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Power and its variants is the main issue Pepa Santamaria explores in his work. Within this theme, focused on gender and sexuality as two categories of identity exposed to institutional power.

The use of metaphors and symbols, and the juxtaposition of realistic and surreal elements in his work, let you explore the boundaries between human and non-human and search our capacity for action and resistance to what we find unfair.

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Power and its variants is the main issue Pepa Santamaria explores in his work. Within this theme, focused on gender and sexuality as two categories of identity exposed to institutional power.

The use of metaphors and symbols, and the juxtaposition of realistic and surreal elements in his work, let you explore the boundaries between human and non-human and search our capacity for action and resistance to what we find unfair.

Pepa Santamaria has exhibited her work in national and international facilities, has received grants, awards and honors for his artwork and his works are part of institutions and private collections in Spain and the United States.

He earned a Masters in painting from Syracuse University (New York) in 2008, graduated in Fine Arts from Hamilton College (New York) in 2005, and graduated in interior design from the School of Decorative Arts in Madrid in 1982.

EXHIBITIONS

2010 Presence and Absence City Art Room of the Town Hall, Los Alcazares, Murcia. June 2010 (painting)

2009 Watercolors Pepa Santamaria Museum of San Javier, Murcia. 26 / 8 - 20 / September 2009 (painting)

Still lifes of the Gallery Daily Aromas, Santiago de la Ribera, Murcia. From April 1 to April 26 (painting)

2007 Inside-Outside (Inside-Outside) The Drawing Room, Syracuse University (watercolor, lithography)

2004 Large Scale Drawings: Women and War (Large Format Drawings: Women and war) Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY (paintings)

2000 COGAM Pepa Santamaria, Madrid (photo)

Pepa Santamaria 1997 Gallery-Café Urania Madrid (photo)

Librería Berkana Pepa Santamaria, Madrid (photo)

1996     Incense Light Gallery Galileo Galilei, Madrid (photo)

Shadow and Light Gallery-Café Siglo XIX, Mazarrón, Murcia (Photography)

Pepa Santamaria 1995 Barberillo Lavapies, Madrid (photo)

Pepa Santamaria Gallery La Clave, Madrid (photo)

1994 The Invisible Caricia Centro Cultural Moncloa, Madrid (painting and photography)

EXHIBITIONS

2010 Homage to Miguel Hernandez Municipal Art Room of the Town Hall, Los Alcazares, Murcia. June 2010 (painting)

Suart Gallery 2008 MFA 2008, Shaffer Building, Syracuse University (Painting)

Grads at the Wall The Wall, Shaffer Building, Syracuse University (Painting)

2007 Laughing Self-Portraits The Wall, Shaffer Building, Syracuse University (Painting)

Meet & Greet Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, NY (watercolor)

Fusion Gallery R, Rochester, NY (watercolor)

Sculpture Exhibition Gala Peter Coyne Gallery, Syracuse University (Painting)

Herstory Gallery Manhattan Arts International. Sworn online exhibition (painting)

Something Not About Painting Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, NY (watercolor)

In Practice, The Graduate Painters Shaffer Building, Syracuse University (Painting)

2006 Beauty is in the Eye of the Artist, 2006 Everson Biennial Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY (paintings)

All Art Grads Peter Coyne Gallery, Syracuse University (watercolor)

Recorded Fire Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, NY (recorded)

Mostly The Wall Paper, Shaffer Building, Syracuse University (Painting)

Premium Blend Dean's Gallery, Syracuse University (watercolor)

A Collection of Work by The Graduate Painters The Wall, Shaffer Building, Syracuse University (Painting)

Layers 2005: Graduate from Syracuse University Painters THINC's Company Gallery, Syracuse, NY (paintings)

Senior Exhibition Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY (sculpture)

1998 8th Annual Queer Art Festival Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA (photography and painting)

Women's Road Show 1996 Spanish photographers around Spain (photo)

1997 Study Oil Paintings Pepa Santamaria, promotion 1995-96 Cultural Center San Juan Bautista, Madrid

1982 Annual Exhibition Cultural Center Collado Mediano, Madrid (painting)

1979 Works Bureau students Soto Gallery, Madrid

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

COLLEGE TEACHING

January 2010 - Present Professor of Painting, Drawing and Visual Culture, Tufts University and Skidmore College,   Abroad program and Alcala Madrid, Spain

  • Walking the City: Cultural Heritage and Sociability in Alcala and Madrid for U.S. college students from Tufts and Skidmore

May-July 2009 Professor of Art, Summer Program for Visual Arts, Syracuse University, Barcelona, Spain

  • Drawing In Barcelona: Sketchbook In the Street for students of Visual Arts Syracuse University

2005-2008 Teaching Associate (Instructor) Syracuse University Syracuse, New York, USA

  • Introduction to Watercolor Visual Arts Student
  • Advanced watercolor students of Visual Arts
  • Drawing and painting for students of all disciplines

ADDITIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2009-Present Professor of Studio Pepa Santamaria, Madrid

  •   Courses in painting, drawing and visual culture:

October 2008-May 2009 Professor of Drawing, City of San Javier, Santiago de la Ribera, Murcia

  • Introduction to drawing

1994-2001 Professor of the Study Pepa Santamaria, Madrid

  •   Painting and drawing courses
  • Workshops Photography

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