Xango (Thunder king)

Camila Santo, United States

I was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and for the past years, I'm living in California, in the United States. My interest in painting began in early childhood by the age of eight. My drawings and canvasses started being displayed while I was in high school. Since then, my artwork has been exhibited and sold in galleries, museums, and auctions in Brazil, France, Denmark, India, and in the United States. Working with a large diversity of media and contexts I was fortunate to win multiple awards fr om both local and national government offices and was featured in art catalogs and press articles. My multimedia creative expression was stimulated by the education at HEAR Art School in France wh ere I was prepared towards becoming an autonomous creator, author, and performer able to interpret and invent artistic languages. Over the years, I also developed a teaching practice as an Improv Coach for artists and non-artists in disciplines such as acting, dancing, and singing, the San Method. My mixed ancestry plays a huge role in my choice of exploring stereotypical themes. Indeed, descendent of Native, African and European ancestors, I believe I try to express my own mixed cultural identity through subject matters from different continents and different times in history. I have been happily working with galleries’, art fairs’ and festivals’, and biennale’s curators in solo and collective exhibitions and sometimes with individual art collectors. Most recently I'm focused on applying my art over bodywear and homeware products to make my design style available to more people across the planet. My original paintings can be found for sale on the internet as well as limited edition printings, on-demand interior design projects such as wall art, and commercial art lease for companies, hotels, and restaurants.