Curriculum Vitae
CurrentBoard Member on the Board of Directors for The Drawing Center In New York.
Works Available Through: Rachel Uffner, New York, CULT Aimee Frieberg, San Francisco, Cooper Cole Gallery,Toronto and Martina Simeti, Milan.
EDUCATION
2007-2010: Apprenticeship with Aboriginal Artist Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun,Vancouver, British Columbia
2007: Emily Carr Fine Arts (Drawing and Painting), Vancouver, British Columbia
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 toSeptember
2019: J'Ouvert Temple, Public Art installation for TorontoBiennial, Toronto, ON
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024: ATC Gallery, Tenerife, CanaryIslands (TBD)
2023: Orange County Museum of Art(OCMA), Costa Mesa, CA (November)
2023: Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto,ON (April)
2023: Nir Altman, Munich (Feb - April)
2023: Capsule Gallery Shanghai(curated by Capsule Gallery and Megan Connolly) (January)
2021: Care Package, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum - commissioned edition project
2021: 1000 Scores, Goethe-Institut and artistic partners in Berlin
2021: Everyday Secrets, Luce Gallery, Turin, Italy (Curatedby Mosie Romney) – Jul 21 to Sep 25, 21
2021: Martina Simeti, Milan, Italy
2021: PLATFORM OnlineExhibition hosted by David Zwirner – May edition
2020: Liming, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
2020: Infinity Series, The Rooms, St. Johns, NF
2020: Can't I Alter, The DrawingCenter, New York, NY
2020: an erratum, Rachel UffnerGallery, New York, NY
2018: By Sea, Rachel UffnerGallery, New York, NY
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: TBA, Analix Forever Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland (curated by NicolasEtchenagucia)
2016: Curtis Santiago Drawings and Sculptures, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
2016: iAPM exhibition, Shanghai,China (Curated By Imagine Lab)
2016: Spring Break Art Fair, New York, NY (Curated by Ambre Kelly & AndrewGori)
2015: Dock Art Fair, Lyon, France
2015: History of Touch, Angell Gallery, Toronto, ON
2015: Talwst Outside, Convenience Gallery, Toronto, ON (Curated by Magdelyn Asimakis)
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, ON (Curated by Stuart Keeler & Kendra Ainsworth )
2012: Death of Swag, Fuse Gallery, New York, NY
2010: Swagged Out, Chuck Akudu Gallery, Toronto, ON
2009: Troubadour, The Drake General Store, Toronto, ON
2008: Paintings by Curtis Santiago, Grace Gallery, Vancouver, BC
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022: Smaller Worlds, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary (curated by Zsuzska Petró)
2022: Philip Martin Gallery, LosAngeles, Night Painting (Sep 24 to Oct 22)
2022: Digital Arts Resource Centre,Ottawa, ON (Sep to Oct)
2021: Everyday Secrets, Luce Gallery, Turin, Italy (Curatedby Mosie Romney) – Jul 21 to Sep 25, 21
2022: GAVLAK Gallery, Los Angeles,These Are Some of My Favorite Things curated by Michael Sherman (June 11 toJuly 20)
2022: Dak’Art Biennale, Black RockArtist Exhibition, Dakar, Senegal (May 19 to Jun 21)
2022: Atlantic World Art Fair inpartnership with Artsy presented by Suzy Wong, Kingston, Jamaica (April 20 toMay 5)
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: PLATFORM Online Exhibition hosted by DavidZwirner – May edition
2019: J'Ouvert Temple, Toronto Biennial, Toronto, ON
2019: Infinity Series, Toronto Biennial, Toronto, ON
2018: SITElines Biennial, Santa Fe, NM (curated by Ruba Katrib Candice Hopkins and José Luis Blondet)
2017: Triggered, New Museum, New York, NY (curated by JohannaBurton,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: Regarding the Figure, Studio Museum of Harlem, NY (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: Every. Now. Then: Reframing Nationhood, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON (Curated by Andrew Hunter)
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: The Mecca, JCT Gallery, Toronto, ON (Curated by Ray McAuliffe)
2016: Onion by the Ocean, Underdonk, Brooklyn, NY (Curated by Essye Klempner)
2016: Built, World, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA (Curated by Storm Janse van Rensburg)
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: A to Z, Galerie White Project, Paris, France
2015: Massive 11, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON (Juried ) * Acting as Artistic Director & Featured Artist
2014: Lanmo, Toronto International Art Fair (Performance Piece commissioned by The Art Gallery of Ontario)
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 Ontario, 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)
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: Winter Interlude, Angell Gallery, Toronto, ON
2011: Artrageous 3, Partners in Art and the AGO, Toronto, ON
2010: Live Painting Performance, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2010: The Cheaper Show no.9, Vancouver, BC (Juried)
2010: Vancouver Olympic Art Galleries, Vancouver, BC, (Curated by Rachel Zottenberg)
2010: The Works Art & Design Festival, Edmonton, AB (Juried)
2009: The Cheaper Show no.8, Vancouver, BC (Juried)
2009: Cape Town Shake Down, Studio Gallery, Toronto, ON (Juried)
RESIDENCIES
2023: Fountainhead, Miami, Florida
2023: Banff Centre for Art and Creativity and Art - Educator
2022: University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN - AIR/Professor
2021: Black Rock Senegal
2019: Palazzo Monti, Brescia, Italy
2018: Hangar, Lisbon, Portugal
2018: Long Road Projects, Jacksonville, FL
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 BookBenefiting the Black Painters Academy, Hyperallergic, Feb
2021: “Smaller is beautiful: the tiny but triumphant comeback ofart miniatures”, The Financial Times, Feb
2021: Denise Balkissoon, “Alberta’s Curtis Talwst Santiago MakesTiny 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
2020: RELATIONS, Diaspora and Painting, Phi Foundation for Contemporary Art, Montreal, QC, Canada
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, USA
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, British Columbia
PUBLICATIONS
2020: Curtis Talwst Santiago: Can't I Alter, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
2018: CBC In the Making, On Air & On Line Documentary featuring Curtis Talwst Santiago
2015: The New Yorker Online review of A Constellations group exhibition
2015: i-D magazine Online feature
2015: Art Toronto.ca Online review of History of Touches exhibition
2015: Toronto Star print & online feature
2015: CBC The Exhibitionist feature Online & Television, Canada
2015: Toronto Star print & online feature
2015: V Magazine Print feature, New York
2015: Hi Fructose online feature
2015: Toronto Star print & online features
2015: Bored Panda online feature
2015: Beautiful Decay online feature
2015: The Globe and Mail Online video Arts Feature, Toronto, ON
2015: The Guardian Observer Mar 8, Talwst Arts Feature, United Kingdom
2012: Lab Magazine Issue 6, Talwst, Los Angeles, CA
2010: Spot Check, Redbull TV, Germany
2009: Have Mercy (Mixtape)
2008: Art and Sole, Fashion TV InStyle, Toronto, ON
2006: TKO (2nd Solo Album)
2003: Tim Lee, An Essay on Curtis Santiago, Cahier D'activite (No.2 WinterIssue) Vancouver, BC
2003: Portrait of an Artist (1st Solo Album)