ANTONIO CASTELLANOS BASICH
ES Born in Mexico City in 1946. He studied drawing at the National School of Plastic Arts, and continued his education in his stepfather's atelier, the sculptor Federico Canessi. He has been involved in architecture too designing his own houses, and as a project consultant for several Mexican architects. Since 1967 he participated in several collective exhibitions like the Biennial of Modern Art in Mexico City and Paris. His public work is extensive, he has created several projects for the Architect Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, and he has more than 100 sculptures around Mexico. Internationally, his work can be found in The Vatican in Italy, in the United States, Spain, Dominican Republic and Panama. Besides his personal work, he has created medallions, high-reliefs, busts and monuments in a diversity of materials such as bronze, stone and resin.
  • Aguascalientes
    1969 - Monument to Alfredo V. Bonfil. INPI, Aguascalientes. In collaboration with sculptor Federico Canessi.
  • Baja California
    1974 - Monument to Padre Kino (7.00 m height), Tijuana. In collaboration with sculptor Federico Canessi. 1976 - Equestrian monument of Gral. Ignacio Zaragoza, Tijuana. In collaboration with sculptor Federico Canessi.
  • Chiapas
    1964 - Memorial Monument of Presa Netzahualcóyotl (250 m. long and 30 m. height), Malpaso. In collaboration with sculptor Federico Canessi.
  • Distrito Federal
    1969 - Monument to Mahatma Gandhi, Bosque de Chapultepec. In collaboration with sculptor Federico Canessi. - Sculptural lattice for the altar, Church of Perpetuo Socorro. Architectural design Arq. Enrique de la Mora. - Mural of Venetian patchwork, Façade of Centro Mercantil. - Seventeen medallions for Salón del Congreso Constituyente, Palacio Nacional. - Bust of Gerardo Murillo (Dr. Atl). Rotonda de los Hombres Ilustres, Panteón Civil de Dolores. 1972 - Diego Rivera's head, Museo Dolores Olmedo, Xochimilco. 1977 - Six Medallions, Federación de Trabajadores al Servicio del Estado, (FSTSE). 1977 - Bas-relief for the Church of Rosedal, Coyoacán. 1978 - Ten bust for the Hospital de Jesús, Centro. 1981-1982 - Eight statues for Paseo de la Reforma Norte. 1982 - Monument ro Abelardo de la Torre Grajales, Sindicato de los Trabajadores de la Secretaría de Hacienda, Nonoalco. 1983 - Four busts for the Garden of Secretaría de Salubridad. 1985 - Three busts, Secretaría de Salud. 1986 - Bust of Diego Rivera, Secundaria 72, Xoco. 1988 - Bust of Diego Rivera para el Mural "Sueño de una Tarde Dominical", Alameda Central. - Three busts, Secretaría de Salud. 1989 - Sculpture to Juan Diego y Fray Juan de Zumárraga for the Basílica de Guadalupe. 1993-1998 - 51 Medallions of the members of the Seminario de Cultura Mexicano, Polanco. 1994 - High-relief of Arq. Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, Museo Nacional de Antropología. 1994 - Doors and Medallion for the Mauseleum of Adolfo López Mateos, Atizapán de Zaragoza. 1998 - Bust of Dr. Salvador Zubirán, Secretaría de Salud. 1998 - Cross of Evangelization (Grupo Escultórico de la Cruz), Calzada de los Misterios. 1999 - Bust of Dr. Manuel Sandoval Vallarta for the Colegio Nacional, Centro. 2000 - Sculpture of Alejandro von Humboldt, Alameda Central. 2002 - Two medallions, Seminario de Cultura Mexicana, Polanco. 2005 - Medallion of Diego Rivera for Plaza San Jacinto, San Angel. 2005 - Sculpture of Lic. Emilio Rabasa Estebanell for the Suprema Corte de Justicia, Col. Centro. 2005 - Bust of Dr. Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Secretaría de Salud. 2010 - Two medallions, Seminario de Cultura Mexicana, Polanco. 2012 - Medallion, Seminario de Cultura Mexicana, Polanco. 2013 - Medallion, Seminario de Cultura Mexicana, Polanco.
