Jorge Santos
Born in Silves, in 1974. Graduated in Fine Arts (ESAD, Caldas da Rainha, 2001). Received artistic development grants from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation for Casa Velasquez in Madrid and Spike Island in Bristol. A multidisciplinary artist, he worked in the areas of painting, sculpture, video, photography, and printmaking. Presented works in various countries such as the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Portugal, and Brazil. He is represented in several public and private collections, such as MAAT, Carmona e Costa Foundation, and La Petite Escalère. Passed away in Lisbon, where he lived and worked, in March 2022.
Selected Awards
Artist Fellowship — Le Petit Escalère, Sculpture Garden, France
Artist Development Fellowship — Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Spike Island, Bristol, UK
Artist Fellowship — Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Casa de Velázquez, Madrid
Solo Shows
2020
Jorge Santos, A ilusória verdade, drawings, les amants, Gallery Quattro, Leiria
2019
Jorge Santos, retrospective exhibition of painting and video, Abreu Advogados Headquarters, Lisbon
2018
Vitrine, Brise-soleil #, installation, Biombo #, sculpture, Sun around the house, painting, Galeria a montanha, Lisbon
Language of Plants, Cana do Reino # 1, cut-out, Arabesco #, cut-out. Matamorfose #, cut-out, Trepadeira, cut-out, Gabinete Giefarte, Lisboa
Pinturas de Outono, Folhas de Outono #, painting, Pavilion of the Portuguese Consulate, Sevilhe
2017
Flower ornament, installation, flower ornament, drawings, Museum of Portuguese decorative arts of the Fundacion Ricardo do Espírito Santos e Silva, Lisboa
Entre/Between, sculpture, suspensa no muro, painting, recorte# 1, video, interstício, Gallery of Colégio das Artes, Coimbra
2015
A grande janela, installation, Brise-soleil, painting, Casa de vidro, Giefarte, Lisboa
2014
Vista sobre o arvoredo, sculpture installation in public space, Ponta Delgada, Azores
Marquise, painting, Arvoredo, video installation, Marquise, Gallery Presença, Oporto
Martinhal, painting site.specific, Martinhal resort, Sagres
2013
The language of flowers, drawing, Flower ornament, Photography, Back light Dahlias, Paisagem-Matriz, Gallery Presença, Oporto
The house translated into Landscape, installation, Spring Cage, sculpture, Grotto, CAAA, Guimarães
Behind the green door, site-specific installation, Casa Independente Hall, Lisbon
2012
Blind Fence, site-specific installation, embossed prints on paper. Round the Corner, Lisbon
Le flaneur au Jardin, site-specific installation, Parmi les bosquet d’ombre#1, 2, drawing series, Les amants parmi les bosquet d’ombre , le petit paysage, Le Petite Escalere, France
2011
Walking up that hill, video installation, Chinoiserie#1,2, Maus Hábitos, Oporto
2010
The world appeared to her reflected by pure inwardness, sculptoric installation, Blind wall, video installation, Spring cage, embossed print on paper, Blind gate #1,2 series, Spike Island Gallery, Bristol
Rapture, Drawing, Fragments of love songs, sculptoric installation, Love poem #1, Zoom, Gallery Carlos Carvalho, Lisbon
2009
View point #2, sculptoric site-specific installation, Test one, Spike Island, Bristol
2008
Nocturne, drawing, Shadow stream series and photography, winter landscape and Breached projection, Galeria Espacio Liquido, Gijòn
Shadow Stream, video installation, Quad-Water skylight, drawings Shadow Stream series, Galeria 111, Lisbon
Autumn House, slide show installation, Cooperativa de Arte e Cultura, Torres Vedras
2007
Running Window, video installation, Museum Coleção Berardo, Lisbon
Taller Revisitado, Casa de Velázquez, Madrid
2006
Retiro, sculptoric installation, Tragaluz #2, drawing series, Reflexo, Galeria 24b, Oeiras
O Navio, video in la cámara obscura, Casa de AméricaEternal love, sculptoric site-specific installation, project Taller Ocupado, Casa de Velázquez
View Point, sculptoric site-specific installation, project Taller Ocupado, Casa de Velázquez, Madrid
2005
Tragaluz, sculptoric site-specific installation, project Taller Ocupado, Casa de Velázquez, Madrid
Tired of living for the city, video projection, photography, Bomba Suícida, Lisbon
Tired of living for the city, projecção vídeo, fotografia, Bomba Suícida, Lisboa.
