96, Chicago, IL 1996 “What is a Mural” Lincoln Park Cultural Center, 3-30-96, Chicago, IL 1996 “Castillo Retrospect” slide lecture for faculty members of the School of Fine Arts, University of Guadalajara, 2-3-96, Huentitan, Jalisco, Mexico 1996 “Analysis and Interpretation of the Murals of Orozco and Flores” on site. This was for the Faculty of Art at the U of G, 2-1-96 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico 1996 “Identity and Muralism” U of G, La Barranca Campus, 1-30-96, Huentitan, Jalisco, Mexico 1996 Brief presentation (15 min.) on “Diversity in the Arts Abroad”; on the murals at the University of Guadalajara in Mexico. This was at the Hokin Gallery at CCC and part of Latino in the Arts Celebration, 1-10-96, Chicago, IL 1995 “Chicano and Mexican Muralism,” U of G, La Cienega Campus, 11-22-95, Ocotlan, Jalisco, México 1995 “Latino Expression” lecture at unveiling ceremony for mural done at NIU, 10-28-95, DeKalb, IL 1995 “Latino Diversity” lecture for two visiting high school classes from Cicero, Illinois at 11th Street Gallery at Columbia College, 10-26-95, Chicago, IL 17 Page 17
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1995 “Studying the Murals of Diego Rivera,” Harold Washington Library Center, 10-13-95, Chicago, IL 1995 “Latino Diversity” lecture for NIAA, Indiana group at Columbia College Art Gallery, 9-30-95, Chicago, IL 1995. “Latino Art – Structure and Symbolism” Northern Indiana Arts Association, 9-19-95, Munster, IN 1995 “La America Antigua: Arte de Paisajes Sagrados,” Melrose Park Library, 9-18-95, Melrose Park, IL 1995 “Ancient America: Art from Sacred Landscapes,” Spanish Version, Melrose Park Library, 9-6-95, Melrose Park, IL 1995 “Signs, Symbols, and Mythology” Winnetka Cultural House, 7-19-95, Winnetka, IL 1995 “The Different Roles of an Artist” for National Louis University Latino Outreach Program, 6-1-95, Chicago, IL 1995 “Perceptualism” for LUNA (Latinos Unidos In The Arts) student organization, at CCC, 5-10-95, Chicago, IL 1995 “Thirty Year Retrospect (in slides)” for Northeastern University’s Art Club, 3-2-95, Chicago, IL 1994 St. Cloud State University “Castillo Retrospect”, 5-9-94, St. Cloud, MN 1994 “The Pre-Columbian Heritage Within My Work,” for a Humanities class, dealing with the history of mythology, MacMurray College, 11-6-94, Jacksonville, IL 1994 ”What is Perceptualism”, Mobil Art Gallery, MacMurray College, 11-5-94, Jacksonville, IL 1994 “The Ancient Americans – Art From Sacred Landscapes,” Triton College, 9-20-94, River Grove, IL 1994 “The Mural Movement,” College of Lake County, 9-16-94, Grayslake, IL 1994 Joliet Jr. College “Mural Making”, 4-29-94, Joliet, IL 1993 Prospectus Gallery, Chicago, IL for Senior Citizens Group from Winnetka, IL, 11-18-93, Chicago, IL 1993 Retrospective Spanish lecture at Prospectus Gallery, 11-5-93, Chicago, IL 1993 Prospectus Gallery, “Perceptualism”, 10-29-93, Chicago, IL 1993 Lecture/Workshop at Prospectus Gallery for Children’s Art Group from Hull House/Beacon Street Gallery, 11-13-93, Chicago, IL 1993 Triton College for Latin American Studies Class “Mesoamerican Art”, 9-21-93, River Grove, IL 1993 Triton College for Art & Mythology Class “Mesoamerican Art”, 9-16-93, River Grove, IL 1993 Northern Illinois University “The Structure of a Mural”, 4-9-93, DeKalb, IL 1992 McHenry County College “The Mexican Murals”, 11-13-92, Crystal Lake, IL 1992 McHenry County College “Current Work” 2 lectures, 10-17-92, Crystal Lake, IL 1992 McHenry County College “The Mural Making Process”, 10-16-92, Crystal Lake, IL 1992 Columbia College Staff “Castillo Slide Retrospect”, 4-1-92, Chicago, IL 1992 Prospectus Gallery “Castillo’s Current Work”, Chicago, IL 1991 Prospectus Gallery “Current Work”, Chicago, IL 1991 Columbia College Year One Discovery “The Creative Process”, Chicago, IL 1991 Northwestern University – Hispanic Culture Month, Chicago, IL 1991 Columbia College “Art in Chicago Now”, Chicago, IL 1989 Raymond Avenue School “Recycled Art”, Los Angeles, CA 1988 Montebello Unified School District “Diego Rivera”, Montebello, CA 1985 ECF Art Center, “Castillo’s Work”, Los Angeles, CA 1982 East Los Angeles City College “Pre-Columbian Art”, Monterey Park, CA 1976 Lincoln Hall, University of Illinois “Minimalism”, Champaign, IL 1975 Lincoln Hall, University of Illinois “Castillo’s Work”, Champaign, IL 1975 Latino Cultural House “Muralism” , Champaign, IL 1975 Centro De La Causa “Latino Art”, Chicago, IL
Published Texts (Essays and Monographs)______
2009 ICAA (International Center for the Arts of the Americas at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston) published two of his essays : Art Liberation Movement & Recognizing the Mexican Influence 2008-2009 as part of their on-going project, Documents of 20th-century Latin American and Latino Art. 2003 Arizona State University publishes essay by Castillo on their Web site dedicated to Chicano Art. Find this essay at: http://www.latinoartcommunity.org/community/ChicArt/ArtistDir/MarCas.html 2002 For his web site, “mariocastillo.net” Castillo published the following texts and essays: Abstract Art (text in English & essay in Spanish) at: http://www.mariocastillo.net/art/archives/abstract_art/ Chupi Birds Text: http://www.mariocastillo.net/art/archives/chupi_birds/ Chupicuaro Collages: http://www.mariocastillo.net/art/archives/chupicuaro_collages/
