FERNANDO R. CASAS (b. 1946) |
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Education | ||||||
· 1973-1978 Rice University. Ph.D. Philosophy. · 1970-1972 Rice University. M.A. Philosophy · 1968-1970 The Colorado College, B.A. Philosophy, Magna Cum Laude. · 1965-1968 Normal Superior Católica, Cochabamba. Philosophy and Psychology Program. · 1960-1964 Private studies of Art with Don Raul Prada, Director of the School of Fine Arts of Cochabamba, Bolivia. |
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Gallery Representation | ||||||
Gremillion
& Co. Fine Art, Inc. |
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Solo Exhibitions (selected) | ||||||
· The Art Car Museum, Houston, Sep-Nov 2019: Limits and Proximities - A Survey of Works Spanning Four Decades. · The Jung Center, Houston, March 2019: Silence, Void, Timelessness. · Gremillion and Co. Fine Art Gallery, Houston, Sep-Oct 2018: Limits and Proximities. · Gremillion and Co. Fine Art Gallery, Houston, 2014: Co-Constitutions. · G Gallery, Houston, 2014: Co-Constitutions. · Redbud Gallery, Houston, 2014: Co-Constitutions. · Gremillion and Co. Fine Art Gallery, Houston, Nature at the Very Verge, February 2011. · Gremillion and Co. Fine Art Gallery, Houston, 2008. · Gremillion and Co. Fine Art Gallery, Houston, 2005. · Gremillion and Co. Fine Art Gallery, Houston, January 2003. · Centro de Arte Boliviano Contemporáneo, La Paz and Cochabamba, Bolivia, January 2000. · Gremillion and Co. Fine Art Gallery, Houston, January 1999. · Windy Morehead Gallery, New Orleans, December 1996. · Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago, Chile, April 1966. · Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Simon I. Patino, Cochabamba, Bolivia, July 1996. · Galeria de Arte, Fundación BHN, La Paz Bolivia, March 1996. · Gremillion and Co. Fine Art Gallery, Houston, April 1995. · Fundación Cultural EMUSA, “Kippus Keeping”, La Paz, Bolivia, August 1994. · Centro de arte Contemporáneo Simon I. Patino, Cochabamba, Bolivia, November 1993. · Trinity Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, October 1992. · Fundación Cultural EMUSA, La Paz, Bolivia, April 1992. · Gremillion and Co. Fine Art Gallery, Houston, January 1992. · North Harris College Art Gallery, Houston, January 1991. · Blue Mountain Gallery, SOHO, "An Opening of Vision," New York City, June, 1989. · Little Egypt Enterprises, Houston, Texas, June 1989. · Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Paz, Bolivia, July 1988. · Salon de Exposiciones Gildaro Antezana, Cochabamba, Bolivia, June, 1988. · Fundación Cultural EMUSA, La Paz, Bolivia, August 1986. · Little Egypt Enterprises, "Meditations", Houston, September 1982. · Duveen Gallery, Houston, November 1979. · Heritage Gallery, "Space and Perception", Los Angeles, September 1979. · Harriet Griffin Gallery, New York City, 1976. · Salon Municipal de Artes Plasticas, La Paz, Bolivia, February 1973. · Salon Municipal de Artes Plasticas, La Paz, Bolivia, January 1968. · Salon Municipal de Exposiciones, Cochabamba, Bolivia, November 1967. · Palacio de la Cultura, Cochabamba, Bolivia, June 1967. · Salon Municipal de Exposiciones, Cochabamba, Bolivia, December 1964.
