Antonio Castro Resume

Antonio Castro
533 North 17th Street, San Jose, CA 95112-1735
Phone: 408-294-4978
Email: acastro.533 "AT" gmail.com

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010 - Day of the Dead: A Passion for Life,Pueblo Nuevo Gallery,Berkeley CA. Oct.15-Nov.13
2009 - Indigenous Roots - National Hispanic Univisity, Main Lobby Entrance and 2nd floor. Sept 11- Nov.7, San Jose, Ca
2008 - Solo Exhibition: Tribute to the Plight of the Farm Workers. Ravenswood Community Center, East Palo Alto, March 13-April 4
2007 - Day of the Dead, Main Gallery, Redwood City, CA Oct. 20 - Nov. 10, 2007
2006 - Fields of Deliverance: The Farmworkers Experience, Woodside Library, Woodside Ca. Sept.15-Oct.14
2005 - Day of the Dead, at Primer Pueblo Bookstore, San Jose, CA (Oct-Nov.2005)
Latino Heritage at Evergreen Valley College, San Jose, CA - (Sept - Oct 2004)
2003 Monotype Prints Exhibition, Mission College Gallery, Santa Clara,CA
2002 Mano Mono Prints, Inca Gallery, San Jose, CA
2001-01 Mural of Cesar Chavez, Mexican Heritage Plaza, San Jose, CA
1999 Mano Mono Prints, Grand Oak Gallery, Oakland, CA
1988 Nuestra Tierra, Foothill College, Stuart Library, Los Altos, CA
1997 Mano Mono Prints, Café Zucco, San Jose, CA
Hodgepodge: Skeletons in a Hubbub, South First Billiards, San Jose, CA
1996 -Deliverance From the Soil, Ohlone Com College, The Gary Sorne Smith Gallery, Fremont, CA
1995 Temple of Conception, MFA Thesis Exhibition, San Jose State Univ, Herbert Sanders Gallery, SJ, CA
Contemporary Chicano Artist, San Jose City College, City Gallery, San Jose, CA
1994 Deliverance of the Soil, San Jose State University, Gallery 8, San Jose, CA
1993 All That Jazz, Café Borrone, Menlo park, CA
1992 Hodgepodge: Skeletons in a Hubbub, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS & JURIED COMPETITIONS

2011
Bi-annual Juried Art Competition, Intersection Gallery, San Francisco CA. Jun3-Aug.20
The Rainbow Garden Exhibit at Gallery TEN10, San Jose Ca. May 28-July1
Beyond Tradional Art, Richmond Art Center. Richmond CA. May 5-June 10th
Rise Up Japan: Art Auction, Heist Gallery, San Francisco CA. April 1-30
Latino Art auction. MACLA Gallery, San Jose Ca.April 1-May 16
Borderlandia: Cultural Topographies, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ. Mar. 3 - June 12
SPRING ART AUCTION, WORKS Gallery, San Jose, CA.Mar.4-26
Thinking Figurative(ly) 17th Street Gallery,San Francisco CA. Feb. 11- Mar. 13
"Beyond the Mystery of Love," Art People Gallery,San Francisco CA. Feb. 4-26
"Black and White and Read All Over," Creativity Explored Gallery, San Francisco CA. Jan. 7- Feb. 23 2011
"Ring in the New" WORKS Membership Exhibition, WORKS Gallery,San Jose, CA, Dec.5 2010- Jan.15 2011
"Border Art Biennial 2010," El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas Nov. 14 2010 through Feb. 13 2011
2010
"Drawing from the Abstract," AICON Gallery, Palo Alto CA. Nov.5- Dec.18
"Bay Area Annual Juried Art Exhibition", Sanchez Art Center,Pacifica,CA. Oct. 29 - Nov 29
"Alternative Realities" 43rd Annual Watermedia Exhibition, Rose Shenson Gallery,

Santa Clara , Ca. Oct. 16-Nov.13
Native Americans/Indigenous People at The JanRae Community Art Gallery at the Women’s Cancer Resource Center ,Oakland, CA Oct. 15 – Dec. 10,
Lucha Libre Arte Celebrating la Cultura" Gallery AMC, Long Beach , CA.Oct. 9 - 31
"Day of the Dead Planet", Avenue 50 Studio, Los Angeles Ca. Oct. 1 - Nov. 6.
"Border Art Biennial 2010," El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas - Nov. 14 2010 through Feb. 13 2011
“A Step to Eternity”, “Un Paso a la Eternidad”, Day of the Dead ,Sun Gallery,