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Published Texts (continued) ….. The following are essays published
Chupicuaro Construction Proposal: http://www.mariocastillo.net/art/archives/chupicuaro_construction_proposals/ Chupicuaro Drawings: http://www.mariocastillo.net/art/archives/chupicuaro_drawings/ Chupicuaro Veracruz: http://www.mariocastillo.net/art/archives/chupicuaro_veracruz/ Early Chupicuaro: http://www.mariocastillo.net/art/archives/chupicuaro_early/ Late Chupicuaro: http://www.mariocastillo.net/art/archives/chupicuaro_late/ Middle Chupicuaro: http://www.mariocastillo.net/art/archives/chupicuaro_middle/ Codices: http://www.mariocastillo.net/art/archives/codices/ El Valle Series: http://www.mariocastillo.net/art/archives/el_valle_series/ Film: http://www.mariocastillo.net/art/archives/film/ Mankind Symbol: http://www.mariocastillo.net/art/archives/mankind_symbol/ Minimal Art: http://www.mariocastillo.net/art/archives/minimal_art/ Murals: http://www.mariocastillo.net/art/archives/murals/ Organic Period: http://www.mariocastillo.net/art/archives/organic_period/ Osseous Constructions: http://www.mariocastillo.net/art/archives/osseous_constructions/ Osseous Flat Works: http://www.mariocastillo.net/art/archives/osseous_flat_works/ Paintography: http://www.mariocastillo.net/art/archives/paintography/ Video: http://www.mariocastillo.net/art/archives/video/ 1995 Northern Indiana Arts Association publishes Castillo’s essay on Latino Art in NIAA catalog on Latino Art 1995 “Latino Diversity” catalog & text created by Columbia College 11th St. Art Gallery, Chicago, IL 1976 Abrazo (a March Publication) publishes two poems by Castillo with his graphic design, pg. 9
Other Professional Activities______
2011 Castillo appears on Spokane Falls Community College’s list of Contemporary Hispanic Artists of the 20th & 21st Century: Sources of Art Reproductions, Biography and Criticism 2010 Mario Castillo is nominated to participate in Printmaking Atelier for Serie XVII project in Austin, TX 2009 Mario Castillo is invited by Victor Sorell to write a 17-page document concerning certain themes in Castillo’s work. 2008 Castillo is invited & participates in International Print portfolio to be finished in 2009 in Chicago’s Arceo Press 2006 Castillo is nominated to partake in the “Documents of 20th Century Latin American & Latino Art” a Digital Archive & Publication Project by the International Center for the Arts of the Americas at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas. 2006 Castillo’s writings and archives are being collected and curated by Tracy Grimm, Archivist at the Institute of Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame at Notre Dame, Indiana 2006 Castillo is one of two Chicago artists who was invited to participate in a “Struggle & Identity” prints portfolio with a representation of 14 printmaking ateliers throughout the nation. The National Council of Print Talleres with the coordination of Notre Dame University's Institute for Latino Studies is sponsoring this project. 1996 Castillo is offered the Keys to the city of Omaha, Nebraska after completing a mural there with city youth. 1994 Castillo is invited & participates in a print portfolio dedicated to the Chiapas Struggle in Mexico
Newspaper Articles, Reviews, and Texts______Date, Publication_Title of Article or info-text_ Journalist, City & State
04-17-09 Shore Magazine_Mario Castillo’s Perceptualism_Shore Staff, Munster, IN 04-29-09 Viva-Spanish News_Profesor del Colegio Columbia hace su debut en el East Side_Rob Earnshaw Munster, IN 04-16-09 The Times- Northwest Indiana _Columbia College professor debuts East Side Studio_Rob Earnshaw, Munster, IN 03-12-09 Journal Sentinel_Pilsen Artists at WPCA_Mary L. Schumacher, Milwaukee, WI 04-17-08 The Daily Northwestern_Public Art, Private Concern_Marcy Miranda, Evanston, IL Feb.2006 Contratiempo_Reencuentro en Pilsen pg.18_Delia Negro, Chicago, IL 10-11-04 The Chronicle_Mural man Castillo on display_Jaime Murnane, Chicago, IL 08-26-04 Chicago Tribune_Conservatism back at Mexican Center Tempo pg.3_Alan Artner, Chicago, IL July 2004 Contratiempo_Castillo, Raya y Romero_Julio Rangel, Chicago, IL 09-28-04 TechNews_Minimal Reassertions announcement_Staff, Chicago, IL 05-15-02 Exito!_Walls That Speak, in Aquí pg. 15_Staff, Chicago, IL
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00-00-01 Oak Park Leaves_Artists Respond to Terrorism, Diversions pg. B3_Robert Loerzel, Oak Park, IL 10-24-01 Wednesday Journal_A Helping Heritage, pg. 59_Staff, River Forest, IL 10-17-01 Oak Park Leaves_Artists remember Lost Ones, Diversions pg. B9_Steve Shay, Oak Park, IL 10-12-01 The Reader_Remembrance Show pg. 4 of the Guide_Deanna Isaacs, Chicago, IL 10-09-02 Chicago Tribune_Sigler’s vision continues with friends’ work, Sect.8, pg.3_Barbara Brotman, Chicago, IL 10-02-01 Daily Southtown_Artistic Healing front pg. of Living Sect_Elizabeth Kaufman, Chicago, IL 09-28-01 Press Publications_Mind Body and Soul, front page of Spotlight, pg. 26_Trish Brockman, Oak Brook, IL 08-20-01 El Otro_Mario Castillo, Past & Present_Erasmo Salgado, Chicago, IL 07-31-01 Daily Southtown_In Living Color; for Mario Castillo, Art is a tool for reflecting culture, social change, front page of Living section & pg. D8_Elizabeth Kaufman, Chicago, IL. 11-20-00 Hispanic Outlook In Higher Education_Strong Latino Presence at Columbia