joecastro

About me

Joe Castro is an accomplished Philadelphia-based artist, musician and graphic designer. His paintings and collages have been exhibited in galleries and art spaces across the United States and Canada, and have been described as "intelligent and brooding...the subjects are often just a little-bit...

Joe Castro is an accomplished Philadelphia-based artist, musician and graphic designer. His paintings and collages have been exhibited in galleries and art spaces across the United States and Canada, and have been described as "intelligent and brooding...the subjects are often just a little-bit skewed--leading you to take a deeper look.”

Originally from Delaware, Castro was the lead guitar player in several bands including the critically acclaimed The Situation. Formed in 2001,The Situation signed with Elephant Stone records in 2004, releasing The Reece Nasty EP, followed by their self titled full length in 2006, both garnered critical praise from Pitchfork, The Big Takeover, Skyscraper and Magnet. The band toured the states, and opened for bands such as The Strokes, The Libertines, Nada Surf, BJM, The Make-Up and Arthur Lee & Love. Their music has been featured on shows for both MTV and Fuel TV. The group disbanded in 2006.

Taking a keen interest in the visual representation of the band, he was responsible for most of the group’s flyers and album graphics and soon found he was receiving as much notice for his art and t-shirt designs as for his guitar playing. In 2006, he began to show his paintings in area galleries. In 2007, he was commissioned to paint a mural for grammy nominated producer Jim Salamone’s new recording studio, Cambridge Sound Studios in Newtown, PA. And in 2010, he was one of 6 artists selected (from over 450 applicants) by Vans and Color Magazine to customize one pair of canvas sneakers, which were displayed in art shows in Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto.

When not working on new paintings and collages, he runs his own graphic design business, Red Attic Studios, where he has created gig posters for bands such as She & Him, Echo and the Bunnymen, Death Cab for Cutie and Pavement. He has won numerous awards for his design work, which has been featured in Graphic Design USA. He is a contributing member of the contemporary art, skateboarding and street culture website, clubmumble.com and he hosts a popular music podcast via his website, mightyjoecastro.com.

Information

• Name: Joe Castro
• Country: USA
• State: PA
• Joined: September 30, 2011
• Occupation: Artist/Graphic Designer
• Genre: Traditional Art, Graphic Design, Drawing, Mixed Media, Typography, Collage, Painting, Portraits, Illustration, Pen and Inks

• Links:
• http://www.mightyjoecastro.com
• http://www.redatticstudios.com
• https://www.facebook.com/joecastroart
• http://twitter.com/#!/mightyjoecastro
• http://www.clubmumble.com/author/joe-castro/

My Groups: TheHumanFace, papercollages, portraits, mixedmedia

Events

• For Penn Treaty January 07, 2012

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