Manuel Quintana Castillo

Born in January 06,1928 in Caucagua, Estado Miranda, Venezuela.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

1961 "Paintings 1954 - 1961". Museum of Fine Arts, Caracas.
1969"Reunion with the Object". Acquavella Gallery, Caracas.
1978 " Quintana Castillo Workshop". National Art Gallery, Caracas.
1980 "Works for the Sao Paulo Biennial". Museum of Fine Arts, Caracas.
1983ARCO 83. Madrid, Spain.
1984 "Signs, Sculptures and Emblems".Siete Siete Gallery, Caracas.
1995“Heraclitus River". MUCI Gallery, Caracas."Fuera de Juego", Alejandro Otero Visual Arts Museum, Caracas.
Bathing in the River", Bogota, Mexico and Washington DC.
1999 "Pictorial Space", Eladio Alemán Sucre Cultural Art Centre, Valencia.2011 Master of Contemporary - National Art Museum Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela.
2013 Painting and Reality - La Estancia, Caracas, Venezuela.

Selected Group Exhibitions

1953-1969 "Venezuelan Art Official Hall ", Museum of Fine Arts, Caracas.
1952-1955 "Planchart Hall", Caracas.
1954-1957 "D'Empaire Hall", Maracaibo.
1955 XXVIII Venice Biennial, Italy.
1956 III Biennial of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
1960 Mexico Biennial, Mexico City. "Venezuelan Paintings", La Habana, Cuba. "Venezuelan Painters", México Modern Art Museum.
1961 "Venezuelan Paintings 1661-1961", Museum of Fine Arts, Caracas.
1962 XXXI Venice Biennial, Italy.
1964 "Armando Reverón " Biennial, Museum of Fine Arts, Caracas.
1972 "Art in Venezuela Hall ", Museum of Fine Arts, Caracas.”XXX Arturo Michelena Hall ", Ateneo of Valencia.
1973 “Art in Venezuela Hall", Museum of Fine Arts. Caracas.
1979 "XV Sao Paulo Biennial", Brazil.
1980 "Inquiry on the lmage", National Art Gallery, Caracas.
1981 "I National Visual Arts Biennial", Museum of Fine Arts, Caracas.
1985 "Amazonia", Mendoza Hall, Caracas.
1990 "Los 80, Overview of Visual Arts in Venezuela", National Art Gallery Caracas.
1991 "Drawing in Venezuela: A Selection", Traveling Exhibition: Washington D.C., Boston, New York, Chicago, Miami, Mexico City, Tegucigalpa, Bogota.
1992 Ibero American Art Fair, Caracas.
1960-1990, National Art Gallery Foundation. Expo-Seville, Spain.
1993 "Venezuela is Like That", Casa de América, Madrid, Spain.
1995 "The exceptional decade". The Venezuelan Art in the sixties, Museum of Fine Arts, Caracas.
1998 I Cumana International Biennial. Caracas Ibero American Art Fair, FIA'98, Caracas, MUCI Gallery stand.
1999 II Fondene Art Biennial, Francisco Narváez Contemporary Art Museum, Porlamar, State of. Nueva Esparta. "From Reverón to Quintana Castillo", MUCI Gallery, Caracas.
2009 Group Show - Galeria Medicci - Caracas, Venezuela
2010 Group Show - Galeria Medicci - Caracas, Venezuela
2011 Group Show - Galeria Medicci - Caracas, Venezuela
2012 Group Show - Galeria Medicci - Caracas, Venezuela

Selected Prizes and Distinctions
1954 Honorific Mention, D'Empaire Hall, Maracaibo.
1955 Henrique Otero Vizcarrondo Prize, XVI Annual Venezuelan Art Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Caracas. Painting First Prize. Planchart Venezuelan Art Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts,Caracas.
1972 Honorific Mention, XXX Arturo Michelena Hall, Ateneo of Valencia.
1973 National Arts Award.
1978 Arturo Michelena Prize, XXXVI Arturo Michelena Hall, Ateneo of Valencia.
1981 Acquisition Prize, I National Biennial of Visual Arts, Museum of Fine Arts, Caracas.
1990 First Prize, V National Drawing Biennial. FUNDARTE. Alejandro Otero Visual Arts Museum, Caracas.
1999 “José Antonio Sucre" Prize, I Cumana International Biennial.