Eliseo Angel Casiano

Eliseo Angel Casiano is a Chicano painter and Oklahoma native. Through the creation of re-imagined portraiture, he interprets biographical events that examine representations of race, family relationships, and his own maneuverability through a space of otherness. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from East Central University and his Master of Fine Arts from Louisiana State University. Casiano created a scholarship fund at East Central University in his mother’s name that provides an annual stipend for a women or non- binary person of color in the studio arts program. His paintings have been shown widely across the United States, including the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. He was a recent fellow at the Vermont Studio Center and his work was featured in the summer issue of New American Paintings, No. 136. He is
currently based in Tucson, AZ.

Bio courtesy of the artist.