Santiago Paredes was born in 1988 in Buenos Aires, the city where he lives and works. He studied music, multimedia arts (at UNA), and participated in workshops with Fabián Burgos, Nahuel Vecino, Sebastián Bruno, Andrés Sobrino, among others. He also worked as an assistant to the artist Daniel Scheimberg, who was a major influence on his development as a painter.
Since 2017, he has shifted his practice towards digital art and textile design. He has created various clothing and accessory collections, with his designs being sold in stores, boutiques, and museum shops in Buenos Aires, Toronto, Mexico, London, and New York. He has also worked on graphic pieces and various artistic projects for companies such as Facebook, Dom Perignon, Gucci, and Grolsch.
Santiago Paredes is a unique blend of different disciplines and styles that complement each other to create a visual universe full of beauty and mystery. Since 2017, he has focused almost exclusively on digital image production, whether as graphic art or fashion collections. His work is characterized by the poeticization of the everyday, the use of color, similitude, and the liminal space between art and design.
Paredes constructs complex scenes that contain multiple references, appropriations, and simulations, which actively engage with the history of images. His work is influenced by various interests, such as Persian miniatures, Japanese prints, high fashion, and contemporary pop culture.
The ability to work with computers has provided him with countless conveniences, such as the ability to use any color, think on any scale, and make unlimited variations. By generating the image before the object, Paredes investigates the materiality that best fits the mood and temperature of the representation, allowing him to explore a wide variety of media and materials. He has designed prints for his own clothing brand as well as for clients. His ease in navigating both the world of contemporary art and fashion has given his work a chameleon-like character and a very open sign to his art.
EDUCATION
2017 - Taller de construcción de obra con Sebastián Bruno y Andrés Sobrino
2015 - Clínica de obra con Fabián Burgos y Nahuel Vecino
2013-2016 - Asistente del artista Daniel Scheimberg
2009 - Universidad Nacional de las Artes - Multimedia, Bs.As
2004/2013 - Formación musical
(Selected) SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 - “Como uma sombra quente”, Marmol Projects, Porto, Portugal
2022 - “Fábula Elegante”, Espronceda Institute of Art & Culture, Barcelona, España
2022 - “Halo Lunar”, Revolver Galería, Lima, Perú
2022 - “El futuro es como la gelatina, transparente”, Bienal de Arte Joven, CC Recoleta, Bs.As
2022 - “Hay una serpiente en mi bota”, curada por Irene Gelfman, Moria Galería, Bs.As
2020 - “A kiss behind the back”, Samara Contemporary, Toronto, Canadá
2019 - “El piso es Lava”, Moria Galería, Bs.As
2018 - “Tropical Mecánico”, Mundo Dios, Mar del Plata, Arg
(Selected) GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 - “Salto Ornamental”(Juliana Iriart, Juane Odriozola, Santiago Paredes), CC de España, Bs.As
2023 - "Purple Spell" (Brigette Hoffman + Santiago Paredes), Tomas Redrado Art, Miami, USA
2022 - “La noche de cerca”, junto a Dignora Pastorello, Rocío Englender, Luis Centurión, Celina Eceiza, Mauro Cruz y Orlando Ruffinengo, texto de Paola Vega, Laboratorio de Festival, Bs.As
2021 - “Afterlife”, curaduría de arte contemporáneo argentino propuesto por Sotheby's junto a obra histórica de Warhol, Basquiat y Cruz Diez, One Thousand Museum, Miami, USA
2021 - Exhibición 12º Premio Itaú, Bs.As
2021 - Exhibición Premio OSDE, Bs.As
2020 - “Camino de Cintura”, junto a Franco Fasoli, Nicolas Ever y Otto Garabello en Galeria Kreisler, Madrid, España
2020 - “Turismo Mental”, Moria Galería, Bs.As
2019 - “Caricia significativa”, junto a Elisa Strada, Moria Galería, Bs.As
2017 - “Una comunidad imaginada”, Concurso de Artes Visuales del FNA, Arg
2018 - Concurso Artes Visuales del FNA, Arg
2017 - TRIMARCHI, Hotel Provincial, Mar del Plata, Arg
2017 - “Bromatología”, Moria Galería, Bs.As.
