The idea that our existence might be random doesn't sit well with me. I suspect that I am not alone. I find proof of that suspicion in the universal and timeless need to create and recreate systems of order: political, social, and religious. The way in which I work seems to thematically reflect this idea and reaction. My work always begins with the randomness of a found object (never beginning with a concept or theme for which I have to find "the right thing"). Once found, I indulge the impulse to create an ordered composition by manipulating and abstracting the object and/or the world in which it lives. -David de Castro
		Education: Bates College, Lewiston, ME University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Massachussetts College of Art, Boston, MA University of Massachussetts, Boston, MA Exhibits: Navta Schulz Gallery abwo galleria d'arte contemporanea roma Judy Saslow Gallery PUSH pull arts festival Waterstreet Gallery Las Manos Chicago Artists Collective (Charcoll) Izzo's Artery Around the Coyote Festival Glass Curtain Gallery Gallery 2828 ATC Gallery Takohl Gallery One of a Kind Show Open Air 1943: Installation at Theatre on the Lake Awards & Press: Around the Coyote Festival Curator's Choice: 1999, 2000, 2002 Featured in Metropolitan Home, Chicago Tribune Magazine