Castor Fernandez
Painter - Sculptor - Set Designer

Past Events

3 Mar 2024 Solo Art Show at the Jacobsen Category: Show/Exhibit Venue: Vancouver, BC, Canada
ART SHOW AT THE JACOBSEN
PAINTINGS BY CASTOR FERNANDEZ

DATE: Sunday March 3, 2024
TIME: 4pm until 9pm

This is a fun free event, you are welcome to bring a friend, it is wheelchair accessible and dog friendly!
1 Apr 2023 - 30 Apr 2023 Solo Art Show at Grounds for Coffee Category: Show/Exhibit Venue: Vancouver, BC, Canada
17 Jul 2022 Vancouver Opera's Inaugural Opera in the Park Category: Show/Exhibit Price: Silent Auction Event Website: https://www.vancouveropera.ca/opera-in-the-park/ Venue: Burnaby, BC, Canada
Opera in the Movies

Vancouver Opera (VO) kicks off its 2022-2023 season on Sunday, July 17, 2022. Join us for VO’s inaugural Opera in the Park outdoor concert presenting popular music from the movies! This free event will feature the Vancouver Opera orchestra, chorus and principal singers, conducted by Maestro Jonathan Darlington.

Selections include music from The Godfather, The Simpsons, and Mission Impossible!

This full-day event will have activities for the whole family including an instrument petting zoo, balloon twisters, face-painting, a photo wall, stilt walkers, giveaways and so much more!

WHEN: Sunday, July 17, 2022
WHERE: Deer Lake Park, Burnaby (6450 Deer Lake Ave)


Summer Celebration Gala Dinner (Private Gala)

The same evening, we will welcome our philanthropic family to a private gala dinner. Following a wine reception and silent auction, guests will be treated to a three-course gourmet dinner with live opera entertainment.

One unique item at the silent auction will feature an original painting by Castor Fernandez.
1 Mar 2022 - 1 Apr 2022 Solo Art Show at Melriches Coffee House Category: Show/Exhibit Venue: Vancouver, BC, Canada
9 Feb 2022 - 23 Feb 2022 International Art, Sculpture, and Antiques Sale at Maynards Fine Art and Antiques Auction House Category: Other Price: Online Bidding Only Event Website: https://www.maynardsfineart.com/auction-lot/castor-fernandez-canadian-1965-dr-sun-yat-sen-cla_E6D4994ABB Venue: Richmond, BC, Canada
Join us at the International Art, Sculpture, and Antiques Sale at Maynards Auction House, in person or online on February 9-23, 2022.

One of my paintings is selling at this auction. Please see description below.

Lot 500
Description: Castor Fernandez
Canadian (1965- )
Dr. Sun Yat Sen Classical - Chinese Garden
Oil on canvas, laid on board
Signed
30 x 40 in. (76 x 102 cm)

About Maynards
Founded in 1902, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Maynards is a traditional fine art and antiques auction house that has sold many of the great estates of the province. Their sale-rooms are currently at Jacombs Road in Richmond offering 15000 square feet of gallery space. They offer a world-class auction experience along with unparalleled access to the rapidly expanding international marketplace for fine art and antiques. Their new website offers a full online auction experience to buyers, sellers, and interested public around the world.
31 Jul 2020 - 11 Sep 2020 Art Downtown Vancouver Category: Show/Exhibit Venue: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Art Downtown

Art Downtown is a new outdoor summer program where artists are exhibiting and painting live in an outdoor space, with live music brought to you in partnership with Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association (DVBIA).

Now is the time when more than ever artists need our support and new opportunities. Art Downtown is a project that allows artists and the public to connect, inspire each other and share creativity.

Between June and September, artists will be presenting their work and techniques in the beautiful setting located at Lot 19 and Cathedral Square, downtown Vancouver. You can find us every Wednesday at the LOT 19 - 855 W Hastings St, Vancouver (starting June 17th) and every Friday at the Cathedral Square - 566 Richards St, Vancouver (starting June 19th) from 11 AM till 2 PM.

Please follow the instructions of our staff and volunteers regarding safe distancing and other health & safety guidance.

