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Eric Del Castillo (b. 1962, Mexico City, Mexico) creates mixed media artworks, photos, drawings and mixed media artworks. With the use of appropriated materials which are borrowed from a day-to-day context, Del Castillo reflects on the closely related subjects of archive and memory. This often results in an examination of the human need for stories and the anecdotes of fictionalized histories.
After studying film and painting, Eric del Castillo began his creative path technique of collage. In 1995. Grand a Fellowship between the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) USA. and the National Fund of Arts and Culture (FONCA) Mexico.
1996. Artistic residence at Headlands Center for the Arts in Sausalito, Ca, USA.
Since 1987, he presented as an independent artist, 14 solo shows, these shows includes Equatorial Landscapes, Galerija PM. HDLU Zagreb, Croatia, (2016) Riot! Salon Galic. HULU Split Croatia (2016), Scherzo Vol. 2 Institute for Contemporary Arts, Zagreb Croatia (2014), Scherzo Galerija Meštrovic, Split Croatia (2013), and has been included in more than 100 group exhibitions: Anthologie der Kunst Bonn (2005), Akademie der Kunste Berlin (2004) Zentrum fur Medienkunst Karlsruhe, Germany (2004), Abductions, Instituto Cultural Mexicano, San Antonio, TX (1998), Open House, Headlands Center for the Arts, Suasalito Ca. (1996) Telling Stories/Telling Tales, The Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta Canada (1995), Small Worlds, Galería del Progreso, Madrid, Spain (1993), Collage of the XX Century Museo Centro Cultural Arte Contemporáneo AC, Mexico City.
Lives and works in Split Croatia.
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