Vincent Castiglia

Beauty and decay conjugate in a superlative act to objectify a seamless truth within the desperation of the human condition; an attempt to decode for Castiglia, himself, the absurdity of the individual human experience.Vincent Castiglia works in the tradition of surrealism and visionary art. The figures that infuse Castiglia’s work, in his view, mirror an inevitable aspect of human existence, (consequent nonbeing) and abstract the experiential bridge, (life), in an effort to evidence the symbiotic relationship between the two for the viewer. When asked for his artist statement, the artist replies, “My paintings tend to depict iconographic forms, vital and necrotic juxtapositions, and reinterpretations of transpersonal experience.”Vincent Castiglia's works on paper have been exhibited at museums and galleries in the US, Switzerland and England, including in the 2006 group exhibition of the Society for Art of Imagination at The HR Giger Museum Gallery, Switzerland), The Museum of Sex (New York), The Mall Gallery (London, England) Canvas Los Angeles (Los Angeles California), Fuse Gallery (New York), Art @ Large Gallery (New York) Gallery Lombardi (Austin Texas), Stolen Space Gallery (London, England), C-Pop Gallery (Detroit, Michigan)The 7th Annual Dirty Show (Detroit, Michigan), Streetwise Gallery (Detroit, Michigan)and Ludlow Gallery (New York), where Castiglia's artwork received its first violent compliment, having the hanging work stolen from the gallery.Vincent's work has been featured in numerous art and tattoo publications, internationally, such as Tattoo Flash, Tattoo Society, Skin Deep, Skin Art, Tattoo Savage, International Tattoo Art, Tattoo Arte, Tabu Tattoo, Tattoo Revue, Tattoos For Men, Tattoos For Women, YRB Magazine, Hungarian Tattoo Society Magazine, ArtisSpectrum, Staff Magazine, and Antheon, and has also been seen on the television series, “Miami Ink”, as well as New York 1 News.Vincent Castiglia's fine art is represented by Leslie Barany, of Barany Artists NYC. Barany has exposed Vincent’s paintings to the art-world at large, introducing his work to collectors as well as other artists such as H.R. Giger, Ernst Fuchs, and Andre Lassen, as well as many other appreciators from around the world.Visit VincentCastigliaArt.com for the online portfolio of selected works. Transgression: Grand Opening Group Exhibition Opening Reception: Saturday, April 5th, 2008, 7:00pm-11:00pm. Show runs April 5th thru April 28th. Artists include: John Abrahamson, Shawn Barber, Jon Beinart, Rachel Bess, Matthew Bone, Paul Booth, Patrick Byers, Vincent Castiglia, Colin Christian, Christopher Conte, Daniel Martin Diaz, HR Giger, Naoto Hattori, William B Hand, Fred Harper, Nikko Hurtado, Michael Hussar, John John Jesse, Stephen Kasner, Kevin Llewellen, Fabrice Lavollay, Laurie Lipton, Travis Louie, Jesse Pepper, Karl Persson, Dan Quintana, Celeste Rapone, JL Robbins, David Stoupakis, Heidi Taillerfer, Brian Viveros, Chet ZarLast Rites Gallery is located at 511 W. 33rd Street, NYC (212)529.0666 LastRitesGallery.comCastiglia @ L’IMAGERIE GALLERY: L’IMAGERIE GALLERY proudly invites you to join in celebrating its inaugural exhibition at its spacious new location with a gala star-studded grand opening reception. The LA presentation of this incredible sampling of the world’s most notorious artistic renegades coincides with the official publication release of the book. L’IMAGERIE will have on hand for sale the first exclusive West Coast copies of the edition, a truly significant chronicle and commentary on arguably the most critically defining icon of modern civilization.