If you have any of these symptoms (fever, tiredness, dry cough), please do not attend this event.

Lot 19 Dates
June 17 & June 24th
July 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29
Aug 5, 12, 19, 26,
Sept 2 & 9

Cathedral Square Dates
​June 19 & 26
July 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31
Aug 7, 14, 21 & 28
Sept 4 & 11
22 Jul 2020 Art Masters Category: Other Venue: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Art Masters

8 Artists, 1 Theme, 1 Hour and 1 Mystery Box of supplies

On Wednesday, July 22nd from 12 pm - 1 pm, we will be presenting another instalment of Art Masters which will coincide with Art Downtown at Lot 19. Art Masters is sponsored by Opus Art Supplies and is an exciting art competition where artists can showcase their creative talents.

Art Masters asks 8 professional artists to create a piece of artwork based on a theme (which will be announced on the day), using one mystery toolbox filled with unconventional painting tools. They will have just one hour to create a piece of art based on this theme, requiring them to unleash their creative skills and imagination within an exciting environment.

Following this, the audience will be asked to vote for their favourite piece based on its creativity and originality, and a winner will be announced. The artworks will then be auctioned off, with proceeds going to the Vancouver Visual Art Foundation. After the competition, there will be live music and artists exhibiting and selling their artwork until 2 pm.

We hope you can join us and support local artists. This event is free, open to the public & safely distanced.

​Date: July 22nd
Start: 12:00 pm
Voting: 12:45 pm - 1:00 pm
Winner presentation: 1:05 pm
29 Feb 2020 Art Battle Category: Other Venue: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Join us for an inspiring evening of creativity and community!

Watch as painters battle the clock and each other transforming blank canvases into beautiful pieces of original artwork in just 20 minutes and help vote to determine the Winner of the night.

*Art Battle Vancouver is 19+

*Music will be spinning all night by DJ Rich Nines!

Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/artbattlevancouver/
6 Jul 2019 Burnaby Arts Council - Park's Edge Paint Off Category: Other Venue: Burnaby, BC, Canada
3-2-1 . . . PAINT! The final words one often hears when entering the colour massacres of live painting competitions. Usually a short amount of time, a palette of colours, brush in hand and an audience of eager onlookers excited about what creations lay in store from the competitors. This is the 4th year featuring the Park’s Edge Paint Off: Live International Painting Tournament. Many people have never seen how paintings are created and it is an exciting spectacle to get a glimpse of what the creative process looks like first hand. Audience voting determine the winners of the events, and silent auction for the real prize of those who will get to walk home with a one-of-a-kind piece of art. Burnaby Tourism, the local destination marketing organization and official ambassador of Burnaby have donated the prize money for the people’s choice 1st, 2nd & 3rd place winners of the Park’s Edge Paint Off!

All artwork created during the event will be available for purchase . . . you just have to win the silent auction! This year the top 10 voted artworks will be featured in an ONLINE auction! May the odds be ever in your favour!
16 Feb 2019 Art Battle Category: Other Venue: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Grab your best pals and head out for a sizzling experience of creation and community at The Red Room!

It’s a wild night; great music, paint flies and masterpieces are created before your eyes!
12 amazing painters put their skills to the test with only 20 minutes to turn blank canvases into incredible pieces of original art that will be available via silent auction.
Watch the creative process unfold and help vote for the Winner!
12 Nov 2018 - 18 Nov 2018 Federation of Canadian Artists - Ten Squared Exhibition Category: Show/Exhibit Venue: Vancouver, BC, Canada
This year Ten Squared is raising funds to record workshops and development classes into videos that members of the Federation of Canadian Artists can view from anywhere in the country. This exhibition takes one step closer to providing education programming to all members.
7 Jul 2018 Burnaby Arts Council - Park's Edge Paint Off Category: Other Venue: Burnaby, BC, Canada
3-2-1 . . . PAINT! The final words one often hears when entering the colour massacres of live painting competitions. Usually a short amount of time, a palette of colours, brush in hand and an audience of eager onlookers excited about what creations lay in store from the competitors. Vancouver has seen a plethora of new live painting events pop up in recent years. This is the 3rd year featuring Park’s Edge Paint Off: Live International Painting Tournament. Many people have never seen how paintings are created and it is an exciting spectacle to get a glimpse of what the creative process looks like first hand.

