Curtis Talwst Santiago

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  Curtis Talwst Santiago (b. 1979, Edmonton, Alberta) lives and works in Munich.

  Studied as an apprentice of Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun. Santiago has exhibited internationally at venues such as The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY; The New Museum, New York, NY; The Eli and Edythe Broad Museum at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; the Institute of Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA; the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, Canada; The Pérez Art Museum Miami, Miami, FL; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada; and the SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA; among others. The artist was included in the inaugural 2019 Toronto Biennial of Art in Toronto, Canada, the SITE Santa Fe SITELines.2018 Biennial, Casa Tomada, in Santa Fe, NM, and was featured in the 2018 and 2022 Biennale de Dakar in Dakar, Senegal. The artist has had a solo exhibition at Art Gallery of Alberta in 2022 and Can't I Alter in 2020 at The Drawing Center, New York, NY. His work is in the permanent collection of the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY. Santiago considers himself decentralized and lives and works between Munich, Germany, New York, NY, Lisbon, Portugal, and Toronto, CA.

• CV

  EDUCATION

  2007-2010: Apprenticeship with First Nations Artist Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, Vancouver, BC 2007: Emily Carr Fine Arts (Drawing and Painting), Vancouver, BC

  GRANTS AND AWARDS

  2020: Canada Council for the Arts Digital Grant
  2019: Canada Council for the Arts Explore and Create Concept to Realization 2018: Canada Council for the Arts Explore and Create Concept to Realization 2014: Ontario Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant
  2011: Canada Council Travel Grants to Professional Artists
  2010: Scion Artist Session Grant
  2005: FACTOR Independent Sound Recording Grant
  2005: FACTOR Showcase Grant
  2003: CBC Galaxy Rising Star Award
  2003: FACTOR Emerging Artist Sound Recording Grant
  2003: FACTOR Marketing Grant for Sound Recording

  PUBLIC ART INSTALLATIONS

  2022: Woodbine Expansion, Toronto, ON - Permanent Public Art Commission (in fabrication)
  2021: THE GATE, Public Art Installation, Hamburg, Germany (curated by Ellen Blumenstein as part of IMAGINE THE CITY) – June to September
  2019: J'Ouvert Temple, Public Art installation for Toronto Biennial, Toronto, ON

  EXHIBITIONS (*Solo Exhibits)
  2023 *Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA), Costa Mesa, CA
  2023: *ATC Gallery, Tenerife, Canary Islands (November)
  2023: *Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, ON (March)
  2023: *Nir Altman, Munich (February)
  2023: *Capsule Gallery Shanghai (curated by Capsule Gallery and Megan Connolly) (Jan)
  2022: Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, Night Painting (Sep 24 to Oct 22)
  2022: Digital Arts Resource Centre, Ottawa, ON (Sep to Oct)
  2022: GAVLAK Gallery, Los Angeles, These Are Some of My Favorite Things curated by Michael Sherman (June 11 to July 20)
  2022: Atlantic World Art Fair in partnership with Artsy presented by Suzy Wong, Kingston, Jamaica (April 20 to May 5)
  2022: *Pay de Devil Brang! Brang! Pay de Devil, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB (curated by Lindsey Sharman) (May 28 to Aug 28)

