Nick Santoro is a Sydney based artist whose work is inspired by personal experience and social media trends. Santoro studied a Bachelor of Fine Art at the University of New South Wales, 2017 and has had a number of group exhibitions.
Most recently Santoro was a finalist in the prestigious Brett Whiteley Traveling Art Scholarship for 2017.
Santoro's approach towards figurative painting manifests itself in a naive fashion. His works often depict a cast of characters performing various tasks, participating in capitalist exchange/existence with varying degrees of banality. The small scale of the works is a dominant element of their aesthetic where Santoro’s satirical and comical observations of such environments are enhanced.
Nick Santoro's nihilistic approach towards figurative painting manifests itself in a naive fashion. His works often depict a cast of characters performing various tasks, participating in capitalist exchange/existence with varying degrees of banality. Santoro’s intimate observation of such environments are enhanced by the small scale of the works which become the dominant element of the artwork’s aesthetic.
Nick Santoro is a Sydney based artist. Santoro studied a Bachelor of Fine Art at the University of New South Wales, 2017 and has had a number of group and solo exhibitions. Most recently Santoro was a finalist in the prestigious Brett Whiteley Traveling Art Scholarship for 2017.
Nick Santoro
Born 1994, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Lives and works Thirroul
EDUCATION
Current
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drawing and Printmaking), University of New South Wales, Art and Design, Sydney, NSW
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016
- ‘Locals Lonely’, The Egg & Dart, Thirroul, NSW
- ‘Inhabiting Place’, Inhabiting Space, Gaffa, Sydney, NSW
- ‘Drawing The Line’, Clifton School Of Art, Clifton, NSW
2015
- ‘He’s Tru Blue’, With Hal Timothy Yarran, Kudos Gallery, Sydney, NSW
- ‘Hard In The Paint’, Space 101, Sydney, NSW
- Apathetic Issue 2 “Floored” Magazine Launch, Good-Space, Sydney, NSW
- The Egg & Dart Xmas Show, The Egg & Dart, Thirroul, NSW
- Kudos Award Finalist Exhibition, Kudos Gallery, Sydney, NSW
- ‘Identify’, Monster Mouse Studios, Sydney, NSW
- ‘Reflector Lad’, Three Foot Square Unsw Art & Design, Sydney, NSW
- ‘1200k West’, Ad Space, Sydney, NSW
2014
- ‘Object And Image’, Ad Space, Sydney, NSW
- Zephyr Magazine Launch, Project Contemporary Art Space, Wollongong, NSW
AWARDS
2017
- Finalist, Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, NSW
2015
- Kudos Award, Finalist, University of New South Wales, Art and Design, Sydney, NSW
PUBLICATIONS/INTERVIEWS
2016
- The Mankind Diary (http://www.themankinddiary.com/)
2015
- Apathetic (Issue 2)
- Split (Issue 2)
2014
- Zephyr Magazine (Issue 1)
- Hammered Brink (Issue 1)