2016 - “Tiempo y Fuera”, Fundación Lebensohn, Bs.As
FAIRS
2023 - ARTEBA, UTOPIA [Moria Galería]
2021 - SWAB, Barcelona [Moria Galería]
2020 - ArteCO, Corrientes, Arg [Moria Galería]
2020 - Cha.CO, Santiago de Chile [Moria Galería]
2019 - ArteBA, Buenos Aires [Moria Galería]
2019 - F.A.M.A., CMDX [Machete Gaería]
RESIDENCIES
2023 - Ruido Blanco Residencia, Misiones, Argentina
2022 - Residencia Project Room, Mármol Projects, dirigida por Matías Romano Aleman, Porto, Portugal
2022 - Residencia Espronceda Institute of Art & Culture, Barcelona, España
TEACHING AND RESEARCH
2020 - "Panorama of Current Painting", a theoretical workshop on contemporary painting of the last 20 years.
2019 - "COLOR", 5 meetings to understand color emotionally, psychologically, socially, and physically.
2019 - "1969-1999", a theoretical workshop on contemporary art that revisits cultural productions before the turn of the century.
PUBLICATIONS
2023 - “Miss you”, colección de 8 serigrafías editadas por Atelier Burano
2022 - “Como uma sombra quente”, revista final de residência Marmol Projects
2021 - “Me Aburro, Mauro”, maxi zine con pinturas realizadas durante la pandemia
2019 - “Post Post”, antología de artistas contemporáneos editado por Proyecto Piranha
2019 - “Jaja Salu2”, fanzine en colaboración a Nicolás Requena
2019 - “O NO?”, poster risografía, editado por Estudio Enrollado
2018 - “Minamoto”, poster risografía con El Fuerte Ediciones
2013 - “El coso que flota”, libro autopublicado de dibujos de línea
OTHER PROJECTS
2022 - Mural painting and installation of 24-meter mirrors in the offices of Meta, Buenos Aires.
2020 - Temporary exhibition at Bar San Bernardo, convened by the Government of the City of Buenos Aires to carry out artistic actions in notable bars.
2019 - Visual Arts Jury for the Metropolitan Fund.
From 2016 to 2021, co-director of Moria Gallery. Since 2017, he has shifted his practice to digital art and textile design. He has created various clothing and accessory collections under his own brand. His designs are sold in stores, boutiques, and Museum shops in Buenos Aires, Toronto, Mexico, London, and New York. He has developed graphic pieces and various artistic works for major brands such as Facebook, Dom Perignon, Gucci, Grolsch, among others.
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Santiago Paredes was born in 1988 in Buenos Aires, the city where he lives and works. He studied music, multimedia arts (at UNA), and participated in workshops with Fabián Burgos, Nahuel Vecino, Sebastián Bruno, Andrés Sobrino, among others. He also worked as an assistant to the artist Daniel Scheimberg, who was a major influence on his development as a painter.
Since 2017, he has shifted his practice towards digital art and textile design. He has created various clothing and accessory collections, with his designs being sold in stores, boutiques, and museum shops in Buenos Aires, Toronto, Mexico, London, and New York. He has also worked on graphic pieces and various artistic projects for companies such as Facebook, Dom Perignon, Gucci, and Grolsch.
Santiago Paredes is a unique blend of different disciplines and styles that complement each other to create a visual universe full of beauty and mystery. Since 2017, he has focused almost exclusively on digital image production, whether as graphic art or fashion collections. His work is characterized by the poeticization of the everyday, the use of color, similitude, and the liminal space between art and design.
Paredes constructs complex scenes that contain multiple references, appropriations, and simulations, which actively engage with the history of images. His work is influenced by various interests, such as Persian miniatures, Japanese prints, high fashion, and contemporary pop culture.
The ability to work with computers has provided him with countless conveniences, such as the ability to use any color, think on any scale, and make unlimited variations. By generating the image before the object, Paredes investigates the materiality that best fits the mood and temperature of the representation, allowing him to explore a wide variety of media and materials. He has designed prints for his own clothing brand as well as for clients. His ease in navigating both the world of contemporary art and fashion has given his work a chameleon-like character and a very open sign to his art.
