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'''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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Phantom Sightings: Art After the Chicano Movement|last=Gonzalez|first=Rita|publisher=University of California Press and Los Angeles County Museum of Art|year=2008|isbn=978-0-520-25563-0|location=Los Angeles|pages=128}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Rosenblum|first=Beth|year=2008|title=Phantom Sightings: Art After the Chicano Movement|url=|journal=Art Nexus|volume=70|pages=163|via=Artbibliographies Modern}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Porges|first=Maria|year=1998|title=San Francisco Fax|url=|journal=Art Issues|volume=51|pages=32-33|via=}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":0" /> Other portraits are based on photographs that are then translated into painting.
'''Carolyn Castaño''' (born 1971 in [[Los Angeles]], CA), is an American [[visual artist]]. She is the recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant for Painters and Sculptors (2013),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://joanmitchellfoundation.org/blog/the-joan-mitchell-foundation-announces-the-2013-painters-sculptors-grant-re|title=The Joan Mitchell Foundation announces the 2013 Painters & Sculptors Grant Recipients|last=Foundation|first=Joan Mitchell|website=joanmitchellfoundation.org|date=13 December 2013 |language=en|access-date=2019-03-31}}</ref> the California Community Foundation Getty Fellow Mid-Career Grant (2011),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.calfund.org/nonprofits/featured-funds/fva/2011-gallery/carolyn-castano/|title=Carolyn Castaño {{!}} 2011 Fellowship for Visual Artists|website=California Community Foundation|language=en|access-date=2019-03-31}}</ref> and the City of Los Angeles Individual Artist Grant (2011).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lamag.org/portfolio_page/cola-2011/|title=Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery {{!}} COLA 2011|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-31}}</ref> She is an Assistant Professor, Drawing & Painting, at [[Long Beach City College]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lbcc.edu/contact/carolyn-castano|title=Carolyn Castano|website=Long Beach City College|language=en|access-date=2019-03-31}}</ref>

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Castaño 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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Phantom Sightings: Art After the Chicano Movement|last=Gonzalez|first=Rita|publisher=University of California Press and Los Angeles County Museum of Art|year=2008|isbn=978-0-520-25563-0|location=Los Angeles|pages=[https://archive.org/details/phantomsightings0000gonz/page/128 128]|url=https://archive.org/details/phantomsightings0000gonz/page/128}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Rosenblum|first=Beth|year=2008|title=Phantom Sightings: Art After the Chicano Movement|journal=Art Nexus|volume=70|pages=163|via=Artbibliographies Modern}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Porges|first=Maria|year=1998|title=San Francisco Fax|journal=Art Issues|volume=51|pages=32–33}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":0" /> 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.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Jones|first=Leslie|date=July–August 2004|title=Step into Liquid|journal=Art on Paper|volume=8|pages=40–45|via=ARTbibliographies Modern}}</ref>


== Education ==
== Education ==
* MFA, University of California, Los Angeles, 2001.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Phantom Sightings Art After the Chicano Movement|last=Gonzalez|first=Rita|publisher=University of California Press|year=2008|isbn=978-0-520-25563-0|location=Los Angeles|pages=[https://archive.org/details/phantomsightings0000gonz/page/131 131]|url=https://archive.org/details/phantomsightings0000gonz/page/131}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=International Paper: Drawings by Emerging Artists|publisher=UCLA Hammer Museum|year=2003|isbn=9780943739250|location=Los Angeles|pages=n.p}}</ref>
* MFA, University of California, Los Angeles, 2001.
* Skowhegan, School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine, 1996.
* Skowhegan, School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine, 1996.<ref name=":1" />
* BFA, San Francisco Art Institute, 1995.
* BFA, San Francisco Art Institute, 1995.<ref name=":1" />


