EDUCATION
MFA - California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
BFA - School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
IID Summer Art Scholarship - Illinois Institute of Design, IIT
Diploma - Lane Technical High School, Chicago, IL - major in Art & Design

COLLECTIONS
National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.
San Francisco Museum of Contemporary Art
San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art
The Denver Art Museum
Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, IL
Tucson Museum of Art

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2007 “Estampas Mexicanas” C33 Gallery, Columbia College, Chicago 2007 “Creating Strength”, University of Norte Dame, Norte Dame, IN
2006 “Duality, Life & Death”, The University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX
2006 “A Celebration of Ancestors”, Irish-American Heritage Center, Chicago, IL
2006 “Grafica Popular de Chicago”, N. M. Cultural Arts Center, Brownsville, Texas
2005 “Herencia”, Noyes Art Gallery, Evanston, IL
2004 “Selections from the Permanent Collection”, Western IL University, Macomb, IL
2004 “Alas de Papel”, Triton College, River Grove, IL. 2003 “Images from the Soul”, Northwestern U., Evanston, IL
2003 “Xpressions”, Malcolm X College, Chicago, IL
2002 “Contemporary Art of Chicago”, Chicago Athenaeum, Schaumburg, IL
2002 “To Kiss the Spirits”, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001 “9 Artistas de Chicago” Casa Cultural, Havana, Cuba
2001 “The Role of Paper”, GCAC, San Antonio, TX
1999 “Spiritual Passports”, IL State Museum, Springfield, IL
1998 “El Papel Del Papel “, Instituto Cultural Puertorriqueño, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1997 “Talk Back! The Community Responds - # 11”, Bronx Museum of Arts, Bronx, NY

BIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNTS
2008 Who’s Who in America 2007-08 Who’s Who in American Education 2007-08 Who’s Who in American Art 2006 Who’s Who in the World
2005 Who’s Who International (internet edition)
2004 Strathmore’s Who’s Who
2003 Who’s Who in the Midwest
1994-95 Who’s Who Among Hispanic Americans

LECTURES 2007 “Latino Identity”, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 2003 “Mural Art” De Paul University, Chicago, IL 2002 “Anatomy & Art” Illinois Institute of Technology 2001 “Chicano Art” Chicago State University 1996 “Analytical Interpretation of Orozco Murals, U of G, Guadalajara, Mexico 1995 “Chicano Murals” U of G, Ocotlan Jalisco, Mexico
1995 “Diego Rivera” H. W. Library Center, Chicago, IL
1994 “Ancient Americans - Sacred Landscapes”, Triton College, River Grove, IL.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1990-Present Columbia College Art Professor
1986-90 Los Angeles Unified School District 1983-84 Immaculate Heart College, Hollywood, CA
1973-76 U of I, Assistant Professor at Champaign. IL 1973 Santa Monica City College 1972 California Institute of the Arts

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2005 “Black Xmas”, Aguirre/Duron Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004 “Minimal Reassertions”, Glass Curtain, Chicago, IL
2004 “EGGsistentialism”, MFAC Museum, Chicago, IL
2004 “Chupicuaro Revisited”, La LLorona, Chicago, IL
2003 “Ollin-Movement”, Kristoffer’s, Chicago, IL
1998 “Birth of Death”, Prospectus Gallery, Chicago, IL

AWARDS
1996 First Prize, ESDC Pilsen Banner, Chicago, IL
1988 First Prize for NACS Conference Logo Design at UIC, Chicago, IL
1975 First Place in Photography, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL
1972 Film Grant, American Film Institute, Beverly Hills, CA
1965 New York Times Certificate of merit in Journalism

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2003 President’s Report, Columbia College
2002 Contemporary Chicana & Chicano Art, Arizona State University’s Bilingual Press
1999 Exploring Colored Pencil, contains Castillo’s work
1995 Archeology of the Mind, Art Nexus International Art Magazine article 1984 Community Murals, Book on People’s Art movement contains Castillo’s murals
1977 Towards A People’s Art, Book on Public Art

ART on TV & INTERVIEWS 2007 “Chicago Tonight”, Art shown in WTTW Channel 11, Chicago, IL
2004 “Chicago Art Beat”, Art shown in WTTW, Chicago, IL 1995 “U of G Mural” CableMex TVC – Channel 12 news in Ocotlan, Jalisco, Mexico 1995 “Dissolving the Figure” CLTV news about Triton College art exhibit
1993 “Weekend” Channel 7- Teresa Gutierrez, Chicago, IL
1991 “Passport to the World” Channel 28, Chicago, IL
1989 “La Today” Channel 34, Los Angeles, CA
1975 “Escenario” México City, Mexico