Sunday, December 8th, 2024

2pm

ELISEO CASIANO:

HOW TO DRAW FIRE

Eliseo Casiano is a painter focused on portraiture and personal narrative. He is interested in color, light and pattern to create a spectrum of potentialities that reflect a cultural aesthetic centered in his lived experience. Casiano reconfigures family photographs and oral histories into heavily saturated and adorned paintings with free associations and indefinite resolution.

In his upcoming exhibition titled "How to Draw Fire" at the Morris Graves Museum of Art, Casiano has redirected his painting practice from personal symbolism to drawing inspiration from the vibrant landscapes and inhabitants of Humboldt County. His latest paintings capture the interplay of light and darkness over the land during twilight, dawn, and dusk. Alongside these scenic compositions, Casiano is creating a series of portraits that showcase the intriguing individuals he has encountered in the region.

Eliseo earned his Bachelor in Fine Arts degree in painting from East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma, and his Master in Fine Arts degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA. His paintings have been shown widely across the United States, including at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, Historic Arkansas Museum, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, and the Vermont Studio Center. He is an Assistant Professor in Art + Film at Cal Poly Humboldt in Arcata, CA.