Curtis Santiago (b.1979, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a former apprentice of Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun. Santiago has exhibited internationally in solo and group shows including at the Studio Museum, Harlem; Rachel Uffner, Hunter College, New York; Perez Art Museum, Miami; Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, USA; the Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, Canada. Following his artist-in-residency at Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, USA, he recently participated in a residency with Gallery MOMO, Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa, Africa. Santiago is included in the current group exhibition Every. Now. Then: Reframing Nationhood at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada. His work is included in the permanent collection of the Studio Museum in Harlem, USA. Santiago lives and works in Brooklyn, USA.
News
- Tau Lewis and Curtis Santiago featured in Akimbo
- Tau Lewis and Curtis Santiago reviewed in Artforum
- Tau Lewis and Curtis Santiago featured on O FLUXO
- Tau Lewis and Curtis Santiago featured on Art Viewer
- Tau Lewis and Curtis Santiago featured on Blouin Artinfo
- Tau Lewis and Curtis Santiago featured on Novella Magazine
Exhibitions
CV
Born 1979, Toronto, Canada
Lives and works in Brooklyn, USA
Education
2017
Studio School, New York, USA
2010
Apprenticeship with Aboriginal Artist Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, Vancouver, Canada
2007
Attended Emily Carr Fine Arts (Drawing and Painting), Vancouver, Canada
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2017
TBA, Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Curtis Santiago Exhibition, curated by Magdalyn Asimakis, University of Saskatchewan College Art Galleries, Saskatoon, Canada
Exceeding Return, Gallery MOMO, Johannesburg, South Africa
TBA, curated by Nicolas Etchenagucia, Analix Forever Gallery, Geneva,
Switzerland
2016
Curtis Talwst Santiago: Drawings and Miniatures, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, USA
iAPM exhibition, curated By Imagine Lab, Shanghai, China
Spring Break Art Fair, curated by Ambre Kelly & Andrew Gori), New York, USA
2015
Dock Art Fair, Lyon, France
History of Touch, Angell Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Talwst Outside, Convenience Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Nubians, Drake Hotel, Toronto, Canada
Minimized Histories: Marginalization and unrest in Talwst infinity series, curated
by Stuart Keeler & Kendra Ainsworth, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, Canada
2012
Death of Swag at Fuse Gallery, New York, USA
2011
Artageous 3, Partners in Art and the AGO, Toronto, Canada
2010
Swagged Out, Chuck Akudu Gallery, Toronto, Canada
The Works Art & Design Festival, Edmonton, Canada
2009
Troubadour, The Drake General Store, Toronto, Canada
2008
Paintings by Curtis Santiago, Grace Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Group Exhibitions
2017
1:54 African Art Fair, with Momo Gallery, London, England
Declaration, Contemporary Art (ICA), Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA
Regarding the Figure, curated by Eric Booker, Connie H. Choi, Hallie Ringle and Doris Zhao, Studio Museum of Harlem, New York, USA
Nada Art Fair Basel, with Rachel Uffner Gallery, Miami, USA
Museum of Capitalism, curated by Andrea Steves & timothy Furstnau, Oakland, USA
Every. Now. Then: Reframing Nationhood, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Spots, Dots, Pips, Tiles, curated by Arden Sherman, Pérez Art Museum, Miami, USA
2016
Spots, Dots, Pips, Tiles, curated by Arden Sherman, Hunter College East Gallery, New York, USA
Power to the People, curated by Daisuke Takeya, Earth Plus Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Truth and Power, curated by Jamila Hooker, Arch Enemy Art Gallery, Philadelphia, USA
The Mecca, curated by Ray McAuliffe, JCT Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Onion by the Ocean, curated by Essye Klempner, Underdonk, Brooklyn, USA
