| name = Carlos Castro
| name = Carlos Castro
| image = Carlos Castrol Arias with his artwork in 2024.jpg
| image = Carlos Castrol Arias with his artwork in 2024.jpg
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| caption = Castro in 2024
| caption = Castro in 2024
| birth_name = Carlos Castro Arias
| birth_name = Carlos Castro Arias
| birth_date = 1981
| birth_date = 1981
| birth_place = [[Bogota]], Colombia
| birth_place = [[]], Colombia
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== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
Castro was born in [[Bogotá]], Colombia. He earned a Bachelor’s degree from the [[Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano]] in Bogotá in 2002.<ref name=”FR”>{{cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Carlos Castro Arias Visiting Artists and Scholars Program Artist in Residence |url=https://frontpage.gcsu.edu/sites/default/files/uploadedfiles/Carlos%20Castro%20Arias%20flier.pdf |access-date=3 June 2024 |website=frontpage.gcsu.edu}}</ref> In 2008, he received a [[Fulbright Scholarship]] to study at the [[San Francisco Art Institute]], where he completed a [[Master of Fine Arts]] (MFA) in Painting in 2010.<ref name=”FR”/>
Castro was born in [[Bogotá]], Colombia. He earned a Bachelor’s degree from the [[Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano]] in Bogotá in 2002.<ref name=”FR”>{{cite web |title=Carlos Castro Arias Visiting Artists and Scholars Program Artist in Residence |url=https://frontpage.gcsu.edu/sites/default/files/uploadedfiles/Carlos%20Castro%20Arias%20flier.pdf |access-date=3 June 2024 |website=frontpage.gcsu.edu}}</ref> In 2008, he received a [[Fulbright Scholarship]] to study at the [[San Francisco Art Institute]], where he completed a [[Master of Fine Arts]] (MFA) in Painting in 2010.<ref name=”FR”/>
==Career==
==Career==
[[File:Carlos Castro Arias artwork.jpg|thumb|”The Past is Never Dead. It’s Not Even Past”. (2024) Exhibition view of Castro’s solo show at [[Museo de Arte Moderno]] MamBO, [[Bogotá]]]]
[[File:Carlos Castro Arias artwork.jpg|thumb|”The Past is Never Dead. It’s Not Even Past”. (2024) Exhibition view of Castro’s solo show at [[Museo de Arte Moderno]] MamBO, [[Bogotá]]]]
Castro’s work has been exhibited and recognized internationally at different occasions in the course of his career.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hakim |first=Claudia|date=11 April 2024 |title=”El pasado nunca muere”
Castro’s work has been exhibited and recognized internationally at different occasions in the course of his career.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hakim |first=Claudia|date=11 April 2024 |title=”El pasado nunca muere”
|url=https://www.eltiempo.com/opinion/columnistas/el-pasado-nunca-muere-3332958 |access-date=3 June 2024 |website=eltiempo.com}}</ref> He has staged solo shows in galleries and museums across South America, Europe and the United States.<ref>{{cite web |last= |first=|date= |title=Carlos Castro Arias with HereIn|url=https://www.hereinjournal.org/conversations/carlos-castro-arias-with-herein|access-date=3 June 2024 |website=hereinjournal.org}}</ref>
|url=https://www.eltiempo.com/opinion/columnistas/el-pasado-nunca-muere-3332958 |access-date=3 June 2024 |website=eltiempo.com}}</ref> He has staged solo shows in galleries and museums across South America, Europe and the United States.<ref>{{cite web |title=Carlos Castro Arias with HereIn|url=https://www.hereinjournal.org/conversations/carlos-castro-arias-with-herein|access-date=3 June 2024 |website=hereinjournal.org}}</ref>
Among his notable solo exhibitions include: ”El pasado nunca muere, no es ni siquiera pasado” at [[Bogotá Museum of Modern Art|Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá MamBo]] in 2024<ref>{{cite web |last= |first=|date= |title=El Pasado Nunca Muere. No Es Ni Siquiera Pasado. Carlos Castro Arias|url=https://www.mambogota.com/exposicion/el-pasado-nunca-muere-no-es-ni-siquiera-pasado-carlos-castro-arias/|access-date=3 June 2024 |website=mambogota.com}}</ref> and ”La vida de las cosas muertas” at [[University of Antioquia|Museo Universidad de Antioquia]] in 2022.”<ref>{{cite web |last= |first=|date= |title=La vida de las cosas muertas. Carlos Castro|url=https://www.udea.edu.co/wps/portal/udea/web/generales/interna/!ut/p/z0/fY6xagMxEER_Rc3VUpTg2OVxBINxlUCw1YSNtMRr67RnrXT486NLKjduljfMMDva6YN2CWb6gUKcIDZ9dKuv9WawT_2L2W_fd4PpV0P_9vrxubdrq3faPQ60Bjpfr67XznMqeCv6MHEuEGtA6AzIvTrxiP_sayw1NxirIKuaaMYsVCATdwZvEwv5NhOlMwXHVgNxYZC_R4kCLyKgFPAQuFkR1EwBVEAVQZRnaXes2AaIejbqXCOxgqjsZsmwL_U744LWWKunizv-Anp8yf0!/|access-date=3 June 2024 |website=udea.edu.co}}</ref>
