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Bio
1993
Graduate in Fine Art from Cristóbal Rojas School of Visual Arts, Caracas, Venezuela
Studied Anthropology at Central University of Venezuela
Solo Shows
2010
Paulo Castro Recent Works. La Cuadra Gallery, Caracas – Venezuela
2009
Paulo Castro Recent Works. El Museo Gallery, Bogota – Colombia
Group Shows
2011
XX Ibero-American Art Fair. GBG Arts Gallery, Tamanaco Intercontinental Hotel, Caracas – Venezuela
2010
XIX Ibero-American Art Fair. GBG Arts Gallery, Tamanaco Intercontinental Hotel, Caracas – Venezuela
2009
Lenguajes en Papel (Languages on Paper). Fernando Pradilla Gallery, Madrid – Spain
Arteamericas (Art Americas). GBG Arts Gallery, Convention Center, Miami – USA
Visión Constructiva (Constructive Vision). La Cuadra Gallery, Caracas – Venezuela
Lenguajes en Paper (Languages on Paper). El Museo Gallery, Bogota – Colombia
Tres en Colectivo (Three Together). La Carnicería Gallery, Caracas – Venezuela
Propuestas uno (Proposals One). Freites Gallery, Caracas – Venezuela
ARTBO09. El Museo Gallery, Bogota International Art Fair, Corferias Exhibition Centre, Bogota – Colombia
2008
Tensiones (Tensions). TAC Room, Trasnocho Arte Contacto Gallery, Trasnocho Cultural Foundation, Caracas – Venezuela
MoLAA Prizes 08. Museum of Latin American Art, Los Angeles, California – USA
Exposición Clandestina (Clandestine Exhibition). Tribute to Roberto Obregón, La Carnicería Arte Actual Gallery, Caracas – Venezuela
2007
Interconexiones (Interconnections). La Cuadra Gallery, Caracas – Venezuela
Extrapictórico (Extrapictorial). Corp Banca Foundation, Caracas – Venezuela
ARTBO06. Bogota International Art Fair, Okio Gallery, Corferias Exhibition Centre, Bogota – Colombia
2006
VII National Biennale of Visual Arts. Puerto La Cruz Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Puerto La Cruz, Anzoátegui – Venezuela
Homenaje al Cuadrado (Homage to the Square). Capuy Cultural Space, Caracas – Venezuela
Minimal. La Cuadra Gallery, Caracas – Venezuela
Calendarios (Calendars). Metropolitan University Exhibition Hall, Caracas – Venezuela
2005
A través de la pintura (Through Painting). Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS), Caracas –Venezuela
2004
LXII Arturo MichelenaArt Contest, Valencia Atheneum, Valencia – Venezuela
XXXIII Juan Lovera Municipal Visual Arts Award. Industrial Bank of Venezuela Gallery, Caracas – Venezuela
XXIVAragua National Art Contest. Museum of Contemporary Art Mario Abreu (MACMA), Maracay – Venezuela
IV University Art Show. University Gallery, Central University of Venezuela (UCV), Caracas – Venezuela
Gráficas Venezolanas (Venezuelan Graphic Arts). Sofía Imber Caracas Contemporary Art Museum (MACCSI), Caracas – Venezuela
2003
LXI Arturo Michelena National Art Contest. Valencia Atheneum, Valencia – Venezuela
II Exxon Mobil Venezuelan Art Contest. National Art Gallery (GAN), Caracas – Venezuela
XXII 7 DecemberArt Contest, Maturin Town Hall, Maturin – Venezuela.
2002
XXII Municipal Painting Contest, Maracay Municipal Gallery, Maracay – Venezuela
III College Art Contest. University Gallery, Central University of Venezuela (UCV), Caracas – Venezuela
Prizes
2003
PaintingPrize forBest Technique. I Dycvensa Art Contest. Caracas Atheneum, Caracas – Venezuela
Honorable Mention. IV University Art Contest,University Gallery, Central University of Venezuela (UCV), Caracas – Venezuela .
Trayectoria
Proyectos
Textos
Paulo Castro uses fabric as his protagonist
The artist pays homage to Soto with his exhibition «Recent Works»
The show comprises 13 works by Castro (Kisaí Mendoza)
EL UNIVERSAL
Friday 4 December 2009 12:00 AM
Paulo Castro (Palmira, Colombia, 1974) has a different taste in his mouth. He doesn’t use blank canvases to draw on; he doesn’t use little paintbrushes, or combine an infinite range of tones. And he’s not bothered about it. He doesn’t consider himself a painter, in any case. And for many people, such as curator Miguel Miguel, Castro is one of the best. Only for him painting has a different taste… and he likes that.
«Jesús Soto wasn’t a painter. Calling yourself a painter means you focus on evolving, on developing another approach to painting within painting itself. The interesting thing about situating yourself in the field of painting is that it confronts you with art conventions. When you make a work that uses painting as its starting point, you question it, you turn it into something else, but you still call it painting. And that, for me, gives it a special taste,» Castro says.
That special taste is on show at the La Cuadra Creativa Gallery in the exhibitionPaulo Castro-Recent Works, which shows the advances he is making in his research into canvas, which stops being a simple surface for art and becomes a key part of the work.
«My work is made using interacting elements, built using tensions and active, living forces that are visible to the naked eye. There’s a physical relationship there, which is determined by the structure and the materials’ properties. I like taking things to the extreme and that’s why I work with the canvas.In these 13 works it stops being a passive surface for representations that you paintupon and becomes part of the place where you paint,» he points out.
The results are almost three-dimensional works and this explains the homage that the exhibition pays to Venezuelan mastersJesús Soto and Alejandro Otero.
Castro represents their Kinetic art through a canvas that initially seems to be moving. «These works vibrate. I was really interested in the material. There was a certain Kinetic structure in the works that is very appealing and that I dealt with initially. And from there it occurred to me to pay homage to Soto, whose work I really admire», he says.
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