Events at the gallery

ALDO CASTILLO GALLERY

Exhibiting Artists: Lluis Barba, Daniele Fortuna, Augusto Esquivel, Javier Guadalupe, Ancizar Marin, and David Zalben.

March 23 through Sunday, March 26, 2023. Palm Beach County Convention Center 650 Okeechobee Blvd, West Palm Beach, FL 33401

PALM BEACH MODERN + CONTEMPORARY Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary (PBM+C), presented by Art Miami, returns for its sixth edition opening with an exclusive invitation-only VIP Preview benefiting the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens on Thursday, March 23 and running through Sunday, March 26, 2023 at the Palm Beach County Convention Center.

Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary (PBM+C) is South Florida’s premier and most prestigious winter art fair that takes place during the height of season and is the only “can’t miss” event for all serious collectors, curators, museum directors and interior designers, providing an intimate look at the most important works available for acquisition at the forefront of the international contemporary, modern, classical modern, post-war and pop eras.
Photo Credit: Lluis Barba, The Gleaners by Jean François Millet (Color), 2022, Photograph on Backlit Fabric, 60W x 38.75H X 4D In.

CALENDAR OF 2023 EVENTS

March 3 - March 31, 2023
Lorna Marsh "Wild Beasts"

VIP Opening Night
Friday, March 3, 2023, 5 -7 PM
Exclusive Invitation
Aldo Castillo Gallery at the Miromar Design Center 10800 Corkscrew Rd, Estero FL 33928

ARTWORKS ON EXHIBITION

This exhibition explores the way man interacts with the animal world, often imposing hardship, displacement from their habitats, and sometimes their extinction.

Saturday, March 11, 2023, 2-4 PM
Mariana Monteagudo "The Art of Recycling"
Limited seating available, Naples Gallery
634 5th Ave South, Naples FL 34102

This lecture explores the artist creativity in appropriating people's trash of tossed items transforming them into art.
The recycling of materials for a different purpose.

April 7 - May 6, 2023
Hugo Diaz "Art in Motion"
VIP Opening Night Reception
Friday, April 7, 5-7 PM
Exclusive Invitation
Aldo Castillo Gallery at the Miromar Design Center
10800 Corkscrew Rd, Estero FL 33928

This exhibition explores the evolution of Venezuelan Kinetic art movement.

Participating Artists
Lluis Barba, Clarita Brinkerhoff, Javier Guadalupe, Augusto Esquivel, Fredy Villamil, Hugo Diaz, Ancizar Marin, Daniele Fortuna, David Zalben

ALDO CASTILLO GALLERY
to showcase contemporary art, new media art, digital art at the 31st edition of
ART MIAMI 2021 - November 30-December 5, 2021.
The Art Miami Pavilion
One Herald Plaza (NE 14th Street & Biscayne Bay), Miami, FL 33132
On Biscayne Bay between the Venetian & Macarthur Causeways
BOOTH #AM307

EXHIBITING ARTISTS

Join us to celebrate our first season in Naples & the 28th anniversary of the opening of first Aldo Castillo Gallery
May 13, 2021 from 11am-9pm at 634 5th Ave.S. in Naples, Florida

Art is alive and well at Aldo Castillo Gallery as the gallery has been positively received since opening its doors at the new Naples location.

To celebrate their first season on 5th Avenue South and the 28th anniversary of the first Aldo Castillo Gallery opening in Chicago in May 1993, art lovers and collectors are invited to the first official opening and featured artist celebration on May 13, 2021 from 11 to 9pm at the gallery’s Naples, location.

The show, ART MOVES, MARLENE ROSE GLASS SCULPTURES, will feature the works of Marlene Rose who is an internationally known award-winning sculptor who produces stunningly beautiful works of art in her chosen medium, sand-cast glass. The show will run until August 31, 2021.

Rose’s art is seen in museums and galleries across the US and Europe, and her works are sought after by glass connoisseurs, fine art collectors and Hollywood A-list celebrities. Each piece is hand cast from molten glass into a unique modern work of art that resonates with references and allusions to ancient cultures and civilizations.

