Liset Castillo was born in 1974 in Camagüey, Cuba. She lives and works between Amsterdam and New York.
Education
2000-2002
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de Ateliers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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1993-1998
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Higher Institute of Art, (ISA) Havana, Cuba
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1989-1993
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Professional Art School, Camaguey, Cuba
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1986-1989
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Vocational Art School, Luis Casas Romero, Camaguey, Cuba
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Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010
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Huma Studies, LMNT gallery, Miami
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2008
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Liset Castillo-Inti Hernandez, Bonelli Arte Contemporanea, Mantova
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2007
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Pain is Universal but so is Hope, Black & White Gallery, New York
Liset Castillo 2003-2006, UCR California Museum of Photografy, Riverside, USA
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2006
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Lisette Castillo, Associazione Contemporaneamente, Milan
Western Civilization, Luis Adelantado Gallery, Miami, USA
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2005
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Johanas Phil – Liset Castillo, Black & White Gallery, New York
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2004
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Departure Point, Galerie Refugium, Berlin
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2002
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Liquid City, Palace H. Noordwijk, Aan Zee, Den Haag, The Nederlands
Liquid City, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, The Nederlands
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2001
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From Palo Cagao to Palo Alto, Public Sculpture at Djerassi Sculpture Site, San Francisco
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2000
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Estampa es Tampa, Servado Cabrera Moreno Galley, collaborative project with Ludving Fondation from Cuba and Graphicstudio, University South Florida, USF, USA
Ibrahim Miranda – Liset Castillo, presentation at Graphicstudio, work in process and art lecture, University South Florida (USF), Tampa, Florida
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1999
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Cosas del Querer, Wifredo Lam Center for Contemporary Art, Havana
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1997
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Beyond the view, Ludwing Foundation of Cuba, Havana
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Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
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The No Place, curated by Elizabeth Ferrer, BRIC Arts Media Brooklyn, Rotunda Gallery, New York
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2009
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10th Havana Biennial, Integration and Resistance in the Global Age, Havana
The Edge of Intent, Museum of Contemporary Photography, MoCP, Chicago
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2008
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Latino Latino, Arte Contemporanea Latino Americano, curated by Raffaella Guidobono, Trip, Napoli, Lamarque Museum, Pallazzo della Vicaria, San Francesco in Trapani, Italy
Sand, The Parrish Art Museum, The Hamptons, New York
Via Simbolica, curated by Sarah Tanguy, St. Mary’s College, Maryland
Paradiso Terrestre, BonelliLAB, Canneto sull’Oglio, Mantova
(De)Construct, Hof & Huyser Gallery, Amsterdam
Itinerarios, Marcelino Botin Foundation, Santander, Spain
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2007
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Infinite Island, Contemporary Caribbean Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York
El Barrio Museum, X- Files Biennial, New York
Stumbling Towards Paradise, UCR California Museum of Photography, Riverside, USA
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2006
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Paris Photo 2006, Paris
The Sanctuary and the Scrum, curated by David Hunt, Black & White Gallery, New York
Grand Oppening, Volitant Gallery, Austin, Texas
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2005
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Black & White Gallery, New York
Latinoamerican Artists at Graphicstudio, Print and Multiples, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
Tampa Bay Art Festival, Tampa, Florida
Omni Art Miami III, Miami
May Open Studios at the International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York
L’Arte Il Torchio 2005, Art and the Printing Press, Cremona
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2004
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Landings, Conkal Arte Contemporaneo / CAC. Ex Convent of Conkal, Conkal, Yucatan
