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).
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)
2019 URBANIAHOEVE, Amsterdam (NL). (Workshop)
2017 Kunsthal Rotterdam (NL).
2014 Rex Gifford Vitrales, Lima (PE).
2013 El Colegio Médico del Perú (CMP), Lima (PE)
Exhibitions
2026 Art Rotterdam - Represented by Josilda da Conceicao Gallery - Rotterdam/Fair (NL)
2026 The Seasons - Josilda da Conceicao Gallery (NL) (Duo-show Mel Chen)
2025 Makersmomenten - kunstgarage Franx Zoetermeer (NL) - Group show
2025 The Gesture of Giving- kunstuitleen Rotterdam (NL) - Solo show
2025 Chopwed vow - WDKA Gradutionshsow, Rotterdam (NL) - Group show
2025 Antwerp Art - With Josilda Da Conceicao Gallery. Antwerpen.(BE) Duo show
2025 Groepstentoonstelling Capital C tijdens AAW25, Amsterdam (NL) - Group show
2025 Nap+ With Josilda Da Conceicao Gallery, Amsterdam (NL) - Group show
2025 Art Island, With Josilda Da Conceicao gallery. Amsterdam (NL) - Group show
2025 Art Brussels - With Josilda da Conceicao Gallery, Brussels (BE) - Group show
2025 DENNEWEG14 - Heden Galerie, Den haag (NL) - Group show
2025 Art Rotterdam - Represented by Josilda da Conceicao Gallery - Rotterdam/Fair (NL) - Group show
2024 ART The Hague - With Heden Galerie, Den haag (NL) - Group show
2024 Antwerp Art - With Josilda Da Conceicao Gallery. Antwerpen.(BE) - Group show
2024 Nap+ With Josilda Da Conceicao Gallery, Sloterdijk (NL) - Group show
2024 Amsterdam art week. ‘’Lacunae’’ Duo-show, Josilda da Conceicao Gallery, Amsterdam (NL) - Duo show
2024 Art Island, With Josilda Da Conceicao gallery. Amsterdam (NL) - Group show
2024 Art Brussels - With Josilda da Conceicao Gallery, Brussels (BE) - Group show
2024 Art Rotterdam - With Josilda da Conceicao Gallery - Rotterdam/Fair (NL) - Group show
2023 TO BE ANTWERP (Group-show) Antwerp (BE) - Group show
2023 Teach me to forget ! - Arttelex Antwerp (BE) - Solo show
2023 Sint Lucas Antwerp (BE), Autonomous context MFA (BE) - Group show
2023 Spring board Art fair / Utrecht (NL) (Group-show) -Solo 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) - Solo show
2022 ‘Celebraco’’ Represented by Josilda da Conceicao Gallery Amsterdam (NL) (Group-show). - 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) - Solo show
2021 Artlodge Gallery, Antwerp (BE) (Online-show). - Solo show
Jul-Aug 2020 Rietveld Graduation show, Amsterdam (NL). - Group show
2019 TEXEL SEA Project, Amsterdam (NL). - Group show
2019 Galerie Hofman, Spijkenisse (NL) - Solo show
2018 Ithaka Art Festival XXVI, LOKO, Leuven (BE) (Group-show). - Group show
2018 Galerie Hofman, Spijkenisse (NL). - Solo show
2018 Da Costakade, Amsterdam (NL) Group show
2017 Galerie Hofman, Spijkenisse (NL). - Solo Show
2014 El Colegio Médico del Perú (CMP), Lima (PE). - Solo show
2014 Mail museo, Lima (PE) - Group show
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
2025 Grote Nederlandse Kunstkalender (NL)
2024 Sub Art magazine 33 Edition, Interview , Lissabon (Pr)
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
2025 Guest teacher Narrative strategy - Erfgoedfestival Reinwart Academie HBO, Amsterdam (NL)
2025 Guest teacher Narrative strategy WDKA HBO, Rotterdam (NL)
2024 Cultuurschool – freelancer, Rotterdam (NL)
2023 Guest lecture in education context 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