Marigold Santos

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Marigold Santos
Born
Manila, Philippines
EducationUniversity of Calgary, Concordia University
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Marigold Santos is a Filipino-Canadian interdisciplinary artist based in Calgary and Montreal. Her practice includes the following mediums; drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, tattooing and sound.

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Early life and education

Santos was born in the Manila, Philippines. [1] She immigrated to Canada with her family in 1988; living in Scarborough before moving to Calgary. [2] She has Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking from the University of Calgary. [3] In 2008 she moved to Montreal to study at Concordia University [4] graduating with a Master of Fine Arts in 2011. [5] [6]

Career

Santos is known for work that examines the lived experience of immigration through themes of identity and culture. Her early childhood experience of immigrating provided a starting point for her work which investigates the interrelated notions of "home" and the multiplicities of an identity in constant evolution, ultimately exploring the potentialities of transformation. [7] She combines childhood memories of the Philippines and the Canadian Prairies in the late 1980s. Western pop-culture and Filipino folktales along with the geographical differences of the land form the basis of her work, placing emphasis on the relationship between identity and the physical landscape. [8] In addition to her mixed media work, Santos is a tattoo artist who interprets her heritage through drawings of folklore from the Philippines. [2] In 2021 she was profiled as part of RBC's Emerging Artists program. [9] [6]

Select exhibitions

References

  1. ↑ "Alberta Artist Profile: Marigold Santos". Alberta Foundation for the Arts. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  2. 1 2 Hosein, Lise (March 7, 2019). "Marigold Santos is reconnecting with her Filipinx roots — through tattooing". CBC News. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  3. ↑ "Marigold Santos". Esker Foundation. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  4. ↑ Collins, Leah (March 24, 2016). "This Calgary artist is creating folk-tales about the new Canadian experience". CBC News. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  5. ↑ Hunter, Brianna (May 30, 2023). "5 Concordia artists are long-listed for the 2023 Sobey Art Award - Concordia University". concordia.ca. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  6. 1 2 "RBC Emerging Artists Project presents – Marigold Santos". www.rbcwealthmanagement.com. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  7. ↑ Efflorescence / The Way We Wake. Montreal, Quebec: Fondation PHI. 2024. pp. 11–17. ISBN   978-2-923803-34-0.
  8. ↑ Black Mirror. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada: Hamilton Artists, Inc. 2015. p. 1. ISBN   978-1 894861-79-3.
  9. ↑ Abbott, Cowley (March 28, 2001). "Marigold Santos: Stories From the Past Influence Works of Today". Canadian Art. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  10. ↑ Unsettling Imaginaries (exhibition catalog). Toronto, Ontario: A Space Gallery. 2017. pp. 1–4.
  11. ↑ Diaspora and Painting[La Diaspora et la Peinture]. Munich, Germany and Montréal, Quebec: PHI Fondation. 2020. pp. 161–165. ISBN   978-3-7774-3686-9.
  12. ↑ "Broken Time and the Intergenerational // Marigold Santos at SAAG". ReIssue. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  13. ↑ Rudnickas, Tara (3 October 2013). "In the ODD Gallery: Marigold Santos". KLONDIKE INSTITUTE OF ART & CULTURE. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  14. ↑ "COVEN RING, by Marigold Santos. Opens Sept 28th, 8pm. Exhibition runs until October 26th". The Khyber Centre For The Arts. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
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