This first gallery event will also coincide with the ever-popular Evening on 5th event and to ensure social distancing, the gallery will be celebrating all day long to space out guests. Champagne will be sponsored by Fifth Third Bank and musical entertainment will be provided by 5th Avenue South.

Aldo Castillo Gallery represents established international artists, and serves private collectors, museum collections and design professionals. The new additions to the gallery include hyper-realistic American artist Tony Chimento, Italian sculptor Daniele Fortuna, and North Korean painter and installation artist Keiko Hara.

The internationally well-known art gallery, the Aldo Castillo Gallery debuted on 5th Avenue South in late 2020 with the goal of introducing Neapolitans to the Aldo Castillo Gallery as one of the world's leading contemporary art galleries offering paintings, photography, drawings, sculpture, works on paper, digital art and new media installations.

As an international art dealer, curator, artist, and human rights activist, Aldo Castillo is recognized as a leading promoter of international cutting-edge contemporary art. He has achieved prominence as the organizer of numerous prestigious international art shows and art fairs in China, Europe, Latin America, Africa, and the United States.

We would like to give special thanks to our event sponsors

Currently Showing
Glimpse of Nature
Ramon Chirinos (Venezuela) & Apostol (Greece)
An exhibition that juxtaposes nature’s architecture and organic matter.
Miromar Design Center, 10800 Corkscrew Road, Estero, FL 33928
Opening January 12th, 2021. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm
For private showings please call (312) 375 8887

Ramon Chirinos was born in 1950 in Falcon, Venezuela is considered one of the most influential Latin American masters of the 20th century. In his work, Chirinos blends native tradition and European influences to produce distinctive masterpieces.

The work of Greek artist Apostol Nikolakopoulos, a former economist, who signs his work simply "Apostol," it is easy to see the far-reaching influence of American capitalism in his country, which has been suffering a dire financial crisis. It is far more challenging to understand how this former economist also translates metal and glass into complex interpretations of the sea and nature.

FACES IN TIME
Historical & Contemporary Group Show, 1854 to Present
April 5 to July 26, 2019
Opening Reception: Friday, April 5th, 5.30 to 8 PM.
ALDO CASTILLO GALLERY Miromar Design Center
Mon-Fri 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. • Sat 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Exhibition Open to the Public

Participating Artists: J. P. Vallen, Pablo Picasso, Victor Manuel, Rene Portocarrero, Amelia Pelaez, Maria Izquierdo, Wifredo Lam, Barbara Mahl, Scott Ashley, Lorna Marsh, Peter Mars, Virginia Fifield, Nina Surel, James Mathison, Shelly Lake, Emil Alzamora, Karl Kueffel, Jorge Salas, Carolina Rojas, Mariana Monteagudo, Havi Schanz, Fredy Villamil, Ancizar Marin, Esau Andrade, Rosa Segura, Edel Lugones, Phillip Ross Monroe, Arturo Marin, Apostol and many more.

Faces in time is an exhibition devoted to the interpretations of humans, animals and nature faces by well-known international artists.

The exhibition explores unconventional representation in aspects of portraiture, and the role portraits play in the development of radical art styles and methods. These portraits were created as part of an ongoing experimentation as search for a pictorial language to capture the intense perceptions we humans have of ourselves and of the world.

The exhibition brings together some 75 works created by artists from around the world. Including two children portraits by Austrian/German J. P. Vallen created in 1854. Also animal drawings by South African Lorna Marsh and American Virginia Fifield.

Several paintings, drawings, photographs, mixed media and sculptures are exclusive to the Aldo Castillo Gallery.

The exhibition is curated by Aldo Castillo, Director and Founder of the Aldo Castillo Gallery. Aldo Castillo, who has received numerous awards and whose portfolio includes more than 350 international art exhibitions, has more than 30 years of diverse experience in the art world; he has worked as a museum curator, artist, art dealer and director of several international art fairs. His inspiration is captured by the famous words of artist Marina Abramovic: “The function of the artist in a disturbed society is to give awareness of the universe, to ask the right questions, and to elevate the mind.”

