Antonio Santín was born in Madrid, Spain in 1978. He received his Degree in Fine Arts from Universidad Complutense de Madrid in 2005. He has exhibited internationally and is represented in the collections of Centre national des arts plastiques, Paris and Museu Europeu d’Art Modern, Barcelona as well as among numerous private collections worldwide. Public installations include a permanent sculpture commissioned by the city of Madrid in 2003. Antonio Santín lives and works in New York.
Santin constructs eerie, arresting compositions that simultaneously attract and unsettle in their evocative depictions of sublimated desire. He orchestrates elaborate still-lifes, manipulating both objects and the human form to construct a space he describes as “more real than reality itself.”
Antonio Santín was born in Madrid, Spain in 1978. He received his Degree in Fine Arts from Universidad Complutense de Madrid in 2005. He has exhibited internationally and is represented in the collections of Centre national des arts plastiques, Paris and Museu Europeu d’Art Modern, Barcelona as well as among numerous private collections worldwide. Public installations include a permanent sculpture commissioned by the city of Madrid in 2003. Antonio Santín lives and works in New York
Santin constructs eerie, arresting compositions that simultaneously attract and unsettle in their evocative depictions of sublimated desire. He orchestrates elaborate still-lifes, manipulating both objects and the human form to construct a space he describes as “more real than reality itself.”
He creates a visceral tension between surface and space with a range of techniques that incorporate both the technical foundations of classical painting and unexpected alterations to the qualities of oil paint to re-assemble the sensory experiences of everyday life.
Deeply rooted in the tradition of Spanish Tenebrism as well as his own training as a sculptor, Santin juxtaposes flattened planes with tangible forms carved by light and shadow to create a continuous perceptual dialogue in each work.
The rug series evolved from his ongoing interest in the opacity of fabric as a device to obscure the body with abstract patterns and textures. Each of these works brings the background into the foreground while a discernible figure hovers beneath the surface.
- “Super Me” Gallery Collection, GIN HUANG Gallery, Taipei
2018
- Aldo Chaparro and Antonio Santin: “Modelling Matter”, Galerie Isa, Mumbai
- Blossoming: Gallery Collection
- Marc Straus Gallery. New York.
2017
- Blossoming, Gin Huang Gallery, Taipei
- Hyperspace, Gin Huang Gallery, Taipei
2016
- Knoxville Museum of Art. Recent Art for east Tennesse and beyond
- Independent Art Fair. Nature Morte gallery. Brussels
- Art Central Hong Kong. Marc Straus Gallery. Hong Kong
- Art Stage Singapore. Marc Straus Gallery. Singapore
- Art Central Hong Kong. Marc Straus Gallery. Hong Kong
- Sharjah Art Museum
- Marc Straus Gallery. New York.
2015
- Art Stage Singapore. Marc Straus Gallery. Singapore
2014
- “Xigue Xigue” Marc Straus gallery. New York
2013
- “Art at the core”. Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art. New York.
- Expo Chicago. Marc Straus Gallery. Chicago
- Marc Straus Gallery. New York.
2012
- Jonathan Lahyani Fine Art. Geneve
- Marc Straus Gallery. New York.
2011
- Destino/Zielort Berlin. Kunstraum Bethanien. Berlin.
- Georg Kolbe Museum. Hotspot Berlin
- ART CHICAGO Art Fair. WILDE Gallery. Chicago
- Art Hong Kong. WILDE Gallery. Hong Kong
2010
- Art Miami fair. WILDE Gallery. Miami
- Art Toronto fair. WILDE Gallery. Toronto
- SLICK Art Fair. WILDE Gallery. Paris
- PREVIEW Art Fair. WILDE Gallery/WIDMER+THEODORIDIS. Berlin.
- “FrischFleisch” WIDMER+THEODORIDIS contemporary. Zurich
- ART CHICAGO Art Fair. WILDE Gallery. Chicago
- WILDE Gallery. Berlin
2009
- SLICK Art fair. WILDE Gallery. Paris
- “Earthly Delights”. Tape Modern Nº.11
- WILDE Gallery. Berlin
- ROLLO Contemporary. London
- Widmer+Theodoridis contemporany. Zurich
2008
- “5 Years heliumcowboy artspace”.Bierbehaus. Hamburg.
- “The helping founds of hell” Neurotitan Gallery. Berlin
2007
- Widmer+Theodoridis contemporany. Zurich
