Alberto Castro Leñero
 
 
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"Castro reaffirms the reality while offering the spectator the possibility of integration with his art work in a natural way, in an introspective movement, which does not exclude the contradiction or the opposition."

Gerardo Estrada
Former General Director of the Fine Arts National Institute

 
Born in Mexico City on December 22th, 1951
 
STUDIES

1998

Assisted and participated in the Contemporary Painting Symposium Baie-Saint-Paul Quebec, Canada

1978 - 1979

Diploma in Painting Resident at the Academia Delle Belle Arti Scholarship Bolonga, Italy

1971 - 1978

B.A. in Graphic Communication & Visual Arts National School of Plastic Arts Mexico City

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2006

“Recent Works”, Galería Corsica, Puerto Vallarta, México

2005

“Recent Works”, Galería Corsica, Puerto Vallarta, México

1999

“Xll Biennial of San Juan in Latin American and Caribbean Engraving” Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
“Coatlicue” Han Art Contemporain, Montreal, Canada
“Corpus”. Museum of the Palacio de Bellas Artes. Mexico City
“Paintings of Alberto Castro Leñero”. Museo Regional de Guadalajara
Guadalajara JAL. Mexico
“Art work of Alberto Castro Leñero”. Gallery Cultural Forum October, 2nd
Mexico City, Iztacalco Delegation
“Incruse”. Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City

1998

International Symposium “la Nouvelle Peinture au Canada”. Exposition Center of Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec
“Watercolors Salon”. Cultural Mexican Institute in Washington D.C
Washington D.C., U.S.A.
“In the 90’ s, Mexican Contemporary Art 1998-99”. Cultural Mexican Institute in Washington D.C. and New York. Washington D.C., New York, U.S.A.
“Faire Mémoire” . Exposition Center of Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec
“Interior Castle” Latin-American Museum, Omaha NE. USA
“Interposed” Gallery of the University Autonoma de Queretaro
Queretaro, QRO. Mexico

1997

“Society”. New York, U.S.A., Cultural Institute in Washington, Maison du Citoyen, Queen’ s Quay Gallery
Washington, U.S.A., Quebec, Toronto, Canada
“Cruce (Relieves in bronze)”. Gallery El Estudio, Mexico City,

1996

“Interior Castle”. Cultural Institute for Mexico and the Americas Mexico City

1995 - 1996

“Root of Time”. Ex-temple of Saint Augustan, Zacatecas ZAC. Mexico

1994

“Graphic” Gallery of the Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros, Mexico City
“Landscapes”. Misrachi Art Gallery, Mexico City
“Capital Painting”. Metropolitan Gallery, UAM. Mexico City
“Shape and Sign”. Gallery of the Instituto Veracruzano de Cultura, Galería Oriente Veracruz, Xalapa VER. Mexico

1993

“The Shape of Thoughts”. Contemporary Art Museum, Morelia MICH. Mexico
“Fragmentation”. San Angel Cultural Center, Mexico City.

1992

“Alberto Castro Leñero”. Cultural Center of Mexico; Exhibit Room at the Mexican Embassy in La Paz, Bolivia, San Pedro Sula, La Paz, Asuncion, Paraguay, Bogota, Honduras, Colombia, Bolivia,
“Fragmentation”. Regional Museum of the Alhóndiga de Granaditas Guanajuato, Mexico, XX International Cervantino Festival
“Alberto Castro Leñero”. Carlos Pellicer Room in the Modern Art Museum Mexico City

1991

“Alberto Castro Leñero”. Pemex Executive Tower, Mexico City

1990

“Symbols” Contemporary Art Gallery, Mexico City
“Alberto Castro Leñero” Borda Garden, Cuernavaca, Morelia, Mexico

1989

“The Decapitation of Venus”. Galleria Del Círculo, Mexico City, Mixographies

1988

“Alberto Castro Leñero” Current & Mexican Art Gallery, Monterrey NL.Mexico

1987

“Figures”. Fine Arts Palace Museum, Mexico City, Rooms: Diego Rivera & International.

