Carlos Catasse
Carlos Catasse (1944 – January 19, 2010), born Carlos Tapia Sepúlveda in Santiago, Chile, formed his new last name by combining the first two letters of his first, middle and last names. Catasse is a Chilean painter of international recognition. Since 1969, he has lived and painted in Quito, Ecuador, the country that in 1986 granted him with Ecuador's National Prize for Painting, the Premio Eugenio Espejo. Catasse has had a great number of individual exhibitions throughout Latin America, as well as, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Spain, and the United States. After Catasse died in Quito, Ecuador at the age of 65, his remains were cremated in a cemetery in the Ecuadorian capital, and there are plans to open a gallery exhibition of his works. Museums "Two suns for my earth", Latin American Museum of Art, Havana, Cuba. "Pre-Columbian with fish", Larrés Drawing Museum, Aragón, Spain. Contemporary Art Museum, Cuenca, Ecuador Museum of Modern Art, Quito, Ecuador Museum of San Diego, Bogotá, Colombia The Simmons Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA Individual Exhibitions 1968 Santa Maria, Bs. Ace, Argentina 1968 Nac. House of the Currency, Potosí, Bolivia 1969 Gallery Kitgua, Quito, Ecuador 1970 Hall Pachacama, Guayaquil, Ecuador 1971 Gallery Marshal, Sucre, Chile