"New Blood Rising" @ Fuse Gallery:
July 10th - August 9th Featuring Vincent Castiglia, J.U. Abrahamson, Patrick Byers, among many others, special guests H.R. Giger, Andre Lassen, Stephen Kasner, and more . Visit www.FuseGalleryNYC.com for more information.

H.R. Giger Museum Gallery Presents: 1st Solo-Exhibition of works by Vincent Castiglia

"Remedy For the Living" - Iron-Oxide Visions on Paper

The first solo exhibition of paintings by Vincent Castiglia will open at the H.R. Giger Museum Gallery on Otober 31st, 2008 and run through mid 2009. Master Swiss-surrealist, H.R. Giger, and his wife Carmen Scheifele Giger, Co-Director of the museum, were first introduced to the artist and his work in 2005, which eventually resulted in an invitation to introduce his work to the many international visitors of Giger Museum in Gruyeres, Switzerland.

Castiglia works in the tradition of surrealism and visionary art. When asked for his artist statement, the artist replies, "My paintings tend to depict iconographic forms, vital and necrotic juxtapositions, and reinterpretations of transpersonal experience".

Castiglia, the internationally renowned New York based tattoo artist and painter, has exhibited his works on paper at museums and galleries in the US, Switzerland and England, including in the 2006 group exhibition of the Society for Art of Imagination at The HR Giger Museum Gallery, Switzerland, The Museum of Sex (New York), The Mall Gallery (London, England), Last Rites Gallery (New York, New York), Canvas Los Angeles (Los Angeles California), Fuse Gallery (New York), Art @ Large Gallery (New York) Gallery Lombardi (Austin Texas), C-Pop Gallery (Detroit, Michigan)The 7th Annual Dirty Show (Detroit, Michigan) and Ludlow Gallery (New York), L’Imagerie Gallery (Hollywood, California), and Ludlow Gallery (New York) where Castiglia's artwork received its first violent compliment, having the hanging work stolen from the gallery. Castiglia’s work has been explored by numerous art and tattoo publications, and featured on New York 1 News.

The H.R. Giger Museum opened in June of 1998, in Gruyeres, Switzerland. It showcases the largest collection of Giger’s work on permanent public display, encompassing his paintings, sculptures, furniture and film designs, including his work on "Alien", "Poltergeist", and "Species". The top floor of the Museum houses Giger’s private collection, which includes over 600 works of art by Salvador Dali, Ernst Fuchs, Dado, Bruno Weber, Günther Brus, Claude Sandoz, François Burland, Friedrich Kuhn, Joe Coleman, Sibylle Ruppert, Andre Lassen, among many others.

The Giger Museum Gallery is located in the adjoining wing of the museum complex, above the H.R. Giger Museum Bar. There, since 1999, and now on a twice a year rotating basis, Giger utilizes the three room exhibition space to show the work of artists, mostly those already in his private collection, in an effort to help broaden the art appreciation of visitors to his museum. Previous exhibitions have been for Wessi, Prof. Ernst Fuchs, Hans Bellmer, Fred Knecht, Stelio Diamantopoulos, Martin Schwarz, Claude Sandoz, Günther Brus, François Burland, Rudolf Stüssi, and the Society for Art of Imagination. Currently on exhibit are the paintings of Victor Safonkin.

The artist will be present at the opening.

Castiglia's solo exhibition at the H.R. Giger Museum Gallery will run for six months. For more information visit www.HRGigerMuseum.com.

MUSEUM HR GIGER
Château St. Germain
1663 Gruyères
Tel.: +41 26 921 22 00
www.VincentCastigliaArt.com
www.BaranyArtists.com

Last Rites Gallery Presents "Transgression":
Vincent's original art and limited editions will be on exhibit at the gallery. Vincent will also be doing a collaborative tattoo with Paul Booth, Nikko, Hurtado and the Last Rites crew at the opening.

Transgression opens on Saturday, April 5th, 7-10pm at Last Rites Gallery, 511 W. 33rd Street, between 10th & 11th Avenues (3 blocks from Penn Station), 3rd floor, New York, NY 10001. Show runs April 5th thru April 28th, 2008. More info at www.lastritesgallery.com.