== Exhibitions ==
== Exhibitions ==
* "Carolyn Castaño - A Female Topography 2001-2017." Laband Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA. 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://argonautnews.com/woman-as-landscape/|title=Woman as Landscape {{!}} The Argonaut Newsweekly|website=argonautnews.com|access-date=2019-03-31}}</ref>
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* "Liquid Los Angeles: Contemporary Watercolor Art in Los Angeles." [[Pasadena Museum of California Art]], Pasadena, CA. 2005.
*"El Jardin Femenil Y Otros Ocasos." [[Walter Maciel Gallery]], Los Angeles, CA. 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/carolyn-castanos-bedazzled-wars_n_1380798|title=Carolyn Castano's Bedazzled Narco-Wars|last=Frank|first=Priscilla|date=2012-03-28|website=HuffPost|language=en|access-date=2019-03-31}}</ref>
*"It’s Complicated." [[Walter Maciel Gallery]], Los Angeles, CA. 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2012/03/art-review-carolyn-castano-walter-maciel.html|title=Art review: Carolyn Castaño at Walter Maciel Gallery|date=2012-03-22|website=LA Times Blogs - Culture Monster|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-31}}</ref>
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*"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.
* "Semi-Precious." [[Public Art Fund]], New York, NY. 2004.
* "Against Nature." Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York, NY. 2004.
* "Against Nature." Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York, NY. 2004.
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* "Marked: Bay Area "Drawings." Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College, City University of New York, NY. 2001.
* "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.
* "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.
* "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 ==
== References ==
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Carolyn Castaño (born 1971 in Los Angeles, CA), is an American visual artist. She is the recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant for Painters and Sculptors (2013),[1] the California Community Foundation Getty Fellow Mid-Career Grant (2011),[2] and the City of Los Angeles Individual Artist Grant (2011).[3] She is an Assistant Professor, Drawing & Painting, at Long Beach City College.[4]

Castaño 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.[5][6][7] 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.[5] 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.[8]

Education

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  • MFA, University of California, Los Angeles, 2001.[9][10]
  • Skowhegan, School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine, 1996.[9]
  • BFA, San Francisco Art Institute, 1995.[9]

Exhibitions

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  • "Carolyn Castaño - A Female Topography 2001-2017." Laband Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA. 2017.[11]
  • "El Jardin Femenil Y Otros Ocasos." Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. 2012.[12]
  • "It’s Complicated." Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. 2009.[13]
  • "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

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  1. ^ Foundation, Joan Mitchell (13 December 2013). "The Joan Mitchell Foundation announces the 2013 Painters & Sculptors Grant Recipients". joanmitchellfoundation.org. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
  2. ^ "Carolyn Castaño | 2011 Fellowship for Visual Artists". California Community Foundation. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
  3. ^ "Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery | COLA 2011". Retrieved 2019-03-31.
  4. ^ "Carolyn Castano". Long Beach City College. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
  5. ^ a b Gonzalez, Rita (2008). Phantom Sightings: Art After the Chicano Movement. Los Angeles: University of California Press and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. pp. 128. ISBN 978-0-520-25563-0.
  6. ^ Rosenblum, Beth (2008). "Phantom Sightings: Art After the Chicano Movement". Art Nexus. 70: 163 – via Artbibliographies Modern.
  7. ^ Porges, Maria (1998). "San Francisco Fax". Art Issues. 51: 32–33.
  8. ^ Jones, Leslie (July–August 2004). "Step into Liquid". Art on Paper. 8: 40–45 – via ARTbibliographies Modern.
  9. ^ a b c Gonzalez, Rita (2008). Phantom Sightings Art After the Chicano Movement. Los Angeles: University of California Press. pp. 131. ISBN 978-0-520-25563-0.
  10. ^ International Paper: Drawings by Emerging Artists. Los Angeles: UCLA Hammer Museum. 2003. pp. n.p. ISBN 9780943739250.
  11. ^ "Woman as Landscape | The Argonaut Newsweekly". argonautnews.com. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
  12. ^ Frank, Priscilla (2012-03-28). "Carolyn Castano's Bedazzled Narco-Wars". HuffPost. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
  13. ^ "Art review: Carolyn Castaño at Walter Maciel Gallery". LA Times Blogs - Culture Monster. 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2019-03-31.


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