Carlos Catasse

Carlos Catasse (1944 – January 19, 2010), born Carlos Tapia Sepúlveda in Santiago, Chile, formed his new last name by combining the first two letters of his first, middle and last names. Catasse is a Chilean painter of international recognition. Since 1969, he has lived and painted in Quito, Ecuador, the country that in 1986 granted him with Ecuador's National Prize for Painting, the Premio Eugenio Espejo. Catasse has had a great number of individual exhibitions throughout Latin America, as well as, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Spain, and the United States. After Catasse died in Quito, Ecuador at the age of 65, his remains were cremated in a cemetery in the Ecuadorian capital, and there are plans to open a gallery exhibition of his works.

Museums "Two suns for my earth", Latin American Museum of Art, Havana, Cuba. "Pre-Columbian with fish", Larrés Drawing Museum, Aragón, Spain. Contemporary Art Museum, Cuenca, Ecuador Museum of Modern Art, Quito, Ecuador Museum of San Diego, Bogotá, Colombia The Simmons Gallery, San Francisco, California, US

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, Chile 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, Venezuela 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, León, 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, Tübingen, 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

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. 1986 Premio Eugenio Espejo, Quito, Ecuador.

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