1986

“Susana and the Elders” Los Talleres Gallery, Mexico City

1985

“The Sea”. San Carlos Academy, Casa de la Cultura Jalisciense, Guadalajara, Mexico City, Mexico

1985

“Graphic and Drawing”. Alternative Gallery, Mexico City.

1984

“Paper Women” Royal Hall, London
“The Tree of Life” University Museum del Chopo, UNAM, Mexico City
“20-Day Chronic”. Itineante, Nuevo León, Monterrey, Aguascalientes, Coahuila, Mexicali, Torreón, Coahuila, San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas, Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico

1983

“Alberto Castro”. University of Exeter, London
“Paintings, Drawings and Prints”. Canning House, London
“Women of Paper” Collage Gallery, Magritte Gallery, Guadalajara, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico City, Mexico
“The Neon Man”. Colegio de Bachilleres, Mexico City

1982

“20-Day Chronic” Fine Arts Palace Bookstore, Mexico City, Coyoacanense Cultural Forum
“Two Chronics” Eduardo Hagerman Gallery, Mexico city
“Alberto Castro Leñero” La Agencia Gallery, Mexico city

1981

“Tensions” Exposition Room at the Academia de San Carlos, National School of Plastic Arts, UNAM, Mexico
“Painting, Drawings and Prints” Casa de la Cultura of Aguascalientes, Ags.,Casa de la Cultura of León, Gto.; Potosin Institute for Fine Arts, San Luis Potosí, S.L.P., INBA, Mexico (Itinerante)

1979

Painting and Design “Pitture e Disegni” Laboratorio Pietralata Gallery, Bologna, Italy
“Graphic” University Bookstore Forum, UNAM, Mexico City

1978

“Drawings and Paintings” Salvador Allende Auditorium; Med School, UNAM, Mexico city
“Paintings and Drawings”. Exposition Room of the Academia de San Carlos
Mexico City, National School of Plastic Arts, UNAM

1974

“Drawing”. Department of Graphic Communication; National School of Plastic Arts, UNAM, Mexico city

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)

1999

Mexican Landscape XX Century, Modern Art Museum, Mexico City
The Joy of Living, José Luis Cuevas Museum, Mexico City
For what we owe you Poet, Honoring Jaime Sabines, Casa de la Primera Imprenta, Mexico city
Bancomer Art Room, Museum of Monterrey, Centro Bancomer, Monterrey NL. Mexico

1998

Genesis of the Universe. Exposition-Donation, Serfín Financial Center Monterrey NL. Mexico
Out Gallery, El Espacio Gallery, Mexico city
Second National Room for Visual Arts, Biennial Section Bidimensional 1998, Mexico city
2nd International Biennial, Toy Art Objet, José Luis Cuevas Museum Mexico city
Mini-theatre, National Art Center, Mexico city

1997

Honoring Hugo B. Margain: Exhibit of the Private Collection, Secretaría de Hacienda Museum; Antigüo Palacio del Arzobispado, Mexico city
Lines & Volume, Drawing, Print and Sculpture, Modern Art Museum, Mexico city
Permanent Collection, Continuities and Discontinuities, Modern Art Museum, Mexico city, Permanent Collection
Ceramic “Talavera”, Tradition of Vanguard, Contemporary Artists; Amparo Museum, Puebla PUE. Mexico
The Body Transgressions, Mexican Contemporary Art; Carrillo Gil Art Museum, Mexico city

1996

Self Portrait in Mexico, 90´s, Modern Art Museum, Mexico city
Nudity: Tradition & Modernity, José Luis Cuevas Museum, Mexico city
Maps, Four times Thirty, Café La Gloria, Mexico city

1995

International Painting Festival, Cagnes Sur Mer, Contemporary Museum of Puerto Rico
France, Contemporary of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Scheduled Exhibition, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Exchange 3, Ceramic, in Small Format,
Mystic Dialogs, Claustro de Sor Juana, XVll International Congress of History and the Religions, Mexico city