Castillo notes: “I am considered a human rights activist. The reason I founded the gallery is because art is the best tool to reflect on issues that we all deal with. I [become] interested in artists for a combination of their skills and their messages, global topics themes: animals, women, the environment, discrimination. These issues are worldwide, and that is what makes them international masters.”

Ancient Chinese Secrets, Chinese Zodiac, & Never Seen Museum Quality Asian Antiquities

ARTISTS; TIFFANY CHANG, LORNA MARSH & SCOTT ASHLEY ✦ CHINESE HISTORICAL OBJECTS D'ART

Friday, November 9, 2018
5:00 - 8:00 pm

Exhibition will run until February 5, 2018

The Aldo Castillo Gallery will celebrate China with artwork and events exploring the country’s zodiac and the opening of a major exhibition of historical Chinese antiquities never before seen by the public. “Ancient Chinese Secrets” begins Nov. 9 with an evening reception, a zodiac presentation and the official unveiling of the private museum-quality collection now for sale through the Aldo Castillo Gallery.

Winslow Bud Johnson, author of “Chinese Zodiac Art,” will discuss the mysteries and origins of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals as seen in the illustrations by Tiffany Chang, a Naples artist. The Taipei, Taiwan-born Chang has translated the 12 Chinese zodiac images to her own line of clothing, pillows and kimonos. Aldo Castillo Gallery will offer Chang originals for sale.
For the exhibit, Castillo has also commissioned paintings by South African artist Lorna Marsh and Scott Ashley whose work will delve into the five Zodiac- accompanying elements of fire, water, wood, earth and metal.

The opening reception with Johnson is Friday, November 9 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Miromar Design Center, located across from Miromar Outlets. Johnson’s discussion begins at 6 p.m. Ancient Chinese Secrets continues through Feb. 5, 2019, the beginning of the Chinese New Year and the year of the pig. Johnson said many people identify more with the lunar based Chinese zodiac than they do the Western astrological signs. The zodiac is represented by 12 animals; each believed to have its own characteristics influencing fortune, health, love and success. “It’s so amazing how it works,” he said. “It just blows me away when people tell me they’re just like the animal or know someone else who is.”

For many Chinese, the zodiac is so powerful; they plan pregnancies to coincide with favorable signs. The most revered is the dragon. “2012 was the last year of the dragon and the birth rate was up 5 percent,” Johnson said, noting 25 percent of the world’s population is influenced by the Chinese zodiac. Johnson, a Naples resident, has traveled extensively throughout China the past 30 years, often leading group tours. He will present additional seminars at Miromar Design Center on Thursday, Dec. 13 at 11 a.m. and Friday, Feb. 1 at 11 a.m. reserved seating is suggested, as space is limited. Register at MiromarDesignCenter.com or call (239) 390-5111 for additional information.

The museum-quality antiquities collection, largely representing the Qing Dynasty (1644 to 1912) was recently acquired by Castillo’s gallery for representation. The most significant pieces are large Imperial cloisonné censers inlaid with jade. The collection also includes funerary urns, Buddhas and some furniture pieces. “This is the most important exhibit I’ve organized at Miromar Design Center,” said Castillo, who is internationally renowned art curator and a pioneer representative for established international contemporary artists.

The exhibition will remain open to the general public at the Aldo Castillo Gallery at the Miromar Design Center, Suite 390, Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Aldo Castillo Gallery and Portfolio Magazine Proudly Presents
SW Florida Photography Show
Show Dates: February 19 - March 19, 2016
ALDO CASTILLO GALLERY, SUITE 390
MIROMAR DESIGN CENTER
10800 CORKSCREW ROAD, ESTERO, FL 33928

FEATURING

Clyde Butcher, Connie Bransilver, John Brady, Chad Anderson, Tony Arruza, Harry De Zitter, Will Dickey, Jim Freeman, Ryan Gamma, Dennis Goodman, Luke Greer, David Liam Kyle, Richard Auger, Tim Bath, Brian Call, Dick Cunningham, Alan Maltz, Gareth Rockliffe, Jay Staton, Matt Stock, Thomas Styczynski, John Thawley, Doug Thompson, Andrew Vernon, and Carlton Ward.