Mario Castillo is one of the pioneer muralists from the Chicago Public Art movement in the 1960’s. He started to paint murals in 1963 as a student at Lane Technical High School. He has taught Art at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and since 1990 at Columbia College Chicago. Enjoy his multi-faceted Art & Design production in this gift shop and contact him for special requests to see a certain art piece of his here in this store. See more of his art at the Mario Castillo Art Gallery at www.mariocastillo.net