Mario Castillo Ancestral Traces

Posted on Sunday, February 20

“ANCESTRAL TRACES”
A one-man exhibition by Chicago artist Mario Castillo

March 19 through May 6
Opening reception: Saturday, March 19 5-10pm
with special appearance: Chicago Sinfonietta’s Project Inclusion Ensemble

Castillo received his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and his MFA from California Institute of the Arts. At Cal Arts, he fell under the influence of John Baldassari. Castillo also worked closely with Allan Kaprow (performance), Nam June Paik (video), Patrick O’Neill and Jules Engle (film), Morton Subotnick (electronic music), Paul Brach (painting), and Stephan Von Hume (kinetics).

Castillo was the first of Chicago’s pioneer artists of the 1960’s mural movement to start painting murals at Lane Tech in 1964. He also did the first Latino mural, the first multicultural mural, the first Abstract mural, and the first anti-Viet Nam War mural. Castillo’s unique approach to mural painting with youth served as a
prototype for future muralists. He now teaches Fine Arts at Columbia College Chicago. Castillo’s work is in the collections of eleven museums throughout the US, from the National Museum of American Art to the Art Institute of Chicago to The San Francisco Museum of Contemporary Art.

Please join us for the grand reception at Prospectus in the Pilsen neighborhood, the heart of today’s Mexican Renaissance.

Your presence will strengthen the local development of the arts.

Free admission. Parking will be available.

Prospectus Art Gallery
1210 W 18 St