college Chicago A Great Source Of Talent for Arts Entertainment_ Marilyn Gilroy, Paramus, N.J. 11-13-00 The Chronicle_Columbia Observes Day of the Dead_R. Ryzewski, Chicago, IL 12-10-98 Lawndale News_Prospectus Art Gallery Extends Duration of Exhibit, Staff, Chicago, IL 11-23-98 The Southern Illinoisan_Art Show Explores Diversity, Spirituality_Linda Sickler, Whittington, IL 01-07-98 The Suburban Life_Writing on the Wall -Triton College Students Collaborate to Create the World in a Single Mural_Catey Sullivan, Chicago Area 01-02-98 The Berwyn Life_Writing on the Wall; Entertainment Sec. pg. 7_Catey Sullivan, Cicero, IL 12-31-97 Franklin Park Herald Journal_World Cultures Mural Unveiled pgs.1, 59, 62_Staff, Franklin Park, IL Sum. 97 Triton Today_Mural Course to Celebrate Diversity_Staff, River Grove, IL 11-21-96 Exito!_Art of Iberoamerica Article covers exhibit, pg. 31_Staff, Chicago, IL 10-21-96 The Chronicle_Drawing in Chicago pg. 12_Kimberly Atkins, Chicago, IL 08-14-96 Omaha World Herald_Young Artists Make Their Mark in a Big Way pg. 1_Kiley C. Crue, Omaha, NE 05-06-96 The Chronicle_Mural Artists Break Down Cultural Walls, Christine Lock, Chicago, IL 02-07-96 Extra_Chicago & Mexico to exchange teachers, students_Grisel Y. Acosta, Chicago, IL 12-08-95 Gaceta Universitaria _A Mural Done by CCC & U of G Students is Inaugurated, pg. 6, Margarita Alegra, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico 12-02-95 Antorcha_Two Murals are inaugurated at La Cienega Campus pg. 13_Staff, La Barca, Jalisco, Mexico 11-02-95 Chicago Tribune_The Art of Rapid Transit Tempo Sect. Pgs.1 & 2_M.W. Newman, Chicago, IL 09-21-95 La Raza_Latino Diversity pg. 39_Staff, Chicago, IL 09-20-95 Pioneer Press_Words, Images, Celebrate Latino Culture pg. 83_Myrna Petlicki, Oak Park, IL 09-14-95 Brighton Park Life_Latino Exhibit at Columbia_Staff, Chicago, IL 09-06-95 River Grove Messenger_Hispanic Art in Perspective pg. B5 & B10_Myrna Petlicki, River Grove, IL 09-06-95 Westchester Herald_”Hispanic Art in Perspective”_Myrna Petlicki, Westchester, IL 09-06-95 Franklin Park Herald_“Hispanic Art in Perspective”_Myrna Petlicki, Franklin Park, IL 09-06-95 Elm Leaves_“Hispanic Art in Perspective”_Myrna Petlicki, Elmwood Park, IL 09-06-95 River Forest _“Hispanic Art in Perspective”_Myrna Petlicki, River Forest, IL 09-06-95 Melrose Park Herald_“Hispanic Art in Perspective”_Myrna Petlicki, Melrose Park, IL 09-06-95 Maywood Herald_“Hispanic Art in Perspective”_Myrna Petlicki, Maywood, IL 09-06-95 Oak Leaves_“Hispanic Art in Perspective”_Myrna Petlicki, Oak Park, IL Sept. 95 The Melrose Parker._“Ancient Art” Staff, Melrose Park, IL 09-01-95 West Suburban Post_“Latino Art is Focus of Triton Exhibit” Staff, Chicago Area 12-18-94 Sun-Times Sp. Sup_“Arqueologia de La Mente-Un Arte” pg. 10_Leticia Espinosa, Chicago, IL 11-03-94 Journal Courier_“Vision & Revision”_Staff, Jacksonville, IL 09-01-94 Pioneer Press_“Magic Realism Bewitches Lake County Art”_Michael Bonesteel, Glenview, IL 05-16-94 Chronicle_“Latino Art Bridges Cultures”, pg. 7_S. Kirstak, Chicago, IL 05-05-94 Extra_“Chicago Celebrates Strength of Latino Culture” pg. 30 & 22_Ibis Antiongiori, Chicago, IL 05-05-94 Logan Square/ Bucktown Extra_”Chicago Celebrates Strength of Latino Culture”_Ibis Antiongiori, Chicago, IL 10-21-93 Extra_“Art & Energy at Prospectus”_Staff, Chicago, IL 11-08-92 Chicago Tribune, Tempo Northwest_“Mural with a Message” sect. 18-9_Steve Stanek, Chicago, IL 10-20-92 Northwest Herald_“Muralist Brings, Art, Ideas to MCC” sect. C pg. 1_Kurt Begalka, Crystal Lake, IL 10-08-92 MCC Tartan_“Muralist Mario Castillo to Work with Students” pg. 3_Staff, Crystal Lake, IL 10-07-92 he Woodstock Independent_“Muralist Gives Workshop at College” pg. 24_Staff, Woodstock, IL
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10-07-92 The Woodstock Independent_“The Art of Mario Castillo at MCC Gallery” pg. 7_Staff, Woodstock, IL 12-24-91 Lawndale News_“Castillo: Painter Has Layers of Talent & Images” pg. 5_Staff, Chicago, IL 11-08-91 El Observador_“Mario Castillo” pg. 4_Efren Beltran, Chicago, IL 11-01-91 La Raza_“Hispanic Gallery Opens” pg. 31_Staff, Chicago, IL 10-24-91 Lawndale News_“Castillo Exhibit Opens Innovative Local Gallery” pg. 3_Olga Herrera, Chicago, IL 04-28-91 The Chieftain_“Hands, Feet, Eyes Lead Viewers to Artist’s Mind” p. 3D_Lyman Pitman, Pueblo, CO 12-08-89 LA Times_“Ancient Art Inspires a Modern Man” pg. F21_“Sebastian Rotella, Los Angeles, CA 07-06-89 LA Opinion_“Mario Castillo’s Artistic Exhibit” pg. 2_Nicolas Avila, Los Angeles, CA Sept. 89 Universal USA_“M. Castillo, Great Mexican-American Artist” pgs. 20, 21_P. Martinez, Huntington Park, CA 09-25-88 UCLA Calendar_”Artists’ Workshop Concentrates on Developing Silkscreen Prints”_Staff, Los Angeles, CA Nov. ‘85 ECF Reaching In_“Mario Castillo: Art Center Instructor” pgs. 11-14_Staff, Los Angeles, CA 03-10-83 La Opinión_”Homage to Mario Enrique” in Candilejas Sec._Othón Castillo, Los Angeles, CA 12-31-82 LA Opinión_“Castillo: An Artist in Search of His Ancient Roots” pg. 9_F. Rodríguez, Los Angeles, CA 11-04-81 UICC News_”Artists, Architects & Neighborhood Planners Working Together”_ Ron Wawrzon, Chicago, IL 11-18-79 LA Opinion Sunday Magazine_“An Exponent of the Chicano Movement”_Manuel Corro, Los Angeles, CA 08-23-70 Chicago Sun Times_”Brotherhood” Midwest Magazine pg. 39...... Staff, Chicago, IL 09-05-68 Lawndale News_”Dedicate a Spot of Greenery” pg. 2_Staff, Chicago, IL April ‘65 Illinois Bell News_“Mario Castillo, New American” pgs. 12-13_Staff, Chicago, IL
