Mariana del Castillo lives and works in Ngambri/Ngunnawal land. Mariana is an Ecuadorian-born, Australian multidisciplinary Contemporary artist.
Mariana graduated with a BA at the ANU School of Art & Design. She has participated in numerous sculpture festivals/biennials and residences, had several solo exhibitions and participated in many group exhibitions.
Her works are held in public and private collections in Australia and overseas, including the Canberra Museum and Gallery Collection; KDN Group; Mallesons Stephen & Jaques, Barristers and Solicitors; ANU Acton; NRS Group; The Parliamentary Group, Canberra.
Mariana is currently a visual arts mentor for the University of Canberra ADF Arts for Recovery program.
2016-7 Fugitive Faith: A conscripted oath, Canberra Museum and Gallery
2016 Fugitive Faith: The Fitters Workshop, Kingston,ACT
2014 and I stopped: Tuggeranong Arts Centre,ACT
Remnants of a ritual past: Canberra Contemporary Arts Space
2010 A peculiar accomplice: Jas Hugonnet Gallery
2009 Limbo mania: Canberra Museum and Gallery
2004 Remnants- Represented by: Maunsell Hughes, Woollahra, Sydney
2002 Rumores- Represented by: Helen Maxwell Gallery ACT
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 New England Regional Museum, NSW
Finalist in Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Woollahra, NSW
2022 Finalist in Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Woollahra, NSW
‘Making: acts of resistance’ Rusten House Art Centre, NSW
2021 6 in – Queanbeyan artists in lockdown: The border Artspace, NSW
AUSTRALIEN Curated by Dan Toua, Canberra Contemporary Arts Space.
2020 Invited: Contour556/20 - Canberra's biennial public art festival, curated by Neil Hobbs
Ruination - Art not Apart, The Shine Dome Sculpture Garden, ACT
2019 Small works, Beaver Galleries, Deakin, ACT
2018 Invited: Contour 556 - Aspen Island, ACT
Finalist, Small Sculpture Award, Deakin University Contemporary, VIC
ALL WE CAN'T SEE - Forty-five downstairs Gallery, VIC
2017 Finalist in Fishers Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, NSW
Finalist in Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Woollahra, NSW
2016 Finalist in M16 Drawing Prize, M16 Artspace,
Invited: Contour 556 - Commonwealth Place East Gallery Space, ACT
Awards & Commissions
2022 CAPO Fellowship
2022 Bundanon Artist in Residence
ArtsACT 2020 HOMEFRONT Funding recipient
BELCO ARTS 2020 Going the Distance recipient
Materials Grant for 2018 Contour 556, Aspen Island
Awarded CAPO Macquarie Wealth Award 2015
Barnett Lilley & Associates commission 2015
Materials Grant 2014, Arts ACT
Winner of 2013 LAKESIDE exhibition
Finalist, Cancer Council Arts Award, Victoria 2011
Awarded CAPO Rosalie Gascoigne Award 2009
2008 Finalist, DOMAIN Project, ANU, ACT
Materials grant 2004, Arts ACT
Encuentro Group, Pat Corrigan Artists Grant
Madonna exhibition of migrant women Grant- Arts Act
Art store art award, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, ACT Mounting an Exhibition Grant 2001, Arts ACT, ACT
Health PACT and Quit exhibition 2000, Health PACT Grant Work-Ways Commission 1996 Gorman House, ACT Emerging Artists Support Scheme 1989
Canberra School of Art, Australian National University, ACT Light to the Nations Commission, Braddon Community Centre Internal Mural Commission 1988, Ainslie Community Centre
Represented/Collections
2010 and 2014, Canberra Museum and Gallery Collection
Harris Hobbs Landscape ACT
Gorman House Art Collection, ACT
St. Dominican Catholic Church, Glebe, NSW
Mallesons Stephen & Jaques, Barristers and Solicitors Lend Lease, Canberra, ACT
Australian National University, Acton, ACT
NRS Group, Canberra, ACT
The Parliamentary Group, Canberra, ACT
Private and Corporate collections:
Australia, UK, Ecuador, USA, Germany, Denmark, Japan
Featured Artworks by Mariana del Castillo
Vaguely recall that silence 2023 Collage/ Monotype: re-purposed linen, paint, cotton, sumi ink and clay paint, 42x42cm
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The Shoalhaven in June 2023 Collage/ Monotype: re-purposed linen, paint, cotton, sumi ink and clay paint, 42x42cm
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The last of the embers 3 2023 Collage/ Monotype: re-purposed linen, paint, cotton, sumi ink and clay paint, 42x42cm
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The last of the embers 2 2023 Collage/ Monotype: re-purposed linen, paint, cotton, sumi ink and clay paint, 42x42cm
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The last of the embers 2023 Collage/ Monotype: re-purposed linen, paint, cotton, sumi ink and clay paint, 42x42cm
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The first of the green pick 2023 Collage/ Monotype: re-purposed linen, paint, cotton, sumi ink and clay paint, 42x42cm
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Black rain 2023 Recycled galvanised bread tray, timber, wire and sumi ink, 57x47x17cm
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