Curtis Talwst Santiago

Curtis Talwst Santiago (b. 1979, Edmonton, Alberta) 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.

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Curtis Talwst Santiago, Road March, 2020, Spray paint, charcoal, oil, acrylic, and pastel on cast paper mounted on baltic birch, 96 x 96 in (243.8 x 243.8 cm)
Curtis Talwst Santiago, By the Sea II, 2020, Spray paint, charcoal, oil, acrylic, and pastel on cast paper mounted on Baltic birch, 96 x 96 in (243.8 x 243.8 cm)
Installation view, upstairs: Curtis Talwst Santiago 'an erratum', Rachel Uffner Gallery, March 1 - April 26, 2020
Curtis Talwst Santiago, Days are long the years are short, 2020, spray paint, charcoal, oil, acrylic, and pastel on cast paper mounted on Baltic birch in steel frame, 50 1/4 x 50 3/4 in (127.6 x 128.9 cm)
Curtis Talwst Santiago, Old Melody, 2020, mixed media, 53 x 53 1/4 in (134.6 x 135.3 cm)
Curtis Talwst Santiago, Semente, 2019-2020, acrylic, oil, spray paint, charcoal, and pastel on printed textile, 60 x 60 in (152.4 x 152.4 cm)
Curtis Talwst Santiago, The Day After Carnival, 2019, acrylic, charcoal, pastel on canvas, 60 x 60 inches (152.4 x 152.4 cm)
Curtis Talwst Santiago, Home coming, 2018, mixed media diorama in reclaimed jewelry box, 2 x 8 3/4 x 2 inches (5.1 x 22.2 x 5.1 cm)
Curtis Talwst Santiago, Olokun in Fancy Dress, 2018, mixed media diorama in reclaimed jewelry box, 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 3 inches (4.4 x 4.4 x 7.6 cm)
Curtis Talwst Santiago, Olokun (Venus), 2017, mixed media diorama in reclaimed jewelry box, 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 2 3/4 inches (8.9 x 6.4 x 7 cm)
Curtis Talwst Santiago, The Day of Carnival, 2018, watercolor, aerosol, charcoal, and oil pastel on canvas, Framed: 25 x 19 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches (63.5 x 48.9 x 3.8 cm)
Curtis Talwst Santiago, Dingolay II, 2018, watercolor, aerosol, charcoal and oil pastel on paper, Framed: 34 1/2 x 26 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches (87.6 x 67.3 x 3.8 cm)
Installation view, SITELines.2018: Casa Tomada, SITE Santa Fe, August 3, 2018 - January 6, 2019.
Installation view, SITELines.2018: Casa Tomada, SITE Santa Fe, August 3, 2018 - January 6, 2019.
Curtis Talwst Santiago, A morte do cavaleiro prateado, 2018, spray paint, oil, charcoal, pastel, acrylic on canvas, 35 1/2 x 35 1/2 inches (90.2 x 90.2 cm)
Installation view, Curtis Talwst Santiago, By Sea, Rachel Uffner Gallery
Installation view, Curtis Talwst Santiago, By Sea, Rachel Uffner Gallery
Curtis Talwst Santiago, The Four of Them Made a Promise, 2018, spray paint, oil, charcoal, pastel, acrylic on canvas, 85 x 76 1/2 inches (215.9 x 194.3 cm)
Curtis Talwst Santiago, Red Face Ancestral Vision 1, 2018, spray paint, oil, charcoal, pastel, acrylic on canvas, 39 3/4 x 39 1/2 inches (101 x 100.3 cm)
Curtis Talwst Santiago, The Olokun and her Council and the Zulu Knight, 2018, spray paint, oil, charcoal, pastel, acrylic on canvas, 85 1/2 x 60 inches (217.2 x 152.4 cm)
Curtis Talwst Santiago, African Knight I, 2018, wire and beads, on steel armature, 82 x 24 x 24 inches (208.3 x 61 x 61 cm)
Curtis Talwst Santiago, Redface Ancestor Rock II, 2017, spray paint and hard pastel on found rock, 68 x 28 x 24 inches (172.7 x 71.1 x 61 cm)
Curtis Talwst Santiago, Chain Mail Du Rag 3 (protect ya neck), 2018, chain mail on steel armature, 23 x 8 x 8 inches (58.4 x 20.3 x 20.3 cm)
Curtis Talwst Santiago, What you doing? Just chilling with some friends, 2017, mixed media diorama in Edwardian silver jewelry box (1906), 3 x 4 3/4 inches (7.5 x 12 cm)
Curtis Talwst Santiago, Untitled, 2016, Spray paint and charcoal on arches paper, 32 x 22 in (76.2 x 55.9 cm)
Curtis Talwst Santiago, Untitled, 2016, Spray paint and charcoal on arches paper, 32 x 22 in (76.2 x 55.9 cm)
Installation view, Curtis Talwst Santiago, Drawings and Miniatures, Rachel Uffner Gallery
Curtis Talwst Santiago, Deluge VII, 2016, mixed media diorama in reclaimed jewelry box, 6 x 4 x 4 1/2 inches (15.2 x 10.2 x 11.4 cm)
Curtis Talwst Santiago, J'ouvert, 2016, spray paint and charcoal on arches paper, 22 x 30 inches (55.9 x 76.2 cm)
Curtis Talwst Santiago, Saga Boys, 2016, artist-made charcoal, pastel, graphite, conte on matt board, 40 x 32 inches (101.6 x 81.3 cm)
Curtis Talwst Santiago, Red Face Ancestor II, 2016, spray paint, charcoal, conte on arches paper, 30 x 22 inches (76.2 x 55.9 cm)