Poskort fra Cuba, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway
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2003
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8th Havana Biennial, Art and Life, Militar Park, La Cubana, Havana
Lost Territories, Schröder Galerie, Den Haag, Olanda
Havana Voorbij de Cliches, Pictura, Dordrecht, the Nederlands
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2002
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Introducing the Contemporary Collection: The Artist as Guide, Mackey Gallery, Houston, Texas
Liquid City, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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2000
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From the Negative, Part Arts Gallery, Minneapolis, USA
From the Negative, Museum of North Dakota, North Dakota, USA
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Fellowhips, Artist in residence and Awards
2008-2009
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The Pollock-Krasner Fellowship
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2006-2007
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Marcelino Botin Fellowship, Santander, Spain
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2004-2005
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Guggenheim Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, New York
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2005
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International Studio and Curatorial Program ( ISCP ), New York
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2003
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Mondriaan Stichting, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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2003-2004
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Cintas Fellowship, Institute of International Education, New York
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2000-2002
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De Ateliers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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2000
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Graphicstudio, University South Florida, Tampa, Florida
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2001
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Djerassi Resident Artist Programm, Woodside, San Francisco, California
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Principal Collections
The Museum of Contemporary Photography, MoCP, Chicago, USA
Marcelino Botin Foundation Collection, Santander, Spain
Progressive Collection, Mayfield Village, Ohio, USA
West Collection, Philadelfia, USA
Lippes Collection, USA
Frost Art Museum at Miami International University, Cintas Collection, Miami
FMO Bank Kunst Collectie , Den Haag, The Netherlands
Polk Museum of Art, ( Permanent Collection), Lakeland, Florida
Allen & Overy Collection, Apollo House , Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Museum of Fine Arts, St Petersburg, Florida
Djerassi Foundation, Woodside, California
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Graphicstudio Collection, University South Florida, Tampa
Bibliography
-Arte Al Dia Internacional, by Julia Hertzberg on the 10th Havana Biennial, 2009
-Sand: Memory Meaning and Metaphor, The Parrish Art Museum, 2008
-Catalogue "Integration and Resistance in the Global Age", 10th Havana Biennial, 2009
- “Infinite Island”, Catalogue, Brooklyn Museum of Art, 2007
- Art Nexus, December 2007
- The New York Times, Friday, September 21, 2007, Page E27, By Benjamin Genocchio,
-Art News, November 2007, By Lamar Clarkson, Reviews, New York
-Art News, December 2006, National Reviews by Elisa Turner, Liset Castillo at Luis Adelantado Gallery, Miami
-Arte al Dia, Review by Amalia Caputo, November 2006,
-Art News, December 2005, Critic’s Pick, by Rachel Somerstein
-The New York Art World, December 2005, by Mary Horbacek,
-L’ Arte E Il Torchio 2005, Art and the Printing Press, Cremona, Italy
-Catalogue: Landings, 2004, by Conkal Arte Contemporaneo/CAC, Curator: Joan Duran and texts of Eugenia Montalvan
-Art Nexus, March 2004, 8va Bienale de la Habana, Havana
-Art Forum , February issue, 2004, 8th Havana Bienale, by Christian Crattemeyer
-Art Papers, February issue, 2004, by Cay Sophie Rabinowitz
-The Washington Post, Sunday, November 16, 2003; by Blake Gopnik page N01, In Havana, an Air of Possibility
- Catalogue: Bienal De la Habana, 2003, “ El Arte con la Vida” By Antonio Zaya and the Center for Contemporary Art “Wïfredo Lam”
-WeeklyPlanet NEWS, September 14-20, 2000, pages 15, The Joung Cubans By Susan Edwards
-NY ARTS Magazine, Vol.5 no, 11, 2000,Ibrahim Miranda-Liset Castillo by William Jeffet
-Star Tribune, September 8, 2000, pages 23,24, Embargo o no, 12 Cuban photographers converge on a Minneapolis gallery, by Mary Abbe
-Art Cuba: the new generation /edited and with an introduction by Holly Block; essays by Gerardo Mosquera, [et al,]; translated from the Spanish by Cola Franzen and Marguerite Feitlowitz
-WeeklyPlanet NEWS August 2002, page 12, Where I Come From By Preston Whaley Jr
-ST Petersburg Times, published on July 28, 2002, “A New Light Shines” by Lennie Bennett,
-WeeklyPlanet NEWS October 22, 2002, Best Multicultural Exibition (tie) Graphicstudio,
Two Cuban Artists
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