Among his notable solo exhibitions include: ”El pasado nunca muere, no es ni siquiera pasado” at [[Bogotá Museum of Modern Art|Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá MamBo]] in 2024<ref>{{cite web |title=El Pasado Nunca Muere. No Es Ni Siquiera Pasado. Carlos Castro Arias|url=https://www.mambogota.com/exposicion/el-pasado-nunca-muere-no-es-ni-siquiera-pasado-carlos-castro-arias/|access-date=3 June 2024 |website=mambogota.com}}</ref> and ”La vida de las cosas muertas” at [[University of Antioquia|Museo Universidad de Antioquia]] in 2022.”<ref>{{cite web |title=La vida de las cosas muertas. Carlos Castro|url=https://www.udea.edu.co/wps/portal/udea/web/generales/interna/!ut/p/z0/fY6xagMxEER_Rc3VUpTg2OVxBINxlUCw1YSNtMRr67RnrXT486NLKjduljfMMDva6YN2CWb6gUKcIDZ9dKuv9WawT_2L2W_fd4PpV0P_9vrxubdrq3faPQ60Bjpfr67XznMqeCv6MHEuEGtA6AzIvTrxiP_sayw1NxirIKuaaMYsVCATdwZvEwv5NhOlMwXHVgNxYZC_R4kCLyKgFPAQuFkR1EwBVEAVQZRnaXes2AaIejbqXCOxgqjsZsmwL_U744LWWKunizv-Anp8yf0!/|access-date=3 June 2024 |website=udea.edu.co}}</ref>
Castro’s artwork has also been featured in museums and galleries in multiple nations.<ref>{{cite web |last= |first=|date=27 February 2021 |title=Carlos Castro Arias – Remorses and Other Maladies
Castro’s artwork has also been featured in museums and galleries in multiple nations.<ref>{{cite web |date=27 February 2021 |title=Carlos Castro Arias – Remorses and Other Maladies
|url=https://monicaespinel.com/carlos-castro-arias-remorses-and-other-maladies/|access-date=3 June 2024 |website=monicaespinel.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last= |first=|date= |title=”I came to set the world on fire, and I wish it were already kindled” —Luke 12:49, Carlos Castro Arias|url=https://artpace.org/exhibitions/i-came-to-set-the-world-on-fire-and-i-wish-it-were-already-kindled-luke-1249-2/|access-date=3 June 2024 |website=artpace.org}}</ref> His work is represented in Colombia by [[Galería La Cometa]]<ref>{{cite web |last= |first=|date= |title=La resta de las partes|url=https://galerialacometa.com/exhibiciones/bogota/carlos-castro-la-resta-de-las-partes-es|access-date=3 June 2024 |website=galerialacometa.com}}</ref> and LA Galería.<ref>{{cite web |last= |first=|date= |title=Carlos Castro on LA Galería |url=https://galerialacometa.com/artists/carlos-castro-en|access-date=3 June 2024 |website=galerialacometa.com}}</ref>
|url=https://monicaespinel.com/carlos-castro-arias-remorses-and-other-maladies/|access-date=3 June 2024 |website=monicaespinel.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=”I came to set the world on fire, and I wish it were already kindled” —Luke 12:49, Carlos Castro Arias|url=https://artpace.org/exhibitions/i-came-to-set-the-world-on-fire-and-i-wish-it-were-already-kindled-luke-1249-2/|access-date=3 June 2024 |website=artpace.org}}</ref> His work is represented in Colombia by [[Galería La Cometa]]<ref>{{cite web |title=La resta de las partes|url=https://galerialacometa.com/exhibiciones/bogota/carlos-castro-la-resta-de-las-partes-es|access-date=3 June 2024 |website=galerialacometa.com}}</ref> and LA Galería.<ref>{{cite web |title=Carlos Castro on LA Galería |url=https://galerialacometa.com/artists/carlos-castro-en|access-date=3 June 2024 |website=galerialacometa.com}}</ref>
Castro is also an [[adjunct professor]] at [[San Diego State University]] (SDSU) since 2019.<ref name=”SD”/>
Castro is also an [[adjunct professor]] at [[San Diego State University]] (SDSU) since 2019.<ref name=”SD”/>
== Awards and recognitions ==
== Awards and recognitions ==
* 2022 Winner ”San Diego Art Prize”<ref>{{cite web |last= |first=|date= |title=San Diego Art Prize 2022|url=https://www.sdvisualarts.net/sdvan_new/pdf/SDArtPrize2022catalog.pdf|access-date=3 June 2024 |website=sdvisualarts.net}}</ref>
* 2022 Winner ”San Diego Art Prize”<ref>{{cite web |title=San Diego Art Prize 2022|url=https://www.sdvisualarts.net/sdvan_new/pdf/SDArtPrize2022catalog.pdf|access-date=3 June 2024 |website=sdvisualarts.net}}</ref>
* 2023 ”AC Individual Artist Fellowship”<ref>{{cite web |last= |first=|date= |title=California Arts Council 2023–24 Individual Artist Fellows|url=https://artsoc.org/23-24-cac-iaf/|access-date=3 June 2024 |website=artsoc.org}}</ref>
* 2023 ”AC Individual Artist Fellowship”<ref>{{cite web |title=California Arts Council 2023–24 Individual Artist Fellows|url=https://artsoc.org/23-24-cac-iaf/|access-date=3 June 2024 |website=artsoc.org}}</ref>
==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.carloscastroarias.com/projects/en/ Official website]
*http://www.carloscastroarias.com/
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