  CURTIS TALWST SANTIAGO 1

  EXHIBITIONS (*Solo Exhibits) Continued
  2022: Dak’Art Biennale, Black Rock Artist Exhibition, Dakar, Senegal (May 19 to Jun 21)
  2022: Woodbine Expansion, Toronto, ON - Permanent Public Art Commission (May)
  2022: FOG Art & Design, CULT (Aimee Friberg Exhibitions), San Francisco (Jan 18 to 23)
  2021: Jahresgaben - Kunstverein München e.V., Munich (Dec 1-5)
  2021: FIAC International Contemporary Art Fair, Paris (Oct 21-24)
  2021: Everyday Secrets, Luce Gallery, Turin, Italy (Curated by Mosie Romney) – Jul 21 to Sep 25, 21 2021: Martina Simeti Gallery, Milano, Italy (July)
  2021: THE GATE, Public Art Installation, Hamburg, Germany (curated by Ellen Blumenstein as part of IMAGINE THE CITY) – June to September
  2021: PLATFORM Online Exhibition hosted by David Zwirner – May edition
  2020: *Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB (curated by Lindsey Sharman – Oct 24 to Feb 14, 21) 2020: *Martina Simeti Gallery, Milano, Italy (November 7 to Dec 7)
  2020: *Frieze, London (solo online presentation October 7 to 14)
  2020: *The Rooms at the Provincial Archives, St. John’s, NFLD (curated by Mireille Eagan
  2020: *Can't I Alter, The Drawing Center, New York, NY (chief curator Claire Gilman)
  2020: *an erratum, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
  2019: J'Ouvert Temple, Toronto Biennial, Toronto, ON
  2019: Infinity Series, Toronto Biennial, Toronto, ON
  2019: Osage Gallery, Hong Kong (curated by Natasha Becker and Patrick Flores)
  2018: *By Sea, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
  2018: SITElines Biennial, Santa Fe, NM (curated by Ruba Katrib Candice Hopkins and José Luis Blondet) 2018: Bienniale de Dakar, Senegal
  2017: Triggered, New Museum, New York, NY (curated by Johanna Burton, Natalie Bell and Sara O’Keeffe.
  2017: 1:54 African Art Fair, London, England (curated by Momo Gallery)
  2017: Declaration, Contemporary Art (ICA), Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (curated by Stephanie Smith)
  2017: Tau Lewis & Curtis Santiago, Through the people we are looking at ourselves, Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, ON
  2017: *Curtis Santiago Exhibition, University of Saskatchewan College Art Galleries, Saskatoon, SK (curated by Magdalyn Asimakis)
  2017: *Exceeding Return, Gallery Momo, Johannesburg, South Africa
  2017: Regarding the Figure, Studio Museum of Harlem, New York (curated by Eric Booker, Connie H. Choi, Hallie Ringle and Doris Zhao)
  2017: Nada Art Fair Basel, Miami, FL (curated by Rachel Uffner)
  2017: Museum of Capitalism, Oakland, CA (curated by Andrea Steves and Timothy Furstnau)
  2017: * TBA, Analix Forever Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland (curated by Nicolas Etchenagucia)
  2017: Every. Now. Then: Reframing Nationhood, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON (Curated by Andrew Hunter)

  CURTIS TALWST SANTIAGO 2

  EXHIBITIONS (*Solo Exhibits) Continued
  2017: Spots, Dots, Pips and Tiles, Pérez Art Museum, Miami, FL (Curated by Arden Sherman)
  2016: Spots, Dots, Pips and Tiles, Hunter College East Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Arden Sherman)
  2016: Power to the People, Earth Plus Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (curated by Daisuke Takeya)
  2016: Truth and Power, Arch Enemy Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (Curated by Jamila Hooker 2016:*Curtis Santiago Drawings and Sculptures, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
  2016: The Mecca, JCT Gallery, Toronto, ON (Curated by Ray McAuliffe)
  2016: Onion by the Ocean, Underdonk, Brooklyn, New York (Curated by Essye Klempner)
  2016: Built, World, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA (Curated by Storm Janse van Rensburg)
  2016: *iAPM exhibition, Shanghai, China (Curated By Imagine Lab)
  2016: *Spring Break Art Fair,New York, NY (Curated by Ambre Kelly & Andrew Gori)
  2015: A Constellation, The Studio Museum in Harlem, Harlem, NY (Curated by Amanda Hunt)
  2015: Ghost Van Installation, Scotia Bank Nuit Blanche, Toronto, ON
  2015: *Dock Art Fair, Lyon, France
  2015: A to Z ,Galerie White Project, Paris, France
  2015: * History of Touch, Angell Gallery, Toronto, ON
  2015: *Talwst Outside, Convenience Gallery, Toronto, ON (Curated by Magdelyn Asimakis)
  2015: Massive 11, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON (Juried ) *Acting Artistic Director & Featured Artist 2015: *Nubians , Drake Hotel, Toronto, ON (Grant provided by TD Bank Then And Now Artist Project) 2015: *Minimized Histories: Marginalization and unrest in Talwst infinity series , Art Gallery of Mississauga, (Curated by Stuart Keeler and Kendra Ainsworth)
  2014: Lanmo, Toronto International Art Fair (Performance Piece commissioned by The Art Gallery of ON) 2014: Artifacts/Landscapes, OCAD Student Gallery, Toronto, ON (Curated by Rajni Perera)
  2014: Control, Hunt Club Gallery, Toronto, ON
  2014: To Store and Organize Materials, Gag Bit Vinyl, Brooklyn, NY (Juried)
  2014: Massive 10, Art Gallery of ON, Toronto, ON (Juried)
  2013: Little Salon, Walnut Contemporary, Toronto, ON (Invitational)
  2013: Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Finalist, RUSH Arts, New York, NY (Juried)
  2013: Annual Manifesto Festival Art Exhibition, Toronto, ON (Invitational)
  2013: Mama Birding, Communications Art Gallery, Toronto, ON (Invitational)
  2013: Mama Birding, Loom Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (Invitational)
  2012:*Death of Swag, Fuse Gallery, New York, NY
  2011: Good to See You, Drake Hotel, Toronto, ON (Invitational)
  2011: 7 Senses, 7 For All Man Kind, Toronto, ON (Invitational)
  2011: The Cheaper Show no.10, Vancouver, BC (Juried)
  2011: * Artrageous 3, Partners in Art and the AGO, Toronto, ON
  2011: Winter Interlude, Angell Gallery, Toronto, ON
  2010: Live Painting Performance, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
  2010: * Swagged Out, Chuck Akudu Gallery. Toronto, ON
  2010: * The Works Art & Design Festival, Edmonton, AB (Juried)