Hayward CA. Oct.20 -Nov.13
Body Language.The Artists Alley Gallery, San Francisco CA.Sept 1-30
Walls of Silcon Valley, Past Present and Future Murals WORKS Gallery, San Jose CA. Aug 6-Sept 4
Frida #5 Art Auction, Washington United Youth Center & Bibloteca, July10-30, San Jose CA.
Donation of Frida Kahlo painting to Fund Raising Auction, Gay & Lesbian community fund raising program. Friday July 30, 2010
"Liberadores / Liberators," Museode las Americas, Denver, Colorado June 17-Aug.12
The Inner Figure, ArtZone Gallery,San Francisco Ca. June2-July3
"Beyond the Frame Art Show," SD Gallery Sacramento Ca.May 25-July10
WORKS Benfit Auction, WORKS/SAN JOSE, San Jose Ca. May 7-22
Auction Image is Red Figure
MACLA Latino Art Auction: MACLA Gallery, San Jose Ca. April14-May 15
Auction image is La Catrina.
Day Dreams & Nightmares, Avenue 25 Galley,San Mateo, CA. Mar. 12-May 7
"OsOcene 2010-Contemporary Latino Art &Culture," Laguna Art Musuem, Languna Beach CA. Feb. 21-May 16
"Anti-Valentine Art Auction," WORKS/SAN JOSE, San Jose CA.Jan. 24-Feb 5
"Santos y Otros Ctreatures," Creativity Explored Gallery, Jan. 8-Feb.11 San Francisco Ca.
"Juried Annual 2010 Art Exhibition" Pro Art Gallery, Oakland Ca. Nov. 2009-Jan. 2010

2009
"Fresh Produce"Anno Domini Gallery, Dec.5-19 San Jose, Ca.
"Angels:Artists Imagine the Invisible" Sanchez Art Center, Oct. 29-Dec.5, Pacifica CA.
"Behind the Alters: Day Of the Dead" Colonial Arts,Oct.3-Nov.7 San Francisco CA
"Festival Of Life & Family:Day of the Dead," Posadas Gallery, Sacramento CA. Oct 10-Nov.7
"Seduction of Duchamp:Bay Area Artists' Response, Slaughter House Space Gallery, Oct.3-Nov.7 Healdsburg CA.
"All For One" Membership Exhibition, WORKS/SanJose, San Jose CA. Oct. 2-Nov.14
"Chicano Groove" Survey of Contemporay Chicana/o art, University Art Gallery, California State University, Dominquez Hills, Carson CA. Sept 11- Nov.29
"Perspective, Purpose & Passion," Object Art Gallery, San Jose CA.Aug.29-Sept.19
"The Year of the Bull" AXE Gallery, Aug. 1-29 Oakland CA.
“Annual Works on Paper, Juried Exhibition” Berkeley Art Center , Berkeley CA. Aug. 1-Sept.20
"The MANY FACES of FRIDA," Craft & Cultural Arts Gallery, State of California Office Building--Atrium,Oakland, CA , JULY 13--AUGUST 28
"The Art of the Reclaimed Found Objects," Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum Center, Mesa Arizona, June 12- August 9
"Bandana Art Project," Santa Clara County Lobby, San Jose Ca..May 1-29
"Lation Art Auction", MACLA Gallery,San Jose CA. April 15-May 16
"The New Latino Millennium" Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach Ca. April 3-June 14
COLLAGE & ASSEMBLAGE Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz CA,.March 6 - April 5
R U Evolved? Artists Reflect on Darwin @ 200 The Workmen's Circle Gallery, Los Angeles Ca.Jan.16-Feb 27
Touch My HeART Auction, Art Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos Ca.. Jan.10-Feb.14
50 year of the Cuban Revolution, Gallery Encantada, San Francisco Ca.. Jan.2-31

