カーティス・トールウェイスト・サンティアゴ

Born in Canada, 1979

Current Board Member on the Board of Directors for:
The Drawing Center In New York
The Toronto Biennial of Art 2024

【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

【PERMANENT COLLECTIONS】
Lenbachhaus, Munich
Kadist Foundation, San Francisco, CA
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto, ON
Birmingham Museum of Art, AL
Studio Museum, Harlem, NY
Wedge Collection, Toronto, ON

【PUBLIC ART INSTALLATIONS】
2022: Visions of an Iron Age – Woodbine Expansion, Toronto, ON – Permanent Public Art Commission
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, Toronto Biennial, Toronto, ON

【EXHIBITIONS (*Solo Exhibits)】
2026: *The Orange County Musuem of Art.
2025: *Bambinart Gallery, Tokyo (Mar 28 – Apr 26)
2025: *HIRO GALLERY, Tokyo (Mar 28 – Apr 26)
2024: *ATC Gallery, Tenerife, Canary Islands (TBD)
2024: *Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA), Costa Mesa, CA
2023: *Martina Simeti, Milan (Nov 23 – Jan 18, 24)
2023: *Artissima, Torino – Nir Altman Gallery, Munich (Nov 2 – 5)
2023: Mickalene Thomas – Portrait of an Unlikely Space, Yale University Art Gallery (Sep 8 to Jan 7, 24)
2023: Poetry of the Evident, Galerie Droste Dusseldorf (Sep 1 – Nov 4)
2023: Crafting Resitance, Arizona State University (Aug 18, 23 – July 14, 24)
2023: *Moving Through Burning Haze, Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, ON (April 1 – May 13)
2023: *Joyvasted, Nir Altman, Munich (Feb 17 to Apr 22)
2023: *Mas a Play, Capsule Gallery Shanghai, Art Brussels (Apr 19-23) (curated by Megan Connolly)
2023: Restrung, Parachute Gallery, Tampa, FL (Feb 16 – Mar 23)
2022: Smaller Worlds: Diorama in Contemporary Art, Ludwig Museum, Budapest (Oct 22-Jan 23)
2022: Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, Night Painting (Sep 24 to Oct 22)
2022: DigitalArts 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 (Apr 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)
2022: Dak’Art Biennale, Black Rock Artist Exhibition, Dakar, Senegal (May 19 to Jun 21)
2022: FOG Art & Design, CULT (Aimee Friberg Exhibitions), San Francisco (Jan 18 to 23)
2021: Jahresgaben – Kunstverein Münchene. 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)
2021: Martina Simeti Gallery, Milano, Italy (July)
2021: PLATFORM Online Exhibition hosted by David Zwirner – May edition
2020: *Liming,Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB(curated by Lindsey Sharman) (Oct 24 to Feb 14)
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 (chief curator Claire Gilman)
2020: *an erratum, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
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’Keefe
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, 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)
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 DaisukeTakeya)
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 and 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 and 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 byThe 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)
2010: The Cheaper Show no. 9, Vancouver, BC (Juried)
2010: Vancouver Olympic Art Galleries, Vancouver, BC (curated by 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

【DISCOGRAPHY】
2015: FantasticModern
2011: AlienTentacle Sex
2011:Diamond
2009: HaveMercy
2007: TKO
2003: Portraitof an Artist