Vote
Here for "Fan's Choice Award" - Voting Closes
Today! May 22!
DARKADYA,
a new, multi-volume illustrated book featuring dark, esoteric, occult
artists worldwide, is coming out soon! The organizers of the book are
hosting an award series dubbed the "Black Stars Awards",
honoring the artists featured in the book. Groundbreaking
blood-painting surrealist VINCENT CASTIGLIA is already featured as
the official Spotlight Artist in tome 1, and fans can vote for
Vincent now in the "Fan's Choice" category via this
link. This is the only award that can be voted upon by the fans,
so hurry, voting closes on May 22 at 11:58pm Eastern!
VINCENT
CASTIGLIA is also in the running for the "Master Artist"
award. The category winner will be chosen tomorrow by the "Black
Stars Awards" judges panel, including representatives from Metal
Blade Records, Decibel Magazine, Bloodstock Festival and RAM Museum,
as well as Steve Wang and Mike Hill, Hollywood Special Effects
artists. Criteria of judgment includes concept, creativity,
originality, precision, arrangement and overall impression.
For
more information on the "Black Stars Awards", please visit
www.darkadya.com/black-stars-awards,
and make sure to vote now!
To
contact the team behind DARKADYAdarkadyabooks@gmail.com
.
Although
he recently skyrocketed into the forefront of art/music crossover
fame with his painting of Slayer/Exodus guitarist Gary Holt's
signature ESP guitar - celebrated surrealist painter and tattoo
artist VINCENT CASTIGLIA has been turning heads for years with
his awe-inspiring work. VINCENT CASTIGLIA is the first
American artist to receive a solo exhibition invitation from Oscar
Award-winning artist H.R. Giger in the history of the
H. R. Giger Museum Gallery. Vincent's art has been
praised by fellow artists, musicians, and other notables throughout
his career.
"With
such precise technique, his depiction of human musculature is nothing
short of outstanding."
-
Paul Booth / World-renowned Tattooist, Artist, Gallery Owner,
Fanatical Nihilist
"If
the body is the temple, then the heart is the altar and the blood is
the sacred flame that enlightens the shrine. Vincent is painting with
holy light." - Martin Eric Ain / Musician, Celtic Frost
"The
ominous truth that his art confronts, along with the exquisiteness in
which it is portrayed, provides a timeless revelation into human
existence." - Joe Sopkowics, Forensic Photographer
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. In doing so,
he dissolves the barrier between artist and art in a most literal and
immediate sense. Vincent's figures, their musculature and skin, are
painted with what could be thought of as "liquid flesh".
Its tendency to quicken the subjects is likely inapproachable by any
other medium---as it is actual tissue with which it is being
rendered. In this way the subject's realism is not merely an optical
illusion due to its level of detail, but rather is an actual
transference of flesh and blood to each work.
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 Frostsinger 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).
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".
He was also recently awarded "Tattoo
Artist of the Year"ThisisHorror.uk
's
"This
Is Horror Awards 2012".
His
work hangs in many distinguished collections internationally, among
them, the collection of Rock legend Gregg Allman. Vincent recently
illustrated a highly-publicized self-portrait of renowned comedian
Margaret Cho, created with her own blood. His paintings have
been exhibited at museums and galleries in the US, and
internationally, including CoproGallery, (Santa Monica,
California), 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) Canvas Los Angeles (Los Angeles
California), Fuse Gallery (New York), Sidney &
Berne Davis Art Center (Ft. Myers, Florida), Art @
Large Gallery (New York) Gallery Lombardi
(Austin Texas), L'imagerie Gallery (Hollywood,
California), Museo De La Cuidad De Mexico, (Mexico),
C-Pop Gallery (Detroit, Michigan), Shooting
Gallery (San Francisco, CA), Seed Gallery
(Newark, New Jersey), The 7th Annual Dirty Show
(Detroit, Michigan), as well as The Congregation Gallery
(Hollywood, California).
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