Mario Enrique Castillo

Background

Castillo, Mario Enrique Came to the United States, 1955, naturalized, 1965. Son of Manuel Castillo and Maria Enriquez de Allen.

Education

Certified, Illinois Institute Design, 1964. Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of Art Institute Chicago, 1969. Master of Fine Arts, California Institute Arts, 1972.

Postgrad., University Southern California, 1969—1970. Postgrad., Pasadena City College, 1977. Postgrad., California State University Lódz.A., 1980—1981.

Postgrad., California State University, Dominguez Hills, 1986—1988. Postgrad., East Los Angeles City College, 1982. Postgrad., National University, Inglewood, California, 1990.

Postgrad., Columbia College, Chicago, 1996.

Career

Designer J.M. Pateros Studios, Inc., Chicago, 1965, Lukas & Associates, Chicago, 1966. Instructor Pilsen Settlement House, 1967. Commercial artist Chicago Board Education, 1968.

Instructor United Christian Community Service, Chicago, 1968—1969. Mural director Halsted Urban Progress Center, 1968, Department Human Resources, Chicago, 1969, McHenry College, Crystal Lake, 1992, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, 1993, Joliet Junior College, Illinois, 1994, College of Lake County, Grayslake, 1994, University Guadalajara, Ocotian, Mexico, 1995, Science Applications International Corporation & Lincoln Park Cultural Center, Chicago, 1996, Bemis Foundation, Omaha, 1996, Triton College, River Grove, Illinois, 1997. Teaching assistant California Institute Arts, Valencia, 1970—1972, instructor, 1972—1973, Santa Monica City College, California, 1973.

Member faculty department art University Illinois, Champaign, 1973—1976. Commercial artist Los Angeles, 1977. Instructor art Immaculate Heart College, Hollywood, California, 1979—1980, Pacific Asian Consortium in Education, 1980—1981, E.C.F. Art Center, Los Angeles, 1986—1990, Los Angeles Unified School District, 1986—1990, Instituto Comercial Artistico, Maywood, California, 1987, Lexicon School Languages, 1987—1988, Plaza de la Raza, 1989—1990.

Member faculty art department Columbia College, Chicago, since 1990. Panelist at Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, 1974, College Art Association, Chicago, 1975, Columbia College, Chicago, 1992, 94, 96, Chicago Artist Coalition, 1993, National Association Chicano Studies, Chicago, 1994, 96, Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, Illinois, 1995, University Guadalajara, Jalisco, 1995. Presenter workshop Human Rights Portfolio, Chicago, 1994, Chicago, 1995.

Guest lecturer Galeria J.M. Velazco, Mexico City, 1975, Centro de la Causa, Chicago, 1975, Latino Cultural House, Champaign, 1975, University Illinois, Champaign, 1975, 76, Corpus Christi (Texas) State University, 1978, McHenry County College, 1991, 92, Northwestern University, 1991, Columbia College, Montebello School District, 1990, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, 1993, Triton College, River Grove, Illinois, 1993, 94, Prospectus Gallery, Chicago, 1993, Joliet (Illinois) Junior College, 1994, St. Cloud (Minnesota) State University, 1994, MacMurry College, Jacksonville, Illinois, 1994, College of Lake County, 1994, National-Louis University, Chicago, 1995, Melrose Park (Illinois) Public Library., 1995, Mobil Art Gallery, Jacksonville, Illinois, 1994, Northeastern University, Chicago, 1995, Harold Washington Library., Chicago, 1995, Munster Indiana Cultural Center, 1995, University Guadalajara, Ocotlan, Jalisco, 1995, 96, Commodity Credit Corporation Art Gallery, Chicago, 1995, Winnetka (Illinois) Cultural House, 1995, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, 1995, University Guadalajara, La Barranca Campus, 1996, Lincoln Park Cultural Center, Chicago, 1996, Triton College, River Grove, 1996, 97. Art juror Weisman Scholarship Commodity Credit Corporation, Chicago, 1993, Old Town Art Fair, Chicago, 1994, Hokin Gallery Commodity Credit Corporation, Chicago, 1995, Weisman Best of Show, Chicago, 1996. Curator art exhibitions University Illinois, Champaign, 1975, Columbia College, Chicago, 1994, 95, Triton College, 1995, Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, 1995, 11th Street Art Gallery Commodity Credit Corporation, 1995, Hokin Center Gallery, Columbia College, 1996.

