André De Castro
Art Director, Designer, Printmaker
andrecmcastro@gmail.com
929-2660354
EXPERIENCE
GALE New York
1/2021 – Present
Creative Director
Got Milk?
McCann New York
9/2017 – 12/2020
Mastercard, March For Our Lives, Microsoft
Freelancer
Rio 2016 Olympics Games Rio de Janeiro
Geometry Global Rio de Janeiro
Saatchi & Saatchi New York
9/2013 – 5/2015
Tide, Miller
19 Design Rio de Janeiro
5/2009 – 5/2011
Graphic Designer
EDUCATION
Pratt Institute MFA Communication Design 2011-2013
Ibmec CBA Business 2010
RISD Printmaking Summer Program 2010
PUC-Rio BA Visual Communication 2005-2008
PRINTMAKING
Permanent Collection
Lusophonies Collection, managed by Perve Galeria, Lisbon, PT.
It exhibits a wide range of artworks covering almost a century of creation made by artists from Portugal and from Portuguese-speaking countries and communities such as Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé and Príncipe. The LusoFonias | LusoPhonies Collection has been, over the years, subject of various exhibitions, with wide dissemination by the media.
2019 TomTom Kirmizi Building, Istambul and Bilkent University - Fada art gallery, Ankara, Turkey
Solo Shows
2018 Abismo e Resistencia, Opus Project Space, NY. USA
2017 Artivismo, Espaço Espelho D`água, Lisbon. Portugal
2015 Movimentos, Caixa Cultural Rio de Janeiro. BR
2015 Movimentos, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Brasília. BR
2015 Movimentos, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Belo Horizonte. BR
2014 Project Movements, Opus Project Space, NY. USA
Group Shows
2018 Helping Boricuas. An Exhibition and Auction to Benefit Puerto Rico’s Recovery. presented by co.l.a at ArtHelix Gallery, Bushuwick, NY.
2017 Landscapes. ArtHelix Gallery, Bushuwick, NY.
2016 Opus Artists group show. Opus Gallery, NY
2016 #LiberdadeJá #FreedomNow, LX Factory, Lisbon, Portugal.
Art Fairs
2018 Aqua Art Miami, with ArtHelix Gallery.
2015 11th Brazilian Graphic Design Biennial
2014 Bklyn Designs, Dumbo, New York.
Publications
Project Movements Exhibition Catalog.
CAIXA Cultural Rio de Janeiro. 2015
Funk que batida é essa.
Aeroplano Editora. Rio de Janeiro. 2009
Grants
2015 Federal grant for exhibition of Project Movements at Caixa Cultural, Rio de Janeiro. Brazil
Guest Speaker
2018 L'Opéra Underground in Lyon, France, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Universal Human Rights Declaration.
2016 ARTE E POLÍTICA RELOADED? O DIREITO À CIDADE Organizado pela CRIA-Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia e Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia financiados pelo Ministério da Cultura/DGArtes. Lisbon, Portugal.
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ADVERTISING AWARDS
CANNES LIONS (15)
2021 | GRAND PRIX Lion (Brand Experience & Activation)
+ 2 Gold Lions + 3 Silver Lions + 3 Bronze Lions
"True Name" Mastercard
2019 | Cannes Lions Bronze
(Entertainment Lions for Music - Excellence in Music Video)
"The Most Vicious Cycle" MFOL
2018 | 3 Gold Lions + 1 Silver Lion + 1 Bronze Lion
"Price On Our Lives" MFOL
D&AD PENCILS (10)
2021 | BLACK PENCIL (Experiential - Community)
+ 3 Graffiti Pencils + 1 Wood Pencil
"True Name" - Mastercard
2019 | Wood Pencil | Sound Design & Use of Music
"The Most Vicious Cycle" MFOL
2018 | Yellow Pencil (Creativity For Good: Non-Profit)
+ 2 White Pencils + 1 Wood Pencil
"Price On Our Lives" MFOL
THE ONE SHOW (25)
2021 | Best of Discipline (IP & Products)
2021 | Best of Discipline (Public Relations)
+ 8 Gold + 3 Silver "True Name" - Mastercard
2020 | 2 Bronze
“Acceptance Street” Mastercard
2019 | 2 Silver + 1 Bronze
"The Most Vicious Cycle" MFOL
2018 | 6 Gold + 1 Silver
"Price On Our Lives" MFOL
ADC (14)
#4 CD in the world in 2021, 2x Gold Cube, 3x Silver Cube, 2x Bronze Cube
2021 | Best of Discipline (Product Design)
"True Name" - Mastercard
2019 | 4 Bronze
"The Most Vicious Cycle" MFOL
2018 | Gold Cube - Direct/Wildcard
+ 1 Silver Cube
"Price On Our Lives" MFOL
EPICA AWARDS (3)
2018 | Grand Prix - Responsibility
+ 1 Gold + 1 Silver
"Price On Our Lives" MFOL
CLIO AWARDS (26)
2021 | Grand Clio (Integrated Campaign)
2021 | Grand Clio (Product Innovation)
+ 1 Gold + 2 Silver + 1 Bronze
"True Name" Mastercard
2019 | Gold (Clio Music Award - Music Marketing)
+ 8 Silver + 7 Bronze
"The Most Vicious Cycle" MFOL
2018 | Gold - OOH (Direct)
+ 2 Silver
"Price On Our Lives" MFOL
Webby Awards
2018 | Winner - Advertising, Media & PR: Best Cause Related Campaign | "The Most Vicious Cycle" MFOL
2018 | Winner - Advertising, Media & PR: Public Service & Activism | "#ExcuseMe" National School Walkout
+ 6 nominee
And
LIA | AICP | Shorty | NY Festival | Effie
Art Director, Designer, Printmaker
andrecmcastro@gmail.com
929-2660354
EXPERIENCE
GALE New York
1/2021 – Present
Creative Director
Got Milk?
