Antonio García Castillo Bio
My work develops at the intersection of territory, identity, migration, and historical memory, exploring how these concepts engage in dialogue with the dynamics of global displacement.
In a context of climate crisis, forced displacements, and territorial disputes, my work proposes a reading of the landscape not only as a physical space but as a territory of memory and resistance, where identity and nature are in constant negotiation. Through materiality and the exploration of new plastic configurations, my work seeks to rethink traditional narratives about the Amazon and the Andes, opening critical dialogues on the geopolitics of territory, migration, and emerging ways of inhabiting a world in transformation.
Lives and works between Lima and New York.
Born in Lima, Peru (1969).
Antonio García Castillo is a multidisciplinary artist; graduated from the Faculty of Art and Design at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, specializing in painting and engraving. His work spans various mediums such as integrated art in architecture, design, engraving, sculpture, textile collage, mural painting, installation, video art, and painting.
His research projects often connect anthropology, socio-political issues, migration, identity, and territory, as well as the revaluation of ancestral knowledge of the living and indigenous cultures of the Amazon rainforest and the Andes of Peru. He maintains working relationships with them in social development and cooperation. Alongside his artistic work, he has developed projects that integrate art into architecture, providing consulting for architects and designers and creating projects for specific public and private spaces.
He has worked as a cultural manager, curator, speaker, and lecturer at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP), the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences (UPC), the Toulouse Lautrec Design Institute, and the Pecha-Kucha festival focused on innovative projects.
In his academic studies, he has conducted training sessions and workshops at various cultural centers in Peru and Argentina, worked as an artistic director for advertising production companies like Storm Films and Tounche Films, and provided consultation on Amazonian art for Peruvian fashion designer Sumy Kujon.
His most recent work involves a project on historical memory and archival research based on the seminal work of the Italo-Peruvian scientist and naturalist Antonio Raimondi, “El Perú, itinerario de viaje,” an encyclopedia that gathers discoveries and research results in the Peruvian territory during the second half of the 19th century. He draws references from the historical archives of the Museum of Natural Sciences of the University of San Marcos and the archive of the Antonio Raimondi Museum in the capital Lima.
Currently, he works between the cities of Cusco and Lima, Peru.
National and international collective exhibitions
2024
∙ MUDEC Museum of Cultures, Milan, Italy.
∙ Sin-Cuenta, Galeria FORUM, Lima, Peru.
2023
∙ MaravillArte, Ministry of Culture, San Borja, Lima, Peru.
∙ The 54th YPEA Miniprint, Japan.
2022
∙ Natural, Museo Amano, Miraflores, Peru.
2020
∙ I Painting Prize “Diary of Confinement”, Municipality of Lima, Peru.
2018
∙ IPAE Sculpture Award, British Cultural Center, John Harriman Gallery Lima, Peru.
∙ Chromatic Latin America, Camp Cultural Center, Rosario, Argentina.
∙ Minimal Action, Pavilion 4 Gallery, Palermo. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2017
∙ Skin of the Amazon, Fugaz-Monumental Project Callao Residencies, Lima, Peru.
∙ I National British Drawing Competition, British Cultural Centre, Jhon Harriman Gallery; Lima, Peru.
2016
∙ Amazónica, GREEN LIGHT Artespacio, Casa Ronald, Monumental Callao, Lima, Peru.
∙ XIV National Constable Watercolour Salon, British Cultural Centre, Lima, Peru.
2015
∙ Amazonia Last Magical Paradise, Javeriana University, Bogotá, Colombia.
∙ ArtLima, International Art Fair, Delbarrio Gallery; Lima, Peru.
∙ Between visions, amaZ, Miraflores; Lima, Peru.
∙ Pecha Kucha Night, 20×20 Amazonia-Here, Reducto Park, Lima, Peru.
∙ Surf art, Delbarrio Gallery, Chorrillos, Lima, Peru.
2014
∙ Suggested Geometry, The Gallery, San Isidro. Lima, Peru.
∙ VI National BCRP Painting Salon, Museum of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru.
∙ Rivers Can Exist Without Water But Not Without Banks, Bufeo Gallery, Lima, Peru.
∙ Amazonian, CAMP in Pichincha, Rosario, Argentina.
2013
∙ XI National Constable Watercolor Salon, British Cultural Center, Lima, Peru.
∙ Make&Wish, British Cultural Center, Lima, Peru.
2012
∙ Ikaros Urbanos Intervention, Gandalf Gavan Studio, Brooklyn, New York. USA.
2010
∙ ICPNA National Engraving Salon, Lima, Peru.
∙ Resources, Alianza Francesa Cultural Center Gallery, Lima, Peru.
2008
∙ III Faber Castell National Watercolor Salon, National Library of Lima, Peru.
2006
∙ Arte de Balde, Borges Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
∙ El Caliu, Engraving Biennial, Spain.
∙ Urbana-Kene Intervention, Deen Street, Brooklyn, New York; USA
2005
∙ Miniprint Triennial, Osaka, Japan.
∙ Emerging Latin Americans, Pavilion 4, Buenos Aires; Argentina.
2004
∙ Piedra de Huamanga, Pedro de Osma Museum, Barranco, Peru.
∙ The Iowa Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Miniature Prints, USA.
2003
∙ Contemporary Latin American Artists, UNAM School of Extension, Quebec, Canada.
∙ The Saint-Maur Miniprint Biennial, Villa Medici, France.
2002
∙ Aire, Trapecio Gallery, Lima.
