CESAR SANTOS
b. 1982, CubaCesar Santos is a Cuban-American artist, born in 1982 in Santa Clara, Cuba and raised in Miami, Florida. He studied at the New World School of the Arts in Florida, followed by a period training in Florence. Subsequently, Santos moved to New York City, immersing himself in the vibrant art scene. While in New York, he received first prize in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s photography competition, ‘It’s Time We Met’.
Since 2022, Santos has developed his work into a new genre that encompasses the abstract in a familiar manner, reflecting his study of Old Master paintings, combined with the rich cultural melting pot of his upbringing and life experiences. These works offer a distillation of the artist’s innate and spontaneous relationship with the world, marking a distinct break from the figurative and portrait work on which he had focussed previously.
Santos’s work has been exhibited in the United States, Europe, Latin America and Asia, including at the Museum of Art and Design, Miami; Palazzo Cipolla, Rome; the Villa Bardini Museum, Florence; National Gallery, San Jose, Costa Rica; and the Beijing World Art Museum, China. His work features in the collections of significant institutions including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Catania, Sicily, and the Museum of Design, Miami.
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