Participating artists include: Michael Hussar, John Abrahamson, Shawn Barber, Jon Beinart, Rachel Bess, Matthew Bone, Paul Booth, Patrick Byers, Vincent Castiglia, Colin Christian, Christopher Conte, Daniel Martin Diaz, HR Giger, Naoto Hattori, William B Hand. Fred Harper, Nikko Hurtado, John John Jesse, Stephen Kasner, Kevin Llewellen, Fabrice Lavollay, Laurie Lipton, Travis Louie, Jesse Pepper, Karl Persson, Dan Quintana, Celeste Rapone, JL Robbins, David Stoupakis, Heidi Taillerfer, Brian Viveros, Chet Zar

Vincent in "Carnivora" @ L’Imagerie Gallery:
Opening May 3rd, 2008 Hollywood, California. Visit www.BaranyBooks.com for more information.

Skin Deep Magazine: Issue #156 Featuring Vincent Castiglia.
On Sale 2.16.08

Tattoo Arte Magazine: Issue #41: Feauring articles on H.R. Giger and Vincent Castiglia.
On Sale 3.25.08

HR Giger Museum Gallery Presents: Vincent Castiglia
It is our greatest honor to announce that, Master Swiss-surrealist, HR Giger, will be hosting Vincent's 1st solo Exhibition at the HR Giger Museum Gallery, opening November of 2008.
Please visit www.HRGigerMuseum.com shortly for more exhibition information

Canvas Los Angeles: "Feeding" in "Visionaries" Exhibition
November 3rd-December 9th . Participating artist include: Juan Puente, Kat Von D, Hannah Aitchison, Shawn Barber, and Horiyoshi III, and many more.
Visit www.CanvasLa.com for more information

"Revelation", Group Show at Fuse Gallery:
"The Great Whore" makes her gallery debut at Fuse, opening July 21st.
www.FuseGalleryNYC.com

"Carnivora", Exhibition and Book Project featuring Vincent Castiglia
Les Barany's, "Carnivora", The Dark Communion of Flesh and Machine: @ C-Pop Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, Jan.-Feb., 2008. Featuring over 92 artists including: Ron English, H.R. Giger, Joe Coleman, John John Jesse, Christopher Conte, Guy Aitchison, and Marshall Arisman, among many others.

Visit, www.BaranyBooks.com for more information.

Tattoo Revue Magazine: Castiglia Feature
Tattoo Revue. Issue # 129, will be featuring a full-length on Vincent
in Newstands early April.

Tattoo Flash Magazine: Castiglia Feature
Visitors can find this piece in the next issue of Tattoo Flash, #83.

Vincent in "The Dirty Show", 8th Anuual International Erotic Art Exhibition:
Openning Feb. 9th, 2007, Detoit Michigan. Four new paintings will be on Exhibit at this Show. For more information, visit: www.dirtydetroit.com

Guest-spot: March 14th-21st @ Tim Reid's Internal Expressions, Ontario, Canada:
Friends and associates, Internal Expressions by Tim Reid will be welcoming Vincent for the week of the 14th-21st. For appointment inquires and bookings, contact Internal Expressions directly, or email inquiry through our contact page.

New Limited Edition Prints:

Vincent in Hungarian Tattoo Society Magazine, Nov., 2006:
Full-feature, written by acclaimed tattoo artist Sarkozi Zsolt. Article will be available for viewing through Press page shortly. Visit www.darkart.hu to view Zsolt's stunning online portfolio.

Staff Magazine: Castiglia Feaure
Spain-based Art & Pop-culture Magazine, Staff, does feature on Vincent's fine art. Visit, www.stafmagazine.com, for more information.

11/01/06 - "Draw" welcomes Vincent Castiglia
Vincent Castiglia in Group Exhibition, Guest Curated by Les Barany "Draw", Fuse Gallery, October- December, 2006, New York , New York. www.fusegallerynyc.com

H.R Giger Museum: Showing two works of Vincent Castiglia
We are pleased to announce that the "Selected Works" show of the Society for Art of Imagination at the Giger Museum is currently featuring two works of Vincent Castiglia, "Origin" (2003) and "Multiply Thy Sorrow" (2006). For more information on this exhibition or the Giger Museum, please visit www.hrgiger.com. 24" x 36", hand-signed Giclee Fine Art prints of "Origin" available, email requests to omega623@optonline.net.

Fine Art Body Suit: Garment Project by Vincent Castiglia
YRB Magazine will be featuring a ladies bathing suit, hand designed by Vincent. You can find this piece in YRB's next issue.

Tattoo Savage, October 2006: Vincent Castiglia Profile
Vincent bares all in a short Profile on the tattoos he wears. Available August 1st.

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