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Group Exhibitions (selected) | ||||||
· MotherDog Studios, 26th Annual ARTCRAWL, Houston Nov. 2019. · Glassell School - Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Little Egypt Enterprises & Related Studios, Sept.-Nov. 2017. · MotherDog Studios, 26th Annual ARTCRAWL, Houston Nov. 2018. · MotherDog Studios, 25th Annual ARTCRAWL, Houston, Nov. 2017. · MotherDog Studios, 23rd Annual ARTCRAWL, Houston, Nov. 2016. · MotherDog Studios, 22nd Annual ARTCRAWL, Houston, Nov. 2014. · Museum of Printing History, The Artist’s Eye, Curated by Elise Armoul Miller, Houston, TX, Jun.-Sept. 2014. · MotherDog Studios, 21st Annual ARTCRAWL, Houston, Nov. 2013. · Museum of Printing History, Houston Print Making: Its Roots and Future, Houston, TX, Nov. 2012. · Museo de Arte Moderno, "Amistad, Texas Art in Perú", Gus Kopriva, curator, Trujillo, Perú 2007. · Nacional Museum of Peru, “Amistad, Texas Art in Perú”, Gus Kopriva, curator, Lima, Perú 2007 . · Gremillion & Co. Fine Art, Inc. Gallery, “The Art of War”, Fernando Castro and Fernando Casas curators 2006. · Museo Nacional De Bellas Artes, Bolivia, Dibujo y Artes Gráficas, Asunción, Paraguay, August 2002. · Museo del Barro, Arte Contemporáneo Boliviano, Asunción, Paraguay 2002. · Gremillion Gallery, Austin, Texas, October 1999. · The Museum of Printing History, The Best of Houston’s Printmakers, Houston, TX. February 1997. · Galveston Arts Center, Cerling Etching Studio, Galveston, TX. July 1996. · Diverse Works, Little Egypt Enterprises show, Houston, TX, November 1992. · International Monetary Fund Visitor's Center, "Circumstances, Myth, and Abstraction in Contemporary Bolivian Art", Washington D.C., April 1992. · Washington University Gallery of Art, "Printmaker", Washington, D.C., April 1992. · North Carolina Museum of Art, "Bolivian Painting", Raleigh, North Carolina, November, 1990. · Art League of Houston, "Fifteen Years of Prints--Little Egypt Enterprises", April, 1987. · Hudson River Gallery, "An Eclectic Collection of Art in Various Media", Ossining, New York, September 1985. · Rachel Davis Gallery, Houston, 1985. · The Asahi Shimbun Museum, Osaka, Japan, 1985. · Midtown Art Center, "The New Nude", Houston, December 1984. · Museum of Fun, Tokyo, Japan, 1984. · Midtown Art Center, Houston, November, 1983. · Midtown Art Center, "Midtown Art Center Premier Event, Houston, November 1982. · Houston Arts Calendar and Directory Show, Sakowitz Post Oak, Houston, September 1982. · Harris Gallery, "Selected Prints from 1974 of Little Egypt Enterprises", Houston, TX, October 1982. · University of Houston, The Lawndale Annex, "Latin Show", Houston 1981. · Galería Garcés Velásquez, "Dibujantes Latinoamericanos en Nueva York", Bogota, Colombia, April 1981. · University of Houston, "Art for Our Sake", Houston, October, 1980. · Little Egypt Enterprises, "Prints", Houston, July 1980. · Moody Gallery, "Prints by Little Egypt Enterprises", Houston, June 1980. · Toni Jones Gallery, "Introductions", Houston, July 1979. · Moody Gallery, "Little Egypt Print Exhibition", Houston, May-June, 1979. · Centro Boliviano Americano, "Retrospective Exhibition of Four Artists, Cochabamba, Bolivia, September, 1978. · The Center for Inter-American Relations, "Lines of Vision", New York, February 1977 (Show curated by Barbara Duncan, traveled to many cities in the United States, Canada, and México. · Salón Municipal de Exposiciones Pedro Domingo Murillo", La Paz, Bolivia, 1973. · Casa Cultura, Santa Cruz, "50 Obras de Cinco Pintores" Bolivia, June 1973 · Palacio Portales, Cochabamba, Bolivia, 1972. · Palacio de la Cultura, "Salón Municipal de Artes Plásticas, 1972", Cochabamba, Bolivia, September, 1972.
