Curitiba, Brazil, 1972.
Lives and works in Curitiba, Brazil.
PhD student (class 2016) and MD in Visual Arts from the State University of Santa Catarina (2007), graduated in Sculpture from the School of Music and Fine Arts of Paraná (1995). Santiago has been working as an artist since 1994 and has held solo exhibitions at the T20 Gallery in Murcia, Spain, Galeria Monumental in Lisbon, Portugal, Cultural Foundation of Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Ybakatu Espaço de Arte and Sesc da Esquina in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
Her artworks are present in the following collections: Cultural Foundation of Curitiba, Alfredo Andersen Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art of Paraná and Museum of the Federal University of Paraná in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. Museum of Contemporary Art / Dragon Sea Center of Art and Culture, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. ARCO Foundation, Madrid, Spain. She has experience in curating, exhibition production and is a professor at UNESPAR / Campus Curitiba I – EMBAP (PR School of Music and Fine Arts).
Santiago has participated in the following group exhibitions: “Outras Formas”, curated by Simone Landal and Tuca Nissel, Cultural Centre Sistema Fiep, Curitiba, Brazil; Festival Performance Art Brazil, curated Daniela Labra, Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro (2011); “Autorretrato”, curated by Andreia Las, Casa Andrade Muricy, Curitiba, Brazil; “O estado da arte”, curated by Artur Freitas and Maria Jose Justino, Museum Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba, Brazil; “Cine Lage” video exhibition, curated by Regina Melim, Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2010); “O corpo na cidade”, performance, curated by Paulo Reis, Cultural Centre Solar do Barão, Curitiba, Brazil; “Coleção – exposição portátil”, curated by Regina Melim, Cultural Foundation Badesc, Florianópolis, Brazil (2009); “Obras dos dias conseguidos”, curated by Fátima Lambert, Quasar Gallery, Porto, Portugal; ARCO 08 – “Brazil” (guest country), curated by Moacir dos Anjos and Paulo Sérgio Duarte, Ybakatu Espaço de Arte booth, Madrid, Spain (2008); “12 x 7 = 84 + 12 cadernos + 12 metros”, project by Daniel Barbosa, Beto Batata and Ybakatu Espaço de Arte, Curitiba, Brazil. “Amor Love – exposição portátil”, curated by Regina Melim, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba and Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil (2007); Programa Rumos Visuais 2005-2006, Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, and Casa das 11 Janelas, Belém, Brazil; “DESignu / desDOBRAMENTOS”, curated by Bitu Cassinde, Museum of Contemporary Art of Ceará–Centre Dragão do Mar of Art and Culture, Fortaleza, Brazil (2006); and the 61st Salão Paranaense, Museum of Contemporary Art of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil (2005).
Santiago participated in the children’s exhibition “Era uma vez, a casa”, curated by Vanessa Schultz at the Municipal Museum of Treze Tílias, Brazil.
Santiago has works in the following collections: Cultural Foundation of Curitiba, Museum Alfredo Andersen, Museu of Contemporary Art of Paraná, Museum of the Federal University of Paraná, Museum of Contemporary Art of Ceará–Centre Dragão do Mar of Art and Culture, and Foundation ARCO.
Santiago has also worked as a curator, exhibition producer, and art educator.
Education
2007
-MD in Visual Arts from the State University of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
1995
-Graduated in Sculpture from the School of Music and Fine Arts of Paraná, Brazil.
Solo Exhibitions
2008
-Gallery T20, Murcia, Spain.
2007
-Drawings, videos, and mobile of globes, Gallery Monumental, Lisbon, Portugal.
2005
-Drawings and mobiles, Cultural Foundation of Criciúma, Brazil.
-Drawings, videos, and mobiles, Ybakatu Espaço de Arte, Curitiba, Brazil.
2003
-Drawings on interior staircases, Sesc of the Esquina, Curitiba, Brazil.
2001
-Drawings and performance, Ybakatu Espaço de Arte, Curitiba, Brazil.
1998
-Drawings, Café Curaçao, Curitiba, Brazil.
1997
-Sculptural drawings, Ybakatu Espaço de Arte, Curitiba, Brazil.
1995
-Sculptures, Ybakatu Espaço de Arte, Curitiba, Brazil.
Group Exhibitions
2012
-“Era uma vez, a casa”, exhibition for children, curated by Vanessa Schultz, Municipal Museum Andréas Thaler, Treze Tílias, Brazil.
2011
-“Outras Formas”, curated by Simone Landal and Tuca Nissel, Cultural Centre Sistema Fiep, Curitiba, Brazil.
-Festival Performance Art Brazil, curated by Daniela Labra, Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2010
-“Autorretrato”, project of Andreia Las, Casa Andrade Muricy, Curitiba, Brazil
-“O estado da arte”, curated by Artur Freitas and Maria Jose Justino, Museum Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba, Brazil.
-“Cine Lage”, video exhibition, curated by Regina Melim, Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
-“Exposição comemorativa de 10 anos da Galeria T20”, Gallery T20, Murcia, Spain.
2009
-“Vídeo Escuta”, curated by Margit Leisner, A Grande Garagem que Grava, Curitiba, Brazil.
-“O corpo na cidade”, performance, curated by Paulo Reis, Cultural Centre Solar do Barão, Curitiba, Brazil.