2004
Genérico para uma Tela de Cinema, vídeo installation, Cinemateca Portuguesa, Lisbon
2003
Now the night is closing in, vídeo installation , Gallery Graça Brandão, Lisbon
2001
Night Shadow, vídeo installation, Art Attack, Caldas da Rainha
Group Shows
2020
A cultural interpretation of stone, Fragments of love songs, drawing, Livraria Sá da Costa, Lisbon
A wiff of smoke in the face, pregas series, woodcut, Gallery Diferença, Lisbon
2019
Marmoreado, painting, Sebe series, Appleton, Box, Lisbon
Vitral, site-specific installation, painting, Pada capitulo 1, Auditorio Municipal Augusto Cabrita, Barreiro
Além deste solitário Carrossel, fragments of love songs, drawings, Gallery 111, Lisbon
2018
Untitled (Intimacy), Brise-soleil, cortina da Lágrimas, Gallery Diferença, Lisbon
2017
Flat Image, Arvoredo ao entardecer, painting , EXHIBIT London, London
2016
View point #3, site-specific installation, la microscopie du banc, Micro Onde centre d’art, Vélizy-Villacoublay, France
Suspensa no muro, sculpture instalation, la microscopie du banc, la graineterie, Houille, France
2015
Brise-soleil, painting, paisagens inesperadas, Ocuparte, Lisbon
Arvoredo ao entardecer, painting, Entre o bosque de sombras, painted inkjet print, Fracção p, sculpture, Flower ornament, etching, Notas sobre a construção do tempo. Capc, Bienal anozero, Coimbra
Grotto, instalação, Homeless monalisa, Colégio das artes, Coimbra
2014
Arvoredo # 1, 2, painting, Paisagem e natureza, Museu de Évora, Évora
2013
O Navio, video, Mar:Muitas mares, uma unica vaga de contentamento, BESart, Lisbon
O Navio, video, Do silêncio a um outro hino, Portuguese Cultural Centre, Cape Verde
O Navio, video , Do silêncio a um outro hino , Cultural Center of Mindelo, Cape Verde
2012
O navio, vídeo installation, Noass/waterpices, International Contemporary and Video art Festival, Riga
Janela/Window, vídeo installation, Vitrine, Brighton
Winter Landscapes, Fotografia, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, London
2011
Blid wire fence, site-specific installation, embossed print on paper, 20 anos artes plásticas ESAD.CR 20, Lisbon
Window/Janela, video, Vitrine, Brighton
Winter Window, Photography Calouste Gulbenkian Fundation, London
2010
Personal Dj, Museu da República, Galeria Lago, Rio de Janeiro
2009
Branches that blow, Video, Uma mesa e três cadeiras, Edificio ETIC, Lisbon
Fracção P, sculptoric site-specific installation, The acts of apparition, Plataforma Revólver, Lisbon
2008
Branches that blow, Video, Zaat Festival de ates visuais e sonoras, Lisbonfactory, Lisbon
2007
Breached Projection, photography , Private office, Espaço Avenida, Lisbon
O Navio, video, Signos de la cuidad, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporânea, Sevilha
O Navio, video, Signos de la cuidad, Centro de Cultura Antiguo Instituto de Gijón, Gijón
2006
Fracção P, site-specific sculpture installation, The Acts of apparition, Plataforma Revólver, Lisbon
Arco 2007, Galeria 24b, Madrid
Arte Lisboa, Galeria 24b, Lisbon
2005
Running River, drawings, Verão asul, Escola das Artes, Lagoa
Arco 2006, Galeria Moriarty, Madrid
2004
Autumn House, slide show, espaço Arte Contempo, Lisbon
Genérico para uma tela de cinema, poster, Ho dear! Galeria Zdb, Lisbon
Loja do Lopes, photography , Armazém 7, Lisbon
2003
Estore projectado, vídeo installation, Catalyst Arts, Belfast
Envelopes #3, photography, project Showindows, Experimentadesign2003, Lisbon
2002
Film Noir, site-specific vídeo installation, Lisbon
Varanda com vista sobre uma varanda, site-specific vídeo instalation, Lisbon
2001
Sombra, photography, Galeria D.Ivone, Armazém 7, Lisboa
As time goes by, site-specific insyallation, Um passo na floresta, Lisbon
2000
Rendez-vous, vídeo installation, Curtain, installation, Galeria 30 dias, Caldas da Rainha
Árvore, photography, Galeria D. Ivone, Caldas da Rainha
1999
Envelopes #1 e Envelopes #2, site-specific installation, E.S.A.D., Caldas da Rainha
Private Collections
MAAT – Museum of Art Arquitecture and Technology, PT
PLMJ Foundation, PT
Madeira Corporate Serviçes; PT
CAMB Arte Manuel de Brito Art Center, PT
Collecion Novo Banco, PT
Foundation Centenera Jaraba, ES
Haim Chanin Collection; FR
Collection La Petite Escalère, FR
Fundacion Carmona e Costa, PT
ANA, PT
The Beverly Hilton Hollywood, USA
Apostolic Library Vatican, VA
Calouste Gulbenkian Art Library, PT
Publications
Untitled (intimacy), (ed), Published by Documenta, 2018
The Language of Plants, cut-outs,giefarte (ed), Published by Documenta, 2018
Flower ornament, giefarte (ed), Published by giefarte, 2017
Casa de Vidro, giefarte (ed), Published by giefarte, 2015
La Petite Escalère, jardim de sculptures, residences 2012, LPE (ed), Published by Le Petit Escalère 2012
The world appeared to her reflected by pure inwardness, Published by Spike Island (ed), Bristol, UK, 2010
Autumn House, Cooperativa de Arte e Cultura (ed), Published by Cooperativa de Arte e Cultura 2008
Taller Ocupado, Jorge Santos (ed.), Published by Jorge Santos 2007
Academic education
2000 – 2001
MA Masters of Arts in Visual Arts: ESAD.CR , Caldas da Rainha; Portugal
1997 – 1999
BA Bachelor of the Arts in Fine Art Painting: ESAD.CR, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal