Abstract Expressionist painter Caio Fonseca employs a reductive process to arrive at his finished works, painting in partial layers that continually accrue, overlapping previous forms, sometimes abrading the surface and, ultimately, achieving new abstractions. The curvilinear geometry of his forms has often been compared to piano lids, quarter notes and the bodies of cellos or violins. He is a classical pianist, after all” -Christina Cotter. His work is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, NY, The Whitney Musem of American Art, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY and the Hirschhorn Museum, Washington D.C. among others. The artist is represented by Octavia Art Gallery in New Orleans.
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Born 1959 in New York, New York.
Lives and works in New York, New York.
EDUCATION
Returned to New York; lives and works on East 10th Street, 1992
Lived and worked in Paris, 1990-91
Moved to Pietrasanta, Tuscany, Italy, 1985-89
Worked in Montevideo, Uruguay, 1983-85Studied painting, Barcelona, Spain, 1978-83
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016
Caio Fonseca, Tayloe Piggott Gallery, Jackson, WY
2015
Caio Fonseca: Selections from the Studio, Octavio Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Caio Fonseca: New Paintings, Paul Kasman Gallery, New York, NY
2014
Caio Fonseca: A Survey of Works 2005-2013, Tayloe Piggot Gallery, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
2013
Octavia Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
2012
212 Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
2011
Tayloe Piggot Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY
2010
Ben Brown Fine Arts, Hong Kong
Victoria Munroe Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2009
Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, England
2007
Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, England
2004
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
2003
Institut Valenica de Arte Modern (IVAM), Valencia, Spain
David Floria Gallery, Aspen, CO
Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
Caio Fonseca: Prints and Works on Paper, The Ralls Collection, Washington, DC
Caio Fonseca: Prints, Eckenroth Gallery, Vail, Colorado
2002
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
Caio Fonseca: Prints, Paulson Press, Berkeley, CA
Caio Fonseca: Prints, Works on Paper, inc., Philadelphia, PA
2001
Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2000
Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
Greenberg Van Doran Gallery, St. Louis, MO
David Floria Gallery, Aspen, CO
1999
Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
University Art Gallery, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA
Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, NC
1998
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Knoedler & Co., New York, NY
Caio Fonseca: Etchings, Betsy Senior Gallery, New York, NY
1996
Knoedler & Co., New York, NY
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
1995
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
1993
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
1991
Galeria Anna Ricart, Barcelona, Spain
1985
Villa D’Elatre, Lucca, Italy
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
Eyes of the East End, ARC Fine Art LLC, Fairfield, CT
2016
Lasting Impressions, Heather Gaudio Fine Art, New Canaan, CT
2015
Figure and Form: new Acquisitions to the Permanent Collection, El Museo Del Berrio, NY
Duo: A Group Show, Paulson Fontaine Press, Berkeley, CA
2014
IN EDITION, Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, DC
2012
Selected Paintings, Alan Avery Art Company, Atlanta, GA
2009
Universal Limited Art Editions Then and Now, Leslie Sacks Contemporary, Santa Monica, CA
William Shearbun Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2008
Contemporary Watercolors, The Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, MA
Group Dialogue, GERALD PETERS Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2007
Solstice, David Floria Gallery, Aspen, CO
2006
Sliding Scales, Winston Wachter Fine Art, New York, NY
Black + White, Nathan BernsteIin & Co, New York, NY
2005
Cross Section, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
Fuori Tema/Italian Feeling, XIV Quadriennale di Roma, Rome, Italy
2003
Drawing Modern: Works from the Agnes Gund Collection, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
2002
New York Renaissance: Selections from the Whitney Museum of American Art, Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy
Abstraction, Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2001
Summer 2001, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
James Brown and Caio Fonseca: New Color Etchings, Traywick Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2000
Painting, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
1999
Processes, Dougless Udell Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Acquisitions, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Abstraction, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Abstract Painting, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
1997
Basically Black & White, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
Purely Painting, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
Contemporary Masterworks, Knoedler & Co., New York, NY
1996
The New York Scene 1996, Gotlands Konst Museum, Visby, Sweden
1995
Under Glass, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
Essence & Persuasion: The Power of Black & White, The Anderson Gallery, Buffalo,NY
1994
About Color, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
1993
Essentials, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
Summer Invitational, David Beitel Gallery, New York, NY
Caio Fonseca
Ultra-Mar
2014
Color aquatint and spitbite aquatint with hand-painting, chine collé and string.
Image size: 32" x32"
Paper size: 37 1/2" x 37"
Edition of 35
Caio Fonseca
Ultra-Red
2014
Color aquatint and spitbite aquatint with hand-painting, chine collé and strings.
Image size: 32" x32"
Paper size: 37 1/2" x 37"
Edition of 35
Caio Fonseca
Three String Etching Eliporeia
2006
Color aquatint, spitbite aquatint and softground etching with chine collé, string, and handstamping.
Image size 14" x 54 1/16"
Paper size 25" x 64 1/16"
Edition of 60
Caio Fonseca
Three String Etching Giallo
2006
Color aquatint, spitbite soapground and sugarlift aquatints and softground etching with chine collé, string, and handstamping.
Image size 29½" x 41½"
Paper size 39½" x 50½"
Edition of 50
Caio Fonseca
Three String Etching Interval
2006
Color spitbite aquatint, aquatint, and softground etching with chine collé, string, and handstamping.
