Alec Castillo is an upstate NY based photographer and member of the rock and roll band, The Nude Party. He documents the world and lifestyle he inhabits, be it life on tour or intimate moments with friends. His visual documents of friendship, adventure, and self-identity have been featured in galleries internationally, and published in Rolling Stone, New York Times, Huck Magazine, Fish Eye Magazine, It’s Nice That, Monster Children, Negative Feedback, and Format, amongst others.
NYC // Upstate NY
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Selected Past Exhibitions:
Decked Out (GROUP) @ Third Place Gallery, Boone, NC- 2015
Let the Good Times Roll (GROUP) @ Gallery Twenty-Two, Charlotte, NC- 2015
Contact (SPLIT) @ Looking Glass Gallery, Boone, NC- 2015
Shred Light (GROUP) @ Idio Gallery, NYC- 2016
Calico (GROUP) @ Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts, Boone, NC- 2016
Copy Center (GROUP) @ Valet Gallery, Raleigh, NC- 2017
FWF Zine Release/ Photo Show (Split) w/ Sacha Lecca @ Idio Gallery, Brooklyn, NY- 2017
Monster Children Group Show @ 1700 Naud Gallery, Los Angeles, CA-2017
Monster Children Group Show @ Monster Children HQ, Sydney, Australia- 2017
One More Mile (Solo) @ 92 Orchard Gallery, New York, NY- 2019
Negative Feedback x Canal 180 @ Rua Miguel Bombarda 425, Porto, Portugal- 2022
Abbey Road Music Photography Show @ Abbey Road Studios, London- 2022
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Editor in Chief of Rare Breed Magazine- 2012-2014
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Education:
BFA in Studio Art, Appalachian State University (Graduated 2016), Boone, NC
Awards:
2017 Monster Children Photo Annual Winner (1st Place)
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Selected Web Publications:
Negative Feedback x Canal 180 - Profile on Alec Castillo "The Unexposed"
Monster Children Photo Feature- Interview
Huck Magazine (London) - FWF Zine
What Youth Magazine -Youth On The Run: Interview
Pond-Mag -One More Mile, A Photobook
Huck Magazine (London) - The Nude Party
Huck Magazine (London) - Fat White Family
Monster Children - Meltasia Festival
This Isn't Happiness
Etoday (Russia)
Raen Optics
Ignant (Germany)
The Appalachian
Selected Clients Include: Fender, Gretsch, Wrangler, Rolling Stone Magazine, New York Times, Magazine F (Korea), Magazine B (Korea), Huck Magazine, Golden Voice, Hangout Festival, Raen Optics, Stetson USA, Collective Quarterly, New West Records, Satanic Panic Recordings
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STUDIO- www.clockinncatskills.com
MUSIC- www.thenudepartymusic.com
