José Antonio Castro-Muñiz
Doing Art is different than making art. The art of images is an exercise of introspection that helps other people to reflect over their own experience in life by means of a visual/concept experience.
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Biography
José Antonio Castro Muñiz (Kako Castro-Muñiz)
Full Professor. Since 1995. Fine Arts Faculty of Pontevedra. Vigo University
DX_5 Director and Creator since 1997. Digital and Graphic Art Research.
MFA of Fine Arts. Kala Arts Institute Berkeley.
Doctorate Degree in Fine Arts University of Vigo. Extraordinary Award for Doctorate Degree. Vigo University
Graduate Degree in Fine Arts San Fernando. Complutense University of Madrid.
Graphic Art Research in different institutions and countries:
Masereel Centrum. Anwerp; Macintosh College. Edimborough; Manhattan Graphics Centre of New York; Crown Point Press. San Francisco. CA; Epson Centre. Tokyo and Kyoto. Nagano. Japan. Among many others.
Founder and Director of the DX_5 Digital&Graphic Art Research Vigo University. Developing different Researching Lines about the concept and practice of multiple Art, printing and electronic digital images. Photopolymers, laser etching, applied to the Engraving and Art Printing field. Former Lines where: Multiple art, complexity aesthetics and sustainable Art Printing.
Researching works have been supported and financed by different organizations and Public Institutions. National Ministry of Education of Spain, Galician Government, EPSON Japan, Vigo University.
Summarizing a few projects description:
‘Photovoltaic techniques applied to engraving and drawing on metal plates’. ‘Digital engraving with Laser etching’. ‘Piezo-digital jet printing water-base on Art paper’. ‘Non- toxic printmaking’. ‘Renewable energies for Art Printing’.
Editor and writer for Art magazines and different Art book editorials. Participating on the writing of different books developing some theoretical and practical parameters on Contemporary Multiple Art and new paradigms on Contemporary Art Graphic.
Some publications:
-‘Intangible Patterns. Invisible maps for electronic graphics’
-‘Piezo-jet: The injected print’
-‘Anode-cathode. The chemical memory carved by electrons’
-‘A ding in Japan’
-On minded prints. On prints minded’
-‘From the in-print to the numeric Art’.
-‘Multiple. Complexity and sustainability’
Teaching on post-graduate courses and seminars, lectures on practice and theory about Contemporary Graphic Art, Universities in Spain and International Universities:
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Nationality:
SPAIN
- Date of birth : unknown date
- Artistic domains:
- Groups: Contemporary Spanish Artists
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Education
1995 - 1995
Doctor en Bellas Artes Premio Extraordinario de Doctorado Por la Universidad de Vigo
Vigo,
Pontevedra,
Spain
1992 - 1994
MFA Masters in Fine Arts
Berkeley,
California,
United States
1989 - 1993
Licenciado en Bellas Artes por la Facultad de Bellas Artes De San Fernando Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Madrid,
Madrid,
Spain
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Achievements
Prizes and Awards
2022
Bienal Internacional Museo De Vilanova De Cerveira
VILANOVA DE CERVEIRA,
PORTUGAL,
Portugal
1997
Certamen Nacional De Pintura Ademar Concello De Vigo
VIGO,
GALICIA,
Spain
1996
Certamen De Artes Plásticas De Tui
TUI,
GALICIA,
Spain
1992
Certamen Internacional Las Balconadas De Betanzos
BETANZOS,
GALICIA,
Spain
1990
Premio Nacional De Pintura Ayuntamiento De Madrid
MADRID,
MADRID,
Spain
Permanent Collections
2000
Museo Marco De Vigo
VIGO,
GALICA,
Spain
1996
Clección Xunta De Galicia
LA CORUÑA,
GALICIA,
Spain
1995
Coleccion De Arte Abanca
VIGO,
GALICIA,
Spain
1992
Colección De Arte Diputación De La Coruña
LA CORUÑA,
GALICIA,
Spain
Solo Expositions
2001
Furrows And Shadows Artspace Warehouse
LOS ANGELES. CA USA,
CALIFORNIA,
United States
2001
La Pescadilla Que Se Muerde La Cola. Galería Alameda
VIGO,
GALICIA,
Spain
1999
Etching Light
AGORA GALLERY NEW YORK,
NEW YERSEY,
United States
1999
Multiple Instances Horace Richter Gallery
TEL AVIV,
TEL AVIV,
Israel
1998
Ágrafo Galería Citania
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA,
GALICIA,
Spain
1998
No Last Prints Masereel Centrum
KASTERLEE,
BELGIUM,
Belgium
1997
Empty Shadows Olga Dollar Gallery
SAN FRANCISCO, CA USA,
CALIFORNIA,
United States
1997
Light Engravings The Manhattan Graphic Centre Of New York
NEW YORK,
NEW YERSEY,
United States
1997
Reartccion Centro De Arte Caixavigo
VIGO,
GALICIA,
Spain
1996
Protéxete Galería Clérigos
LUGO,
GALICIA,
Spain
1995
Monoprints And Monotypes Galería Alameda
VIGO,
GALICIA,
Spain
1993
Los Cuatro Elementos Galería Obelisco
LA CORUÑA,
GALICIA,
Spain
1993
Art Behind The Eight Ball Oackland Art Centre
OAKLAND,CA,
CALIFORNIA,
United States
1993
Think Print Kala Arts Institute Gallery
BERKELEY, CA USA,
CALIFORNIA,
United States
1993
Fractal Prints The Manhattan Graphic Centre Of New York
NEW YORK,
NEW YERSEY,
United States
1992
Pictografías Atípicas Galería Detursa
MADRID,
MADRID,
Spain
1989
Kako Castro. Facultad De Bellas Artes De San Fernado
MADRID,
MADRID,
Spain
1988
Kako Castro Centro Cultural Lavapies
MADRID,
MADRID,
Spain
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Biografía
José Antonio Castro-Muñiz es un premiado artista multidisciplinar afincado en España cuyas obras han sido expuestas individualmente en Portugal, España, Francia, Bélgica, Alemania, Estados Unidos, Polonia, Israel, Argentina y Brasil. Su obra figura en colecciones y museos relevantes: "Catálogo del Patrimonio Artístico de la Diputación de La Coruña Tomo II (1990-2010)"."Diccionario Enciclopédico Gallego Universal". "Gallegos: Quién es quien en la Galicia del siglo XXI" . "Enciclopedia Galega Universal" . "Colección Caixavigo: Pintura, escultura, dibujo" . "14 grabadores contemporáneos Galicia-España 1996.
Sus composiciones actuales se centran en la idea de tiempo fluido y el carácter efímero de la experiencia humana.
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