  • Estado de México
    1965 - Sculptoric Group INPIEM, Toluca. 1965 - Monument to Pochteca (antiguo mercader mexicano), Mercado Municipal de Naucalpan. 1965 - Monument to Benito Juárez, Plaza Principal de Naucalpan. 1984 - Monument to la Alianza, Tlalnepantla.
  • Guerrero
    1976 - Head of Gral. Lázaro Cárdenas (sculpted in a 20 m. rock), between Arcelia y Cd. Altamirano. In collaboration with sculptor Federico Canessi. 1976 - Child Hero, Acapulco. In collaboration with sculptor Federico Canessi. 1968 - Memorial Plaque with relief, Presa Vicente Guerrero. 1977 - Tomb of Cuauhtémoc, Ixcateopan. 1977 - Medallion to José María Morelos, Parque del Veladero, Acapulco.
  • Hidalgo
    1969 - Monument to Gral. Felipe Angeles, Pachuca. In collaboration with sculptor Federico Canessi. 1973 - Monument to Salvador Allende, Unidad Habitacional Salvador Allende, Combinado Industrial Sahagún. In collaboration with sculptor Federico Canessi.
  • Jalisco
    1988 - Sculpture for the lobby of Hotel Fiesta Americana, Puerto Vallarta.
  • Michoacán
    1968 - Memorial Plaque with relied, Presa José María Morelos.
  • Morelos
    1990 - Trophy “Miguel Salinas“ for the Colegio de Arquitectos de Morelos. 1992 - Bust of Sr. César Uscanga, Escuela Secundaria de Tejalpa, Jiutepec. 2000 - Sculpture of Alejandro von Humboldt, Cuernavaca, Centro. 2005 - Sculpture in homage to Ma. Antonieta Estrada Cajigal, Parque Ecológico de Acapatzingo. 2005 - Time flies, Solar Clock, Parque Chapultepec. 2007 - Fungi Fountain, Ayuntamiento, Cuernavaca. 2008 - Praying Hands, Door in stainless steel for crematory and cristals for façade, Panteón Bosques de la Vida Eterna, Tepetzingo, Emiliano Zapata.
  • Puebla
    1998 - Relief for the Museo Amparo (Museo de Arte Prehispánico). 2000 - Sculpture of Alexander Von Humboldt.
  • Quintana Roo
    1984 - Sculpture of Jacinto Pat.
  • Tabasco
    1969 - Monument to Coronel Gregorio Méndez.
  • Zacatecas
    1977 - Monument to Benito Juárez, Fresnillo. 1982 - Monument to Manuel M. Ponce y Francisco Goitia, Fresnillo. 1984 - Sculpture of Benito Juárez (7.00 m height).
  • Estados Unidos
    2002 - Sculpture of Juan Diego and the Virgin Mary, City of Youth, Des Plaines, Illinois. 2005 - Sculpture of Mexican Martyrs, Museo de los Caballeros de Colón, New Haven, Connecticut. 2006 - Sculpture of Fray Juan de Zumárraga and San Juan Diego. Shrine of our Lady of Guadalupe, La Crosse, Wisconsin. 2008 - Sculpture of Virgin Mary. Shrine of our Lady of Guadalupe, La Crosse, Wisconsin.
  • España
    1983 - Bust of Dr. Ignacio Chávez, Alicante. 1984 -Bust of Dr. Francisco Xavier de Balmis, Alicante.
  • Italia
    1992 - High-reliefs for the Virgin Mary Chapel, Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican, Rome.
  • Panamá
    2000 - Medallion of the ex-president of Panama José Dominador Bazan, Panama.
  • República Dominicana
    1982 - Monument to Fray Antón de Montesinos (16.00 m. height), Santo Domingo.
  • Diseño de Trofeos México
    1990 - Torch for the XVI Central American Games. - Trophy "Miguel Salinas" for the Colegio de Arquitectos de Morelos, México. 1991 - Trophy "Silver Torch" for the International Olympic Committee.
 1967 - Honorary Mention for his sculpture "Germinación". III Biennial of Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art, INBA, Mexico City.
Cover photography by Lina Rodríguez. © Copyright Antonio Castellanos Basich. All rights reserved.