MARIGOLD SANTOS
The Rusty Toque | Issue 10 | Visual Art | June 30, 2016
constellachemy (fragments).
Varying Dimensions.
Epoxy Resin, Gold Leaf, Metal, Found Driftwood
2015,
Photo Credit: Ruth Skinner
shroud (dirty harvester/Jodorowsky’s hat).
30 x 22 inches.
Ink on Paper
2015.
Photo Credit: Ruth Skinner
shroud (overhead).
10 x 13 inches.
Ink on Paper. 2015
Photo Credit: Ruth Skinner
constellachemy (fragments).
Varying Dimensions.
Epoxy Resin, Gold Leaf, Metal, Found Driftwood
2015,
Photo Credit: Ruth Skinner
asuang (big sister).
30 x 30 inches.
Oil on Panel.
2015.
Photo Credit: Ruth Skinner
constellachemy (fragments)
2015
Varying dimensions
Expoxy resin, gold leaf, metal, found driftwood
constellachemy (fragments)
2015
Varying dimensions
Expoxy resin, gold leaf, metal, found driftwood
re-grounding (detail).
108 x 179 inches
Watercolour, Acrylic, and Gold Leaf on Canvas.
2011.
Photo Credit: Ruth Skinner
re-grounding. (detail)
108 x 179 inches.
Watercolour, Acrylic, and Gold Leaf on Canvas.
2011.
Photo Credit: Ruth Skinner
re-grounding. (detail)
108 x 179 inches.
Watercolour, Acrylic, and Gold Leaf on Canvas.
2011.
Photo Credit: Ruth Skinner
STATEMENT ON WORK
In my practice, I explore the ways in which ideas of self can become multiple, fragmented, and dislocated and then re-invented and created through a reflection of what is considered home.
My family’s immigration from the Philippines to Canada in the late 80’s serves as a departure point and personal reference to the ideas of hybridity, and multiplicity of self – where the social landscape and politics, the physical differences of geography from one country to the next, and the sense of a young self adapting to their new environment is considered and explored. I seek to negotiate the narratives of past and present; in their re-telling and reconfiguring, they transform to become personal myth whose imagery functions in the fantastical and otherworldly. This is the realm of play where I situate my work.
In my practice, I explore the ways in which ideas of self can become multiple, fragmented, and dislocated and then re-invented and created through a reflection of what is considered home.
My family’s immigration from the Philippines to Canada in the late 80’s serves as a departure point and personal reference to the ideas of hybridity, and multiplicity of self – where the social landscape and politics, the physical differences of geography from one country to the next, and the sense of a young self adapting to their new environment is considered and explored. I seek to negotiate the narratives of past and present; in their re-telling and reconfiguring, they transform to become personal myth whose imagery functions in the fantastical and otherworldly. This is the realm of play where I situate my work.
MARIGOLD SANTOS pursues an inter-disciplinary art practice involving drawn, painted, and printed works, sculpture, animation, and sound. She holds a BFA with Honours from the University of Calgary, and an MFA from Concordia University in Montréal. As a recipient of numerous awards and grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, and the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec, she continues to exhibit widely across Canada. Her recent projects include INVISIBLE MOTHER at Calgary’s Stride Gallery and GATHERER at Montreal’s Galerie D’Este in the spring of 2016, and is one of 25 artists selected for the Alberta Biennale in 2017. She currently divides both residence and practice between Calgary and Montreal. Website: marigoldsantos.com