Other Publications______Book (B) _ Magazine (M) _ Catalog (C) _ Report (R) _ Portfolio (F) _ Postcard (P) _ Video (V) _ Internet (I )
2012 (I ) Castillo’s mural appears on a 1978 article “Recent Raza Murals in the U.S.” under Murals-Radical America at: http://www.scribd.com/doc/40427922/Radical-America-Vol-12-No-2-1978-March-April 2011 (V) Two of Castillo’s “4 Butterflies” experimental films done for Morton Subotnick’s electronic works of the same name were published in a DVD format, New York, NY: Mode Records, c2011 2011 (I ) Castillo appears on “Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies”, published by U of CA Regents (see top of pg. 106) 2011 (I ) Castillo’s print for UCLA’s CARA exposition is published by U of C at Santa Barbara in their California Ethnic & Multicultural archives 2011 (I ) Mario Castillo appears documented in Washington State Community College’s Chicano Art List 2011 (P) Chicago Gallery News for a Prospects Gallery group show mentions Mario Castillo as a “Chicago Master” 2011 (B) Oxford University publishes Mario Castillo’s artwork on cover of The Course of Mexican History 2010 (I ) Chicago’s Experimental Sound Studio references Castillo’s Electronic Music tapes (old tapes from the 1970’s) 2009 (M) Café magazine publishes a 2 page article with color photos on Mario Castillo: DNA Art pg. 24, April, 2009 2009 (B) ’’Peace & Dignity’’ Castillo’s work is used in Marc Zimmerman’s book - Bringing Aztlan to Mexican Chicago, 3 Castillo’s photos are used but credit does not appear for author did not know who was the photographer 2008 (B) Monologue on Jeff Abbey Maldonado, Castillo writes introduction for this up-coming book. 2008 (I ) Common Ground: Día de los Muertos 3 page PDF includes Castillo’s art; published by Arceo Press, Chicago, IL 2008 (B) Image of one of Castillo’s painting will appear in APERTURAS: La cultura latinoamericana en su formación, by Elizabeth Coonrod Martinez, Ph.D., to be Publisher by Boston: Focus Publishing (unfinished & forthcoming). 2007 (F) Mario Castillo’s print appears in portfolio “Struggle & Identity” published The University of Notre Dame’s ILS. 2007 (R) Mario Castillo’s work appears in A Chronology of Latin American and Latino Art in the Midwest United States, published as a booklet & also on the Internet by the Institute for Latino Studies, University of Notre Dame 2007 (B) “Guide to Chicago’s Murals” page 136 gives credit to Castillo for the first Mexican American Mural in Chicago th 2006 (M) Cromos in Honduras mentions Castillo at Columbia with 7 floor W-Bldg. mural, July 2006 pg. 86 2006 (M) Echo “The Art of the Matter” – pg. 54 “A Passion for Painting” …by CCC student, Marlene Mora 2005 (M) Arena Cultural; Castillo appears in September issue page 16, published by La Raza newspaper, Chicago, IL 2004 (B) Museum Studies by Bettina Messias Carbonell mentions Castillo’s Van Gogh Ofrenda at MFACM page 534. 2003 (R) Columbia College Chicago President’s Report – “The Muralist” Page 16, features Mario Castillo 2003 (I ) University of TX at Houston: Castillo appears in Nicolas Kanellos’ Hispanic America: The Last 100 Years 2003 (I ) Arizona State University publishes essay by Castillo on their Web site dedicated to Chicano Art. 2003 (B) Oral History Volume 4 Columbia Collage Chicago; Castillo is in pgs. 645 thru 654, L. Silverstein, Chicago, IL 2002 (B) Contemporary Chicana & Chicano Art published by ASU’s Bilingual Press, Tempe, AZ; pgs. 120 & 121 2002 (M) Where: Chicago pg. 20, Nelly Kurtin writes “Community Canvas”, covering Castillo’s mural at MFACM 21 Page 21 Other Publications (continued) Book (B) _ Magazine (M) _ Catalog (C) _ Report (R) _ Portfolio (F) _ Postcard (P) _ Video (V) _ Internet (I )
2001 (B) Images of America: Mexican Chicago Rita A. Jirasek & Carlos Tortolero, 3rd color photo: Castillo mural 2000 (B) Urban Art Chicago by Olivia Gude & Jeff Huebner: published by Ivan R. Dee, Castillo’s pioneer mural work 2000 (M) Acento publishes article and photo of newly formed artist’s group “ATL” at the IMCE Gallery 2000 (B) Horizon’s End published by Library of Photography includes Castillo’s color photography 1999 (B) Exploring Colored Pencil by Sandra Angelo, published by Davis Publications, Worcester, MA includes Castillo’s artwork 1998 (M) Federación de Club Zacatecanos pg. 44 shows Castillo’s paintings at Prospectus Gallery group exhibit 1998 (B) Towards A People’s Art by E & J Cockcroft and J. Weber – 2nd edition 1998 (B) Topics from the Restless part II uses Castillo’s painting “The Separation of the Praying Masses” on its cover – book for college reading skills 1998 (R) The World Cultures Mural: A Celebration of Cultural Diversity by Sylvia Solórzano given in Denver, Colorado at the 11th Annual National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education 1997 (C) Making History-The Art of Collecting; The MFACM publishes “Naguales Huicholes” as part of exhibition 1996 (C) The Bronx Museum of the Arts includes Castillo in its permanent collection catalogue 1995 (M) The Living Museum magazine vol. 57 #3, mentions Castillo in article “Healing Walls” Murals and Community” by Judith Burson Lloyd. On page 46 Castillo is given credit for pioneer mural