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Santos Hu, the stage name of Wen Shyan Hun 胡文賢, is a painter of Taiwanese origin born in 1955, known as a representative of the style known as "Dream Realism". He has numerous accolades for his work, as well as permanent exhibitions of his works at the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts and at the Tainan Art Museum.

Biography
Born in southern Taiwan in 1955. His birth name is 胡文賢, which phonetically is translated as Wen Shyan Hun. So that people, in his time as a student in Spain, could easily memorize his name, he began to use the nickname Santos Hu, which he continued to use as his artistic pseudonym. In 2007 he was granted Spanish nationality (while maintaining Taiwan's), and since then has officially changed his name into Santos Hun Wang. He was drawn to painting from an early age. In 1975 he began studying it at Taiwan's Higher School of Fine Arts, and later devoted himself into teaching. In 1983 he migrated to Spain and entered the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Complutense University of Madrid to study Western painting and thus complete his training. Based in Spain since the 1990s, he has made numerous exhibitions of his work, mainly in Spain and Taiwan.

Work
He develops a colorful, exuberant yet delicate work, in which volumes and proportion denote the mastery of drawing and perspective.

Main Features
. hyperrealistic trace at the service of oriental reverie: Dream Realism

. the air of colors

. the vital light that prints on his canvases

. nature as the source of his works

. sketch balance

. the appearance of space

As critic AM Campoy wrote on ABC newspaper, “Santos Hu is a super colorist, an extraordinary cartoonist. He has imagination and knows how to use it plastically”.

Stages
His work has three distinct stages:

. 1st Stage (1984–1988): During his time as a student in the faculty, he moved from Realism to Hyperrealism (Photo 1)

. 2nd Stage (1989–1999): Influenced by style Surrealist of René Magritte (Belgium, 1898) and Salvador Dalí, played with ambiguous images and their meaning. He often paints still lifes and uses gigantic fruits, and is sometimes called "the giant fruit painter" (photo 2)

. 3rd Stage (2000–current): Dream Realism, expresses dream scenes, combines the female figure and everyday objects creating an attractive visual ensemble within a dreamlike atmosphere.



Artistic career
1978. Fine Arts Taiwan High School. 1988. Degree in Fine Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts,Complutense University of Madrid.

Permanent collection in museums

 * National Museum of Fine Arts of Taiwan.
 * City Museum of Fine Arts of Tainan, Taiwan.

Individual exhibitions

 * Since 1987 he has been participating in exhibitions both collectively and individually in different art rooms:
 * Art Room of Caja Provincial de Granada.
 * Palace of Vellosillo, Ayllón, Segovia
 * Florida White Gallery, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid.
 * García Lorca Cultural Center, Madrid.
 * Infantas Gallery, Madrid.
 * American Institute in Taiwan Cultural and Information Section, Taipei.
 * Exhibition hall of Cortijo Bacardí, Málaga.
 * Apollo Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan.
 * Durán Gallery, Madrid.
 * Benidito Gallery, Málaga.
 * Gallery Museum, Ferrol.
 * Juan de Juanes Gallery, Orihuela.
 * Sala Braulio, Castellón de la Plana, Castellón.
 * Pizarro Gallery 8, Valencia.
 * Arimany Gallery, Tarragona.
 * Gallery Mar, Barcelona.
 * Terraferma Gallery, Lleida.
 * Salduba Gallery, Zaragoza.
 * Gallery Aitor Urdangarín, Vitoria.
 * Ana Samarán Gallery, Madrid.
 * Art Room of Caja Guadalajara, Guadalajara (Spain) and Toledo.
 * Archange Gallery, Paris (France).
 * Cervantes Gallery 6, Oviedo.
 * Flame Gallery, Bilbao.
 * Monticelli Gallery, Gijón.

Collective exhibitions and contests

 * Cercedilla 88 (10 students selected from the last painting course of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Madrid).
 * X anniversary of the Durán Award, Madrid.
 * Santander Fair 1994, 1995.
 * Taipei Fair 1994, 1995, 1997.
 * Valencia Fair 1996, 1997.
 * Barcelona Fair 1997, 2000.
 * Almoneda Fair 1998, Madrid.
 * Seville Fair 1998.
 * Gent Fair, Belgium, 2000.
 * Art Fair 2001, 2002, Madrid.
 * XVII, XVIII, XIX, XXIII, XXVIII and XXIX Paint Prize BMW.
 * Salon of the Thirteen, Sala Altadis 2004, Madrid.

Magazine covers

 * Eurocarne Magazine, Year XV, number 138.
 * Eurocarne Magazine. Year XVII, number 154.

Awards

 * First prize of the III Drawing competition of Villanueva del Pardillo, Madrid, 1987.
 * Second prize of IV Guadarrama Paint Contest. 1988.
 * Second prize of the II National Painting Competition Professional Colleges of Fine Arts «Primavera 89», Madrid, 1989.
 * Special mention of the I Painting Biennial of the "King's Avila Foundation", Avila. 1989.
 * Diploma of Honor of the XI Autumn Painting Hall (Caja de Extremadura), Plasencia. 1989.
 * Accésit del XVII National Painting Competition of CajaMadrid. 1990.
 * First prize of the VII Painting competition "Vila de Cedeira", La Coruña. 1990.
 * Second medal of the 57th Autumn Salon of Madrid. 1990.
 * First prize of the V Ron Bacardí Painting Award. Málaga. 1990.
 * First prize of the VIII Durán Painting Prize, Madrid. 1991.
 * Finalist of the XXI Autumn Salon of San Fernando, Cadiz. 1991.
 * Chamber of Commerce Award for Quick Painting by Avila 2001, Avila. 2000.
 * Second prize of I World Ham Congress Painting Competition, Teruel. 2005.

Jurors
Member of the Jury of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th and 10th editions of the Fast Painting Edition of Escalona (Toledo).