Resumé

Education

1982-83    Essendine Icon Painting School, London, England.
               Byzantine icons/egg tempera/gilding

1979-80    Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw University, Warsaw, Poland.
               Post-Graduate Printmaking residency

1965-69    Ravensbourne College of Art and Design, London, England.
               BA Hons. Fine Art. Painting/Printmaking

1964-65    Folkestone School of Art. Folkestone, Kent, England.
               Pre-diploma, Foundation

Selected one person exhibitions

2019 National Museum Complex “Moldova”, Museum of Art, Iasi, Romania

2018 Silk Road House, Berkeley, California.

2014 Bukovina Museum, Suceava, Romania

2013 Institute of Noetic Sciences, Petaluma, California

2010 Novartis, Emeryville, California

2008 The Bay Model, Sausalito, California.

2008 Institute of Noetic Sciences, Petaluma, California.

2006 California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, California.

2005 Tilden Environmental Ed. Center, Tilden Park, Berkeley, California.

2003 Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, California.

1997 The Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

1997 Taliesin West, Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Scottsdale, AZ.

1995 Esalen Institute, Big Sur, California.

1994 Gallery Route One, Pt. Reyes Station, California.

1993 Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, California.

1993 Corn Maiden Gallery, Taos, New Mexico.

1992 Solano College, Solano, California.

1992 Maybeck Salon, Berkeley, California.

1988 California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, California.

1988 San Francisco State University Gallery, San Francisco, California.

1987 Shambhala Bookstore, Berkeley, California.

1987 The Institute of Noetic Sciences, Sausalito, California.

1986 The Dance Palace, Point Reyes Station, California.

1984 The Grange, Rottingdean, Sussex, England.

1984 Sir John Cass School of Art, City of London Polytechnic.

1983 Crispin Hall, Street, Somerset

1982 The Polish Cultural Organisation (POSK)Gallery, London.

1980 The British Institute, Warsaw, Poland.

1978,79, 81 The Hobson Gallery, Cambridge, England.

1978   Newgrange Museum, Newgrange, Eire.

1978   Setanta Gallery, Dublin, Eire.

1974   The Architectural Association Gallery, London, England

1973   Cambridge Art and Design Gallery, Cambridge, England

1972   The Portico Library, Manchester, England

1972   The Liverpool Academy Gallery, Liverpool, England

Selected group exhibitions

2019 International Print Biennale. Museum of Fine Arts, Iasi, Romania.
and National Museum, Chișinău Moldova.

2009 Myth, Magic and Mystery, Red Door Gallery, Oakland,

2007, 2008 and 2009 Emeryville Arts exhibit.

2006 Pt. Reyes National Seashore Maps/mapmakers exhibit

1993 Djerassi Resident Composers Scores at Davis Symphony Hall, San Francisco

1986-89 California Society of Printmakers (CSP)

1984 British Print Biennale

1982-84 Ancient Landscapes. Touring Britain. (Research Into lost Knowledge Organization artists’ group

1982 Pratt Graphics Center Miniature Prints (prizewinner)

1980 National Exhibition of Modern British Prints

1972-78 Printmakers Council of Great Britain (PMC).

1976-78 Edinburgh Arts (Fruitmarket Gallery/Richard Demarco Gallery

1975-77 Cambridge Society of Painters and Sculptors (CSPS).

1972-78 Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers. London.

1972 Clare College, Cambridge. (duo exhibition with Mort Kean)

Awards

2010-2019 Annual residency at Valeni
Artists’ residency, Valeni, Neamt, Moldavia in Romania

2002 and 2005 East Bay Community Foundation and Open Circle Foundation.
Grant for Richmond Mapping Project – Baxter Creek segment. (community arts project devised by C.Castle).

1998 Ecopsychology Institute.
Grant toward Marinography Mapping project. (community arts project devised by C.Castle at locations in West Marin.)

1997 Marin Arts Council. Community Arts Grant.
Grant toward Marinography Mapping project.

1996 Danish Ministry of Culture (via The Mindship).
Travel and residency at symposium 3rd Culture Millennium at Copenhagen, 1996 European Capital of Culture.