work 1995 (M) Art Nexus “Archeology of the Mind” pg. 136 article/review by Ilana Vardy appears in international art magazine, from South America 1995 (C) Latino Diversity catalog for exhibit of same name at CCC, makes use of Castillo’s essay on Latino Art 1995 (C) NIAA catalog on Latino Art; Northern Indiana Arts Association publishes Castillo’s essay on Latino Art 1994 (B) Children’s book published by LAMA in Chicago uses Castillo’s artwork 1993 (C) Chicago International Art Exposition pg. 90 reproduces “Illusion Is Like a Lightning Bolt” with Prospectus Gallery exhibit 1993 (B) Ancient Mexico by M. Bartok & C. Ronan – Mural on pg. 23, credits inside of front and back cover 1992 (C) Chicago Latino pg. 7 – published by 369 Gallery in Edinburgh, Scotland in connection with exhibition by same name 1991 (C) CARA: Chicano Art – Resistance and Affirmation – pgs. 276 and 346 1990 (C) Dia de los Muertos by the Mexican Fine Arts Museum – pgs. 61 and 73 1989 (C) Sacred Symbols / New Vision catalog fig. 5 – Riverside Art Museum 1989 (M) Angeles pg. 125 – Announcement of solo show at Orlando Gallery in Sherman Oaks, CA 1989 (M) Valley Magazine –(December) Announces artwork by Castillo at Orlando Gallery in Sherman Oaks, CA 1987 (C) The Barrio Murals--“Mario Castillo” pgs. 1, 14&15 by Rene H. Arceo, Chicago, IL 1984 (B) The Community Murals The People’s Art by Alan Barnett pgs. 68-70, 89, & 205 1984 (B) A History & Appreciation of Chicano Art by Jacinto Quirarte - pgs. 21, 256, 257, 263, and 265 published by U of T, San Antonio, TX 1980 (B) Care Studies in Visual Imagery vol. 6 by Klaus Witz – pgs. 2, 6, 47, and 51 – Committee on Culture & Cognition, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana 1979 (C) Guide to Chicago Murals; Yesterday & Today by the Chicago Council of Fine Arts – pgs. 21 and 27 1979 (M) Plural by Mexico City’s Excelsior Sept. Issue vol. VII #96 – pg. 3 1978 (M) Murals Radical America vol. 12, #2, pgs. 15, 19, and 20 under “Recent Raza Murals” in the U.S. by T. Drescher & R. Garcia 1978 (B) Canto al Pueblo – An Anthology – by Corpus Christi TX Sate University, 2 photographs and 2 ink drawings – pgs. 1, 19, 27, and 92 1978 (B) Recuerdos y Sentimientos – book of poems by Marilu Castillo Gonzalez illustrated by Mario Castillo 1977 (B) Towards a People’s Art – by E & J Cockcroft and J. Weber pgs. 47, 49, 251, and 252 1976 (M) Revista Chicano - Riqueña by Indiana University Northwest – Barrio Murals in Chicago by Victor Sorell – pgs. 60, 61 & 62 plus front cover uses 3 details from Castillo’s murals in a photomontage by J. Gonzalez 1976 (M) ABRAZO by MARCH (Movimiento Artistico Chicano) – artwork appears on pgs. 9 and 30 plus back cover 1975 (M) Chicano-Riqueña by Indiana University Northwest, art appears on front cover &pgs. 2, 11 & 21 1974 (C) Chicago History pg. 32 includes photograph of Castillo’s mural 1973 (M) Art News (October) pg. 42 under article by Paul Gardner on Cal Arts, mentions Castillo’s art pieces and figure drawing for animation class 1973 (B) Mural Manual by M. Rogovin, M. Burton and H. Highfill uses details of mural for front cover and pgs. 26, 29, and 116 22 Page 22
Biographical Accounts______
2015 Who’s Who in America - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 2013 Who’s Who in American Art - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 2013 Who’s Who in America - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 2012 Who’s Who in American Art - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 2012 Who’s Who in America - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 2011 Madison Who’s Who - Madison Who’s Who - Long Island City, NY 2011 Who’s Who in America - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 2011 Who’s Who in American Art - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 2010 Who’s Who in America - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 2009 Who’s Who in America - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 2009 Who’s Who in Fine Arts Higher Education; (invited to send Bio but never had a chance before deadline) 2009 Who’s Who in American Art - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 2008 Who’s Who in the World - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 2008 Who’s Who in America - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 2008 Who’s Who in American Art - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 2007 Who’s Who in American Education - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 2007 Who’s Who in America 61th Edition - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 2006 Madison Who’s Who - Madison Who’s Who - Long Island City, NY 2006 Who’s Who in America 60th Edition - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 2006 Who’s Who in the World 23rd Edition - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 2006 Who’s Who in American Education - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 2005 National Register’s Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals - NRWWEP - West Islip, NY 2005 Who’s Who in the World 22nd Edition - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 2005 Who’s Who among America’s Teachers - Educational Communications Inc. - Austin, TX 2005 Who’s Who in America 59th Edition - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 2005 Who's Who in American Art - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 2004 Who’s Who in American Education 6th Edition - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 2004 Nominated for inclusion in the International Visual Artist book for 2004 - IBC, Cambridge, England 2004 Strathmore’s Who’s Who - Strathmore Directories - Westbury, NY 2004 Nominated as International Academic of the Year 2004 - IBC - Cambridge, England 2004 Who’s Who in America 58th Edition - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 2003 Who’s Who in America 57th Edition - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 2003 Who’s Who in the Midwest - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 2002 Who’s Who in the World 19th Edition - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 2002 Who’s Who in America 56th Edition - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 2001 Who’s Who in America 55th Edition - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 2000 Strathmore’s Who’s Who - Strathmore Directories - Westbury, NY 2001 Who’s Who in the World 18th Edition - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 2000 Who’s Who in the World 17th Edition - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 2000 Who’s Who in American Art 23rd Edition - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 2000 Who’s Who in America 54th Edition - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 1999 Strathmore’s Who’s Who - Strathmore Directories - Westbury, NY 1999 Who’s Who in America 53rd Edition - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 1999 Who’s Who in the Midwest 26th Edition - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 1999 Who’s Who in the World 16th Edition - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 1998 Who’s Who in the World 15th Edition - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 1998 Who’s Who in America 52nd Edition - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 1998 2000 Outstanding People of the Century - International Biographical Center - Cambridge, England 1997 Who’s Who in the World 14th Edition - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 1997 Who’s Who in American Art 22nd Edition - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 1997 Who’s Who in American Education 5th Edition - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 1996 Who’s Who in the Midwest 25th Edition - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ
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1996 Adelante the Future is Here; pg. 15 - Nat’l Assoc. Hispanic Journalists - Washington, DC 1996 Who’s Who in the World 13th Edition - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 1995 Who’s Who in American Art - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 1995 Who’s Who in the World 12th Edition - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 1994 Who’s Who in the Midwest, 24th Edition - Marquis Who’s Who - New Providence, NJ 1994 Who’s Who Among Hispanic Americans - International Thomson Pub. Co - Detroit, MI 1993 Who’s Who in American Education, 4th Edition - The National Reference Institute - Wilmette, IL 1987 Who’s Who in the West - Marquis Who’s Who - Wilmette, IL 1986 The International Register of Profiles 9th Edition - International Biographical Center - Cambridge, England 1983 Who’s Who in California - Who’s Who Historical Society - San Clemente, CA
Professional Affiliations______
2011………..….….Member of College Art Association 2010…………...... Member of College Art Association 2004……………….Member of Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum 2003...... Member of College Arts Association of America 1988...... Member of Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art 1987-89...... Member of College Arts Association of America 1987...... Member of American Craft Council 1987...... Member of the Los Angeles County Art Museum 1984-87...... Member of the Association of Hispanic Arts 1974-79...... Member of MARCH (Movimiento Artístico Chicano) based in Chicago, IL 1978-79...... Member of College Arts Association of America 1973-76...... Member of College Arts Association of America
Research______
2011 Chinese Cultural Icons (on going) 2011 Rod Iron Fence Design (on going) 2010 Mexican Walls with a story (not murals, just plain walls) (on going) 2009 Alhambra iconography (on going) 2009 Mexico’s 36 Pueblos Magicos (Magical Towns) (on going) 2008 Impact Craters in Mexico as Landscapes (on going) 2007 Mexican Culture (on going) 2006 Mexican Murals (on going) 1995 Mesoamerican Art (on going) 1976 Siqueiros Polyforum in Mexico City 1976 People’s Art Mural Movement photographic documentation in Los Angeles, CA 1975 Latino Graphics research at the U of I, at Champaign-Urbana
Fieldwork and Photo Essays______
1996 Guadalajara Murals 1990 Taos Pueblo 1976 Culture of Mexican Border Cities 1974 Chicano Mural Movement photographic documentation in Chicago IL 1973 San Xavier del Bac Mission 1973 Mexicali Habitat 1972 Yosemite National Park 1971 Joshua Tree National Park 1971 Southern California Landscape 1970 Los Angeles in Modern Times
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Special training______At Columbia College Castillo has taken workshops and classes in Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator so that he could start using digital media for class assignments.
