Carlos Catasse (1944 – January 19, 2010), born Carlos Tapia Sepúlveda in

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, formed his new last name by combining the first two letters of his first, middle and last names. Catasse is a

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an painter of international recognition. Since 1969, he has lived and painted in

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, the country that in 1986 granted him with Ecuador's National Prize for Painting, the

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. Catasse has had a great number of individual exhibitions throughout

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, as well as,

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, and the

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. After Catasse died in

at the age of 65, his remains were cremated in a cemetery in the

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ian capital, and there are plans to open a gallery exhibition of his works.

Museums

* "Two suns for my earth", Latin American Museum of Art,

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. * "Pre-Columbian with fish", Larrés Drawing Museum,

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, Spain. * Contemporary Art Museum, Cuenca,

* Museum of Modern Art, Quito, Ecuador * Museum of San Diego,

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* The Simmons Gallery,

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, US

Individual exhibitions

*1968 Santa Maria, Bs. Ace,

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*1968 Nac. House of the Currency,

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*1969 Gallery Kitgua, Quito, Ecuador *1970 Hall Pachacama,

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, Ecuador *1971 Gallery Marshal,

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, Chile *1972 Bank of Chile, Santiago, Chile *1972 Museum of Art, Quito, Ecuador *1973 Gallery Pachacama, Quito, Ecuador *1973 Gallery Charpentier, Quito, Ecuador *1973 Museum of San Diego, Bogotá, Colombia *1973 Museum of Art, Quito, Ecuador *1974 Room Loving Raverón,

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*1974 Gallery Gaud,

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, Venezuela *1974 Gallery Caspicana, Quito, Ecuador *1975 Gallery Charpentier, Quito, Ecuador *1976 Gallery Caspicana, Quito, Ecuador *1978 Gallery Goribar, Quito, Ecuador *1979 Gallery Echo, Santiago, Chile *1980 Gallery Shaves Nui, Ecuador Salt mine *1980 Gallery André, Caracas Venezuela 1982 Gallery Goribart, Quito, Ecuador *1984 Gallery Pomaire, Quito, Ecuador *1986 Chistina & Artur Stutz, Swiss, Zurich *1986 Peltrameli Gallery,

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*1989 Gallery Goya,

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, Spain *1990 Center of Art,

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*1990 Gallery Marisa Almazán, Madrid, Spain *1991 Club of the Bank, Files, Peru *1991 Gallery Goya, Zaragoza, Spain *1992 Gallery Montmartre,

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, Spain *1993 Bottom Art Contemp., Zaragoza, Spain *1993 Gallery Tocre,

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, Spain *1993 Center of Art, Leon, Spain *1994 Muñoz Gallery Fertile valley, Ecuador River basin *1995 Gallery America 2000, Files, Peru *1995 Gallery Coffee,

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, Germany *1996 Center of Art, Leon, Spain *1996 Arquelógico Museum, The Chile Night love song *1996 House of the Culture, Vine of the Sea, Chile *1997 Praxis International Art, Santiago, Chile

Awards & Prizes

* 1967 First Prize, Independent Artists Association, Santiago, Chile. * 1977 First Prize, Guayras Province, Guayaquil, Ecuador. * 1978 Prize "

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", Ecuador. * 1979 First Prize, VIII Art gallery, Guayaquil, Ecuador. * 1985 First Honor Mention, XXIX National Hall, Guayaquil, Ecuador. * 1986

, Quito, Ecuador.

References and sources

;References ;Sources * Salvat, ''Arte Contemporáneo de Ecuador''. Salvat Editores Ecuatoriana, S.A.,

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