Carlos Catasse

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Carlos Catasse (b. 1944, Santiago, Chile) full name Carlos Tapia Sepúlveda, Catasse formed his new last name by taking the first two letters of his first, middle and last name and combining them. Catasse is a Master Chilean painter of international recognition. Since 1969 he has lived and painted in Quito, Ecuador, the country that in 1987 granted him with the highest distinction that an artist can achieve, the "Painting National Prize". Catasse has had a great number of individual exhibitions throughout Latin America as well as Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Spain, and the United States.

[edit] Museums

[edit] Individual Exhibitions

  • 1968 Santa Maria, Bs. Ace, Argentina
  • 1968 Nac. House of the Currency, Potosí, Bolivia
  • 1969 Gallery Kitgua, Quito, Ecuador
  • 1970 Hall Pachacama, Guayaquil, Ecuador
  • 1971 Gallery Marshal, Sucre
  • 1972 Bank of Chile, Santiago, Chile
  • 1972 Museum of Art, Quito, Ecuador
  • 1973 Gallery Pachacama, Quito, Ecuador
  • 1973 Gallery Charpentier, Quito, Ecuador
  • 1973 Museum of San Diego, Bogotá, Colombia
  • 1973 Museum of Art, Quito, Ecuador
  • 1974 Room Loving Raverón, Caracas
  • 1974 Gallery Gaud, Maracaibo, Venezuela
  • 1974 Gallery Caspicana, Quito, Ecuador
  • 1975 Gallery Charpentier, Quito, Ecuador
  • 1976 Gallery Caspicana, Quito, Ecuador
  • 1978 Gallery Goribar, Quito, Ecuador
  • 1979 Gallery Echo, Santiago, Chile
  • 1980 Gallery Shaves Nui, Ecuador Salt mine
  • 1980 Gallery André, Caracas Venezuela 1982 Gallery Goribart, Quito, Ecuador
  • 1984 Gallery Pomaire, Quito, Ecuador
  • 1986 Chistina & Artur Stutz, Swiss, Zurich
  • 1986 Peltrameli Gallery, Rome, Italy
  • 1989 Gallery Goya, Zaragoza, Spain
  • 1990 Center of Art, Leon, Spain
  • 1990 Gallery Marisa Almazán, Madrid, Spain
  • 1991 Club of the Bank, Files, Peru
  • 1991 Gallery Goya, Zaragoza, Spain
  • 1992 Gallery Montmartre, Bilbao, Spain
  • 1993 Bottom Art Contemp., Zaragoza, Spain
  • 1993 Gallery Tocre, Madrid, Spain
  • 1993 Center of Art, Leon, Spain
  • 1994 Muñoz Gallery Fertile valley, Ecuador River basin
  • 1995 Gallery America 2000, Files, Peru
  • 1995 Gallery Coffee, Tubingen, Germany
  • 1996 Center of Art, Leon, Spain
  • 1996 Arquelógico Museum, The Chile Night love song
  • 1996 House of the Culture, Vine of the Sea, Chile
  • 1997 Praxis International Art, Santiago, Chile

[edit] Awards & Prizes:

  • 1967 First Prize, Independent Artists Association, Santiago, Chile.
  • 1977 First Prize, Guayras Province,Guayaquil, Ecuador.
  • 1978 Prize " Camilo Egas ", Ecuador.
  • 1979 First Prize, VIII Art gallery, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
  • 1985 First Honor Mention, XXIX National Hall, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
  • 1987 "Painting National Prize", Quito, Ecuador.