-“Coleção – exposição portátil”, proposed by Regina Melim, Cultural Foundation Badesc, Florianópolis, Brazil.
-ARCO 09, Gallery T20 booth, Madrid, Spain.
2008
-“Obras dos dias conseguidos”, curated by Fátima Lambert, Quasar Gallery, Porto, Portugal.
-“Coleção – exposição portátil”, proposed by Regina Melim, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Gallery Vermelho, São Paulo, and Museum of Art of Belém, Brazil.
-ARCO 08, curated by Moacir dos Anjos and Paulo Sérgio Duarte, Ybakatu Espaço de Arte booth, Madrid, Spain.
2007
-“12 x 7 = 84 + 12 cadernos + 12 metros”, project of Daniel Barbosa, Beto Batata and Ybakatu Espaço de Arte, Curitiba, Brazil.
-“Amor Love – exposição portátil”, proposed by Regina Melim, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, and Gallery Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil.
-“A_mostra”, video exhibition, curated by Regina Melim, Museum Victor Meirelles, Florianópolis, Brazil.
-ARCO 07, Projects Programme, Madrid, Spain.
2006
-Programa Rumos Visuais 2005-2006, Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, and Casa das 11 Janelas, Belém, Brazil.
-“PF – exposição portátil”, proposed by Regina Melim, Ybakatu Espaço de Arte, Curitiba, Gallery Vermelho, São Paulo, Cultural Foundation of Criciúma, Casa das 11 Janelas, Belém, University of the State of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Pinacoteca of the Institute of Arts, Porto Alegre, Brazil, and Gallery El Borde, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
-“Cleverson, Debora Santiago, Marcelo Scalzo e Rodrigo Dulcio”, School of Music and Fine Arts of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
-“DESignu / desDOBRAMENTOS”, curated by Bitu Cassinde, Museum of Contemporary Art of Ceará–Centre Dragão do Mar of Art and Culture, Fortaleza, Brazil.
2005
-61st Salão Paranaense, Museum of Contemporary Art of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
-“Desenho”, curated by Paulo Reis, Museum of the Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
-“Novos Laboratórios”, curated by Roberto Moreira Jr., Prédio da Alfândega, Florianópolis, Brazil.
2004
-“Nome”, curated by Daniela Vicentini and Simone Landal, Casa Andrade Muricy, Curitiba, Brazil.
-“Alex Cabral, Debora Santiago e Yiftah Peled”, Espaço 803 804 de Arte Contemporânea, Florianópolis, Brazil.
2003
-Art Frankfurt – Project Curator’s Choice, curated by Tereza de Arruda, Linha Imaginaria, Frankfurt, Germany.
-“Manifestação Internacional de Performance”, video exhibition, Casa do Conde, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
2002
-15th Salon of Ceramics, prizewinner, Museum Alfredo Andersen, Curitiba, Brazil.
-“Quase desenho”, Adriana Penteado Arte Contemporânea, São Paulo, Brazil.
-“Faxinal das artes”, residency project, Museum of Contemporary Art of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
-“Arte Contemporânea Brasileira, Edição – E(x)tra Arte Contemporânea”, Gallery Maria Bonita, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
-“Arte Brasileno de Hoy”, curated by Fernando Frances, Sala de Armas, Ciudadela, Pamplona, Museum of the University of Salamanca, and Sala de Exposiciones Mauro Muriedas de Torrelavenga, Santander, Spain.
-E(x)tra Bienal, E(x)tra Arte Contemporânea, São Paulo, Brazil.
2001
-“Arte Joven de Brasil”, Gallery Rafael Ortiz, Sevilla, Spain.
-“Se pudesse ser puro – Projeto Linha Imaginaria”, Museum of Art of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil.
-“Corpo cruzado”, curated by Yiftah Peled, Museum of Art of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil.
2000
-“Acervo Contemporâneo Curitiba”, Solar do Barão, Curitiba, Brazil.
-Contemporary Art Fair of Lisbon, Ybakatu Espaço de Arte booth, Portugal.
-“Mapa das mãos – Projeto Linha Imaginaria”, Museum of Art of Belém, Brazil.
-“O Particular”, curated by Adriana Tabalipa, Cultural Centre Cândido Mendes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
-“Te conforto com meus sonhos – Projeto Linha Imaginaria”, Funarte, São Paulo, Brazil.
-“Jardim Suspenso – Projeto Linha Imaginaria”, Museum of Contemporary Art of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
1999
-“Olhos Blindados”, curated by Paulo Reis, Ybakatu Espaço de Arte, Curitiba, Brazil.
-III Showing of Sculpture João Turin, special mention by jury, Museum of Contemporary Art of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
1997
-Salão de Jacarezinho, honorable mention, Brazil.
1995
-Curitiba Arte 11, Centre of Convenções, Curitiba, Brazil.
-Salão da Belas Artes, prize, Sala Gilda Belzak, Curitiba, Brazil.
1994
-X Salão do Desenho, Museum of Contemporary Art of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
Collections
-Cultural Foundation of Curitiba, Brazil.
-Museum Alfredo Andersen, Curitiba, Brazil.
-Museum of Contemporary Art of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
-Museum of the Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
-Museum of Contemporary Art of Ceará–Centre Dragão do Mar of Art and Culture, Fortaleza, Brazil.
-Foundation ARCO, Madrid, Spain.
