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Alfredo Castañeda
Alfredo Castañeda was born in Mexico City in 1938. He received a degree in architecture from the University of Mexico in 1964 and in 1969 he had his first one-man show at the Galeria de Arte Mexicano, the gallery which represents him worldwide outside of the U.S. His surrealist imagery intrigues viewers and his works are included in private collections in Mexico and Latin America, the United States, Europe and Japan. In 1983 he had his first individual show in the United States at Mary-Anne Martin/Fine Art and has been represented by MAM/FA in the U.S. since then. A retrospective of his work was held at the Monterrey (Mexico) Museum in 1990 and a monograph celebrating twenty years of work was published in the same year. Since then he has had a number of exhibitions in the U.S. and Latin America which are detailed below. Castañeda currently lives in Madrid, where he and his family own and run a highly successful Mexican restaurant. `top`
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1996		El propio abismo (His Own Abyss), Mary-Anne Martin/Fine Art, Art Miami 96, Miami, Florida
1995		El secreto del secreto (The Secret of the Secret), Galería de Arte Mexicano, ARCO 95, Madrid, Spain
1994		La busqueda (The Search), Galería Espacio, San Salvador, El Salvador
1993		Los pasos comunicantes, Mary-Anne Martin/Fine Art, New York
1993		Los pasos comunicantes (The Communicating Steps), Galería de Arte Mexicano and Mary-Anne Martin/Fine Art, ARCO 93, Madrid, Spain
1992		En cierto sentido (In a Certain Sense), Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico, D.F.
1990		Que veinte años no son nada… (Twenty Years is Nothing…), Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
1989		From the Circular Eden (Remembrances), Mary-Anne Martin/Fine Art, New York
1986		¡Si tú y yo lo supiéramo! (If You and I Only Knew It!), Mary-Anne Martin/Fine Art, New York
1984		Introducción a la Guerra Santa (Introduction to the Holy War), Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico, D.F.
1983		Private Heavens, Mary-Anne Martin/Fine Art, New York
1982		Ilustraciones, Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico, D.F.
1980		Acercamientos, Colegio de México, Mexico, D.F.
1978		Días de visita (Visiting Days), Promoción de las Artes A.C., Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
1978		Del purgatorio: Recordatorios, visiones y testimonios (From Purgatory: Reminders, Visions and Testmonies), Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico, D.F.
1976		Del Común de los Santos (On the Commonness of Saints), Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico, D.F.
1975		De Esta y de la Otra Orilla (Of This Shore and That), Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico, D.F.
1973		Oraciones, retratos y adivinanzas (Prayers, Portraits and Puzzles), Centro Universitario Cultural, Mexico, D.F.
1972		Museum of Modern Art, Mexico, D.F.
1971		Lambert Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1971		Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico, D.F.
1969		Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico, D.F.
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1991		Mexico: Figures of the Eighties, Instituto Cultural mexicano, San Antonio, Texas and Washington, D.C.
1990		Forces of History, Symbols of Desire, Parallel Project, New York
1988		Mexico Nine Suite, a traveling exhibition organized by the Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1986		Surrealists in Mexico, Museo Nacional de Arte del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico, D.F., El Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Nueva León, Mexico
1986		The Sacrifice at Confrontation 86, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico, D.F.
1986		Modern Mexican Masters and their Contemporary Heirs, The Art Council, Boston, Massachusetts
1985		Mexican Art of the 20^th Century, Bacardi Art Gallery, Miami, Florida
1985		The New Generation, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio Texas
1985		50 Años de dibujo en México (50 Years of Drawing in Mexico), Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico, D.F. This exhibition was part of the gallery's 50^th anniversary celebration.
1985		Homenaje a los artistas de la tercera época (Homage to the Artist of the Third Generation), Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico, D.F. This exhibition was part of the gallery's 50^th anniversary celebration.
1985		Antiguo Testamento, nueva visión (Old Testament, New Vision), San Carlos Museum and the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico, D.F.
1984		Art Mexico: Pre-Columbian to 20^th Century, De Pree Art Center and Gallery, Hope College, Holland, Michigan
1984		New Figure Drawing: Twelve Latin American Artists, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, Florida
1984		Contemporary Latin American Graphics, Centro Cultural Vanguardia, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
1984		Master of Drawing, Chopo Museum of the National University, Mexico, D.F.
1983		Contemorary Painters of Mexico, Gallery of the Plaza Security Pacific National Bank, Los Angeles, California
1983		Ten Artists from the Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mary-Anne Martin/Fine Art, New York
1982		Mexican Image, Rossi Gallery, Morristown, New Jersey
1981		Mexican Masters: the Young Generation, Signs Gallery, New York
1981		Iberoamerican Art, Delaware State Arts Council, Wilmington, Delaware
1980		Mexican Masters: the Second Generation, DeGraaf-Forsythe Galleries, Ann Arbor, Michigan
1980		Twenty Mexican Painters, Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba
1978		Marco Cultural Arquitectura, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico, D.F.
1977		Jeune Peinture Mexicaine, Galerie Saint-Germain, Paris, France
1973		Fifteen of Mexico's Artists, Society of Friends of Mexican Art, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix Arizona
1973		Pan-American Graphic Arts Show, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico, D.F.
1971		Mexico Now, Forsythe Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan
1971		Der Geist des Surrealismus (The Spirit of Surrealism), Baukunst Köln, Cologne,
1969		Mexican Mystique, Gallery of the J. Walter Thompson Company, New York
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LITERATURE
Alberto Ruy Sanchez and Edward J. Sullivan, Alfredo Castañeda, Mexico, D.F. and New York, Galería de Arte Mexicano and Mary-Anne Martin/Fine Art, 1989

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