User:Liset Castillo/sandbox

Liset Castillo is a Cuban Sculptor and Photographer. She was born in 1974, in Camaguey, Cuba and lives and work between Brooklyn, New York and Amsterdam ,the Netherlands.

For the past 15 years, Castillo has consistently devised complex models that she constructs out of sand and then photographed them in her studio. Castillo has intensively shown in the US and Europe. Among her most significant exhibitions are “ Shutter: Photography and Film from the CINTAS Foundation Fellows Collection at the Miami Dade College’siconic Freedom Tower, the 10Th and 8th Havana Biennials, “ About the Right of Being Different: The Art of Diversity and Inclusion at Progressive  Art Collection” at The Maltz Museum of  Jewish Heritage. Beachwood, Ohio, US. " The Edge of Intent "at the Museum of Contemporary Photography, MoCP, Chicago,   “ Sand ” Memory, Meaning and Metaphor at  The Parrish Art Museum in The Hamptons, New York,Via Simbolica ” at St. Mary’s College, Maryland. Curated by Sarah Tanguy.“ Paradiso Terrestre” Bonelli Lab Gallery, Canneto S/O.( MN) Italy,“ Itinerarios ” at the  Marcelino Botin Foundation, Santander, Spain, “ Infinite Island. Contemporary Caribbean Art” at the Brooklyn Museum of Art in NY, El Barrio Museum  X- Files Biennial, New York, “ Pain is Universal but so is Hope” at  Black & White Gallery, New York., “ Stumbling Towards Paradise” at  ( UCR ) California Museum of Photography, Riverside ,  8th Havana Biennial,  “ Poskort fra Kuba” at the Henie Onstad Kunstcenter in Oslo, Norway.

Castillo is the recipient of numerous fellowships including one from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, one from The Cintas Foundation, one from The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, and another from The Marcelino Botin Foundation. Her work has been collected by numerous Museums and private Collections including The National Gallery of Washington DC, The Museum of Contemporary Photography, MoCP, Chicago, the Marcelino Botin Foundation Collection, The Progressive Art Collection, West Collection,  The Frost Art Museum at Miami International University, ( Cintas Collection), Graphicstudio Collection, University South Florida, Tampa, The  Museum of Fine Arts, St Petersburg, Florida, among others.

ARTISTIC EDUCATION 2000-2002 de Ateliers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 1993-1998      Higher Institute of Art, (ISA) Havana, Cuba. 1989-1993     Professional Art School, Camaguey, Cuba. 1986-1989     Vocational Art School, Luis Casas Romero, Camaguey, Cuba.

