Kristof Santy

Description

Kristof Santy (1987, Belgium) is an avid painter who is inspired by folk tales and customs. He does not consider himself to be a storyteller. Instead, he lets his artworks take the lead as he becomes submissive to the subject itself. He is inspired by his immediate surroundings, creating colourful and vibrant images.

Influenced by what has come before him, Santy´s studio is piled high with artbooks on celebrated painters and 19th century unknown artists. The discovery of Jean Brusselmans had a profoung influence on Santy´s work as he began to find enormous freedom in the expressive painting of mundane and everyday subjects.

Santy´s studio has become a cabinet of curiosities: an ode to a visual tradition that has fallen into oblivion. Thematically ranging from classical portraiture to kaleidoscopic abstract compositions, Santy´s artistic practice covers a multitude of enigmatic imagery often populated by still lives, landscapes, gastronomy and folklore tales.

Biography

Kristof Santy
Born in 1987 in Belgium
Lives and works in Roeselare, Belgium

Gallery Exhibitions

2024
Kristof Santy I Epinal (S)

2022
T R O N I E S
Summer of Love 55
Icon, KOENIG2_by robbygreif (S)

Selected Solo Shows

2024
Kristof Santy I Epinal, Christine König Galerie, Vienna

2023
Kristof Santy, Ter Posterie, Roeselare, Belgium
Playtime, Sorry we’re closed, Brussels

2022
Home Sweet Home, M+B, Los Angeles
La Grande Bouffe, Unit London, London
Icon, KOENIG2_by robbygreif, Vienna

2021
Platform – Kristof Santy, Unit London, London
Nijverheid I, Gallery Thomas Serruys, Bruges, Belgium

Selected Group Shows

2024
S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium
Abby Kortrijk, Kortrijk, Belgium

2022
T R O N I E S, Christine König Galerie, ViennaUnit London Takeover, Nassima Landau Foundation, Tel Aviv
The Drawing Room, Geuekens & De Vil, Knokke, Belgium
Summer of Love 55, Christine König Galerie, ViennaEden, Roeselare, Belgium
Let’s get metaphysical, curated by Sasha Bogojev, Yusto/Giner, Marbella, Spain
Felix Art Fair, with M+B Gallery, Los Angeles

2021
Potluck, Everyday Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Onverbloemd, Stad Onderstroom, Diksmuide, Belgium

2020
Een Groep, Galerie De Ziener, Brussels

Selected Press / Publications

2023
KRISTOF SANTY. PLAYTIME, with a text by Joost Declercq and an interview with Louis-Philippe van Eeckhoutte, published by Lubok, 2023

2022
London art exhibitions 2022: an ongoing guide to the must-see shows, Wallpaper (July, 22)
Gastronomy meets 70s European pop art in Kristof Santy’s delectable paintings, It’s Nice that (July 19, 22)
Vivid oil paintings by Kristof Santy present humble meals as bold gastronomic decadence, This is colossal (July 12, 2022)
Outsider artist turned international sensation, FAD Magazine (July 23, 22)
A Simple Feast: Kristof Santy, Trebuchet Magazine (July 15, 22)
Kristof Santy @ Christine König Galerie’s KOENIG2’, Juxtapoz Magazine

2021
Kristof Santy’s Solo Debut @ Galerie Thomas Serruys’, Juxtapoz Magazine Kristof Santy’s Solo Debut @ Galerie Thomas Serruys’, AFYC News

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