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Sapience September 24 - November 13. 2010
Francesco LoCastro, "Minerva", mixed media on wood panel, 12x12x3, 2010
BIOGRAPHY
For over a decade, Francesco Lo Castro has been South Florida's thoroughfare to the national New Contemporary art scene, as both a respected artist and curator of intrepid art exhibitions.
Lo Castro was born in Catania, Italy in 1976, raised in Germany, and transplanted to South Florida during high school, where he immediately became immersed in the local graffiti, punk and hardcore music scenes. Fueled by a strong family-instilled work ethic and the do-it-yourself attitude of the underground youth movement, Lo Castro quickly found his foothold in the creative arts, making a name for himself as a painter with diverse technical range and a strong social message.
In 2006, he curated the “We’ll Make A Lover Of You” Exhibition at the Art Center / South Florida, the first Pop Surrealist showcase to be sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts.
With over 40,000 visitors, the exhibition shattered the Art Center’s previous attendance record, remaining the most successful exhibition in the institution’s history to date.
Lo Castro is CEO & Founder of Pop Art Studios Inc., a creative services company, commercial art & design studio and launch pad for Lo Castro’s diverse art projects.
He is also the co-founder of the VANGUARD Art Fair, which merged with AQUA Art Fair in 2009. VANGUARD is the first art fair of its kind to emphasize emerging trends in the New Contemporary
movements of Pop Surrealism and Street Art.
His work has been exhibited all over the U.S. and Europe and he has been featured among the 100 distinguished artists to forge the South Florida art community in the definitive book “Miami Contemporary Artists,” released by Schiffer Publishing in 2007. His work has been featured in numerous publications, including VICE, Juxtapoz, Art of the Times, NYArts, FEFÉ, Beautiful Decay, La Stampa and The Miami Herald.
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