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS 2013 “Pulse Art Fair”, Galeria Habana, New York. 2012 VIP Art Fair, Luis Adelantado Gallery,( Valencia, Mexico City ). New York The Affordable Art Fair, Edition of “ Mouth ”, Booth ArtStar New York. SHUTTER:Photography and film from the CINTAS Foundation Fellows Collection, Miami Dade College’s Iconic Freedom Tower, Miami, FL. “ HB, 11th Havana Biennial, Pabexpo, Cuba. “ The Cuban Art Collection”, ArtStar Online Gallery, Curated by Liz Edimitt and Claudia Miyar. 2011 “ About the Right of Being Different”: The Art of Diversity and Inclusion at Progressive  Art Collection” .Maltz Museum of  Jewish Heritage. Beachwood, Ohio. USA “ The Latinomerican Evolution”, L-M-N-T Gallery, Miami. “ Arte Americas”, L-M-N-T Gallery. Convention Center, Miami. “ Human Studies ”, L-M-N-T Gallery, Miami. 2010              “ The No Place”, BRIC Arts Media Brooklyn, New York, Rotunda Gallery. Curated by Elizabeth Ferrer. 2009               10th Havana Biennial," Integration and Resistance in the Global Age", Havana. " The Edge of Intent ", Museum of Contemporary Photography,MoCP, Chicago,USA “ LatinoLatino” Arte Contemporanea Latino Americano, Trip, Napoli, Lamarque Museum, Pallazo della Vicaria, San Francesco in Trapani. Italy. Curated by   Raffaella Guidobono. 2008 “ Sand ” Memory,Meaning and Metaphor, The Parrish Art Museum, The Hamptons. “ Via Simbolica”, St. Mary’s College, Maryland. Curated by Sarah Tanguy. Bonelli Arte Contemporanea Gallery, Mantova “ De-Construct” Hof & Huyser Gallery, Amsterdam. “ Itinerarios” Marcelino Botin Foundation, Santander, Spain. Arte Fiera Art Fair, Bologna. Gallery Bonelli Arte contemporanea. -Art Rotterdam 2008, Rotterdam. Hof & Huyser Gallery, The Netherlands. -MIART 2008, Milan, Italy. Gallery Bonelli Arte Contemporanea. - Chicago Art Fair 2008, Black and white Art Gallery, Chicago, USA -Art Miami 2008, Black & White Art Gallery, Miami, USA - MACO Art Fair2008, Luis Adelantado Gallery, Mexico. 2007             “ Infinite Island: Contemporary Caribbean Art”, Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY. El Barrio Museum X- Files Biennial, New York 2006 Paris Photo 2006, Paris,France The Sanctuary and the Scrum, Curated by David Hunt, Black & White Gallery,NY Grand Oppening, “ Presente Perfecto” Volitant Gallery, Austin, Texas. 2005              Black & White Gallery, New York,USA Latinoamerican Artists at Graphicstudio, Prints and Multiples,Tampa Bay Art Festival, Tampa, USA Omni Art Miami III, Miami, Florida. May Open Studios at the International Studio and Curatorial Program ( ISCP ).New York L’Arte Il Torchio 2005.Art and the Printing Press.Cremona, Italy. Scope Art FairThe Hamptons, Black & White Art Gallery,New York 2004 “Landings” 1st Edition, Conkal Arte Contemporaneo/ CAC. Ex Convent of Conkal, Conkal, Yucatan, Mexico. Poskort fra Cuba. Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway. 2003              8th Havana Biennial, Art and Life, Militar Park, La  Cabana,Havana, Cuba. Lost Territories, Schröder Galerie, Den Haag, The Netherlands. Havana Voorbij de Cliches, Pictura, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 2002             Introducing the Contemporary Collection:The Artist as Guide. Mackey Gallery. Museum of Fine Arts, St Petersburg, Florida, USA. 2000              From the Negative. Part Arts Gallery, Minneapolis, USA. From the Negative,. Museum of North Dakota, North Dakota , USA. SELECTED SOLO SHOWS 2010 “ Human Studies” L-M-N-T Gallery, Miami. 2008             Liset Castillo-Inti Hernandez. Bonelli Arte Contemporanea, Mantova,Italy. 2007             “ Pain is Universal but so is Hope”, Black & White Gallery , New York. “ ELOI:Stumbling Towards Paradise” UCR California Museum of Photography, Riverside, 2006 Liset Castillo. “ Western Civilization” A Contemporaneamente, Milan,Italy. “ Western Civilization”, Luis Adelantado Gallery, Miami.