EDUCATION
2017 - Taller de construcción de obra con Sebastián Bruno y Andrés Sobrino
2015 - Clínica de obra con Fabián Burgos y Nahuel Vecino
2013-2016 - Asistente del artista Daniel Scheimberg
2009 - Universidad Nacional de las Artes - Multimedia, Bs.As
2004/2013 - Formación musical
(Selected) SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 - “Como uma sombra quente”, Marmol Projects, Porto, Portugal
2022 - “Fábula Elegante”, Espronceda Institute of Art & Culture, Barcelona, España
2022 - “Halo Lunar”, Revolver Galería, Lima, Perú
2022 - “El futuro es como la gelatina, transparente”, Bienal de Arte Joven, CC Recoleta, Bs.As
2022 - “Hay una serpiente en mi bota”, curada por Irene Gelfman, Moria Galería, Bs.As
2020 - “A kiss behind the back”, Samara Contemporary, Toronto, Canadá
2019 - “El piso es Lava”, Moria Galería, Bs.As
2018 - “Tropical Mecánico”, Mundo Dios, Mar del Plata, Arg
(Selected) GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 - “Salto Ornamental”(Juliana Iriart, Juane Odriozola, Santiago Paredes), CC de España, Bs.As
2023 - "Purple Spell" (Brigette Hoffman + Santiago Paredes), Tomas Redrado Art, Miami, USA
2022 - “La noche de cerca”, junto a Dignora Pastorello, Rocío Englender, Luis Centurión, Celina Eceiza, Mauro Cruz y Orlando Ruffinengo, texto de Paola Vega, Laboratorio de Festival, Bs.As
2021 - “Afterlife”, curaduría de arte contemporáneo argentino propuesto por Sotheby's junto a obra histórica de Warhol, Basquiat y Cruz Diez, One Thousand Museum, Miami, USA
2021 - Exhibición 12º Premio Itaú, Bs.As
2021 - Exhibición Premio OSDE, Bs.As
2020 - “Camino de Cintura”, junto a Franco Fasoli, Nicolas Ever y Otto Garabello en Galeria Kreisler, Madrid, España
2020 - “Turismo Mental”, Moria Galería, Bs.As
2019 - “Caricia significativa”, junto a Elisa Strada, Moria Galería, Bs.As
2017 - “Una comunidad imaginada”, Concurso de Artes Visuales del FNA, Arg
2018 - Concurso Artes Visuales del FNA, Arg
2017 - TRIMARCHI, Hotel Provincial, Mar del Plata, Arg
2017 - “Bromatología”, Moria Galería, Bs.As.
2016 - “Tiempo y Fuera”, Fundación Lebensohn, Bs.As
FAIRS
2023 - ARTEBA, UTOPIA [Moria Galería]
2021 - SWAB, Barcelona [Moria Galería]
2020 - ArteCO, Corrientes, Arg [Moria Galería]
2020 - Cha.CO, Santiago de Chile [Moria Galería]
2019 - ArteBA, Buenos Aires [Moria Galería]
2019 - F.A.M.A., CMDX [Machete Gaería]
RESIDENCIES
2023 - Ruido Blanco Residencia, Misiones, Argentina
2022 - Residencia Project Room, Mármol Projects, dirigida por Matías Romano Aleman, Porto, Portugal
2022 - Residencia Espronceda Institute of Art & Culture, Barcelona, España
TEACHING AND RESEARCH
2020 - "Panorama of Current Painting", a theoretical workshop on contemporary painting of the last 20 years.
2019 - "COLOR", 5 meetings to understand color emotionally, psychologically, socially, and physically.
2019 - "1969-1999", a theoretical workshop on contemporary art that revisits cultural productions before the turn of the century.
PUBLICATIONS
2023 - “Miss you”, colección de 8 serigrafías editadas por Atelier Burano
2022 - “Como uma sombra quente”, revista final de residência Marmol Projects
2021 - “Me Aburro, Mauro”, maxi zine con pinturas realizadas durante la pandemia
2019 - “Post Post”, antología de artistas contemporáneos editado por Proyecto Piranha
2019 - “Jaja Salu2”, fanzine en colaboración a Nicolás Requena
2019 - “O NO?”, poster risografía, editado por Estudio Enrollado
2018 - “Minamoto”, poster risografía con El Fuerte Ediciones
2013 - “El coso que flota”, libro autopublicado de dibujos de línea
OTHER PROJECTS
2022 - Mural painting and installation of 24-meter mirrors in the offices of Meta, Buenos Aires.
2020 - Temporary exhibition at Bar San Bernardo, convened by the Government of the City of Buenos Aires to carry out artistic actions in notable bars.
2019 - Visual Arts Jury for the Metropolitan Fund.
From 2016 to 2021, co-director of Moria Gallery. Since 2017, he has shifted his practice to digital art and textile design. He has created various clothing and accessory collections under his own brand. His designs are sold in stores, boutiques, and Museum shops in Buenos Aires, Toronto, Mexico, London, and New York. He has developed graphic pieces and various artistic works for major brands such as Facebook, Dom Perignon, Gucci, Grolsch, among others.
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