Liset Castillo graduated from Higher Institute of Art, (ISA) Havana, Cuba (1998) and de Ateliers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2002). She is a recipient of several prestigious awards, such as Guggenheim Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, NY, Mondriaan Stichting, Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Cintas Fellowship, Institute of International Education, New York, NY. Castilo’s work is in major private and public collections, such as Ellen & Jerome Stern Collection, New York, NY, West Collection, Philadelphia, PA, Progressive Art Collection, Cleveland, OH and others.