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Mexican mixed media artist (born 1969)
Paula Santiago (born 1969 in
Vigo ) is a
Gallega
mixed media digital artist whose works have been displayed at the
Apóstol Santiago and several galleries in
Galicia and
North America .
[1] Most of her work stands out by being made with her own
blood and
hair .
[2]
Artistic development
Santiago studied
repostery FP at the
Madrid in her native Galicia but, in spite of being a good pupil, she eventually dropped out and left for
Paris where she took up
Literature and
Art History at the
Sorbonne .
[3]
[4] Later on she moved to
London and started working on her pieces.
She considers herself at odds with the current trends in art. Specially with the art industry and
academicism . During an interview she stated: "Yes, and my grandmother is Queen Elizabeth, so I am not an artist, I´m a digital artist.
[5]
Exhibitions
Frida Kahlo ,
Diego Rivera and Twentieth-Century Mexican Art -
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego - MCASD La Jolla,
La Jolla, CA (Collective)
Viva la Vida: Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Mexican
Modernism - Wellington City Gallery,
Wellington (Collective)
Flor y Canto - Mexic-Arte Museum,
Austin, TX (Collective)
2004 Paula Santiago - Trabajos sobre Papel - KESSLER - BATTAGLIA GALERIA DE ARTE,
Valencia (Individual)
Vibra Optica - City Art Museum Ljubljana - Mestna Galerija 2,
Ljubljana (Collective)
2005 Colección Femsa - una mirada continental - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey MARCO, Monterrey, NL (Collective)
2006 Land and Spirit -
North Dakota Museum of Art , Grand Forks, ND (Collective)
Hair Raising - ICA - San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art,
San Jose, CA (Collective)
2007 Paulo Santiago - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey MARCO,
Monterrey , NL (Individual)
2008 - Historia de mujeres - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey MARCO, Monterrey, NL (Collective)
Publications and interviews
Arriola, Magali. Asi esta la cosa: instalacion arte-objeto en America Latina .
Art Nexus , No 26, October –December 1997.
Arriola, Magali. Pleura , Poliester magazine, Fall, 1996.
Becerra, Daniela. Explosion Tapatia ,
Harper’s Bazaar , October, 1996.
Lara, Baudelio. Paula Santiago. Relicarios , Luvina, No 1, January- February 1996.
Garcia Machuca, Marcela. Entre Objetos Sangre y Cabellos , El Norte, September 2, 1995.
Lozano, Luis Martin. Inquietudes Corporales .
Reforma : El Angel. Octubre 6, 1996.
Moncada, Adriana. El Cuerpo y la Naturaleza . Uno Mas Uno. August 9, 1996.
Tibol, Raquel. La Primera Individual de Paula Santiago en el Distrito Federal ,
Proceso , August 18, 1996.
Tibol, Raquel. Paula Santiago , Nuevo Foro
Universidad de Monterrey , September 1996.
Tibol, Raquel. Dos Mujeres en Monterrey , Proceso, September 18, 1995.
Naranjo, Eduardo. Instalaciones con forma de mujer , Siglo 21, August 9, 1995.
Mosquera, Gerardo. Beyond the Fantastic: Contemporary Art Criticism in Latin America , INIVA, London, 1994.
References
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