Interior designer El Mercado Company, Los Angeles 1981-1983. Regular performer musical program Noches Rancheras, East Los Angeles, California, 1981-1983. Consultant in field.

Achievements

• Achievements include research in Perceptualism (the phenomena of after-images and optical illusions in paintings to create the feeling of the 4th dimension and alterations in color perception, visual investigations into discovering peculiar ways of presenting the human condition on this planet using superimposed layers of different states of realities and warping images and space so as to turn them "up-side-down". Composing numerous songs.

Works

• Other Work

  • One-man shows include Scholarship and Guidance Association, Chicago, 1968, California Institute of the Arts, Burbank, 1971, Valencia, California, 1972, Latino Cultural House, University Illinois, Champaign, 1976, Institute for Hispanic Cultural Studies, Santa Monica, California, 1989, Orlando Gallery, Sherman Oaks, California, 1989, Sangre De Cristo Arts and Conference Center, Pueblo, Colorado, 1991, Prospectus Gallery, Chicago, 1991, 93, McHenry County Art Gallery, 1991, Northern Illinois University Art Gallery, DeKalb, 1993, Atwood Art Center, St. Cloud University, 1994, MacMurry College, Jacksonville, Illinois, 1994. Numerous group shows including Fresno Art Museum, California, 1991, San Francisco Art Museum, 1991, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1991, Albuquerque Museum, 1991, Denver Art Museum, 1991, 93, Expo, 1993, San Antonio Museum of Art, 1993, National Museum of America Art, 1993, Chicago, 1993, 94, Chicago Latino Film Festival, 1994, Las Artes Galeria, Omaha, 1994, Open Windows Gallery, Chicago, 1994, S. Suburban College, South Holland, Illinois, 1994, Columbia College, Chicago, 1994, 95, J.R. Shapiro Gallery, Oak Park, 1994, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, 1995, John Linsey Dallery, Oak Park, 1995, Hokin Gallery Commodity Credit Corporation, Chicago, 1995, Oak Park Art League, 1995, Pilsen Artist to Artist, Chicago, 1996, Prospecturs Gallery, Chicago, 1998, Commodity Credit Corporation Faculty Exhibition, Chicago, 1996, Richard Love Gallery, Chicago, 1996, La Llorona Gallery, Chicago, 1997, Prospectus Art Gallery, Chicago, 1997, Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, 1997, Chicago History Society, 1996, 97, Museum Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1996, 97, numerous others film screenings United States, Europe, and Mexico. Commissioned muralist in public locations and private residences.
    
    Represented in permannet collections: Sara Lee Corporation, Chicago, Mexican Museum of Fine Arts, Chicago, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Contempory Art, Tucson Museum of Art, Latino Institute, Chicago, Columbia College, Chicago, Bell Telephone Сompany, Chicago, Lake Meadows Association, Chicago, Scholarship and Guidance Association, Chicago, City of Chicago, San Antonio Art Museum, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, Denver, Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington, Chicago Humanities and Art Council, Denver, Ariztlan, Incorporated, Phoenix, Mira, Chicago, Centro Cultural de La Raza, San Diego, San Diego Art Mus, Albuquerque Museum, San Francisco Art Museum, San Diego Museum Contemporary Art, Denver Art Museum, Mexico Museum, San Francisco, Portland Art Museum, National Museum American Art, Washington, numerous group exhibitions include: Norris Gallery Cultural Arts Center, 1997, Instituto Cultural Puertoriqueno, 1998, Chicago Athenaeum, Schaumburg, 1998, Illinois State Museum, 1999, Guadalupe Cultural Center, 2000. Also numerous private collections Contributor articles to numerous publications.

Membership

Active contributor to cultural organizations.

Connections

Father:

Manuel Castillo

Mother:

Maria Enriquez