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Videos | ||||||
· Houston Art Tribe's 14th Episode with Kay Sarver featuring Fernando Casas! |
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Blogs | ||||||
Book | ||||||
· Fernando Casas – Limits and Proximities: A Survey of Works Spanning Six Decades, 2018. |
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Writings by the Artist | ||||||
· "Incompleteness of the Visual World", January 2010. · “The Promiscuity of Power”, ArtNexus, January 2000. · "The Limit of the Visual World", Leonardo, Vol. 26, November 2, MIT Press, 1993. · "Polar Perspective: A Graphical System for Creating Two-Dimensional Images Representing a World of Four Dimensions", Leonardo, San Francisco, Volume 17, Number 3. · "Flat-Sphere Perspective", Leonardo, Paris, Volume 16, Number 1, 1983. |
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· by Itsuo Sakane, ISBN4-02-255700-1, 1987. · Ensayos y Lecturas, by Luis H. Antezana, Pub. Altiplano, Bolivia, 1986. · Curvilinear Perspective, from Visual Space to Constructed Image, by Albert Flocon and commentary by Robert Hansen, University of California Press, 1989. · Pintura Boliviana del Siglo XX, by Fernando Romero and Pedro Querejazu, Banco Hipotecario Nacional, Jaca Book, 1989. · Memoria 1974-1994, Fundación Cultural Emusa, La Papelera, S. A., La Paz, 1994. · Retrospectiva, Dos Siglos de Pintura en Cochabamba, by Paula Lujan and Michela Pentimalli, Industrias Dinapel LTDA, Bolivia, 1995. · El Dibujo en Bolivia, by Pedro Querejazu, Fundación BHN, La Paz, Bolivia 1996. · Pintores Bolivianos Contemporáneos, by Armando Soriano Badani, Los Amigos del Libro, La Paz, Bolivia, 1993. · La Ciudad Imaginaria, By Alicia Szmulder, Editorial Offset Boliviana Ltda., La Paz, Bolivia, 1998. · El Gato Que Ladra, by Fernando Calderón and Javier Sanjinez, Editorial Ceres, La Paz, Bolivia, 1999. · Una Visión del Arte Boliviano Contemporáneo, Revista taller de análisis literario, Fundación Simón I. Patino. Ed. Colorgraf, Bolivia, 1999.
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Articles about the Artist | ||||||
· Red Pub Magazine article by Kwane Adu Danso, 2019. · FABRIK, Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Issue 40, Feb. 2019 Houston, Fernando Casas, Limits and Proximities , by Donna Tenant. · Literal - Latin American Voices / Voces Latinoamericanas, Fernando Casas, Before Oneself, by Fernando Castro R, Sept. 2018. · La Razón, Tendencias, Oct. 30 2018, La Paz, Bolivia, 'After Velázquez', de Fernando Casas, by Roberto Laserna. · Nueva Crónica y Buen Gobierno. Bolivia. Abril 2014, #142. · “Fernando Casas” by Donna Tennant, Visual Art Source. · “Obras de Fernando Casas inundan galerías de Houston”, by Myrtha Fernández, Los Tiempos, May, 7, 2014. · “Studio Visit: Fernando Casas”, by Virginia Billeaud Anderson, The Great God Pan is Dead, January 28, 2014. · “Wonder Years” by Steve Jansen, Modern Luxury Houston Magazine, May 2014. · “Sketches: Fernando Casas. In his three-gallery exhibition, the Houston artist confronts the big questions.” by Peter Holley, Houstonian Magazine Jan 29, 2014. · “’The Mirror of Time’ painting depicts Lovett’s Hall’s Iconic arcade” by Jeff Falk, Rice University News and Media, February 7, 2014. · “Fernando Casas” by Fernando Castro, V Visible Magazine, June 2003. · “Fernando Casas” by Fernando Castro, ARTNEXUS No 48, April 2003. · “La Ultima Crucifixión de Casas”, by Sergio Cáceres G. La Prensa, 13 February 2000, La Paz , Bolivia. · “Nomadismo y Plenitud” by Ruben Vargas. Pulso , 10 February 2000, La Paz, Bolivia. · “Pintor que Atrapa el Planeta”, by Cecilia Valdes Urrutia, El Mercurio, Santiago, Chile, 19 May, 1996. · “Arte desde el Corazón de los Andes”, by Pedro Querejazu, El Mercurio, Santiago, Chile, 7 April 1996. · “Cartografía Sin Norte” by Fernando Castro, Presencia, La Paz, Bolivia, 10 March 1996. · “La Pintura de Fernando Rodríguez Casas” by Michela Pentimalli, Los Tiempos, Bolivia, 1996. · “Vemos a través de