Languages______Spanish is my native language. This came in handy when Columbia College sent a group of students with Helen Ladron de Guevara and myself to create a mural at the University of Guadalajara, in Jalisco, Mexico.
Selections from Internet Presence______
“Peace Walls & Murals Around the World” (Quote and colored text below is shown as found on this website) http://peace.maripo.com/p_walls.htm “1968 - "Peace" or "Metafisica," Halsted Urban Progress Center, Halsted Street & Cullerton, Pilsen neighborhood, Chicago, Illinois (USA). Mural by Mario Castillo. "Possibly the first outdoor Chicano mural in the USA." "The first anti Viet Nam war mural. When Castillo painted this, he was not aware of Bill Walker's 'Wall of Respect' which was painted in 1967." No longer exists. Nor does Castillo's 1969 mural "The Wall of Brotherhood." /// From Castillo: "I was the first Mexican-American in the USA. to start painting murals for the new public art movement in 1968, I’m in history books related to this movement... At Lane Technical High School in Chicago, I was surrounded by major fresco works & WPA murals. At the time I was also aware of the pre-Columbian frescos of the Maya & Teotihuacanos & the three major Mexican muralists, Los Tres Grandes Rivera, Orozco & Siqueiros. It was not until 1968 when I painted the first Chicano & first anti Viet Nam war mural, 'Peace' or Metafisica, as it came to be known at the Halsted Urban Progress Center, that I painted a mural outdoors. When I painted this, I was not aware of Bill Walker’s Wall of Respect, which he painted in 1967. I simply was basing my stimulus on what I had done in 1964 at Lane Tech & also my Mexican Heritage. Then in 1969 I painted The Wall of Brotherhood at 18th Street and Halsted Street also in Pilsen. This second mural which was about two blocks away from “Peace” was painted by a group of students from different ethnic backgrounds. Because of this & its theme, The Wall of Brotherhood became the first multicultural mural of the new movement. Both of these murals paid homage to pre-Colombian cultures...”
Hunter College of The City University of New York has a PDF archive on line on Mexican American Exterior Murals and on page 411, gives credit to Castillo for his pioneer work: http://www.geo.hunter.cuny.edu/courses/geog347/articles/mexican_murals.pdf
UCLA Chicano Studies Center Archive: Reference Castillo’s correspondence and the CARA Papers regarding Muralism & the UCLA National Silkscreen Atelier. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt2x0nc5z0/dsc/#c01-1.2.8.2
Getty Conservation Institute: John Weber’s essay on Pg. 8 of this PDF mentions Castillo’s pioneer mural work: http://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications_resources/pdf_publications/pdf/weber.pdf Politics and Practice of Community Public Art: “In 1968 in Pilsen, Mario Castillo painted what was possibly the first outdoor Chicano mural in the country, a lively abstraction entitled Peace. The following year he painted The Wall of Brotherhood on the side of a local bank.”
Arizona State University’s Hispanic Research Center publishes Castillo’s essay on Chicano Art: http://www.latinoartcommunity.org/community/ChicArt/ArtistDir/MarCas.html
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, International Center for the Arts of the Americas: Documents of 20th-century Latin American and Latino Art http://icaadocs.mfah.org/icaadocs/THEARCHIVE/FullRecord/tabid/88/doc/1063621/language/en-US/Default.aspx The MFAH publishes Castillo’s Artists Statement along with other documents on their Digital Archive web site.
"Decoding the Essence of Mexican Art in Chicago, Illinois" http://www.openplac.es/trips/national-museum-of-mexican-art-in-chicago-il Tyler Case says: "- Castillo's The Ancient Memories of the Mayahuel's People Still Breathe, a work of universal depth and clarity.”
“Jose Gamaliel Gonzalez”: by Antonio Zavala, second column, second paragraph, states that Castillo was one of the well known artists from the “MARCH” period: http://issuu.com/contratiempo/docs/contratiempo_issuu80_dec2010
2 The Cliff Dwellers Gallery: http://cliff-chicago.org/gallery/ Castillo’s sculptural assemblage done for “9-11” is included in the group of four sculptures at the bottom of page; click on image to see it large.
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ICAA Documents Project Working Papers: The Publication Series for Documents of 20th-Century Latin American and Latino Art http://icaadocs.mfah.org/icaadocs/Portals/0/WorkingPapers/No1/ICAA%20Working%20Papers%201%20%28September%2020 07%29.pdf Castillo is mentioned several times in this 33 page PDF from the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.
“Mural Painters - History of Painters”: http://www.amillionlives.net/mural-artist-experts-in-wall-art-forms.html Metafisica is a geometrical, conceptual, mural of Mesoamerican themes. It was painted in the year 1968 by Mario Castillo and the neighboring youths in Chicago.
The Celebrity Front Page: http://www.thecelebrityfrontpage.com/MexMuseumOct182012.html Web page showcasing the National Museum of Mexican Art display Castillo’s Mayahuel mural in Mexicanidad exhibit.