There will also be a silent auction of the Paint Off artworks. The artists gets 50 per cent of the proceeds, with the other 50 per cent going to the council, which puts on the free event.

The featured artists taking part in the paint off include Yukiko Adachi, Flavia Chan, Alyx Essers, Cas Fernandez, Brianna Nilsson, Juan Pablo Vargo and more.
30 Nov 2017 - 6 Jan 2018 The Canuck Show Category: Show/Exhibit Venue: Vancouver, BC, Canada
ROAM Gallery presents... THE CANUCK SHOW
Vancouver's Biggest Celebrity is back!

Meet the Artists
Saturday, December 2, 2017
4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
6 Oct 2017 - 7 Oct 2017 International Art Exhibition "Lab Art Show VIII" Category: Show/Exhibit Event Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1702873983359937/?active_tab=about&locale=mk_MK Venue: Vancouver, BC, Canada
The International Art Exhibition "Lab Art Show VIII" features up to 150 artists including local galleries, artists from over 20 countries and a full roster of performance art, and world entertainment.

This year, Lab Art show features 3 French Artists - Castor Fernandez, Majie Lavergne and Aurélia Bizouard.

They are featured in this article: http://francecanadaculture.org/en/node/13676
1 Oct 2017 - 31 Oct 2017 Solo Art Show at Sumac Cafe Category: Show/Exhibit Venue: Vancouver, BC, Canada
4 Sep 2017 - 10 Sep 2017 Federation of Canadian Artists - Ten Squared Exhibition Category: Show/Exhibit Venue: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Ten Squared is an annual fundraising exhibition for the Federation of Canadian Artists (FCA). The funds raised supports the FCA in continuing to provide and improve upon their programming and services.
1 Aug 2017 - 31 Aug 2017 Solo Art Show at Renzo's Cafe Category: Show/Exhibit Venue: Vancouver, BC, Canada
8 Jul 2017 - 31 Aug 2017 The Wohlsein Gallery - Inaugural Exhibit Category: Show/Exhibit Venue: Vancouver, BC, Canada
8 Jul 2017 Burnaby Arts Council - Park's Edge Paint Off Category: Other Venue: Burnaby, BC, Canada
For almost 40 years the Burnaby Arts Council has presented the best in local performers and artists set against the beautiful Deer Lake Park. The Summer Arts Festival will have a great addition this year with its own brand of live painting as it hosts 2nd Park’s Edge Paint Off!

"3-2-1… and paint". 

The final words one often hears when entering the colour massacres of live painting competitions. Usually a short amount of time, a palette of colours, brush in hand and an audience of eager onlookers excited about what creations lay in store from the competitors. Many people have never seen how paintings are created and it is an exciting spectacle to get a glimpse of what the creative process looks like first hand. Mingle that with an emphasis on speed and the chance for prizes and recognition and it’s a recipe for a fun engaging event with thrills, excitement and culture. Audience voting determine the winners of the events, and silent auction for the real prize of those who will get to walk home with a one-of-a-kind piece of art.
8 Jul 2017 - 5 Aug 2017 Deer Lake Art Gallery (Theme: DiverCity) Category: Show/Exhibit Venue: Burnaby, BC, Canada
DiverCity is an exhibition that is held at the Deer Lake Art Gallery featuring the works of the artists participating in the 2nd Annual Park’s Edge Paint Off. DiverCity is hosted and organized by the Burnaby Arts Council. “DiverCity” is an exhibition celebrating ethnicity, gender, age, place of origin, disability, sexual orientation, education and religion. What is your interpretation of a diverse community, culture or society?
13 May 2017 Solo Art Show at Parents for Spanish Language Association Category: Show/Exhibit Venue: Vancouver, BC, Canada
3 May 2017 - 9 May 2017 Visual Space Gallery - Brain Cancer Got Me Thinking Art Exhibit Category: Show/Exhibit Venue: Vancouver, BC, Canada
A public art exhibit celebrating the creativity and resilience of those affected by a brain tumour diagnosis.

