Gene Anthony Santiago-Holt
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Gene Anthony Santiago-Holt is a multimedia artist from Philadelphia. He creates drawings,and papier-mâché masks that function as props, and as alter-egos for his improvised video performances. His heavily processed videos incorporate original audio and found imagery including childhood photographs, pop-culture references, and religious iconography to reconcile his mixed heritage and troubled familial relationships.
He has exhibited internationally at PiranesiLAB in Moscow, Russia; American University in Washington, DC; The Glitter Box Theater in Pittsburgh, PA, and various other venues in the United States. Santiago-Holt graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 2015 with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in sculpture and a concentration in printmaking. He is currently an MFA candidate in the Department of Art and Design at the University of Delaware (2022), where he also teaches undergraduate printmaking and design classes.
Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, Gene Anthony Santiago-Holt graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 2015 with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in sculpture. He is currently an MFA candidate in the Department of Art and Design at the University of Delaware.