2008
Silent Night Auction, WORKS/SAN JOSE Gallery, San Jose CA. - Nov. 20-Dec.6- Auction Night
Mi Casa es tu Casa, Day of the Dead, Pajaro Valley Gallery, Watsonville CA. - Oct17-Dec.14
Local Color A Community Art Exhibition, Art Ark Gallery, Sept. 13-Oct.18, San Jose, CA.
Passion of Latino Immigrants, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz Ca. Aug. 23-Oct.19
Works Re:group Member Exhibition, WORKS/San Jose, San Jose, CA. Aug.1- Sept. 13
Tribute to Frida Kahlo, Polanco Gallery, San Francisco, CA. July 5-30
World Refugee Awarness:Torture & the Iraq War Exhibition, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA. June 6-July 12
Mass of Consumption, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa Arizona May 1-June 7
MACLA'S 10th Anual Latino Art Auction, MACLA, San Jose CA. April 17- May 17
Collage Art Competition, Limner Gallery, New York N.Y. Mar. 7-31
About Face: Portrait Exhibtion, ARTworksSF Gallery, San Francisco CA Feb.9-Mar. 22
Beaus & Eros: Art about Love and Romance, Peninsula Museum of Art, Belmont CA.Feb. 1-24
Abstract Art Competion, Gallery #9 Los Altos,CA Jan.4-Feb.2

2007
"Shifting Dreams, Migrating Realities" MACLA, San Jose CA. Nov. 30, 2007- Jan.19, 2008
"Angel & Demons" INCA GALLERY, Los Angeles CA. Nov.18-Dec.28
"Remembrance: Day of the Dead" Centro Cultural de la Raza, San Diego CA. Oct.12-Nov.24
"Body of Works": ebay online auction WORKS/San Jose Oct.5-26
"Tolerance in America" Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles CA. Aug.28-Nov.4
"Figura Humana" Oak Gallery, Oakland Ca. Aug 10-Sept.8
"Corazon en Fiesta" Art Exhibtion, Mission Cultural Center for the Latino Arts, San Francisco CA. July 20-Aug.25
HomeComing:Members Show, WORKS/SanJose Gallery, San Jose,CA.May29-July19.
Shifting Dreams, Migrating Realities, MACLA, 510 S 1st St San Jose, CA Nov 30, 2007 - Jan 19, 2008
Monotype Auction Exhibition, San Jose Instiute of Contemporary Art; June 8-23, San Jose CA.
Home Coming: Members Show, WORKS/SanJose Gallery, San Jose,CA.May29-July19.
Pastel Jury Art Competition, Sacramento Art Center, Sacramento Ca. May 8-June2
New Gallery Space, KALEID Gallery, San Jose,CA. May 4 thru July 28
MACLA 9th Annual Latino Art Auction, May 2 to June 2, San Jose CA.
BODY OF WORKS: Fundraiser Auction at WORKS NEW GALLERY SPACE, San Jose, CA. Apr. 13-May 10
Mixied Meassages, ARTWORKSF Gallery, San Francisco CA. MAR.16-Apr.21
Recycle Art Exhibition, The Firehouse Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas, March 31, 2007 - April 29, 2007
25th Latino Art Auction for the Culturales de Latino America, TEMELUKA Art Gallery, PENN STATE University Philadelphia PA March 2-31
2007 Pro Arts' Juried Annual Art Competition, Pro Art Gallery, Oakland Ca. Feb.2-Mar11
ART with HEART, Aegis Gallery of Fine Art Saratoga CA., January 30-February 25,
CULTURE CLASH OF DIVERSITY, Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr., The San Francisco Main Library,
San Francisco CA. Jan 15-Feb. 25