los Conceptos” by German Arauz Crespo, La Razon, La Paz, 7 April 1996. · “Casas Espía el Punto Ciego de la Plástica” by Juan Carlos Ramiro Quiroga, Hoy, La Paz 7 March 1996. · “De la Filosofía a la Pintura”, by Cecilia Baya, Revista Cultural Sopocachi, No 16, La Paz, Bolivia, 1996. · "Fernando R. Casas: Mas Allá de la Latitud y la Longitud" by Ronald Martinez, Opinion, 25 December 1994. · "Bolivians at Monetary Center", by Michael Welzenbach, The Washington Post, April 11, 1992. · "Fernando Rodríguez Casas at Trinity Gallery", by Ileana Marcoulesco, Art Papers, Atlanta, March 1993. · "La Luz Metafísica", by Ileana Marcoulesco, Rubén Vargas and Luis Antezana, Los Tiempos, La Paz, 19 April 1992. · "Fernando Rodríguez Casas, Pintor y Filosofo", La Razón, La Paz, 19 April 1992. · "Una Exposición Extraordinaria", by Pedro Querejazu, Ultima Hora, La Paz july 31, 1988. · "En torno al circulo de Magnolia", by Juan Carlos Ramiro, Presencia, La Paz July 24, 1988. · "Entre ver y mirar", by Alvaro Diez Astete, Presencia, La Paz, July 21, 1988. · "La obra de Fernando Rodríguez Casas", by Luis H. Antezana, Presencia La Paz, July 13, 1988. · "El Circulo de Magnolia: Homenaje a Karl Popper" by Giancarla Quiroga, Los Tiempos, July 2, 1988. · "El vuelo de Casas", by Rene García Meruvia, Los Tiempos, Cochabamba, July 1, 1988. · "Lo que nos dejo Fernando R. Casas", by Renee Jaitt, Los Tiempos, Cochabamba, June 28, 1988. · "El Circulo de Magnolia de Fernando Rodríguez C." by Guillermo Villarroel, Los Tiempos, Cochabamba, June 1986. · "Sobre la pintura de Fernando Rodríguez", by Juan Quinteros Soria, Los Tiempos, Cochabamba, June 25, 1988. · "La Fruición del Arte", by M. Elena Alzerreca B., Los Tiempos, Cochabamba, June 24, 1988. · "Supertest, Fernando Rodríguez Casas" by Mariana (Tita Saez), Los Tiempos, June 19, 1988. · "La Pintura y la pintura de Fernando Rodríguez Casas", by Rafael Via Reque, Opinión, Cochabamba, June 19, 1988. · "La gran inspiración pictórica de Fernando Rodríguez Casas" by Rafael Via Reque, Los Tiempos, Cochabamba, June 19, 1988. · "Flora y la Muerte", by Luis Antezana, Los Tiempos, June 16, 1988. · "Las pinturas de Fernando Rodríguez Casas", by Mariano Morales Davila, Los Tiempos, June 16, 1988. · "Fernando Rodríguez C. Un Realismo Multidimensional" by Luis Antezana Opinión, Cochabamba, June 12, 1988. · "Guidelines for Constructing a Fisheye Perspective", by Michael Moose, Leonardo, Volume 19, Number 1, 1986. · "Fernando Casas" by Itsuo Sakane, Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo, Japan, May 18, 1984. · "Fernando Casas" by Itsuo Sakane, Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo, Japan, August 10, 1983. · "La Obra Pictórica de Fernando Rodríguez Casas", by Luis H. Antezana, Presencia, La Paz, May 22, 1983. · "Casas Tied to Fourth Dimension", by Patricia Johnson, The Houston Chronicle, 1982. · "`Latino Show' a Major Disappointment", by Patricia Johnson, The Houston Chronicle, November 4, 1982. · "Artist Casas" by Hal Sussmann, Art Voices, Houston, September- October, 1981. · "Journey Beyond Modernism" by Hal Sussmann, Art Scene, Houston, December, 1980. · "Restoring Art to the People” by Donna Tennant, The Houston Chronicle, October 26, 1980. · "Casas Evolves a Metaphor for the Mind in Art" by Donna Tennant, The Houston Chronicle, November, 16, 1979. · "Artist Casas Toys with Perspective, Space Limits" by Charlotte Moser, The Houston Chronicle, August 18, 1979. · "Eastern Area Artists Seen in Shows Around Town", by Charlotte Moser, The Houston Chronicle, June 2, 1979. · "Fernando Rodríguez Casas" by Mario Lara Claros, Presencia, La Paz, June 23, 1977. · "Lines of Vision", Americas (O.A.S. magazine), Volume 31, Number 2. · "Consagración de un Pintor" by Mario Estenssoro, El Diario, La Paz, January 1, 1977. · Casas, by Margaret Betz, Art News, New York, November, 1976. · "Faces: Fernando Rodriguez", by Leslie Sowers, The Houston Post, March 29, 1975. |
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