About
The mission of the Limits and Proximities Foundation for the Arts is to preserve the legacy of the visual artist, Fernando Casas, and to create a contemplative space in which to experience his works.
The Foundation
The Limits and Proximities Foundation for the Arts was established on March 5, 2025, as a nonprofit organization, the primary mission of which is to preserve the legacy of the Bolivian/American visual artist, Fernando Casas, and make his artwork accessible to all. The Foundation is custodian of more than 200 works created by Casas between ca. 1956 to 2024, representing the single largest collection of his paintings, drawings, and etchings in the world. The Foundation has established a gallery, The Limits and Proximities Gallery, in the historic neighborhood of Georgetown in Washington DC to create a contemplative space in which to experience Casas’ works. While the gallery will not exhibit all of Casas’ works all the time, twice per year the ensemble of exhibited works will be changed, affording the public the opportunity to experience the entire collection over time. In addition to Casas’ work, the gallery also owns several pieces created by the American sculptor and painter, Stephen Adams, and the South American artist, Becky Soria. Both of these artists share a history of collaboration and friendship with Casas. A few works by Adams and Soria will always be exhibited in the gallery.

Casas
Through his art, Fernando Casas challenges the viewer to examine the ways in which their mind constitutes reality from input that comes from outside of themself and strive to perceive the “hidden” visual realities that the mind often forces us to ignore. Ultimately, Casas’ intention is for his art to shift the viewer beyond the narrow experience of reality to an unexpected or “extra”-ordinary experience.
“Art, like philosophy and science, is an endeavor to understand who we are.”
— Fernando Casas
About the Gallery
The Limits and Proximities gallery can be found in Suite 138 of the historic Canal Square building in Washington D.C.’s Georgetown neighborhood, located off of M Street between 31st Street and Wisconsin Avenue. The gallery is accessible via pedestrian walkways or elevator.
The Limits and Proximities Gallery is open to the
public Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
11am-5pm and Saturday 10am-1pm.