Gaston Carrio

Since graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture in 2001, I have spent much of my time designing different architectural projects all over the world. Drawing and sketching have always been a part of my life, especially during my years of training and working as an architect. At first painting represented primarily a means of self-discovery and expression for me, but over the years it has become an integral part of who I am.

I am smitten, and at the same time intrigued, by the underlying, yet unspoken and sublime conversation, that a painting can evoke within one’s unconsciousness. The range and possibility between the brush stroke; whether it be simple or complex, coupled with its overall effect, both inspires and challenges me to induce certain sense of the unknown, intimacy, as well as awe. I get immersed into interpreting the unconscious symbolism, especially those exceeding the limitations of simply aesthetic conditions.

Bachelor of Architecture, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, USA

AWARDS

2023
Award of Merit – La Quinta Art Celebration
Best of Painting – Brookside Annual Art Fair

2022
3rd Mixed Media – Armonk Outdoor Art Show

2021
Award of Distinction 2D – Naples National Art Show

2020
Winner – The Woodlands Art Bench Competition (Mystical Senses)
Best of Mixed Media 2D – La Quinta Arts Celebration
1st Mixed Media – Coconut Grove Arts Festival

2019
1st Painting – Beaux Arts Festival of the Arts
Award of Distinction – Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival

2018
Winner – The Woodlands Art Bench Competition (Proud Souls)
Winner – The Woodlands Art Bench Competition (Unmasked Symbiosis)
Best of Show – Brookside Annual Art Fair
Award of Excellence – Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival

2017
3rd Painting – Coconut Grove Arts Festival
1st Painting – Beaux Arts Festival of the Arts

2016
Best of Mixed Media 2D – Krasl Art Fair

2015
Best of Show 2D MM – Uptown Art Festival
1st Mixed Media – Beaux Arts Festival of the Arts
2nd Mixed Media – Armonk Outdoor Art Show

2014
1st Painting – Port Clinton Art Festival
Best of Show – Third Ward Art Festival
1st Painting – Lincolnshire Art Festival
Best of Show – Buffalo Grove Art Festival
Award of Merit – Art Fest Naples
3rd Painting – Space Coast Art Festival
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