Caio Fonseca
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Caio Fonseca is an American
artist.
Fonseca was born in New York to a family of artists. His older brother Bruno Fonseca
(1958-1994), was a well known contemporary artist. His father, Gonzalo Fonseca
, was an Uruguay
an sculptor.He was raised in New York City
. He has lived, studied and painted in Barcelona
, Spain
; Pietrasanta
, a town on the coast of northern Tuscany
in Italy
, in the province of Lucca
; and Paris
. Fonseca now divides his time between Pietrasanta and his Manhattan
studio.
His paintings have been acquired by public and private collections in Europe and the United States, including the Whitney Museum of American Art
in New York.
He was the 2004 artist-in-residence at the Music@Menlo
chamber music festival in Menlo Park, California
.
United States
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artist.
Fonseca was born in New York to a family of artists. His older brother Bruno Fonseca
Bruno Fonseca
Bruno Fonseca was an American artist who shifted between abstract and figurative styles and worked in both painting and sculpture....
(1958-1994), was a well known contemporary artist. His father, Gonzalo Fonseca
Gonzalo Fonseca
Gonzalo Fonseca was an Uruguayan artist known for his stone sculpting. He originally studied to be an architect, but discovered modern art in 1942 after working in the Taller Torres-Garcia workshop...
, was an Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
an sculptor.He was raised in New York City
New York City
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. He has lived, studied and painted in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, Spain
Spain
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; Pietrasanta
Pietrasanta
Pietrasanta is a town and comune on the coast of northern Tuscany in Italy, in the province of Lucca. Pietrasanta is part of Versilia, on the last foothills of the Apuan Alps, about 32 km north of Pisa...
, a town on the coast of northern Tuscany
Tuscany
Tuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of about 23,000 square kilometres and a population of about 3.75 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence ....
in Italy
Italy
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, in the province of Lucca
Province of Lucca
The Province of Lucca is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Lucca.It has an area of 1,773 km², and a total population of 372,244...
; and Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. Fonseca now divides his time between Pietrasanta and his Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
studio.
His paintings have been acquired by public and private collections in Europe and the United States, including the Whitney Museum of American Art
Whitney Museum of American Art
The Whitney Museum of American Art, often referred to simply as "the Whitney", is an art museum with a focus on 20th- and 21st-century American art. Located at 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street in New York City, the Whitney's permanent collection contains more than 18,000 works in a wide variety of...
in New York.
He was the 2004 artist-in-residence at the Music@Menlo
Music@Menlo
Music@Menlo is an annual summer chamber music festival in San Francisco, California. The festival was founded in 2003 by cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han. American Public Media says that "Music@Menlo has rapidly become one of the world's top-tier chamber music festivals due to the quality...
chamber music festival in Menlo Park, California
Menlo Park, California
Menlo Park, California is a city at the eastern edge of San Mateo County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, in the United States. It is bordered by San Francisco Bay on the north and east; East Palo Alto, Palo Alto, and Stanford to the south; Atherton, North Fair Oaks, and Redwood City...
.