1995 Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Travel grant for research in Samiland (Lapland).

1994 & 1997 Esalen Institute, Big Sur, California.
Artist in Residence and Print Commission

1993 Djerassi Foundation Resident Artists Program, Woodside, California.
Residency with choreographer, Kathryn Roszak.

1993 Institute of Noetic Sciences, Foundation for Deep Ecology, A New American Place:
3 grants for Anima Mundi music.

1993 Meet The Composer California.
Individual grant for Anima Mundi music composition.

1991 Marin Arts Council.
Individual Artist's Grant for non-traditional media. (interdisciplinary: printmaking/music).

1990 Druid Heights Artists Retreat, Vallecitos, New Mexico.
Residency grant to work on paintings concerning New Mexico Pueblos.

1983 Research Into Lost Knowledge Organization.
Publishing grant. Catalogue for Ancient Landscapes travelling exhibition.

1982 Arts Council of Great Britain.
Grant to research bronze age landscape of Dartmoor and produce four prints.

1982 Pratt Graphics Center, New York.
Purchase prize. Annual miniature prints exhibition.

1979 Polish Government.
Post-graduate scholarship. Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, Printmaking. and research travels in Poland.

1978 British Council.
Grant for travelling exhibition in Ireland.

1976 and '77 Arts Council of Great Britain. Scholarship to take part in `Edinburgh Arts 76' journey and exhibition at Fruitmarket Gallery (Richard Demarco)

Commissions

2013 National Park Service: John Muir Historic Site Visitor Center: Yosemite mural by C. Castle.

2012-13 National Park Service and John Muir Association, Martinez, with Briones High School: Mural based on John Muir’s travels.

2011 Moreni and Valeni churches, Moldavia. Two icons.

2009 City of Martinez/Briones High School: watershed mural: John Muir greets the returning animals. Support from several community organisations.

2008 Emeryville Unified School District. Anna Yates Elementary School, Emeryville. Two ceramic murals: The World Pattern and Water spirit of the World.

2002 San Jose Stage Theater. Margaret Wingrove Dance Company. Musical score: Van Gogh, In search of the Sun.1

Publications

2019 From the Shadows to the Light. Publication accompanying exhibition of prints and drawings by Christopher Castle. “Moldova” Museum Complex, Iasi, Romania.

2011 Circling Marija’s World - A Journey Through Art. Journal of Archaeomythology. Institute of Archaeomythology. Sebastopol, California.

2009 Myth, Magic and Mystery. Ed. Jais Booth and Bronton Cheja. Liminal Art Salon. https://www.blurb.com/books/1327332

2005 Anima Mundi, dancing the soul of the world by Amy Lenzo. Article and photograph. Resurgence No.230. May/June 2005 2004

2004 Our Lady of the Vines (egg tempera). Missing Mary. Charlene Spretnak. Palgrave Macmillan. London.

2000 In the Footsteps of the Goddess. Ed. Cristina Biaggi. KIT (Knowledge, Ideas and Trends). Manchester,CT. Article and image.

1999 Nature’s Teaching: the art and science of geomancy. Article and many reproductions. ReVision, Vol.21, No.4.

1998 Mapping the Soul of the Land. Article and design. Ecopsychology On-Line web edition.

1998 Alta Circle Dance, (etching) Cover for Association for Humanistic Psychology Journal..

1997 Retrieving an Ancient Ecology. Article with prints and drawings. Alexandria IV. Ed David Fideler. Phanes Press.

1997 An Unknown Goddess. From the Realm of the Ancestors (on Maria Gimbutas). Ed. Joan Marler,. KIT. Manchester, CT.

1996 Guest Editor of Ecopsychology Newsletter , No.6. Special issue on the arts. CSU Hayward.

1995 Deep Form in Art and Nature. Theodore and Betty Roszak. Annals of Earth and Resurgence No. 176.

1994-96 Arts Editor of Ecopsychology Newsletter , Nos.1-5. CSU Hayward.

