Vincnet Castiglia's Page

First Name

Vincent

Last Name

Castiglia

Age

25-34

Which of the following best describe you?

Painter, Professional Creative

How often are you the first among your friends to try something new?

All the time

What do you want people to know most about you?

Vincent Castiglia: Existential Visionary Artist


Castiglia's paintings are monochromatic tableaux examining life, death, and the human condition. While many surrealists cite fantasy or dreams as their inspiration, Castiglia’s canvases are connected to a life story which is highly allegorical.

The archetypal figures in Castiglia’s work embody the inevitable finitude of human existence. The viewer is presented with the symbiosis of birth and death. The images themselves, as he sees them, form as crystallizations of his experiences, freed from the psyche.

Castiglia is the 1st American artist to receive a solo exhibition invitation from Oscar Award-winning artist H.R. Giger in the history of the H. R. Giger Museum Gallery. The exquisite museum, located in the Château St. Germain (Gruyeres, Switzerland), furnished a cordial reception for Castiglia’s inaugural body of work, Remedy for the Living. Remedy for the Living, the 1st solo exhibition of paintings by Vincent Castiglia opened on November 1st 2008 and ran for 6 months, closing in April of 2009.

His work hangs in many distinguished international collections; one of his most celebrated works of 2006, “Gravity” was recently acquired by Rock legend Gregg Allman.

Castiglia’s works on paper have been exhibited at museums and galleries in the US, Switzerland and England, including in the 2006 group exhibition of the Society for Art of Imagination at The HR Giger Museum Gallery, Switzerland, Last Rites Gallery (New York) The Museum of Sex (New York), The Mall Gallery (London, England) Canvas Los Angeles (Los Angeles California), Fuse Gallery (New York), Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center (Ft. Myers, Florida), Art @ Large Gallery (New York) Gallery Lombardi (Austin Texas), L’imagerie Gallery (Hollywood, California), C-Pop Gallery (Detroit, Michigan), Shooting Gallery (San Francisco, CA), Seed Gallery (Newark, New Jersey) and The 7th Annual Dirty Show (Detroit, Michigan), The Congregation Gallery (Hollywood, California), . It was in a group show at the Ludlow Gallery in NYC that Castiglia’s work received its first violent compliment, having the art stolen right from gallery wall.

The art of Vincent Castiglia has been featured on New York 1 News as well as the television series, “Miami Ink”. His work has been explored by numerous art and culture, and media publications, both in the US and internationally, including the New York Post, and the recently released, Lexikon Der Phantastischen Künstler “THE INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FANTASTIC, SURREALISTIC, SYMBOLIST, & VISIONARY ARTISTS”.

Castiglia lives and works in New York City, and is a member of The Society for Art of Imagination.

What is your website address?

http://www.Vincent Castiglia.com

What is your Twitter screen name? - include@ - ex. @bklynartprjct

www.myspace.com/vincentcastiglia

How did you hear about Brooklyn Art Project?

Samantha Levin