Santo Antônio de Jesus, Brazil, 1990.
Lives and works in Salvador, Brazil.
Tiago Sant’Ana is a performance artist, PhD in Culture and Society from Universidade Federal da Bahia. Since 2009, he develops his research in the field of performance and explores its multiple possibilities. Influenced by the decolonial perspective, his artworks address the tensions and representations of afro-brazilian identities.
Tiago Sant’Ana is a performance artist, PhD in Culture and Society from Universidade Federal da Bahia. Since 2009, he develops his research in the field of performance and explores its multiple possibilities. Influenced by the decolonial perspective, his artworks address the tensions and representations of afro-brazilian identities.
Tiago has recently “Casa de purgar” (2018), no Museu de Arte da Bahia. He has articipated in festival and nacional and internacional exhibitions, such as “Axé Bahia: The power of art in an afro-brazilian metropolis” (2017), no Fowler Museum, “Reply All” (2016), at Grosvenor Gallery, and “Orixás” (2016), at Casa França-Brasil. Tha artist also works as an independent curator, developing projects that discusses cultural identities and political activism. He was assistant curator of the 3a. Bienal da Bahia (2014), and has organized the exhibitions “Campo de Batalha” (2017) and “Future Afro Brazil Visions in Time” (2017). Tiago was substitute professor of the Visual Arts program at Universidade Federal da Bahia (2016-2017).
Education
2008-2011
– Graduated in Social Communication, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, BA, Brazil
2014-2016
– MA in Culture and Society, Universidade Federal da Bahia, BA, Brazil
2017 – ongoing
– PhD in Culture and Society, Universidade Federal da Bahia, BA, Brazil
Solo exhibition
2018
– “Casa de Purgar”, Curated by Ayrson Heráclito, Museu de Arte da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
Group exhibitions
2017
– “Responder a tod_s”, Curated by Raphael Fonseca. Despina, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Axé Bahia: The power of art in an afro-brazilian metropolis”, Curated by Patrick Polk, Roberto Conduru, Sabrina Gledhill and Randal Johnson. Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, USA
– “Negros Indícios”, Curated by Roberto Conduru. Caixa Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil
– Festival Performe-se: Fronteiras borradas, fronteiras erguidas, Curated by Carla Borba
– “Novas Poéticas”, Curated by Philipe F Augusto. Galeria Cañizares, Salvador, Brazil
– “Amewa”, Curated by Marcelo Campos and Thiago Ortiz. Galeria Gustavo Schnoor, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2016
– “Orixás”, Curated by Marcelo Campos, Casa França-Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Reply All”, Curated by Raphael Fonseca. Grosvenor Gallery, Manchester School of Art, Manchester, UK
– “Sozinho a gente não vale nada”, Curated by Lis Kogan e Mari FragaCasa Ibriza. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2014
– Salão de Artes Visuais da Bahia – Edição Especial, Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
– Salão de Artes Visuais da Bahia – Camaçari, Cidade do Saber, Camaçari, Brazil
2013
– 5to Encuentro de Acción en Vivo y Diferido, Curated by Tzitzi Barrantes. Bogotá, Colombia
– 13o. Salão Nacional de Artes de Itajaí, Curated by Josué Matos. Casa da Cultura, Itajaí, Brazil
– Mostra OSSO Latino Americana de Performances Urbanas, Trancoso, Brazil
– Mostra OSSO Latino Americana de Performances Urbanas, Arraial D’Ajuda, Brazil
– Salão de Artes Visuais da Bahia, Centro Cultural de Teixeira de Freitas, Teixeira de Freitas, Brazil
2012
– XI Bienal do Recôncavo, Centro Cultural Dannemann, São Félix, Brazil
– XI Parada Gay de Salvador, Beco dos Artistas, Salvador, Brazil
– “O performer e sua imagem”, Curadoria de Ricardo Biriba. Galeria Cañizares, Salvador, Brazil
2011
– I Circuito Regional de Performance Bode Arte, Tecesol, Natal, Brazil
– “Corpo aberto Corpo fechado”, Galeria Cañizares, Salvador, Brazil
2010
– I Salões de Artes Audiovisuais do Recôncavo, Posto de gasolina Dom Pedro I, Cachoeira, Brazil
– I Virada Cultural do Recôncavo, Centro Cultural Dannemann, São Félix, Brazil
– “Mostra Mandu de Performances Urbanas”, Casa de Câmara e Cadeia, Cachoeira, Brazil
– “Corpo em prospecção”, Centro de Artes, Humanidades e Letras, Cachoeira, Brazil
– “Instalativa”, Curated by Ayrson Heráclito. Centro de Artes, Humanidades e Letras, Cachoeira, Brazil
2009
– “Caruru dos 7 Poetas”, Largo D’Ajuda, Cachoeira, Brazil
Awards
2014
– Menção especial, Salão de Artes Visuais da Bahia, Camaçari, Brazil
2013
– Menção especial, Salão de Artes Visuais da Bahia, Teixeira de Freitas, Brazil
– Portas abertas para as Artes Visuais, Fundação Cultural do Estado da Bahia, Brazil
Artistic Residence
2016
– Casa Comum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
