RESUME

AURELIO CASTAÑO

EDUCATION

Bachelors in Arts – Empire State College, New York.

Associates in Visual Arts – Westchester Community College, New York.

Certificate of Applied Arts – Westchester Community College, New York.

FEATURED IN

Bead & Button Magazine “Soccer Anyone?”- 2011

Bead & Button- August 2010

Bead & Button- April 2011

New York Times, The Making of an American, June 2006

Larchmont Gazette, Immigrant Artists Passes along jewelry skills, February 2006

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Cinco de Mayo Exhibition 2008- White Plains Arts Exchange- White Plains, New York

NRA 91 Annual Exhibition – New Rochelle, New York

Hispanic Heritage Exhibiton 2006 – Beacon, New York

Mamaroneck Artist Guild Juried Show.2006 – Larchmont, New York

Greenwich Arts Association Juried Show 2006 – Greenwich, Connecticut

Voces Peregrinas III – Larchmont, New York.

NRA.exhibition 2006 – New Rochelle, New York

M.A.G Small Works Juried Show 2006 – Larchmont, New York

Old Church Center Gallery Juried Show – Demarest, New Jersey

IONA 2006 small works show – New Rochelle, New York

Craft USA 2005 National Craft Triennial – Silvermine, Connecticut

Folk Arts Showcase 2005 -- White Plains, New York

Voces Peregrinas II – Larchmont, New York

NRA Exhibition 2005 – New Rochelle, New York

Greenwich Arts Association 2005 – Greenwich, Connecticut

Latino Jewels 2004 – Beacon, New York

NRA Exhibition 2004 – New Rochelle, New York

Roots and Relations 2003 – Beacon, New York

Juried Show 2003 Burk Rehabilitation Center – White Plains, New York

NRA Juried Exhibition 2003 – New Rochelle, New York

AWARDS

Amigo Award, Hispanic Resource Center 2006 – Mamaroneck, New York

Second Place, NRA 91 Annual Exhibition –  New Rochelle, New York

Honorable Mention, NRA 91 annual Exhibition – New Rochelle, New York

Honorable Mention 2006 Dermott Gale Award Show – New Rochelle, New York

First Place 2005 Juried Show – Greenwich Arts Association, Connecticut

Second Place Crafts 2005, New Rochelle Arts Association – New Rochelle, New York

First Place Jewelry 2004, Mamaroneck Artist Guild – Larchmont, New York

First Place crafts 2003, New Rochelle Arts Association – New Rochelle, New York

WORK EXPERIENCE

2001 – Present               Technical Assistant/Instructor Westchester Art Workshop.

2004 – Present               Founder and Director -ARTISTICO -Mamaroneck, New York.

1989 – 1993                    CAMACOL Colombia.

1984 – 1989                    Missionary in the Amazons jungle in Colombia.