Everyday 27 Canadians are diagnosed with a brain tumour. To mark Brain Tumour Awareness Month in May, and to showcase the remarkable creativity of the brain tumour community, the Patient & Family Advisory Council (PFAC) of the BC Cancer Agency (BCCA), in partnership with Visual Space Gallery in Vancouver, will be hosting an art show in May.
1 Mar 2017 - 31 Mar 2017 Solo Art Show at Wicked Café Category: Show/Exhibit Venue: Vancouver, BC, Canada
18 Feb 2017 Art Battle Category: Other Venue: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Don't miss an amazing night of live competitive painting downtown Vancouver! This is a wonderful evening of creativity and community, showcasing local artists and connecting Vancouver to towns and cities around the world!

Art Battle® is live competitive painting. Painters create the best work they can in 20 minutes. As they work, patrons move around the easels, closely watching the creative process. The medium is acrylic paint and the tools allowed are brushes, palette knives or any non-mechanical implements. At the end of the round, the audience votes democratically for their favourite painting and bids in silent auction to take the work home. Art Battle happens in 50 cities worldwide.
22 Nov 2016 - 27 Nov 2016 Federation of Canadian Artists - Ten Squared Exhibition Category: Show/Exhibit Venue: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Ten Squared is an annual fundraising exhibition for the Federation of Canadian Artists (FCA). The funds raised supports the FCA in continuing to provide and improve upon their programming and services.
18 Nov 2016 - 17 Dec 2016 North Vancouver Community Arts Council - Anonymous Art Show Category: Show/Exhibit Venue: North Vancouver, BC, Canada
The Anonymous Art Show is a popular fundraising event hosted each year in November and December. This event is fun for artists and purchasers, and it assists the North Vancouver Community Arts Council in funding many valuable programmes, including free community events, art classes and youth programmes.
13 Aug 2016 Burnaby Arts Council - Park's Edge Paint Off Category: Other Venue: Burnaby, BC, Canada
Park’s Edge Paint Off is an International Live Painting Tournament outdoor event. Artists will choose their own theme and be given a 24" x 36" canvas, with two hours to create something spectacular. Whoever gets the most votes from the crowd wins first prize!
9 Jul 2016 Carnaval del Sol - Live Painting Category: Other Venue: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Carnaval del Sol by Latincouver, the biggest Latin festival in the Pacific Northwest, recreates the atmosphere of a vibrant city plaza in Latin America. The arts showcased during this event include live musical bands, live painting, Native Canadian and Latin American visual art, traditional folk dances from different countries, arts and crafts displays, dancing and culinary lessons, and a Latin American inspired fashion show.
23 Jan 2016 Art Battle Category: Other Venue: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Start off 2016 right and join us downtown Vancouver at Red Room for an exciting night of live competitive painting with Art Battle!

Art Battle® is live competitive painting. Painters create the best work they can in 20 minutes. As they work, patrons move around the easels, closely watching the creative process. The medium is acrylic paint and the tools allowed are brushes, palette knives or any non-mechanical implements. At the end of the round, the audience votes democratically for their favourite painting and bids in silent auction to take the work home.
22 Oct 2015 Art Battle Category: Other Venue: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Art Battle® is live competitive painting. 12 painters create the best work they can using only acrylic paint across three 20 minute rounds of public painting. 6 painters will compete in Round 1, another 6 in Round 2, the top two painters from each round will go into a 3rd and Final Round with a new canvas. The audience vote for the winners of each round, and the single winner of each event.

Works created at Art Battle 321 will be silent auctioned with 50% of the proceeds going to the artists. The winner determined by audience vote will win a spot in the 2016 City Finals to be held Summer 2016.
1 May 2015 - 3 May 2015 Art Show at Art in the City Category: Show/Exhibit Venue: Vancouver, BC, Canada
The West End Community Centre Association presents Art in the City, exhibiting the work of a diverse range of artists from Vancouver, the lower mainland, and other parts of BC. The show will feature a broad selection of disciplines including photographic works, watercolours, sculptures, ceramics, acrylics and other media.