Awards
Special mention on Photography,
Museo Maguncia 2009
Bs. As., Argentina
Acquisition Grand Prize,
Arteclásica 2010,
Bs. As., Argentina
Untitled, digital photography, 2009
Special mention on Photography,
Museo Maguncia 2009, Bs. As., Argentina
about
statement
My artistic practice is based on finding a new meaning to what has been established, through the deconstruction and reconstruction of original universes with its own rules and logic.
There is an analysis of the main participating elements and based on it , I give a new concept to my work.
I modify the pre-existing elements and ideas, I express them through a totally different concept, as a mean to express my concerns. I'm talking about territories, gender identity, belonging where we want to belong.
We should be able to look into ourselves to find out who we really are, what we believe in and so we can fight for our ideales.
It is through the questioning that this dichotomy between the known and the new reconstructed that can trigger in each person different interpretations.
bio
Santiago was born in 1977, in Montevideo, Uruguay.
He had lived in Washington DC during 1998 and 1999 where he graduated from Montgomery College, MD, USA, with a degree in art and digital animation.
In 2001, he awarded a technical degree in Graphic Design by the Universidad del Trabajo del Uruguay.
Since 2008, Santiago has been living in Buenos Aires, attended to photography and graphic design workshops at the University of Bs. As., Centro Cultural Rojas. In 2011 , he finished the 4 years painting studies by Fundación Guillermo Roux, following the teachings of Alejandra Roux, Marina Curci, Teresa Durmüller, and Matias Ercole.
He had showed his works at ArteBA 2010, 2011; Pinta Miami Art Fair in 2014 and 2015. Assisted during 2015 and 2016 to art analysis and clinic with Alejandra Roux and Sergio Bazán. He is part of Sociedad Argentina de Collage since 2019. In 2020 he participated in "Training and Management Program for Argentine artists" by Cecilia Medina.
Santiago lives and works in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Show and exhibitions
Inmersion Fest 2nd - Bs. As., AR - Nov 14th 2019
Centro Cultural de España - MVD, UY - Nov 2nd 2019
Connected by Telepathy - Modos - Bs. As., AR - Dec 2017
E.Cabrera 3641 - Universidad de Palermo - Bs. As., AR - Aug 2017
MissFusion - Colonia, UY - May 2017
Cazadores de Arte - Bs. As., AR - Dec 2016
PHOS invita a POPA - Pilar - Bs. As., AR - Apr 2014
Invasion - mock - Bs. As., AR - Nov 2013
Master Plan - mock - Bs. As., AR - Apr 2013
CASA FOA - Jacaranda - Bs. As., AR - Aug 2012
Trastienda - POPA - Bs. As., AR - Jul 2012
Vínculos - AGAP - Bs. As., AR - Mar 2012
Fundación Guillermo Roux - Bs. As, AR - Dec 2011
La Segunda Mirada - AGAP - Bs. As., AR - Aug 2010
Gran Premio Pintura - Arteclásica - Bs. As., AR - Jul 2010
Vacíos - AGAP - Bs. As., AR - Mar 2010
Fundación Guillermo Roux - Bs. As., AR - Dec 2009
Infantilismo -AGAP - Bs. As., AR - Nov 2009
Arte Digital - Museo Maguncia - Bs. As., AR - Sep2009
Art Fairs:
FACba - Almacén de Arte - Cordoba - Sep 2021
ArteCo2021 - Almacén de Arte - Corrientes, AR - May 2021
Otra Feria - Almacén de Arte - Bs. As., AR - Apr 2021
Pinta Miami Art Fair - Miami, US - Dec 2015
Pinta Miami Art Fair - Miami, US - Dec 2014
International Art Fair Los Angeles - Los Angeles, US - Oct 2014
EGGO - Centro Cultural Recoleta - POPA - Bs. As., AR - Nov 2012
arteBA2011 - AGAP - Bs. As., AR - May 2011
arteBA2010 - AGAP - Bs. As., AR - Jun 2010
Publications:
UN//TITLED 2016-2020 // Balaclava.Q, United Kindom - Apr 2021
NNC Magazine March 2021 // No Name Collective Gallery, London - Mar 2021
Uruguayan Journal Anthropology Ethnography // UdelaR, Uruguay - Dec 2020
Balaclava.q Abstract-Activism // Balaclava.q, Europe - Oct 2020