Image size 20¾" x 16"
Paper size 31¾" x 26"
Edition of 50
Caio Fonseca
Three String Etching Blue Point
2006
Color aquatint, spitbite and sugarlift aquatints and softground etching with chine collé, string, and handstamping.
Image size 18" x 24"
Paper size 29" x 34"
Edition of 50
Caio Fonseca
Three String Etching Ligos
2006
Color aquatint, spitbite and sugarlift aquatints and softground etching with chine collé, string, and handstamping.
Image size 12" x 12"
Paper size 21" x 20"
Edition of 50
Caio Fonseca
Three String Etching Arrancia
2006
Color aquatint, spitbite aquatint, and softground etching with chine collé, string, and handstamping.
Somerset white textured paper
Image size 25¼" x 35¾"
Paper size 37" x 45¾"
Edition of 50
Caio Fonseca
Three String Etching Lunella
2006
Color aquatint, spitbite aquatint, and softground etching with chine collé, string, and handstamping.
Somerset white textured paper
Image size 29½" x 41½"
Paper size 39½" x 50½"
Edition of 50
Caio Fonseca
Three String Etching Green Point
2006
Color aquatint, spitbite aquatint and sugarlift aquatint with chine collé, string, and handstamping.
Somerset white textured paper
Image size 18" x 24"
Paper size 29" x 34"
Edition of 50
Caio Fonseca
Three String Etching Ombra
2006
Color spitbite aquatint, soapground aquatint, aquatint, and softground etching with chine collé, string & handstamping.
Somerset white textured paper Image size 20¾" x 15½"
Paper size 31¾" x 25½"
Edition of 50
Caio Fonseca
Intermezzo
2004
Color spitbite aquatint, sugarlift aquatint and softground etching with handstamping.
Somerset soft white textured paper
Image size 23" x 30¼"
Paper size 34" x 40¼"
Edition of 50
Caio Fonseca
Pavana Lacrymae
2004
Color spitbite aquatint, sugarlift aquatint and softground etching with handstamping.
Somerset soft white textured paper
Image size 20½" x 27¼"
Paper size 31½" x 37¼"
Edition of 50
Caio Fonseca
Quintena
2004
Color spitbite aquatint, sugarlift aquatint and softground etching with handstamping.
Somerset soft white textured paper
Image size 29" x 40 5/8"
Paper size 38" x 48 5/8"
Edition of 50
Caio Fonseca
Sarabande
2004
Color spitbite aquatint, sugarlift aquatint and softground etching with chine collé and handstamping.
Somerset soft white textured paper
Image size 11¾" x 19"
Paper size 20¾" x 27"
Edition of 50
Caio Fonseca
Seven String Etching No. 6
2001
Color spitbite and sugarlift aquatints and softground etching with chine collé, string and handstamping.
Somerset soft white textured paper
Image size 26 1/8" x 36"
Paper size 37 1/8" x 46"
Edition of 50
Caio Fonseca
Seven String Etching No. 7
2001
Color spitbite and sugarlift aquatints and softground etching with chine collé, string and handstamping.
Somerset soft white textured paper
Image size 26 1/8" x 36"
Paper size 37 1/8" x 46"
Edition of 50
Caio Fonseca
Seven String Etching No. 8
2001
Color spitbite and sugarlift aquatints and softground etching with chine collé, string and handstamping.
Somerset soft white textured paper
Image size 12½" x 17¾"
Paper size 21½" x 27¾"
Edition of 35
Caio Fonseca
Seven String Etching No. 9
2001
Color spitbite and sugarlift aquatints and softground etching with chine collé, string and handstamping.
Somerset soft white textured paper
Image size 12½" x 17¾"
Paper size 21½" x 27¾"
Edition of 35
Caio Fonseca
Seven String Etching No. 10
2001
Color spitbite and sugarlift aquatints and softground etching with chine collé, string and handstamping.
Somerset soft white textured paper
Image size 17¾" x 12½"
Paper size 26¾" x 20½"
Edition of 35
Caio Fonseca
Seven String Etching No. 1
2001
Color spitbite aquatint and softground etching with chine collé, string & handstamping.
Somerset soft white textured paper
Image size 29" x 40½"
Paper size 38" x 48½"
Edition of 50
Caio Fonseca
Seven String Etching with Yellow and Red
2001
Color spitbite aquatint and softground etching with chine collé, string and handstamping.
Somerset soft white
textured paper
Image size 29½" x 41"
Paper size 38" x 49"
Edition of 50
Caio Fonseca
Seven String Etching No. 3
2001
Color spitbite aquatint and softground etching with chine collé, string and handstamping.
Somerset soft white textured paper
Image size 17 7/8" x 36"
Paper size 28½" x 45½"
Edition of 50
Caio Fonseca
Seven String Etching with White and Blue
2001
Color spitbite aquatint and softground etching with chine collé, string & handstamping.
Somerset soft white
textured paper
Image size 13 1/8" x 29"
Paper size 23 1/8" x 37½"
Edition of 50
Caio Fonseca
Seven String Etching Obliques
2001
Color spitbite aquatint and softground etching with chine collé, string and handstamping.
Somerset soft white
textured paper
Image size 24½" x 18"
Paper size 34½" x 26¾"
Edition of 50