1994

Paths, Carrington/Gallagher Gallery, San Antonio TX. USA
Paths of the End of the Century, Painting and Sculpture 80’ s – 90’ s
Modern Art Museum Permanent Room, Mexico city
20 Mexican Artists, Languages, U.S. Ambassador’s Residency Mexico city
Strategies, Painting and Drawing, Zona Gallery, Mexico city
Alberto Castro Leñero, Alfonso Mena Pacheco, José Castro Leñero

1993

Mexican Plastic Actuality, Eurpalia, Contemporary Art Museum Ostende, Belgium
Times in Underground, Mexican Cultural Festival in Brazil and neighboring countries, South America, International Scheduled Exhibition
Collective of December-Plastic Contemporary Work, Casona ll of the Secretaría de Hacienda, Mexico city
Punto 20, Plastic Convergence, Colegio de Bachilleres, Mexico city
Permanent Collection of the University Museum for Sciences & Arts
Contemporary Art; UNAM, Mexico city,
68 Memory and prints, Luis Nishizawa gallery, Mexico city
International Plastic Action against Racism and Violence of Memories, Plaza de St. Domingo;Downtown, Mexico
Nudity, Contemporary Mirror, Galileo 100 Gallery, Mexico city
Different Senses, Amparo Museum, Puebla PUE. Mexico
Alberto, Francisco, José y Miguel Castro Leñero, José Luis Cuevas Museum, Borda Garden, Cuernavaca MOR. Mexico
The Artistic Creation, a weapon against impunity, National Museum of la Estampa, Mexico city
Mexico City Historic Center: Past and Present, Iturbide Palace Mexico city
Angels and Falling Angels, Casona ll of the Secretaria de Hacienda Mexico city

1992

Le Futur Composé, Casa de América Latina, Paris Artistes Neo-Figuratives du Mexique
The Castro Leñero in Blue, Azul Gallery, Guadalajara JAL. Mexico
Art History Encounters in the Mexican Contemporary Art, Modern Art Museum, Mexico city
Vanguard Prints, Gran Salón de la Pinacoteca of Nuevo León, Monterrey NL. Mexico
Artists Against AIDS, University Chopo Museum, Mexico city
Word, Plastic and Angels, Doubled Theater and City Museum Leon GTO. Mexico
Experience Continuity, University Chopo Museum,Mexico city, Plastic Contemporary Collective
Looking at Tamayo, Iztapalapa Art Gallery, Mexico city,UAM Iztapalapa
Style & Matter. Mixographies and Multiples of Contemporary Masters, Modern Art Museum, Mexico city

1991

Collective, Casa de la Cultura Tlalpan Delegation, Nesle de Paris Gallery, Museo Nacional de la Estampa, Mexico city, Paris, Scheduled Exhibition
lll International Biennial of Painting in Cuenca, Cuenca, Equator
Print Biennial 1991, Nesle Gallery, Paris
New Mexico, Tamarind Institute, University of New Mexico, New Mexico, U.S.A.
Litographies, paintings and sculptures; Scheduled Exhibition, Twenty Artists, Museo de la Estampa, Pinacoteca 2000, Mexico city
Graphic Exhibition Don Giovanni: The Artists celebrate Mozart, Modern Art Museum Mexico city
Crossings, Centro Cultural Los Talleres, Coyoacán, Mexico city
Eros-Tanatos, Centro Cultural Los Talleres, Mexico city
Fragments of a Destroyed Landscape, Del Sur Gallery, Mexico city
Collective Exposition Vll Anniversary, Núcleo Art Gallery, Mexico city
Artists against AIDS, University Museum del Chopo, Mexico city
Honoring José Guadalupe Posada, Oaxaca Institute for Graphic Arts Oaxaca OAX. Mexico
Save the Planet, La Agencia, Mexico city

MURAL

1994

“Hydra” Impronta Mural Santa María La Ribera Project, located in Eje Ricardo Flores Magón, Col. Atlampa, Mexico City. Talavera tile, 5.50 x 11 meters
“Knife Eye” Impronta Mural Santa María La Ribera Project, located in Eje Ricardo Flores Magón, Col. Atlampa, Mexico City. Talavera tile and metal, 6 x 11 meters

 

 
 
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