Education
Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts in 1982. He attended school in Puerto Rico in the fourth grade.
Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts in 1982. He attended school in Puerto Rico in the fourth grade.
Casilla has illustrated biographies of Martin Luther King Junior.,,, and Casilla has a Hispanic background that is reflected in his style of illustration. He has illustrated various multicultural children books
Casilla was recorded to have been interested in drawing ever since he was a child.
He currently resides in New Fairfield, Connecticut. He has three cats and one dog.
Robert Casilla has worked as a freelance illustrator for magazines, book publishers, and educational publishers. He has illustrated over 25 children"s books
He currently teaches art to children and he visits schools to talk to students about his process of illustrating books and biographies.
He studied under the artists Marshal Arisman, Jim McMullan, Baron Storey and Julian Allen. Robert Casilla has been featured in the following exhibitions: Connecticut Watercolor Society Group Show November 2010 Connecticut Watercolor Society Group Show June 2010 Connecticut Watercolor Society Group Show May 2009 Society of Illustrators Annual Group Show 51- March 2009 Society of Illustrators Traveling Exhibition- 1994 Society of Illustrators Annual Group Show 36- February 1994 The Art of the Baseball Card Group Exhibition 1991 Pelham Art Center Children"s Book Show 1989 Society of Illustrators Annual Group Show 28- April 1986.