2006
"Beyond Heritage," Riverside art Museum, Riverside, Ca. Oct. 28-Dec.3
WORKS SILENTNIGHT AUCTION, WORKS Gallery San Jose CA. Nov21-Dec. 2
"We are Family," San Jose Museum of Art. Oct. 22 2006 through Jan.7 2007
What's New in Art? Juried Membership Show, October 12-November 11 Los Gatos Art Museum,Los Gatos Ca.
Terror: 5-year Anniversary of 9/11, Intersection for the Arts Gallery, San Francisco, Ca. Sept. 11 - Nov. 11
Beyond the Likeness: Self Portraits by California Artists, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara CA. Aug. 8th- Oct.15
Play Around:Toys Designed by Artists, Onsix Gallery, San Francisco CA. Aug.11-Sept.23
Works on Paper 06, Juried Exhibiton, Infusion Gallery, Los Angles Ca. Aug 17-Oct.16
Curating a Better World, A. Shenere Velt Gallery, Los Angeles Ca. July 9-August 25
666 Onsix Gallery, San Francisco CA.June6-July 8
10th Aniversary Exhibition, A. Shenere Velt Gallery, Los Angeles, CA July - August
Latino Art Auction, MACLA Gallery, San Jose, CA. May 12 - June 3, 2006
38th Anunal Textile Exhibit, Olive Hyde Art Gallery, Fremont, CA. April 13 - May 20
FLUX, Works Membership Exhibit, WORKS Gallery San Jose CA, March - April
Cupid, Valentine Auction, De Novo Gallery, Palo Alto, CA, Jan - Feb.
Ray's World, The Raymond Ashley Rare Art Collection Exhibit, WORKS Gallery, San Jose, CA January
Small is the New Big, Gallery EXIT Art Gallery, New York City, N.Y, January

2005
WORKS SILENT NIGHT AUCTION, WORKS Gallery, San Jose, CA (Nov 22-Dec 3)
Honoring Workers of the World, Arbeter Ring Educational Community Center, Los Angeles, CA (Nov - Dec)
Art Auction For Katrina Relief, Red Ink Studios, San Francisco, CA (Oct-Nov)
Tribute to Hispanic Heritage, Artescape Studios, San Ramon, CA (Oct-Nov)
400 Women of Ciudad Juarez Auction, Wright Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA (April-May)
Monotype Art Auction, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA (June-July)
Latino Art Auction, MACLA Gallery, San Jose, CA (May-June)

2004
Box Art, Pro Art Gallery, Oakland, CA - On Exhibit from Oct - Nov 2004
War, Peace & Civil Liberties, Berkeley, CA - On Exhibit from Oct - Nov 2004
Monotype Marathon Exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA.<
Latino Art Auction, MACLA Gallery, San Jose, CA.
Re-mix: Contemporary Mexican-American Bay Area Artists Exhibition, SomArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Community School of Music & Arts Auction, Mountain View, CA.

2003
Pastel Art Survey Exhibition, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA.
Monotype Marathon Exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA.

2002
Latino Art Auction, MACLA Gallery, San Jose, CA

2001
WORKS Membership Exhibition, WORKS Gallery, San Jose, CA

1982 - 2000
2000 Day of the Dead Exhibition, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
1999 Fantasy and Humor, Center for Visual Arts, Oakland, CA
1998 Day of the Dead, San Francisco State Univ, Cesar Chavez Student Art Center, San Francisco, CA
West Coast Painting & Sculpture Survey of Contemporary Art, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
1997 Land Values, Euphrat Museum, DeAnza College, Cupertino, CA
1996 La Voz: A Contemporary Visual Dialogue, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
1995 Artists Respond to Proposition 187, MALCLA, San Jose Center for Latino Arts, San Jose, CA
1994 Tribute to Cezar Chavez, Hayward Library, Hayward, CA
1993 Contemporary Survey of Mexican-American Artists, Santa Maria Museum Art Center, Santa Maria, CA
1992 Journey of the Spirit, San Jose Art League Gallery, San Jose, CA
Fresh Art, Members Exhibition, WORKS/San Jose, San Jose, CA

EDUCATION

1995 MFA Pictorial Arts Graduate Program, San Jose State University School of Art and Design, San Jose, CA
1986 BA, Art Education, San Jose State University School of Art and Design, San Jose, CA

COLLECTIONS

2000 Smithsonian Institute Museum, Mural on Canvas: Cezar Chavez

CITATIONS

Contemporary Chicana & Chicano Art, Bilingual Press, Arizona State University, AZ

PROJECTS

San Jose School District and Community Centers Mural Projects
Intel Latino Network-Santa Clara: Embracing the Diversity of Latinos, in celebration of Cinco de Mayo

Antonio Castro

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