Built, World, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, USA
2015
A Constellation, The Studio Museum, New York, USA
Ghost Van Installation, Scotia Bank Nuit Blanche, Toronto, Canada
A to Z, Galerie White Project, Paris, France
Massive 11, (Artistic Director & features artist), Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
2014
Lanmo, Toronto International Art Fair, (Performance Piece commissioned by the AGO), Toronto, Canada
Artifacts/Lanscapes, OCAD Student Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Control, Hunt Club Gallery, Toronto, Canada
To Store and Organize Materials, (Juried), Gag Bit Vinyl, Brooklyn, USA
Massive 10, (Juried), Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
2013
Little Salon: These Post-Neo-Pop Like Days, Walnut Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Finalist, (Juried), RUSH Arts, New York, USA
Annual Manifesto Festival Art Exhibition, Toronto, Canada
Mama Birding, Communications Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Mama Birding, Loom Galler, Brooklyn, USA
2011
Good to See You, Drake Hotel, Toronto, Canada
7 Senses, 7 For All Man Kind, Toronto, Canada
The Cheaper Show no.10, Vancouver, Canada
Winter Interlude, Angell Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2010
Live Painting Performance, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
The Cheaper Show no.9, Vancouver, Canada
Vancouver Olympic Art galleries, curated by Rachel Zottenberg, Vancouver, Canada
2009
The Cheaper Show no.8, Vancouver, Canada
Cape Town Shake Down, Studio Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Grants/Awards
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
FACTOR Showcase Grant
2003
CBC Galaxy Rising Star Award
FACTOR Emerging Artist Sound Recording Grant
FACTOR Marketing Grant for Sound Recording
Residencies
2017
Analix Forever Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
Museum of Capitalism, Oakland, USA
Gallery MOMO, Johannesburg, South Africa
2016
Pioneer Works, Red Hook, USA
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
2015
Jeff Hamamda, “Ring box Dioramas by Talwst”, www.booooooom.com, Vancouver, Canada
2012
Aaron Berger, “Swagged Out” www.beautifuldecay.com, Los Angeles,
California
Lauren Festa, “Death of swag” Opening Reception at Fuse Gallery New York City, thinkcontra.com/death-of-swag, New York, New York
Cedar Pasori, TALWST’s “Death of Swag” Exhibit Opening at NYC’s Fuse Gallery, complexmag.ca, New York, New York
Saskia Channel, TALWST, www.dreamsofconsciousness.com, Georgia, United States
Zoe Pawlak, I Am Jealous of Talwst, thejealouscurator.com
2011
Natalie Ast, 7 Artists 7 Senses 7 for all mankind, Women’s Post, Toronto, Ontario
Andrew Wallace, A Restless Creator Finds Inspiration in Street Art, Toronto, Ontario
Papillion Institute of Art, Arte: Curtis Santiago, www.artezine.posterous.com, Los Angeles, California
2010
Featured Visual Artist, Curtis Santiago, Skewed09, www.skewedmagazine.com, Vancouver, British Columbia
Lexa Naicu, interview, Getting to Know Curtis Santiago in Almost 21 Questions, www.skewedmagazine.com, Vancouver, British Columbia
2009
Steve Shon, In Music: Curtis Santiago, TCHAD
2004
Martin Turenne, Curtis Santiago, www.straight.com, Vancouver, British Columbia
2003
Tim Lee, An Essay on Curtis Santiago, Cahier D’activite (No.2 Winter Issue), Vancouver, British Columbia
Publications
2015
The New Yorker Online review of A Constellations group exhibition
i-D magazine Online feature
Art Toronto.ca Online review of History of Touches exhibition
Toronto Star print & online feature
CBC The Exhibitionist feature Online 7 Television, Canada
Toronto Star Print feature, New York
Bored Panda online feature
Beautiful Decay online feature
The Globe and Mail Online video Arts Feature, Toronto, Canada
The Guardian Observer Mar 8, Talwst Arts feature, United Kingdom
2012
Lab Magazine Issue 6, Talwst, Los Angeles, California
2010
Spot Check, Redbull TV, Germany
2009
Have Mercy (Mixtape)
2008
Art and Sole, Fashion TV InStyle, Toronto, Ontario
2006
TKO (2nd Solo Album)
2003
Portrait of an Artist (1st Solo Album)
