Archetypes

Vincent Castiglia
April 16 - May 3, 2015
Champagne Reception: May 3, 1-3 PM RSVP : doriangreygallery@gmail.com

In the privacy of his studio, VINCENT CASTIGLIA practices a kind of modern-day phlebotomy, siphoning the life force which contains his own psychic energy, while giving it an outlet and form. Castiglia is the first American artist to receive a solo exhibition invitation from Oscar Award-winning artist H.R. Giger to exhibit in the H. R. Giger Museum Gallery. “Remedy for the Living”, the first solo exhibition of paintings by Castiglia opened on November 1, 2008 and ran for six months, closing in April of 2009. VINCENT CASTIGLIA’s impressive work has seen many sides of the entertainment world, as well. MTV New Media's Horror-Slasher Film, Savage County, featured his art as its official movie poster, depicting the three murderers in the film. Prior to the film, Vincent painted album art for heavy metal band Triptykon's 2010 debut release, Eparistera Daimones. Triptykon is founded by former Hellhammer / Celtic Frost singer and guitarist Tom Gabriel Fischer. Vincent also painted the DVD cover for Fangoria Presents film, Corpsing. His work has been featured on The National Geographic Channel (NatGeo), FOX News, CNBC, BBC, New York 1 News, Spike TV, The Discovery Channel, and The Science Channel. Castiglia was also recently a guest on the Jay Thomas Show on Sirius XM Radio. His work has been explored by countless art and culture publications, in the US and internationally, including the New York Post, New York Daily News, The Huffington Post, Art Business News, International Business Times, Bizarre Magazine, as well as Lexikon Der Phantastischen Künstler “The international encyclopedia of fantastic, surrealistic, symbolist, & visionary artists”. His work hangs in many distinguished collections internationally, among t em, the collection of Rock legend Gregg Allman. Vincent’s paintings have been exhibited at museums and galleries in the US, and internationally, including CoproGallery, (Santa Monica, California), Meta Gallery (Toronto, Canada), Sacred Gallery (New York), La Galleria Pall Mall, (London, UK), Westchester County Center for the Arts (New York), Last Rites Gallery (New York) The Museum of Sex (New York), The Museum Of Porn in Art, (Switzerland), The HR Giger Museum Gallery, (Switzerland), The Mall Gallery (London, England), Stolen Space Gallery (London, UK), Museo De La Cuidad De Mexico (Mexico), Canvas Los Angeles (Los Angeles, California), Fuse GallerySidney & Berne Davis Art Center (Ft. Myers, Florida), Art @ Large Gallery (New York) Gallery Lombardi (Austin Texas), L’imagerie Gallery (Hollywood, California), C-Pop Gallery (Detroit, Michigan), Shooting Gallery (San Francisco, CA), Seed Gallery (Newark, New Jersey), The 7th Annual Dirty Show (Detroit, Michigan), The Congregation Gallery (Hollywood, California), as well as Canvas Los Angeles (LA,CA)