Exhibition Opening—Carlos Castro Arias: The Splinter in the Eye
Schedule
Fri Oct 18 2024 at 06:30 pm to 08:30 pm
UTC-07:00Location
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library | La Jolla, CA
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Exhibition Opening Reception; free admission.Carlos Castro Arias will be exhibiting his newest project, The Splinter in the Eye, an installation composed of paintings and objects in which the artist reflects about memory, trauma, and elements of the individual and collective identity.
Carlos Castro Arias is a Colombian artist, professor, and musician. He received a BA from the Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Bogota in 2002 and was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 2008 to the San Francisco Art Institute, where he received an MFA in painting in 2010. Castro has been an associate professor at San Diego State University since 2019. In 2022, the Museo Universitario Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia exhibited a retrospective of his work entitled La Vida de las Cosas Muertas (The Life of Dead Things).
Most recently Castro Arias has exhibited at Artpace, San Antonio; Bread & Salt, San Diego; LA Galería, Bogota; Quint Gallery, La Jolla, and Espacio El Dorado, Bogota. He has participated in group shows in Sweden, Peru, France, Spain, New Zealand, Mexico and Venezuela. His musical projects include: POPO (2000), Los Claudios de Colombia (2005-2010) and Amor Negro (2020). The artist lives and works between San Diego, Tijuana, and Bogota.
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Where is it happening?
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, 1006 Wall St, La Jolla, CA 92037-4418, United States,San Diego, CaliforniaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
