About

Gino Castellanos is a Cuban printmaker and graphic designer who obtained his bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design from Florida Atlantic University in 2020, and his MFA in Studio art with emphasis in printmaking from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2024. After deciding to step away from the academic world, Gino is currently an electrician based in south Florida. He makes art and freelance design on his free time.

Gino’s first 16 years of life were spent on the island of Cuba, where he was raised and lived in a different culture. When arriving in America in 2011, he understood that the only way forward was with diligence and discipline, which he used to focus on his education and career. Since beginning his career as an artist Gino has been in over 60 group and selected exhibitions around the U.S, 2 solo exhibitions, and has been engaged in service with his communities as well as several academic institutions.  Major awards include the Emerging Printmaker Award from Souther Graphics Council International. He taught adjunct  for 1 year and as a full time instructor at Florida Atlantic University for another year, before realizing that the corruption of the education system served forces other than the students he taught. For this reason he has stepped away from academia as of 2026. He continues to practice his craft on his own time.