Ruben Aguirre, Columbia alumni, creates a page on “The Shiftchange” for 5 Castillo paintings with an introduction stating: My former professor and friend Mario Castillo had an open studio showing of some older, and newer works on the good 'ol Eastside of Chicago. He really is one of my favorite artists. These acrylic paintings are phenomenal. So many layers! See more at www.mariocastillo.net.
Internet Archive in San Francisco is a non-profit digital library: see "Community murals : the people's art" at: http://www.archive.org/stream/communitymuralsp00barnrich/communitymuralsp00barnrich_djvu.txt It mentions Castillo several times regarding the 1960’s mural movement.
The Encyclopedia of Chicago under Art mentions Castillo as one of the pioneers of the mural movement: http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/72.html
The Chicago Athenaeum at Schaumburg showcases six of Castillo’s works from the MIRA exhibit: http://www.uturn.org/marton/mira/Mira.html
A Guide to Chicago’s murals on page 136 points out that Castillo was the first Mexican American muralist in Chicago: http://books.google.com/books?id=vRorm3_yIbsC&pg=RA1-PA136&lpg=RA1- PA136&dq=Mario+Castillo,+mural&source=bl&ots=x6Kd-flzAj&sig=dikfU2b_5iwe1kAHKCiGF4mhRDw&hl=en&ei=TJAISvzENYq- M76n1eEE&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3#v=onepage&q=Mario%20Castillo%2C%20mural&f=false
Footnotes – Oak Park Public Library, in Rene Arceo’s website, mentions Castillo’s exhibition at the Lindsey Gallery: titled “The Nagual’s World” ………. http://www.arceoart.us/bibliography/deborah_price.htm
On “Flicker” the Mayahuel mural is noted by Richie Diesterheft: https://www.flickr.com/photos/puroticorico/558722765/in/photostream/
McHenry County College showcases Castillo’s lecture on Murals in Spanish Immersion Night (first after pink text) http://www.mchenry.edu/Faculty/ebill/sin/
Concordia University at the Elizabeth Ferguson Gallery Chicago Artists Interpret Shakespeare shows Castillo’s art on invitation https://www.facebook.com/220783821396512/photos/ms.c.eJwtzMENADEIA8GOTtgmEPpv7EiC~;BpZWhIyQdsAen5sA1ptc65x 7GMVnyl4ZFTFeMV1YlydcIXp~_c47Or~_DpwffP0tLGTI~- .bps.a.220900791384815.1073741830.220783821396512/221303138011247/?type=1&theater
Castillo reviews Michele Tuohey’s paintings in her website below: http://www.micheletuohey.com/castillo.html
Chicago’s Art Districts’ website showcases five of Castillo’s digital works http://www.chicagoartsdistrict.org/artists_detail.asp?artistid=109
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Closing Commentaries______
Destiny took Castillo to SAIC and Cal Arts to uncover truths concerning art and its status quo dictums about what is acceptable as high art. This gave him a new perspective on his work and enlightened a path that he had been close to since his first Latino murals in Chicago in the mid 60’s. Using the established idioms of art, he chose to work with his identity as it applies to being a human being on this planet and also as it applies to his cultural heritage.
When the Chicago Historical Society offered Castillo a commission for a mural to represent the Mexican culture in Chicago, he could not have been more ready. He wanted to showcase the mystical marvels of the ancient Mexican civilizations. Thus, the “Mayahuel” mural came about. This work deals with a theme of universal appeal while at the same time Castillo wanted to do a work that would create awe in the eyes of school children visiting the museum (hence the “glowing skulls).
On the 4th of July 2001, Castillo wrote a manifesto of liberation from his signature style and opening the space for him to do work in any style and medium of his choosing. In the 1960’s Public Art Movement in Chicago he was a pioneer of this new mural renaissance. Because of this, his 2006 Mayahuel mural validates his interest on doing art for the general public. The people below are not art critics, but they have been able to express their feelings about how this mural affected them.
Castillo is well aware that the Mayahuel mural is not considered “High Art” by most people in the cultural mainstream. In spite of this, the link below demonstrates how one viewer was attracted to what is considered one of Castillo’s major works.
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In “My So-Called Life as an Academic” (link above), Alex Terrana writes about the Mayahuel mural. This is an excerpt:
“Whenever I go to the NMMA, I have to visit my favorite painting. It is in the resident collection, and is a large piece that takes up one of the entire walls in the entrance corridor of the exhibit. I have sat in front of this painting for hours, on numerous occasions. On this day, I was only visiting, but being that I randomly think about this painting often in life, I thought it relevant to highlight even though it was not the purpose for my trip to the museum. ………… Whether you know anything about art, or anything about Mexican history is irrelevant when it comes to this painting. It is powerful and peaceful; vibrant and soothing; thoughtful and aggressive. I love it! “
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Castillo received various Emails about this mural. Here are another viewer’s remarks:
Two Email excerpts from Mr. John Hite to Castillo
Re: Mural at National Museum of Mexican Art On 9/6/2007 11:09 AM, John Hite wrote: Hola Sr. Mario Castillo:
I have been admiring your mural at the National Museum of Mexican Art for the past couple of years. ………….
I have found this piece of artwork to be the most captivating that I have seen. There is so much going on in this mural that all I can do is say wow, this is really something. ………….
I feel so close to the subject matter………... Anyway I am still experiencing discoveries in your mural. ………….
Hasta entonces, John Hite ______
On 9/10/2007 1:17 PM, John Hite wrote:
Hola Mario:
Mario, thanks again for responding to my email. Learning more about your mural is very important to me. It is the one work of art that has awoken the spirits in me. It is kind of like the past present and future. …………..
Mil gracias John >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mr. Hite expressed to Castillo that through the years, he had been to see and study the mural more than 14 times.
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