1959, New York City

EDUCATION
Studied painting, Barcelona, Spain, 1978-83
Worked in Montevideo, Uruguay, 1983-85
Moved to Pietrasanta, Tuscany, Italy, 1985-89
Lived and worked in Paris, 1990-91
Returned to New York; lives and works on East 10th Street, 1992
 
 
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2001
"Caio Fonseca," Doug Udell Gallery, Vancouver, BC, CANADA
"Caio Fonseca," Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA

2000
"Caio Fonseca," Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
"Caio Fonseca," Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, St. Louis, MO
"Caio Fonseca: Prints," John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Caio Fonseca," David Floria Gallery, Aspen, CO

1999
"Caio Fonseca," University Art Gallery, UCSD, La Jolla, CA
"Caio Fonseca," Robert Miller Gallery, Aspen, CO

1998
"Caio Fonseca: Paintings," John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Caio Fonseca: Paintings," Knoedler & Company, New York, NY

1996
"Caio Fonseca: New Paintings from Pietransanta," Knoedler & Company, New York, NY
"Caio Fonseca: New Paintings," Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
"Caio Fonseca: New Work," Meredith Long & Co., Houston, TX

1995
"Caio Fonseca," John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1994
"Caio Fonseca," Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY

1993
"Caio Fonseca," Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY

1991
"Caio Fonseca: Pintures recents," Galeria Anna Ricart, Barcelona, Spain
1985Villa D'elatre, Lucca, Italy
 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1999
"Processes," Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton and Vancouver, CANADA
"Acquisitions," John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Abstraction," Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI

1998
"Prints from Paulson Press," Traywick Gallery, Berkeley, CA

1995
"Under Glass," Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
"Essence and Persuasion: The Power of Black and White," Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY

1994
"About Color," Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY

1993
"Essentials," Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
"Summer Invitational," David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
 
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Art, Fine Arts Museums, San Francisco
Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, University of Texas at Austin
The Brooklyn Museum, New York
Bovis Lend Lease, Aurora Place, Sydney Australia
Citibank, N.A., New York, NY
Coca-Cola U.S.A., Plano, TX
Dayton Institute of Art, Dayton, OH
General Electric Company, Fairfield, CT
Goldman Sachs, New York, NY
Goldman Sachs International, London, England
Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
The Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin
J.P. Morgan, New York, NY
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
National Airport, Washington, DC (mural commission)
Nieman Marcus, Dallas, TX
The Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.
The United States Embassy, Manila, The Philippines
The United States Embassy, Sofia, Bulgaria
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
 
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Brock, Hovey.  "Review," Artnews, September 1994.
Colacello, Bob. "Vanities," Vanity Fair 1993.
Daspin, Eileen. "Eye: Painting the Town," W, April 1994.
Gardner, Paul. "Music to the Eyes," Harper's Bazaar, April 1996, pp. 200-03.
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Hapgood, Susan. "Review," Art in America, September 1993.
Huntoon, Siri. "Review," Artnews, October 1993.
Jana, Reena.  "Review", Flash Art, March-April 1999.
Karmel, Pepe. "Art in Review: Caio Fonseca," The New York Times, April 19, 1996, p. C21.
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Mifflin, Margot. "Living with the Modern Muse," Elle, April 1993, pp. 86,90.
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