Modern and Contemporary Art

ARTIST PROFILE

Nixxio Castrillo

Nixxio Castrillo

Nixxio Luarca Castrillo (b.1970) is a Filipino sculptor with commissioned works found locally and abroad. Castrillo was commissioned to do a St. Joseph bas-relief for Ilocos Norte, a bust portrait of F.B. Harrison for the Province of Baras, a monument for the City of Valenzuela, and the Holy Family in California, U.S.A. He is currently working on a monument of the former president, the late Noynoy Aquino, for the City of Manila; and also has ongoing projects for the National Housing Authority.

Nixxio’s artistic style infuses color, with architectural forms and tight compositions, nuances which he learned and understood as a departure from the particularly defined creations of his father, Eduardo Castrillo. Each facet of Nixxio’s own unique oeuvre explores in the form of odes and tributes to his renowned and highly accomplished father. His background in architecture has made an impact to his body of work, most apparent in how his artworks interact with the environment, creating canyons and valleys of shadows between lines.