PRESENTACIÓN

Claudio Mellacastel

Claudio Mella Castel, a colorblind painter, born in 1971 in Santiago, Chile, begins painting at the age of 15 under the tutelage of his father, a recognized neo-impressionist artist.

He studied Pedagogy and Bachelor of Fine Arts at Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences and complemented his post graduate training in interactive multimedia at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.

He has participated in many solo and group exhibitions in Chile, Peru, Argentina, Spain and France. He has received important awards and recognitions and he has been selected in several national competitions. His work is in collections in South America, United States and Europe.

Mellacastel in his artwork, based on an internal search, recodes the color, favoring composition as if it were a musical piece; harmonies of blues, a fugue of reds or a symphony in cold tones.The use of color as a plastic element is not whimsical. He enhances  chromatic vibration, holding the color planes by black graphics in the foreground. The artist dissociates the form from its original meaning, reinventing it according to his particular perception.

At the studio. Barcelona 2017

Colección Paisajes

Coleción Fetiche

Exhibitions and awards

- 1991 "Deformarte", colectiva Alumnos Umce Galería Enricco Bucci.

- 2000-2001-2002-2008-2009-2010-2012-Exposición Itinerante Concurso in situ, Valdivia y Su Rio.

- 2002 2º Encuentro Latinoamericano de artistas plasticos, Cusco, Peru

- 2003 Participación en exposición y actividades del "III Encuentro latinoamericano de artistas plásticos”, Cusco, Perú

- 2004 Exposición inaugural museo de arte contemporáneo de Traiguen

- 2004 Exposición colectiva sala de exposiciones universidad de Talca sede Curico

- 2004 Exposición individual café literario de Providencia

- 2004 Colectiva "Equipaje" club Viña Del Mar

- 2007 "Laberintos de amor y erotismo" Casona Nemesio Antunez

- 2007 - 2008 Intervencion Urbana, Colectivo "Conectarte" Barcelona España.

- 2007 - 2008 Exposición Selección "Segundo Concurso de Arte Joven MAVI Bicentenario"

- 2009 Mención Honrosa concurso nacional de pintura “Valdivia y su río”  in situ

- 2009 1º Lugar III concurso nacional de pintura “Pintando la Unión y su entorno”
- 2010 Exposición individual galerie Sprit d`Atelier, Versailles, Francia

- 2011 Mención Honrosa concurso nacional de pintura “Valdivia y su río”  in situ

- 2012 Exposición individual galerie Sprit d`Atelier, Versailles, Francia

- 2012 1º premio Concurso nacional de pintura " 83º Salon nacional Tanagra" Chillan.

-2013   Premio "Casino Viña del mar" xxxvii  Concurso nacional de artes visuales " Salon  de Viña del mar".