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Marigold Santos

Marigold Santos is a Canadian artist based out of Montréal and Calgary. Santos has shown her artworks mostly in the provinces and territories of Canada, however, her work has been shown in the United States in Los Angeles, California in 2016. Her professional career launched in 2010 when she began showing in solo and group exhibitions around Canada. The artist's work is mostly focused on canvas paintings. She also works in drawing and prints. Her paintings, drawings, and prints gained popularity on Instagram and other social media platforms which grew her following. Santos has studied and taught at universities, and travels around Canada doing artist talks at art enters and post-secondary institutions.

Early Life

Santos was born in the Philippines. At the age of six years old, her and her family immigrated to Canada. The artist often refers to traditional Philippian folklore in her work.

Education

Santos graduated from the University of Calgary in 2007 with a Bachelors of Fine Art (Honours). Her In 2011 she graduated from Concordia University with a Masters degree in Fine Art. She is a PhD candidate in the Department of Social Justice Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.

Personal Life

Santos concentrates her work in Canada, and manages her time between Montréal and Calgary. Her artwork is also translated into tattoos which the artist does herself.

Career

The artist’s extensive resume includes solo exhibitions around Canada, group exhibitions, and the several collections she is a part of. Her art includes a range of colours and compositions. Her “interest lies in transformation” and often includes manipulated forms and beings. The work she completes are a range of sizes and mediums, mostly in painting, drawing, and print.

Awards and Scholarships

2018 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Research and Creation Project Grant

2017 Canada Council for the Arts Research and Creation Project Grant

2015 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Research and Creation Project Grant

2014 Canada Council for the Arts Research and Creation Project Grant

2014 Canadian Commission for UNESCO representative for Art Camp

2013 Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grants to Professional Artists

2013 Research and Creation Grant from Conseil des Arts et des Lettres

2012 Short-list for Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Fellowship

2010 Concordia University Faculty of Fine Arts Fellowship

2009 Concordia University Faculty of Fine Arts Fellowship

2009 Concordia University Faculty of Fine Arts Fellowship

2008 Concordia University Faculty of Fine Arts Fellowship

2006 Louise McKinney Scholarship

2006 Pringle Family Scholarship

2006 Gledhil Award for Printmaking

2005 Jason Liang Scholarship

2005 Madam Valda Bursary

2005 Calgary Allied Arts Foundation Benefactor’s Award

2004 Millennium Bursary

Professional Experience

Marigold Santos has worked around Canada as a drawing instructor and teaching assistant at universities and art centers. Her time at Concordia University in 2008 and 2009 she was a teaching assistant in Introduction to Intaglio and UV screen printing. Santos worked from September 2009 to April 2010 as a teaching assistant in a drawing class at Concordia university, the following school year (2010-2011) she was the instructor of the same class and was part of the part time faculty at the university. In 2012 she worked as a drawing instructor at the Visual Art Centre in Montréal, Québec.

Artist Talks and Workshops

2017 Queen’s University, Kingston ON

2017 Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton AB

2017 MacEwan University, Edmonton AB

2017 Red Deer College, Red Deer AB

2017 Cégep Champlain College, Saint-Lambert QC

2016 Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s NFL

2015 Kapisanan Filipino Center, Toronto ON

2014 Forest City Gallery, London ON

2013 Galerie Articule, Montréal QC

2013 ODD Galery, Dawson City YK

2012 ACE ART Inc., Winnipeg MB

2012 Montréal Arts Interculturels, Montréal QC

2010 Modern Fuel Gallery, Kingston ON

Selected Reviews, Text, and Published Images

Santos has been published in university newspapers and magazines. The artist has been interviewed and her work has been published in blogs. Santos has also been features on the cover of The American Reader with front and back cover art.

2017 House of Vans, Sketchy Behaviours, by Michael C. Hsiung

2017 MoMA, 20 Questions for Marigold Santos, Sean Montgomery Ithica

2016 Les éditions de Mévius, Folklore Reimagined: The Decolonial Diaspora Aesthetic of Marigold Santos by Marissa Largo

2016 Visual Arts news, Hybrid Selves: The Magic of Filipina/Canadian Artist Marigold Santos, By Lizzy Hill

2016 CBC Arts, This Calgary Artist is creating folk-tales about the new Canadian Experience, by Leah Collins

2016 The Gazette (Western University), All that glitters is not gold, by Carling Spinney

2016 The London Yodeller, Look at This: Dark Reflections, by Nida Home Doherty

2013 Yukon News, Marigold Santos offers Dawson supernatural surprises, by Elaine Corden

2013 What’s Up Yukon, Exploring Multiple Selves, by Gabriella Sgaga

2013 CULT Montreal, Marigold Santos turns demons into art, by Emily Raine

2013 The Concordian, Once upon a time, a witch and a boxer..., by Saturn De Los Angeles

2013 The American Reader, Vol 1, No. 7 front and back cover art.

2013 FFWD Calgary, Multifarious stories, by Cadence Mandybura

2013 Visual Arts News Magazine, Multiple Selves, by Natascia Lypny

2013 HB Magazine Drawing Publication Issue 1.

2012 Les editions du Nuroit, Huée, by Pierre Ouellet

2012 ESSE Magazine, To Reject Playing the Other: The Mythical Work of Marigold Santos, by Chantale Potié

2012 Parcours Arts, Art Émergent section, Marigold Santos Mythes by Anais

2012 The Concordian, Where Stories and Histories Meet by Rebecca Ugolini

2011 The Montreal Gazette, Parisian Laundry exhibition washes away old stereotype of male artist in a garret by Marianne Ackerman

Collections

Santos currently has works in collections at the University of Calgary (Glenbow Museum Archives and the Nickel Arts Museum Archives), in a print studio (Print Zero Studios) in Seattle, Washington, and in a collection in Ville St-Laurent (ALDO Group).

Works

Marigold Santos works in traditional mediums such as drawing, painting, and print on paper and canvas. Her paintings specifically tend to be very large in scale and colourful. Often the subject of her work is a magical and otherworldly female form, referred to in Filipino folklore.

Exhibitions and Shows

Solo Exhibitions

2018 The Weight and the Weeping, Jarvis Hall Gallery, Calgary AB

2018 The Weight and the Weeping, Galerie D’Este, Montréal QC

2016 Gatherer, Jarvis Hall Gallery, Calgary AB

2016 Mother/Mirror, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s NFL

2016 Gatherer, Galerie D’Este, Montréal QC

2016 Invisible Mother, Stride Gallery, Calgary AB

2016 Black Mirror, DNA Artspace, London ON

2015 Black Mirror, Hamilton Artists Inc, Hamilton ON

2015 Black Mirror, Pith Gallery, Calgary AB

2014 Still, Forest City Gallery, London ON

2013 Coven Ring, Galerie Articule, Montréal QC

2013 Unearthly/Uprising, ODD Gallery, Dawson City YK

2012 Coven Ring, Khyber Center for the Arts, Halifax NS

2012 Haunted/Talisman, ACE ART Inc., Winnipeg MB

2011 Haunted/Talisman, Parisian Laundry, Montréal QC

2010 Untitled, Katherine Mulherin Contemporary Arts, Toronto ON

Group Exhibitions

2017 Unsettling Imaginaries, A Space, Toronto ON

2017 Untitled, Musée d’art contemporian des Laurentides, Saint-Jérome QC

2017 Untitled, Galerie D’Este booth at ART TO, Toronto ON

2017 Marginaux et Francs-Tireurs, Maison de la Culture Frontenac, Montréal QC

2017 Time/Lines, Foundation Guido Molinari, Montréal QC

2017 For the Time Being, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton AB

2017 What’s Next, Jarvis Hall Gallery, Calgary AB

2017 Untitled, Arsenal Gallery at Papier 17, Montréal QC

2016 Prospect, Galerie Ymuno, Montreal QC

2016 Soft, Superchief Gallery, Los Angeles CA

2016 Untitled, Arsenal Gallery at Papier 16, Montréal QC

2016 Prospect, Galerie Ymuno, Montréal QC

2016 Singular Mythologies, La Poste 1700, Montréal QC

2015 Sought, Jarvis Hall Fine Art, Calgary AB

2015 Untitled, Partage Montréal, Montréal QC

2015 Pass it On, Galerie D’Este, Montréal QC

2014 Carte Blanche, DNA Art Space, London ON

2014 Moonwalkers, Galerie Trois Points, Montréal QC

2014 Attachments, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond BC

2013 Other Worlds, Harbourfront Center, Toronto ON

2013 Multifarious, Truck Gallery, Calgary AB

2013 Inquiétante étrangeté et autres fantasmagories, Galerie McClure, Montreal QC

2012 Personal Mythologies, Montréal Arts Interculturels, Montréal QC

2011 Untitled, Galerie du Centre des Textiles Contemporains, Montréal QC

2011 Dessin à Dessein, Galerie Lillian Rodriguez, Montréal QC

2010 Homelands, Modern Fuel Gallery, Kingston ON

2010 Ignition 6, Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery, Montréal QC

References

http://www.marigoldsantos.com/MARIGOLD_SANTOS/STATEMENT.html

https://www.visualartscentre.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Santos-Marigold-CV.pdf

https://forestcitygallery.com/node/158

https://www.queensu.ca/bfa/about/visiting-artist-lecture-series

http://easternedge.ca/marigold-santos-mirrormother-fragments/

https://www.youraga.ca/whats-happening/calendar/storytelling-workshop-marigold-santos

https://www.cbc.ca/arts/this-calgary-artist-is-creating-folk-tales-about-the-new-canadian-experience-1.3505934

https://www.instagram.com/marigoldasantos/