Artist curriculum vitae
Geraldo Dos Santos is an artist who delves into the complexities of memory and tradition, reflecting on colors, emotions, culture, and identity in his work. His art is a journey through his upbringing in various South American countries, exploring subconscious triggers of hauntology and the ways our experiences shape our understanding of shared information, belief systems, and parafictions. Using narrative strategies, Dos Santos connects human experiences and traditions through a wide range of mediums like ceramics, paintings and installations, creating a multidimensional anthropomorphic experience for the viewer, encouraging them to reflect on their own past and experiences.
His works depict the fusion of the elements that surround us as a practice of arrival, with subject matter that touches on both personal and shared trajectories of complex relationships. Dos Santos explores how symbiotic connections with emotions are formed and the role tradition plays in shaping our understanding of memory, heritage, oral storytelling, nature and a sense of wonder toward the universe (astrophilia).
Live in Rotterdam (NL).
Atelier practices Rotterdam (NL), and Lima (PE).
Education
2023-2025 Willem de koning Academie (NL), Art education.
2022-2023 Master Sint Lucas Antwerp (BE), Autonomous context (graduated Cumlaude)
2016-2020 Gerrit Rietveld Academie (NL), Fine-Arts (graduated).
2019 URBANIAHOEVE, Amsterdam (NL). (Workshop)
2015-2016 Gerrit Rietveld Academie (NL), pre-course.
2011-2014 Academia Bellas Artes (PE), ARTES PLASTICAS (painting department)
Residency
2022 Talent Programme OBJECT Rotterdam, (NL)
2017 Kunsthal Rotterdam (NL).
2014 Rex Gifford Vitrales, Lima (PE).
2013 El Colegio Médico del Perú (CMP), Lima (PE)
Exhibitions
2025 Art Brussels - With Josilda da Conceicao Gallery, Brussels (BE)
2025 Art Rotterdam - Represented by Josilda da Conceicao Gallery - Rotterdam/Fair (NL)
2024 ART The Hague - With Heden Galerie, Den haag (NL)
2024 Antwerp Art - With Josilda Da Conceicao Gallery. Antwerpen.(BE)
2024 Nap+ With Josilda Da Conceicao Gallery, Sloterdijk (NL)
2024 Amsterdam art week. ‘’Lacunae’’ Duo-show, Josilda da Conceicao Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
2024 Art Island, With Josilda Da Conceicao gallery. Amsterdam (NL)
2024 Art Brussels - With Josilda da Conceicao Gallery, Brussels (BE)
2024 Art Rotterdam - With Josilda da Conceicao Gallery - Rotterdam/Fair (NL)
2023 TO BE ANTWERP (Group-show) Antwerp (BE)
2023 Teach me to forget ! - Arttelex Antwerp (BE)
2023 Sint Lucas Antwerp (BE), Autonomous context MFA (BE)
2023 Spring board Art fair / Utrecht (NL) (Group-show)
2023 The end of Highlights - Josilda da Conceicao Gallery (NL) (Duo-show)
2023 Art Rotterdam - Represented by Josilda da Conceicao Gallery Rotterdam/Fair (NL) (Group-show).
2022 Big ART Nederlands - ART FAIR(NL)
2022 ‘Celebraco’’ Represented by Josilda da Conceicao Gallery Amsterdam (NL) (Group-show).
2021 Amsterdam art week. ‘’NO PART Of THIS’’, Josilda da Conceicao Gallery - Amsterdam (NL) (Group-show).
2021 ‘’CLOSE UP, UP CLOSE’’ FWB.Agency Amsterdam(NL)
2021 Artlodge Gallery, Antwerp (BE) (Online-show).
Jul-Aug 2020 Rietveld Graduation show, Amsterdam (NL).
2019 TEXEL SEA Project, Amsterdam (NL).
2019 Galerie Hofman, Spijkenisse (NL)
2018 Ithaka Art Festival XXVI, LOKO, Leuven (BE) (Group-show).
2018 Galerie Hofman, Spijkenisse (NL).
2018 Da Costakade, Amsterdam (NL) (Group-show)
2017 Galerie Hofman, Spijkenisse (NL). 2014
2014 El Colegio Médico del Perú (CMP), Lima (PE).
2014 Mail museo, Lima (PE) (Group-show).May-
2014 EL BOSQUE, Lima (PE) (Group-show).
2013 Panamericana-ART, Lima (PE) (Group-show).
2013 ‘’BURDAS ‘’ Municipal de Chaclacayo (PE) (Solo-show).
Winning Awards
2014 Panamericana-ART young talent Awards, Lima (PE).
Publications
2023 Grote Nederlandse Kunstkalender (NL)
2022 Het Parool, Big ART- Opkomende kunstenaars. (NL)
2020 Het Parool, 4x Bijzondere kunst op de afstudeerexpo van de Rietveld Academie.(NL) (Interview).
2018 Grootnissewaard krant, upcoming artist, Galerie Hofman, Spijkenisse (NL).
2013 El TROME, Artist leaves mark!, lima (PE) (Interview).
Teaching Art Education Experience
2023 Guest artist - context education at WDKA HBO, Rotterdam (NL)
2022 Art educator at Jacob van Liesveldt HAVO/Gymnasium, Spijkenisse (NL)
2020 - 2026: Art educator at Scala Rietvelden VMBO/HAVO, Hellevoetsluis (NL)
2022 Art education internship for artists and art education teachers
2020 - 2021: Art educator at Dynamic Activities, Rotterdam (NL)
2011 - 2015: Atelier art teacher at Country Club El Bosque, Lima (PE)
Language
DUTCH (NL)
SPANISH (ES)
ENGLISH (EU)
PORTUGUESE (BR)
"Let the brush strokes touch your soul"
Geraldo Dos Santos