BIOGRAPHY
Visual artist, born in Santo Domingo in 1983. He studied at the Altos de Chavón School of Design, obtaining a degree in Graphic Design and later in Fine Arts and Illustration in La Romana, Dominican Republic, His career start in the School of paintings for kids ‘’Piloto Infantil’’ In the 1994 at the Fortaleza Ozama in Santo Domingo ,Dominican Republic. Mr Santos study two years in the National School of Fine Arts in Santo Domingo Dominican Republic, in the 2008 he make his first exhibition call “La Caja de Yo” in his own home painting and drawing all the walls and roof, in the 2009 he qualified to participate in “Third Bonao Biennale , Paleta de Niquel Award’’, drawing category, Bonao, D.R. In the year 2011 he qualified to participate in “XXVI National Biennial of Visual Arts’’, drawing category, Museum of Modern Art (MAM), Santo Domingo D.R. For a few years mr Santos also painting murals around the Dominican Republic with a beneficiary foundation of name “Transitando” that was about making urban spots into openings exhibitions with the community and locals people. In the 2016 he present the collection Re’dell Mare’’ In the museum of La Castellina, Belfiore Prammaggiore Italia. In the year 2018 Mr Santos qualified for the ‘’XXIX National Biennial of Visual Arts’’, drawing category in Santo Domingo, D.R. Mr Santos work for the film industry in the Dominican Republic, national and international projects, as a concept art, set design, illustration, storyboard and scenic painter. In the 2024 Mr Santos make an illustrated Poster for a documentary film in the ‘’Larimar Production’’ Santo Domingo D.R.
CV
2008 La Caja de Yo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic / Memoria por los menos, Alliance Française, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2009 Sueños, MCR1 Studio, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2010 Navidad pa’l Pueblo, MCR1 Studio, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic / ”Third Bonao Biennial, Nickel Palette Award»,
drawing category, Bonao, Dominican Republic / 2011 XXVI National Biennial of Visual Arts, drawing category, Museum of Modern Art MAM, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic / 2011 Exhibition “Signs” Spanish Cultural Center, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic / 2012 Permanent Collection Library of the Museum of Modern Art MAM / 2013 Conap Project, Dominican College of Visual Artists “Reproduction of serigraph Colonial Zone” Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic / 2014 “Light to Light” TRANSITANDO artistic project, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic / 2015 “Mirrors” Cafe Simpan, Simrishamnsgatan 3 / Malmö, Sweden / 2018 XXIX participation in the National Biennial of Visual Arts, Drawing Category, Museum of Modern Art (MAM), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2024 “1998 The Rumor (Documentary)” / Cover Illustrator / Larimar Films
2023 “Flow Caye” / Special Effects / Pinewood Studios
2023 “Four Down” / Set Dresser / Pinewood Studios
2022 “Something in the Water” / Special Effects / Pinewood Studios
2022 The Stork / Set Decorator Assistant / Pinewood Studios
2022 The Resort / Scenic Painter / Pinewood Studios
2022 The Best Man / Location Manager / Pinewood Studios
2021 The Black Demon (The Movie) / Scenic Painter
2021 The Frikies (The Movie) / Illustrator
2021 The Lost City (The Movie) / Scenic Painter
2021 The Shotgun Wedding (The Movie) / Scenic Painter
2020 Old (The Movie) / Scenic Painter
2020 Karnavale / Scenic Painter /
2009 – Art Assistant / Quik Credit Card / La Visual Sonora
2010 – Art Assistant / Presidente Summer Campaign / La Visual Sonora
2011 – Storyboard Artist / Coca-Cola Campaign / La Fundamental
2012 – Storyboard Artist / Women’s Day Campaign / La Fundamental
2013 – Photography Assistant / Save the Children / Salazar Otero Productions
2015 – Second Assistant Director / Brugal Rum Campaign / Up Films
2017 – Set Decoration Assistant Intern / Rubirosa Productions / Lokal Productions
2018 – Set Painter / Impulso Campaign / Ska Films
2018 – Art Assistant – Sand Sculptor / Tourist Travel Campaign / AppleboxFi
STATEMENT
Since I was a child, I’ve seen characters emerge from any stain, texture, or accidental mark. I see and perceive them daily. Using the techniques of drawing and painting, I bring them out from these parallel dimensions. They are like layers stacked one on top of the other, made with acrylic or recycled materials, where I then apply pigment, color, or a reference to reality.
This is how my creations are born I let myself be carried away by a feeling, which then starts to take o n a life of its own. I work on all of them simultaneously. Some seem to perform a kind of ritual, while others simply pose and reveal themselves.
These creations come to life in the early hours of the morning during a calm and consistent rhythm of work. It’s along this creative path that I feel truly alive. I believe I’m only just beginning to interpret my own version of what we call reality.
