Antonio Santín
Antonio Santín (b. 1978, Madrid, Spain) lives and works in Madrid. Known for his meticulous, hand-crafted technique, Santín creates hyper-realistic surfaces that blur the line between illusion and abstraction. His labor-intensive process, which can take up to a year to complete, transforms oil on canvas into intricate, tactile compositions that challenge perception.
Drawing from the traditions of Spanish tenebrism and Italian chiaroscuro, Santín manipulates light and shadow to amplify depth and texture, making his carpets appear almost sculptural. He describes his work as “more real than reality itself”—a statement that speaks to his fascination with the interplay between meticulous detail and optical illusion. From a distance, his paintings deceive the eye with their striking realism, but up close, they dissolve into a mesmerizing, fractal-like interplay of color and form, revealing their abstract foundations.
Santín earned his Fine Arts degree from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and studied at the Athens Fine Arts School. His most recent exhibition at Marc Straus Gallery was met with critical and commercial success, leading to acquisitions by numerous collections and institutions. He has exhibited at museums such as the Ithra Museum, Saudi Arabia; the Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN; the Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn, NY; and the Farjam Foundation, Dubai, UAE. His work has also been exhibited at Hudson Valley MOCA, Peekskill, NY; Kunstraum Bethanien, Berlin, Germany; and the Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin, Germany. Santín's paintings are in numerous museum and private collections worldwide.
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Antonio Santín
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The White Heat
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February 21 - April 3, 2016 Lower East Side -
Xigue – Xigue
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On Deck
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April 1 - May 6, 2012 Lower East Side
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Antonio Santín on Nuevo Estilo
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Antonio Santín on The Wall Street Journal
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Antonio Santín on The Colossal
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Antonio Santín on My Modern Met
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Antonio Santín on Artnews
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Antonio Santín on W Magazine
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Antonio Santín Named "Super 100 Artist"
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Antonio Santín in Colossal
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Antonio Santín in Design Milk
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Natasha Das and Antonio Santín in The Art Newspaper
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Antonio Santín in STIRworld
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Michael Brown, Antonio Santín and Clive Smith at Nassau County Museum of Art
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Antonio Santín in HaberArts
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Antonio Santín on Vice
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Antonio Santín in Complex
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Antonio Santín in Berlin Art Link
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