  CURTIS TALWST SANTIAGO 3

  EXHIBITIONS (*Solo Exhibits) Continued
  2010: The Cheaper Show no.9, Vancouver, BC (Juried)
  2010: Vancouver Olympic Art Galleries, Vancouver, BC, Curator: Rachel Zottenberg 2009: * Troubadour, The Drake General Store, Toronto, ON
  2009: The Cheaper Show no.8, Vancouver, BC (Juried)
  2009: Cape Town Shake Down, Studio Gallery, Toronto, ON (Juried)
  2008: * Paintings by Curtis Santiago, Grace Gallery, Vancouver, BC

  RESIDENCIES

  2023: Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB Canada
  2022: University of Tennessee, Knoxville, AIR and Visiting Professor
  2021: Black Rock Senegal, Dakar
  2019: Palazzo Monti Residencia, Brescia, Italy
  2018: Hangar, Lisbon, Portugal
  2017: Analix Forever Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
  2017: Museum of Capitalism, Oakland, California
  2017: Gallery MOMO, Johannesburg, South Africa
  2016: Pioneer Works, Red Hook, New York
  2015: Roots And Branches, Art Gallery of Mississauga & Ontario Trillium Foundation Education programme with Peel District School Board
  2014: Roots And Branches, Art Gallery of Mississauga & Ontario Trillium Foundation Education programme with Peel District School Board

  BIBLIOGRAPHY

  2022: Design Dispatch, SURFACE Mag, Dec 5
  2022: https://news.artnet.com/market/art-basel-miami-beach-day-two-report-2213652 , Dec 1
  2022: https://artillerymag.com/miami-art-week-artillery-report-day-1-2/ , Nov 30
  2022: https://www.wsj.com/articles/art-basel-miami-beach-review-judy-chicago-jacob-lawrence-do- ho-suh-11669848803?mod=opinion_major_pos13, Nov 30
  2022: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/curtis-studio-visit-2064295, Feb
  2021: https://www.platformart.com/editorial/fathers-day-melo-x-matthew-williams-givenchy
  2021: Valentina Di Liscia, “Artists Contribute to a Coloring Book Benefiting the Black Painters Academy, Hyperallergic, Feb
  2021: “Smaller is beautiful: the tiny but triumphant comeback of art miniatures”, The Financial Times, Feb 2021: Denise Balkissoon, “Alberta’s Curtis Talwst Santiago Makes Tiny Art That Invokes Big Feelings”, Chatelaine, Jan
  2020: Curtis Talwst Santiago: Liming – Oct https://issuu.com/youraga2015/docs/curtis_santiago_- _epub
  2020: Fish Griwkowsky “Curtis Talwst Santiago - Exhibition of miniature dioramas turns up the Caribbean party heat”, Galleries West, Nov
  2020: Interviews “Curtis Talwst Santiago on Drawing Online and Building Exhibitions during a Pandemic”, Canadian Art, Oct