1995 Three prints accompanying article Fig Leaf in the Wind. Sharon Thom. Esalen Institute catalog . .

1993 Splendid Isolation, Article by Diane Suzman on Djerassi Resident Artists Program. Palo Alto Weekly. 10/20/93

1992 Message of the Old Stones, Article and etchings. Resurgence (#153. July/August 1992). Dartington. England.

1990 Spiritual Journey into Consciousness. Review by Elinor Gadon. Artweek. July 24, 1990.

1988 Learning from Gaia. Article and cover drawing for Places for Peace. Published for 1988 World Congress of the International Federation of Landscape Architects, Boston, Massachusetts.

1988 'Maeve in Malta' (etching). The Once and Future Goddess by Elinor Gadon. Harper and Row. San Francisco.

1986 'Newgrange 2' and 'Newgrange 4.' Cover paintings and article. Shaman’s Drum. (#7. Winter 1986). Berkeley. California.

1984 'Newgrange 2' (painting) and 'Dusk at the Ring of Brogar' (etching). Article: Reincarnatie van der Megalietenbouwers. Martin Beks. Bres magazine. Amsterdam, Holland.

1982 'Boscawen-Un' (oil painting) and 'Newgrange Entrance' (pen/ink). Megalithomania. John Michell. Thames and Hudson. London.

1980 90 days in Poland. Front cover painting, interview and paintings. Perspektywy magazine. March 1980. Warsaw, Poland.

Public Collections

Great Britain:
• Museums
            The British Museum
            The Scottish National Museum of Modern Art
            The National Museum of Wales
            The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
            The British Council
            The Arts Council of Great Britain
            Birmingham City Art Gallery
            South London Art Gallery

• Other City Museums and Art Galleries
            Bath, Exeter, Northampton, Bradford, Oldham, Dudley, Birkenhead, Sheffield,
            Hartlepool, Eastbourne, Worcester, Folkestone
• University collections
            Oxford, Cambridge, Liverpool
            The Open University
• County Education Authority collections
            Durham, Kent, Lancashire, Nottingham Colleges of Art

In the U.S.A.:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Djerassi Foundation, Woodside, CA.
Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA.
Achenbach Foundation, SF, CA.
City of Richmond
Lucid Arts Foundation

Romania
Moldova national Museum Complex Iasi, Romania

Websites

Christopher Castle Website:        http://www.christophercastle.com/

Christopher Castle icon/egg tempera and gilding workshops and courses:   https://chriscastle.weebly.com/

Common Ground UK   Parish Maps page:
https://web.archive.org/web/20120314021134/http:/www.england-in-particular.info/parishmaps/m-castle.html

ArtSlant   http://www.artslant.com/global/artists/show/153615-christopher-j-castle

Flickr       http://www.flickr.com/photos/castle_art/7114520981/in/set-72157629537387332/lightbox/

John Muir mural #1. 2009.       link will be added soon.
John Muir mural #2. 2013    http://johnmuirjourneymural.weebly.com/
Marin Independent Journal. article. 2008            http://www.marinij.com/lifestyles/ci_9480571

The British Museum Prints and Drawings Collection, London       http://goo.gl/hV85O

The British Council Collection, London
      http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/collection/artists/christopher-castle-1946/objects/all/initial/c

Interviews

Amy Lenzo Interview 2000-2001, Part 1: visual work
                        http://www.ecopsychology.org/journal/gatherings6/html/Image/image_cc.html

Amy Lenzo Interview 2000-2001, Images:
                        http://www.ecopsychology.org/journal/gatherings6/html/Image/Christopher.html

Amy Lenzo Interview 2000-2001, Part 2: musical work
                        http://www.ecopsychology.org/journal/gatherings6/html/Sound/sound_cc.html

on Marinography Mapping Project (1998)
http://ecopsychology.athabascau.ca/Final/1mapping.htm

Meridian Gallery, San Francisco – exhibit
http://www.meridiangallery.org/christophercastle2003.htm

ANIMA MUNDI Mountains and Rivers Without End performance at Magic Theater, San Francisco. Review by Amy Lenzo
               http://www.ecopsychology.org/gatherings6/html/Movement/movement_anima.html

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