Vincent Castiglia. Born in Brooklyn, New York, now living and working in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan.
What is it that you do? What media do you use?
Surrealist painter, using only human blood and water as pigment (which anyhydrates as iron oxide)
What do you think sets your work apart?
It's honesty.
How long have you been showing your work for? Did you have a “big break?”
5 years. I'd cite as the most notable experience of my career my solo exhibition at the H.R Giger Museum Gallery in Switzerland. There have been many other exhibits and collaborative projects which have been equally important to me. However, if i had to list one, this would be the event.
What are some things that have inspired you?
Circumstance, mortality, all that's hidden, saints, wretches, and daimons.
What have you been working on recently?I've just completed my latest body of work titled, Sacrifices For the Sanguinary Age. This was painted over the last year.
Do you listen to music while you create your work? If so, would you give some examples?
Almost always. It varies drastically. A few examples are Lustmord, Lisa Gerrard, Marcel Peres' Ensemble Organum collections, Lycia, and Love Is Colder than Death
Do you do work in any other media? Other projects not necessarily related to your main body of work?
I have in the past but currently am working only in human blood, outside of the pencil drawings that precede finished paintings.
What advice do you have for artists looking to show their work?
Do your best always, and give yourself a break---life's too short to allow yourself to be lost in the process. Be who you are.
Do you have any upcoming exhibitions of your work that you can mention?
My upcoming show, Sacrifices For the Sanguinary Age, will open at Meta Gallery in Toronto, on September 10th, and will be followed with an artist talk the next day, September 11th at the Gallery. Inquiries may be sent by email to Jody Polishchuk at jp@metagallery.com / www.MetaGalery.com
Where can people see more of your work on the internet?
www.VincentCastiglia.com
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