Santiago Picatoste bron in Palma De Mallorca in 1971, lives and works in Madrid.
"My work is based upon the concept of surviving, the adaptation and claim of nature in the big cities in the 21st century. It postures above the little room which reduces its existence and a critic for those spaces I call “green zones”.
My interest is to show a character in nature’s shape that fights to create inside the surface of its own vital space, establishing a chaotic dynamism inside the appearance of the daily order. My codes make mention of the town, finding all kinds of graphitise references in old walls, which reflects the mark of our times.
I demand the plastic language, the different textures that supply it, with them I create image’s superposition or layers of colours which reveals the emotions and the experiences of the part of our day to day lives.
I understand art as an open dialogue of space between the piece and the audience, I do not like to resolve the message of the piece, my interest is to create questions and metaphors which its own meaning, the titles of my work are ironic and make the audience guess.
I am concern about the ecologic erosion, the bad use of technologies, the excess use of energy and the absence of communication and individualism."
Solo exhibitions
2009
Petrol- 2, La Giarina Gallery, Verona (download catalogue)2008
Latin Collector Gallery, Petrol, Manhattan, NYAntonia Puyó Gallery. Behavioral, Zaragoza
Institut Français, Nouvelle Pollution (to coincide with the inauguration of this space), Madrid
2007
Asbaek Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark2006
Senda Gallery, Espai 292, Barcelona2005
Mário Sequeira Gallery, BragaAsbaek Gallery, Centro Cultural Andratx, Permanent Exhibition, Palma De Mallorca
2004
Xavier Fiol Gallery, Surrounding, Palma De MallorcaAsbaek Gallery, Centro Cultural Andratx, Permanent Exhibition, Palma De Mallorca
2003
Asbaek Gallery, Copenhagen, DenmarkAsbaek Gallery, Centro Cultural Andratx, Permanent Exhibition, Palma De Mallorca
Moriarty Gallery, Madrid
Xavier Fiol Gallery, Palma De Mallorca
2002
Asbaek Gallery, Centro Cultural Andratx, Permanent Exhibition, Palma De Mallorca2001
Xavier Fiol Gallery, Palma De MallorcaXavier Fiol Gallery, Hotel Y Arte, Sevilla
Casal Solleric, Instalación Icono En El Espai Quatre (To coincide with the inaguration of this space), Palma De Mallorca
1999
Xavier Fiol Gallery/Epai Mallorca, Codis, BarcelonaGroup exhibitions
2009
Sp Arte, Feira Internacional De Arte, Sâo Paulo2008
Pinta, The Modern & Contemporary Latin American Artafair, NYWork In Progress (curated by Elena Forin), La Giarina Gallery, Verona (download catalogue)
Las Ceremonias Del Verano, Latin Collector Gallery, NY
Xavier Fiol Gallery, Art-Cologne, Germany
Xavier Fiol Gallery, Arco, Madrid
2007
Gregorio Prieto Foundation, Valdepeñas, MadridVirgen De Las Viñas, Ciudad Real, Spain
Asbaek Gallery, Art-Cologne, Palma De Mallorca
Xavier Fiol Gallery, Art-Cologne, Palma De Mallorca
Xavier Fiol Gallery, The Painting Show, Palma De Mallorca
Xavier Fiol Gallery, Arco, Madrid
Estampa, Stand: La Casa De Velázquez, Madrid
2006
Xavier Fiol Gallery, Art Cologne, GermanyXavier Fiol Gallery, Fabrica De Deseo, Palma De Mallorca
Sculpture Grande Prague, Wenceslao Square, Prague
Interzon@S, European Youth Art Symposiums, Zaragoza
Mario Sequeira Gallery, Quinta Das Lágrimas The Collector`S Eye, Coimbra
Xavier Fiol Gallery, Arco, Madrid
2005
Xavier Fiol Gallery, Art Cologne, GermanyXavier Fiol Gallery, The Painting Show, Palma De Mallorca
Xavier Fiol Gallery, Arco-05
2004
Xavier Fiol Gallery, Artissima, ItalyXavier Fiol Gallery, Art Cologne, Germany
Xavier Fiol Gallery, Reubicación, 15 Aniversario, Palma De Mallorca
Xavier Fiol Gallery, Arco-04
Asbaek Gallery, Copenhagen, Arco-04
Moriarty Gallery, Madrid, Arco-04
Baluart Año Cero, Museum Of Modern And Contemporary, Art Es Baluard, Palma De Mallorca
Xavier Fiol Gallery, Miami
2003
Asbaek Gallery, Centro Cultural Andratx, Palma De MallorcaXavier Fiol Gallery, Artissima, Italy
Xavier Fiol Gallery, Arco-03
Asbaek Gallery, Copenhagen, Arco-03
Generación 2003, Caja Madrid, Itinerant Exhibition: Madrid, Barcelona…
2002
Asbaek Gallery, Centro Cultural Andratx, Palma De MallorcaXavier Fiol Gallery, Artissima, Italy
En Projecte, Espai Mallorca, Barcelona
Xavier Fiol Gallery, Free Days, Palma De Mallorca
The Luxury Collection, Milan
Otras Meninas. Toguether In The World Foundation. Itinerant Exhibition: Madrid, Telefonica Foundation, Chile, Brasil, New York
Xavier Fiol Gallery, Arco 2002
Asbaek Gallery, Copenhagen, Arco-02
Torre De Ses Puntes,… EN Projecte (Vii), Manacor, Mallorca Y Barcelona
2001
Asbaek Gallery, Centro Cultural Andratx, Aire, Palma De MallorcaXavier Fiol Gallery, Arte Lisboa
Xavier Fiol Gallery, Colectiva Diciembre, Palma De Mallorca
Xavier Fiol Gallery, Artistas De La Galería, Palma De Mallorca
Centro De Cultura Sa Nostra, Taller 6ª, Presentación De La Carpeta 7 I 7, Palma De Mallorca
Exit – 1, Círculo De Bellas Artes, Casal Balague, Palma De Mallorca