2001
∙ Mini-print Biennial in Barkoshtostan, Russia.
∙ Latin American Engraving Biennial, Casa de las Américas, Havana- Cuba.
∙ Young Art, Cecilia Caballero Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
∙ Argentina Yesterday and Today, Brandy Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2000
∙ Mercosur Biennial, Córdoba, Argentina.
∙ I Buenos Aires Biennial, Pavilion 4 Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
∙ Latin American Artists, Cecilia Caballero Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1999
∙ I Yawar Biennial, Inca Museum, Cuzco, Peru.
∙ Artists of the Americas, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cuzco, Peru.
∙ VII National Drawing Salon ICPNA, Lima, Peru.
1998
∙ Emerging, Frances Wu Editions, Frances Wu Gallery. Lima, Peru.
∙ XII National Engraving Salon, ICPNA, Lima, Peru.
∙ Banners, Auditorium University of Lima, Peru.
1997
∙ Emerging, Trapecio Gallery, Lima, Peru.
∙ Mini-print Triennial, Osaka, Japan.
∙ Pandora’s Box Installation, Cultural Center of Spain. Lima, Peru.
1996
∙ Graduates of the Faculty of Art of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, PUCP Cultural Center.
Solo exhibitions
2024
∙ “Peru, Antonio Raimondi, discoveries and contributions in XIX century”, Consulate General of Peru, Milan; Italy.
∙ “Lysergic Threads” Casa Fugaz, Callao Monumental, Lima; Peru.
2023
∙ “Diálogos Diferidos”, Centro Cultural Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Cancillería, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lima; Peru.
2019
∙ “Paraísos Ajenos” (Foreign Paradises), San Marcos Museum, Lima, Peru.
2017
∙ “Skin of the Amazon,” Casa Fugaz, Callao Monumental, Lima; Peru.
2016
∙ “Amazonian”, Casa Fugaz, Callao Monumental, Lima; Peru.
2015
∙ “Madre Selva”, Centro Cultural del Olivar, San Isidro, Lima, Peru.
∙ “Encanto Amazónico”, Del barrio Gallery, Chorrillos. Lima, Peru.
∙ “Ama-zonas”, CAMP Pichincha, Rosario City; Argentina.
2013
∙ “Natural”, Pedro de Osma Museum, Barranco, Lima, Peru.
2006
∙ “Itinerary”, Art Space Gallery, Stamford municipality. Connecticut, USA.
2005
∙ “Organic”, Pavilion 4 Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2003
∙ “Habitat”, Trapecio Gallery, Lima, Peru.
1998
∙ “All Red”, Trapecio Gallery, Lima, Perú.
Studies
1988-1996
∙ Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Faculty of Art and Design. Graduated in Visual Arts with mention in Painting and Engraving, Lima, Peru.
2002
∙ Digital Design, Toulouse Lautrec Institute, Lima, Peru.
2010
∙ ESCUELAB Institute of Art and Technology, Master in Electronic Interactive Textiles, Lima, Peru.
2012
∙ Ernestina Agustín, Research on ancestral techniques of natural textile dyeing and traditional Amazonian ceramics, Shipibo-Konibo community. Pucallpa. Pucallpa. Peru.
Distinctions
2020
∙ 1st Prize in Painting, Journal of Confinement, Municipality of Lima; Peru.
2018
∙ IPAE National Sculpture Award, British Cultural Center, John Harriman Gallery; Lima, Peru.
2014
∙ 3rd Prize in Painting, IX National Painting Salon of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru, BCRP Museum, Lima, Peru.
2013
∙ 3rd Prize in Watercolor, XV National Salon of Constable Watercolors, British Cultural Center, John Harriman Gallery; Lima, Peru.
2010
∙ UNESCO, III Millennium Projects Scholarship Award, Castilla la Mancha, Spain.
∙ Honorable Mention, II National Painting Exhibition in Coricancha, Cuzco, Peru.
2007
∙ 2nd Prize in Watercolor, National Salon of Watercolor Faber Castell, National Library of Peru.
2005
∙ 1st Prize in Painting, IX National Salon of Painting Sherwin Williams, Pavilion 4, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
∙ 2nd Prize in Painting, National Salon of Painting Clinicas de Morón, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2004
∙ Honorable Mention, Tama University Mini-Printing Triennial, Osaka, Japan.
2003
∙ Honorable Mention, VII National Drawing Salon, ICPNA, Lima, Peru.
2002
∙ Honorable Mention, XII Latin American Engraving Biennial Casa de las Americas, Havana, Cuba.
2001
∙ Honorable Mention, Biennial of Engraving Barkostostan, Russia.
Collections:
∙ MUDEC Museum of Cultures, Milan, Italy.
∙ World Bank Collection, Washington DC. USA.
∙ Raimondi Museum, Lima, Peru.
∙ Museum of Contemporary Art of the University of San Marcos (UNSM) Lima, Peru.
∙ Museum of the University of Barkostan, Russia.
∙ Museum Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba.
∙ Museum of the University of Tama, Osaka, Japan.
∙ Regional Museum of La Garroxa, Spain.
∙ Collection of the Consulate General of Peru in Milan, Italy.
∙ Also his works are in private collections in Peru, Argentina, Chile, Brasil, Mexico, Panama, USA, Canada, Switzerland, Spain and Austria.
∙ His works are also in private collections in Peru, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Mexico, Panama, USA, Canada, Switzerland, Spain, France and Austria.