McCann New York
9/2017 – 12/2020
Mastercard, March For Our Lives, Microsoft
Freelancer
Rio 2016 Olympics Games Rio de Janeiro
Geometry Global Rio de Janeiro
Saatchi & Saatchi New York
9/2013 – 5/2015
Tide, Miller
19 Design Rio de Janeiro
5/2009 – 5/2011
Graphic Designer
EDUCATION
Pratt Institute MFA Communication Design 2011-2013
Ibmec CBA Business 2010
RISD Printmaking Summer Program 2010
PUC-Rio BA Visual Communication 2005-2008
PRINTMAKING
Permanent Collection
Lusophonies Collection, managed by Perve Galeria, Lisbon, PT.
It exhibits a wide range of artworks covering almost a century of creation made by artists from Portugal and from Portuguese-speaking countries and communities such as Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé and Príncipe. The LusoFonias | LusoPhonies Collection has been, over the years, subject of various exhibitions, with wide dissemination by the media.
2019 TomTom Kirmizi Building, Istambul and Bilkent University - Fada art gallery, Ankara, Turkey
Solo Shows
2018 Abismo e Resistencia, Opus Project Space, NY. USA
2017 Artivismo, Espaço Espelho D`água, Lisbon. Portugal
2015 Movimentos, Caixa Cultural Rio de Janeiro. BR
2015 Movimentos, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Brasília. BR
2015 Movimentos, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Belo Horizonte. BR
2014 Project Movements, Opus Project Space, NY. USA
Group Shows
2018 Helping Boricuas. An Exhibition and Auction to Benefit Puerto Rico’s Recovery. presented by co.l.a at ArtHelix Gallery, Bushuwick, NY.
2017 Landscapes. ArtHelix Gallery, Bushuwick, NY.
2016 Opus Artists group show. Opus Gallery, NY
2016 #LiberdadeJá #FreedomNow, LX Factory, Lisbon, Portugal.
Art Fairs
2018 Aqua Art Miami, with ArtHelix Gallery.
2015 11th Brazilian Graphic Design Biennial
2014 Bklyn Designs, Dumbo, New York.
Publications
Project Movements Exhibition Catalog.
CAIXA Cultural Rio de Janeiro. 2015
Funk que batida é essa.
Aeroplano Editora. Rio de Janeiro. 2009
Grants
2015 Federal grant for exhibition of Project Movements at Caixa Cultural, Rio de Janeiro. Brazil
Guest Speaker
2018 L'Opéra Underground in Lyon, France, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Universal Human Rights Declaration.
2016 ARTE E POLÍTICA RELOADED? O DIREITO À CIDADE Organizado pela CRIA-Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia e Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia financiados pelo Ministério da Cultura/DGArtes. Lisbon, Portugal.
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ADVERTISING AWARDS
CANNES LIONS (15)
2021 | GRAND PRIX Lion (Brand Experience & Activation)
+ 2 Gold Lions + 3 Silver Lions + 3 Bronze Lions
"True Name" Mastercard
2019 | Cannes Lions Bronze
(Entertainment Lions for Music - Excellence in Music Video)
"The Most Vicious Cycle" MFOL
2018 | 3 Gold Lions + 1 Silver Lion + 1 Bronze Lion
"Price On Our Lives" MFOL
D&AD PENCILS (10)
2021 | BLACK PENCIL (Experiential - Community)
+ 3 Graffiti Pencils + 1 Wood Pencil
"True Name" - Mastercard
2019 | Wood Pencil | Sound Design & Use of Music
"The Most Vicious Cycle" MFOL
2018 | Yellow Pencil (Creativity For Good: Non-Profit)
+ 2 White Pencils + 1 Wood Pencil
"Price On Our Lives" MFOL
THE ONE SHOW (25)
2021 | Best of Discipline (IP & Products)
2021 | Best of Discipline (Public Relations)
+ 8 Gold + 3 Silver "True Name" - Mastercard
2020 | 2 Bronze
“Acceptance Street” Mastercard
2019 | 2 Silver + 1 Bronze
"The Most Vicious Cycle" MFOL
2018 | 6 Gold + 1 Silver
"Price On Our Lives" MFOL
ADC (14)
#4 CD in the world in 2021, 2x Gold Cube, 3x Silver Cube, 2x Bronze Cube
2021 | Best of Discipline (Product Design)
"True Name" - Mastercard
2019 | 4 Bronze
"The Most Vicious Cycle" MFOL
2018 | Gold Cube - Direct/Wildcard
+ 1 Silver Cube
"Price On Our Lives" MFOL
EPICA AWARDS (3)
2018 | Grand Prix - Responsibility
+ 1 Gold + 1 Silver
"Price On Our Lives" MFOL
CLIO AWARDS (26)
2021 | Grand Clio (Integrated Campaign)
2021 | Grand Clio (Product Innovation)
+ 1 Gold + 2 Silver + 1 Bronze
"True Name" Mastercard
2019 | Gold (Clio Music Award - Music Marketing)
+ 8 Silver + 7 Bronze
"The Most Vicious Cycle" MFOL
2018 | Gold - OOH (Direct)
+ 2 Silver
"Price On Our Lives" MFOL
Webby Awards
2018 | Winner - Advertising, Media & PR: Best Cause Related Campaign | "The Most Vicious Cycle" MFOL
2018 | Winner - Advertising, Media & PR: Public Service & Activism | "#ExcuseMe" National School Walkout
+ 6 nominee
And
LIA | AICP | Shorty | NY Festival | Effie