Carolyn Castano

Carolyn Castaño (born 1971 in Los Angeles, CA), is an American visual artist. She creates portraits utilizing painting (watercolor and acrylic), drawing and collage. Her portrait subjects are often adorned with glittery and ornate accessories, bold hairstyles, color, and patterns referencing the world of high fashion.[1][2][3] Some of her portraits feature a character named "Betty Ramirez," the artist's alter ego, with visual references to Mexican Golden Age cinema and Italian neorealism.[1] Other portraits are based on photographs that are then translated into painting. For example, her series of paintings titled "Hair Boys" is based on photographs of friends donning hairstyles from past decades and even centuries.[4]

Education

  • MFA, University of California, Los Angeles, 2001.[5][6]
  • Skowhegan, School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine, 1996.[5]
  • BFA, San Francisco Art Institute, 1995.[5]

Exhibitions

  • "Liquid Los Angeles: Contemporary Watercolor Art in Los Angeles." Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA. 2005.
  • "Semi-Precious." Public Art Fund, New York, NY. 2004.
  • "Against Nature." Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York, NY. 2004.
  • "International Paper: Drawings by Emerging Artists." Hammer Museum, University of California, Los Angeles, CA. 2003.
  • "Marked: Bay Area "Drawings." Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College, City University of New York, NY. 2001.
  • "Sin Titulo: Fragrant Afternoon." Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2000.
  • "The Adventures of Betty Ramirez and Little Miss Attitude." Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana (MACLA)/San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA. 1999.

References

  1. 1 2 Gonzalez, Rita (2008). Phantom Sightings: Art After the Chicano Movement. Los Angeles: University of California Press and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. p. 128. ISBN 978-0-520-25563-0.
  2. ↑ Rosenblum, Beth (2008). "Phantom Sightings: Art After the Chicano Movement". Art Nexus. 70: 163 – via Artbibliographies Modern.
  3. ↑ Porges, Maria (1998). "San Francisco Fax". Art Issues. 51: 32–33.
  4. ↑ Jones, Leslie (July–August 2004). "Step into Liquid". Art on Paper. 8: 40–45 – via ARTbibliographies Modern.
  5. 1 2 3 Gonzalez, Rita (2008). Phantom Sightings Art After the Chicano Movement. Los Angeles: University of California Press. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-520-25563-0.
  6. ↑ International Paper: Drawings by Emerging Artists. Los Angeles: UCLA Hammer Museum. 2003. pp. n.p. ISBN 9780943739250.


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