Educated primarily through the internet, independent publications, album covers, and art monographs, Paredes constructs complex scenes that contain multiple references, appropriations, and simulations, actively engaging with the history of images. His work is influenced by diverse interests such as Persian miniatures, Japanese prints, haute couture fashion, and contemporary pop culture.
The central theme of his work revolves around the poeticization of the everyday, composition through color, simulacra, and the liminal space between art and design. His latest series of works marks a significant shift in his practice, moving away from his research in digital media and printing methods to once again delve into the realm of analog painting.
Santiago Paredes, Buenos Aires, 1988. Lives and works in Buenos Aires.
EDUCATION
2017 - Workshop on artistic construction with Sebastián Bruno and Andrés Sobrino
2015 - Artwork critique workshop with Fabián Burgos and Nahuel Vecino
2013-2016 - Assistant to artist Daniel Scheimberg
2009 - National University of the Arts – Multimedia, Buenos Aires
2004/2013 - Musical training
(Selected) SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 – "A 5-Second Clock", Curated by Marcelo Galindo, Moria Galería, Buenos Aires
2024 – "Melancholy and Future", Espacio Acoyte, Buenos Aires
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
2024 – "In the Z World" (Santiago Paredes, Wowser Ng, and Michail Parlamas), Al-Tiba9 Art Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2024 – ISSUE 1, MORFO Galería, Madrid, Spain
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
2025 – UVNT, Madrid [Al-Tiba9 Art Gallery]
2023 – PINTA Miami, Solo Show [Moria Galería]
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
2025 - Proyecto H, CDMX, Mexico
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
2024 – "Project, Language, and Desire", a project-based workshop for artistic development co-coordinated with Elisa Strada
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
2025 – 9-color screenprint (50x70 cm), collaboration with House of Prints
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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Educated primarily through the internet, independent publications, album covers, and art monographs, Paredes constructs complex scenes that contain multiple references, appropriations, and simulations, actively engaging with the history of images. His work is influenced by diverse interests such as Persian miniatures, Japanese prints, haute couture fashion, and contemporary pop culture.
The central theme of his work revolves around the poeticization of the everyday, composition through color, simulacra, and the liminal space between art and design. His latest series of works marks a significant shift in his practice, moving away from his research in digital media and printing methods to once again delve into the realm of analog painting.
Santiago Paredes, Buenos Aires, 1988. Lives and works in Buenos Aires.
EDUCATION
2017 - Workshop on artistic construction with Sebastián Bruno and Andrés Sobrino
2015 - Artwork critique workshop with Fabián Burgos and Nahuel Vecino
2013-2016 - Assistant to artist Daniel Scheimberg
2009 - National University of the Arts – Multimedia, Buenos Aires
2004/2013 - Musical training
(Selected) SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 – "A 5-Second Clock", Curated by Marcelo Galindo, Moria Galería, Buenos Aires
2024 – "Melancholy and Future", Espacio Acoyte, Buenos Aires
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
2024 – "In the Z World" (Santiago Paredes, Wowser Ng, and Michail Parlamas), Al-Tiba9 Art Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2024 – ISSUE 1, MORFO Galería, Madrid, Spain
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
2025 – UVNT, Madrid [Al-Tiba9 Art Gallery]
2023 – PINTA Miami, Solo Show [Moria Galería]
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
2025 - Proyecto H, CDMX, Mexico
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
2024 – "Project, Language, and Desire", a project-based workshop for artistic development co-coordinated with Elisa Strada
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
2025 – 9-color screenprint (50x70 cm), collaboration with House of Prints
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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