Francesco Lo Castro
(b. 1976 Catania, Italy)
Lives and works in South Florida, USA
Education
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
Broward College, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Otto-Hahn-Gymnasium, Ostfildern, Germany
Awards & Fellowships
2024 Florida Art Prize, Orlando Museum of Art
2023 South Florida Cultural Consortium, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Push Power - MadArts Museum, Dania Beach, FL
2024 Push Power - Orlando Museum of Art, FL
2023 Amalgama - Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
2019 Oracle - Artechouse, Miami Beach, FL
Base Reality - Superchief Gallery in association with Artechouse, Miami, FL
2017 Selective Outrage - Tempe Digital, Tempe, AZ
Palindrome Park - Young At Art Museum, Davie, FL
2013 Advent - Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, FL. Curated by Jane Hart
2010 Solo - Butter Gallery, Miami, FL
2006 Touching from a Distance - Perihelion Arts, Phoenix, AZ
Selected Exhibitions
2025 Expo Pavillion - Sunderland Culture House, UK
Ignite Broward - Mad Arts Museum, Dania, FL
2024 Florida Art Prize - Orlando Museum of Art, FL
Scratching The Surface - Jonathan LeVine Projects, NY, NY
2023 South Florida Cultural Consortium - Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
2022 Myriad Loops - Fairgounds, St. Petersburg, FL
Milk - Dorothy Circus Gallery, London, UK
2021 A Fluid And Emphatic Now - Tinney Contemporary, Nashville, TN
Metamorphosis - Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
Resonant Frequencies - Jonathan LeVine Projects, NY, NY
2018 Pantone UV - MoCA Nashville, TN
Project vol.1 - 003 Archive, Seoul, Korea
20th Anniversary Exhibition - Locust Projects, Miami, FL
8 - LVL3 Gallery, Chicago, IL
2017 Which Way, That Way - First Amendment Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Portals & Dimensions - Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Planet Sculpture - Mac Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Nu Geometry - Mirus Gallery, San Francisco, CA
100+ Degrees In The Shade, Miami, FL. Curated by Jane Hart
2016 Never Far Away - LVL3 Gallery, Chicago, IL
Art City, Austin, TX - Circuit12 Contemporary
9 Grams - Fort Works Art, Fort Worth, TX
Scope NY - Joseph Gross Gallery
2015 100+ Degrees in the Shade: A Survey of South Florida Art - Miami, FL. Curated by Nina Arias, Chris Ingalls & Jane Hart
Leave A Message - Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL. Curated by Tes One
Nonobjective: A Survey of Abstraction - Circuit12 Contemporary, Dallas, TX
Scope NY - Damien A. Roman Fine Art
Art Market + Design, Bridgehampton, NY - Damien A. Roman Fine Art
Winter Group Show - Joseph Gross Gallery, NYC
Iridescence - Shore Club Miami Beach, FL. Curated by Hannah Stouffer & Sarah Potter
The Machine Show - Swampspace, Miami, FL. Curated by Oliver Sanchez
2014 Texas Contemporary - Damien A. Roman Fine Art
artMRKT Hamptons - Vered Gallery
Some Like It Hot - HistoryMiami Museum, FL. Curated by Brandon Opalka
Acid Reflux - The Projects, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Curated by Lisa Rockford
LA Art Show - Thinkspace Gallery
Art Hamptons - Evan Lurie Gallery
2013 Scope Miami - Thinkspace Gallery
Annual Interest - Young At Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Curated by Zack Spechler & Rory Carracino
Milestone #1 - Circuit 12 Contemporary, Dallas, TX. Curated by Dustin & Gina Orlando
Geometry of Chance - Mirus Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012 Scope Miami - Circuit 12 Contemporary
Lightning Strikes Twice - Circuit 12 Contemporary & Mary Tomás Gallery. Curated by Dustin & Gina Orlando
Art on the Edge 2011 - Vered Gallery, East Hampton, NY. Curated by Damien Roman
Suggestivism NYC - Bold Hype Gallery, NYC. Curated by Nathan Spoor
2011 Art on the Edge - Vered Gallery, East Hampton, NY. Curated by Damien Roman
PARTY ANIMALS - Royal/T, Culver City, CA. Curated by Lindsay Scoggins
Suggestivism - Grand Central Art Center, California State University, Fullerton. Curated by Nathan Spoor
2010 Aqua Miami Beach - C. Emerson Fine Arts
Art on the Edge: The New Contemporary - Vered Gallery, East Hampton, NY. Curated by Damien Roman & Francesco Lo Castro
Stroke 02 Munich, Germany. Curated by Hot Cheese Crew
