FRANCESCO LO CASTRO Italy, USA, b. 1976

South Florida-based artist Francesco Lo Castro employs unorthodox painting techniques that involve the intricate layering of pigment and resin to achieve a heightened sense of dimension and depth. His colorful compositions depict a kaleidoscopic vision, dense with movement and a combination of explosiveness and strict order, vibrancy and dreaminess, power and release. The artworks document fluid identities in a changing society, perched between the tangible and the virtual. Lo Castro’s work has been exhibited internationally and featured in numerous publications.  He is listed among the creatives that helped forge the South Florida art community in the definitive books ‘Miami Contemporary Artists,’ released by Schiffer Publishing in 2007, and ‘100+ Degrees In The Shade: A Survey of South Florida Art,’ released by publications in 2015.