  CURTIS TALWST SANTIAGO 4

  BIBLIOGRAPHY Continued

  2020: The Drawing Center, Drawing Papers 141: Curtis Talwst Santiago “Can’t I Alter”, Oct
  2020: Preston Pavlis, Latitude 53 “That Joy and Rage: An Interview with Curtis Talwst Santiago”, Sep 2020: Magdalyn Asimakis “Curtis Talwst Santiago Can’t I Alter”, Art Scene,
  The Brooklyn Rail, May
  2020: Chris Hampton, “Multimedia artist Curtis Santiago explores his ancestry using a time-travelling alter-ego”, The Globe and Mail, Mar
  2020: Osman Can Yerebakan, “Artist Curtis Talwst Santiago Introduces an Alter Ego to Help Navigate the Past”, Observer, Feb
  2020: Johanna Fateman, “Goings on About Town, ART, Curtis Talwst Santiago”, The New Yorker, Feb 2019: CBC Radio “Q” with Tom Power - Artist Curtis Talwst Santiago on creating tiny 3D worlds inside of vintage jewelry boxes, Nov
  2018: CBC Documentary “In the Making” Season 1, Episode 7 featuring Curtis Talwst Santiagohttps://watch.cbc.ca/media/in-the-making/season-1/episode-7/38e815a-00f6dca0197
  2018: Jillian Steinhauer, "What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week," The New York Times, Jul 2018: Kathaleen Roberts, "Broken Boundaries," Albuquerque Journal, Jul
  2018: Ayasha Guerin, “Black Passages: Curtis Talwst Santiago interviewed by Ayasha Guerin,” BOMB Magazine, Jun
  2018: Claire Selvin, “Here’s the Artist List for the 2018 Edition of SITElines,” ARTNews, May 14
  2018: Loney Abrams, “8 Show-Stopping Artworks at Frieze for Under $10,000,” Artspace, May
  2018: “The Twenty-Five,” Cultured Magazine, pg. 75, May/June
  2018: Andrea K. Scott, “A Secret Exhibit That’s Better Than an Art Fair,” The New Yorker, Mar
  2017: Charles Reeve, “Tau Lewis, Curtis Santiago and Daniel Rios Rodriguez,” frieze, Sep
  2017: Tyler Akers, “Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon,” GAYLETTER, Aug
  2017: Gabrielle Moser. “Critics’ Pick, Tau Lewis and Curtis Santiago,” Artforum, Aug
  2017: Terence Dick, “Tau Lewis & Curtis Santiago at Cooper Cole,” Akimbo, Aug
  2016: Mira Dayal, “Drawing a Line: ‘A Constellation’ at the Studio Museum in Harlem, Art Critical, Apr 2016: Cristina Vatulescu, “Art and Law Enforcement in a Ring Box: Talwst’s Miniature Aesthetic Revolution”, The Brooklyn Rail, Mar
  2016: Jillian Steinhauer, “Spring/Break, a Sprawling Alternative Art Fair that Delivers”, Hyperallergic, Mar 2016: Alexandra Fowle, “Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel?”, The Brooklyn Rail, Feb
  2015: Alice Newell-Hanson, “Talwst Recreates Miniature Historical Atrocities in Antique Jewelry Boxes”, Vice i-D, Dec
  2015: “Talwst’s tiny boxes are making a big mark on the art world,” CBC Arts, Nov
  2015: Katie Lawson, “Talwst: The History of Touches at Angell Gallery,” ARToronto.ca, Oct
  2015: Genista, “Artist Talwst Makes Unique Miniature Worlds Inside Antique Ring Boxes,” Beautiful/Decay, May
  2015: Adam Lehrer, “Canadian-Trinidadian Mixed-Media Artist Talwst Explores Art History in a Fresh Context”, Forbes, Apr
  2015: Jeff Hamamda, “Ring box Dioramas by Talwst”, booooooom, Apr
  2015: Daniel Otis, “The Miniature World of Talwst: Toronto’s lord of the ring boxes,” The Toronto Star (print), Mar

  CURTIS TALWST SANTIAGO 5

  BIBLIOGRAPHY Continued

  2015: Nastia Voynovskya, “Talwst’s Miniature Dioramas Comment on Contemporary Culture,” Hi- Fructose, Mar
  2015: Kathryn Bromwich, “The Imaginative Ring-Box Art of Talwst”, The Guardian, Mar
  2015: Jeff Hamamda, “Ring box Dioramas by Talwst” www.booooooom.com, Vancouver, BC 2012: Aaron Berger, "Swagged Out" www.beautifuldecay.com, Los Angeles, CA

  2012: Lauren Festa, "Death of swag" Opening Reception at Fuse Gallery New York City, thinkcontra.com/death-of-swag, New York, NY
  2012: Cedar Pasori, TALWST's "Death of Swag" Exhibit Opening at NYC's Fuse Gallery, complexmag.ca, New York, NY
  2012: Saskia Channel, TALWST www.dreamsofconsciousness.com, Georgia, US
  2012: Zoe Pawlak, I Am Jealous of Talwst thejealouscurator.com
  2011: Natalie Ast, 7 Artists 7 Senses 7 for all mankind, Women's Post, Toronto, ON
  2011: Andrew Wallace, A Restless Creator Finds Inspiration in Street Art, Metro, Toronto, ON
  2011: Papillion Institute of Art, Arte: Curtis Santiago www.artezine.posterous.com, Los Angeles, CA
  2010: Featured Visual Artist, Curtis Santiago, Skewed09 www.skewedmagazine.com, Vancouver, BC 2010: Lexa Naicu, interview, Getting to Know Curtis Santiago in Almost 21 Questions www.skewedmagazine.com, Vancouver, BC
  2009: Steve Shon, In Music: Curtis Santiago TCHAD
  2004: Martin Turenne, Curtis Santiago www.straight.com, Vancouver, BC
  2003: Tim Lee, An Essay on Curtis Santiago, Cahier D'activite (No.2 Winter Issue) Vancouver, BC

  CURTIS TALWST SANTIAGO 6

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  Artissima, Torino Curtis Talwst Santiago
  03.11.2023–05.11.2023

  

  Curtis Talwst Santiago JOYvastated
  17.02.2023–22.04.2023

  

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