2004             “Departure Point”, Galerie Refugium, Berlin, Germany. 2002              “Liquid City”, De Ateliers , Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 2000             Estampa es Tampa, Servando Cabrera Moreno Gallery, ( Collaborative project with Ludwig Foundation from Cuba and Graphicstudio (University South  Florida, USF, USA).  Ibrahim Miranda -Liset Castillo. Presentation at Graphicstudio (Work in  Progress and Art Lecture) , University South Florida (USF), Tampa, Florida, USA.  1999                                                                                                                               “Cosas del Querer”, Wifredo Lam Center for Contemporary Art, Havana, Cuba.   FELLOWSHIPS , ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, AWARDS 2010             Production Grant, The Netherlands Foundation for the Arts, Design and  Architecture, Amsterdam, The Netherlands  2009              Production Grant, The Netherlands Foundation for the Arts, Design and  Architecture, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Mondriaan Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 2008 Basissubsidies, The Netherlands Foundation for the Arts, Design and The Pollock-Krasner Fellowship. 2006-2007    Marcelino Botin Fellowship, Santander, Spain 2005 International Studio and Curatorial Program ( ISCP ), New York, USA. 2004 Guggenheim Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, New York, USA. 2003              Mondriaan Stichting, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Cintas Fellowship, Institute of International Education, New York. 2000 De Ateliers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Graphicstudio, University South Florida, Tampa, Florida,USA. 2001 Djerassi Resident Artist Programm, Woodside, San Francisco, California, USA. PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS The Progressive Art Collection, USA. The Museum of Contemporary Photography, MoCP, Chicago, USA. Marcelino Botin Foundation Collection. Progressive Collection, USA. West Collection, Philadelfia,USA. Lippes Collection, USA. Frost Art Museum at Miami International University, ( Cintas Collection), Miami, Florida, USA. FMO Bank Kunst Collectie, Den Haag, The Netherlands Polk Museum of Art. ( Permanent Collection). Lakeland, Florida,USA. Allen & Overy Collection, Apollo House , Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Museum of Fine Arts, St Petersburg, Florida, USA. Djerassi Foundation, Woodside, Ca, USA. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA. Graphicstudio Collection, University South Florida, Tampa, USA.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -Catalogue: HB Pabexpo Arte Cubano Contemporaneo,2012. -Miami Art Guide, feb 9, 2011. Liset Castillo “ Human Studies ” by Matt Balmaseda, 2011. -Art Districts. December 2010_January 2011. In His Element…..By Bianca Decker. pages 34,35. -Arte Al Dia Internacional, by Julia Hertzberg on the 10th Havana Biennial. 2009 -The New York Times, Friday, Juyly 11, 2008 -Sand at The Parrish Art Museum by Libby.July 15, 2008. -Sand: Memory Meaning and Metaphor. The Parrish Art Museum. 2008 -Via Simbolica Catalogue by Sarah Tanguy,2008. - Catalogue " Integration and Resistance in the Global Age", 10th Havana Biennial, 2009. - “ Infinite Island ”. Catalogue, Brooklyn Museum of Art. 2007 -X-Files Biennial, Catalogue, El Barrio Museum, New York. 2007 -Interior Design Aug 2007.Edited By Meghan Edwards. UPDATE - Art Nexus, December 2007. Liset Castillo by Mary Schneider Enriquez. Pages 175,176. -The New York Times. Friday, September 21,2007.Page E27. By Benjamin Genocchio. -Art News, November 2007. By Lamar Clarkson. Reviews,New York. -Art News, December 2006.National Reviews. Liset Castillo at Luis Adelantado Gallery, Miami. By Elisa Turner. -Arte al Dia. Review By Amalia Caputo. November 2006. -Art News, December 2005, Critic’s Pick, by Rachel Somerstein. -The New York Art World, December 2005, By mary Hrbacek. -L’ Arte E IL Torchio 2005. Art and the Printing Press, Cremona, Italy. -Catalogo: Landings, 2004. By Conkal Arte Contemporaneo/CAC. Curator : Joan Duran and texts of Eugenia Montalvan. -Art Nexus, March 2004. 8va Bienal de la Habana. -Art Forum, February issue, 2004. 8th Havana Bienale. By Christian Crattemeyer. -Art Papers, February issue, 2004. By Cay Sophie Rabinowitz. -The Washington Post, Sunday, November 16, 2003; page N01. In Havana, an Air of Possibility By Blake Gopnik. - Catalogo : Bienal De la Habana, 2003. “ El Arte con la Vida” By Antonio Zaya and the Center for Contemporary Art “Wïfredo Lam”. -WeeklyPlanet NEWS, September 14-20, 2000, pages 15...The Joung Cubans By Susan Edwards. -NY ARTS Magazine,Vol.5 no.11,2000.Ibrahim Miranda-Liset Castillo by William Jeffet. -Star Tribune,September 8, 2000, pages 23,24. Embargo o no, 12 Cuban photographers  converge on a Minneapolis gallery. By Mary Abbe. -Art Cuba:the new generation /edited and with an introduction by Holly Block; essays by Gerardo Mosquera...[et al.] ; translated from the spanish by Cola Franzen and Marguerite Feitlowitz. -WeeklyPlanet NEWS August ,2002, page 12…Where I Come From By Preston Whaley Jr. -ST Petersburg Times, published on July 28, 2002, “  A New Light Shines” By Lennie Bennett. -WeeklyPlanet NEWS October 22, 2002, Best Multicultural Exibition (tie) Graphicstudio. Two Cuban Artists