Sapience - C. Emerson Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL. Curated by Lori Johns
Movers & Shakers - Ronin Gallery, Silverlake, CA. Curated by Gino Joukar
Crystal Monoliths Group Exhibition - Cafeina Gallery, Miami. Curated by Jose Mertz & Johnny Robles
Believe The Hype Miami - Eazy Street Gallery, Miami. Curated by Bold Hype Gallery and Dustin Orlando
2009 Aqua Miami - Bold Hype Gallery, NYC
305//NEON LIFE - Kidrobot, Miami Beach, FL
Monster? - Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. Curated by Travis Louie
Yes We Can! - Dorothy Circus Gallery, Rome, Italy. Curated by Alexandra Mazzanti
Family Tradition - L.A., NYC & Manila, Philippines. Curated by Ron English
Black Pop Surrealism - The Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, Long Branch, NJ. Curated by Jenn Hampton, Parlor Gallery
Believe The Hype - Bold Hype Gallery, Orlando, FL. Curated by Dustin Orlando
New Brow SXSW - Gallery Lombardi, Austin, TX . Curated by Justin Giarla, Shooting Gallery
Super School - Copro Nason Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. Curated by Lola Gil
Blender - Full Circle Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Curated by Peter Giovenco
2008 Gen Art Vanguard - Charcoal Studios, Miami, FL. Directed by Francesco Lo Castro
Diversity of Talent - Credit Suisse Headquarters, 10 Madison Ave, New York City, NY. Curated by Francesco Lo Castro
Scion Installation 5 National Tour
Ginzatropicalia Miami, FL. Curated by Francesco Lo Castro
Crimes on Canvas - Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas. Curated by Jay Nailor, M Modern Gallery
Furore - Dorothy Circus Gallery. Rome, Italy. Curated by Francesco Lo Castro
Pop Subversion - Ad Hoc Art Gallery, Brooklyn, New York. Curated by Andrew Michael Ford
2007 Gen Art Vanguard, Miami Beach, FL. Curated by Francesco Lo Castro
Elevation - Limited Addiction Gallery, Denver, CO
Psyche - Antikulture Gallery, Miami, FL
$coundrels - The Venice Contemporary, Venice Beach, CA. Curated by Dane Jensen
Scion Installation 4 National Tour
2006 We’ll Make A Lover Of You - Art Center/ South Florida, Miami Beach, FL. Curated by Francesco Lo Castro
Life Size - Scion Installation, Culver City, CA. Curated by Francesco Lo Castro
Collections - Scion Installation, Culver City, CA. Curated by Roger Gastman
Subterfuge - Thinkspace, Los Angeles, CA
Power in Numbers - Gallery Nucleus, Alhambra, CA
Up! - Lineage Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2005 Parallel Universe II - Rectangle Artspace, Miami, FL. Curated by Francesco Lo Castro
Monsters of Lowbrow - Greco Studios, Miami, FL. Curated by Francesco Lo Castro
Culture Shock - Buena Vista Building, Miami, FL. Curated by Francesco Lo Castro
Untitled - Fuse Gallery, NYC
Cannibal Flower: Downside Up, Upside Down - Copro Nason Gallery, Culver City, CA
2004 Parallel Universe - SRX Studios, Miami, FL. Curated by Francesco Lo Castro
The Art of Propaganda - Woodstock, NY. Curated by Bruce Bart & Curse Mackey
1984 - The Shooting Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Ubiquitous Images of a Decadent Society - Objex Artspace, Miami, FL
2003 The Debut Exhibition - L’ Art Noir Gallery, New Orleans, LA. Curated by Jeffrey Holmes
Faking It Through The Day - 1300 Gallery, Cleveland, OH. Curated by Dustin Orlando
Repeat Offenders - Covivant Gallery, Tampa, FL
2002 Irritantilize - The Wheelbarrow Gallery, Denver, CO
No Show - Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL.. Curated by Robert Chambers
Römersee Kunstfestival, Bad Rappenau, Germany
Section 7 - Objex Artspace, Miami, FL
2001 Fusion - The Museum of History, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Curated by Nina Arias
The Creep Show - LaLush Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL
HORTT42 - ArtServe, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2000 Controversy - Broward Art Guild, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Selected Bibliography
2025 Rote Sonnengänge: Walking Under A Red Sun - Matthias Santiago Stähle
2015 100+ Degrees In The Shade: A Survey of South Florida Art - Name Publications
2014 Geometry Makes Me Happy - Index Book Publishing
2012 Heroes and Villains - Zero Plus Publishing
2011 Suggesitvism - Gingko Press
2007 Miami Contemporary Artists - Schiffer Publishing