Sendy Santamaria
Sendy Santamaria is an illustrator, artist and visual designer from San Diego, CA based in the San Francisco Bay Area.[1]
Biography[edit]
Sendy Santamaria was born on September 25, 1996, in San Diego, California.[2] Santamaria received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the California College of the Arts in the Bay Area in 2018.[3]
Art[edit]
Santamaria's art features themes such as Xicanx culture, Mexican migration, and the narratives of working class communities.[2] Her work consists of illustrations,[1] public murals,[4][5] commissioned murals,[6][7] acrylic paintings, graphic arts and design,[8] embroidery, hand lettering, and printmaking.[3] In 2021, her art work was featured in a New York Times article.[9]
- 2015 Maldita Rutina, acrylic painted on electrical box, collaboration with VISUAL[10] public art project.[11][7]
- 2018 Ramon Ayala album cover, acrylic,12x12.[12]
- 2018 Don Zonkey, acrylic, 11x14.[2]
- 2019 Bacon News,[1] digital illustration, 5x5, 826 Valencia publication (The Bridge Built Out Of Stars)[13] Art direction by Megan Ryan.
- 2019 Tijuana Zine Fest, digital design, 11x17, poster design for Tijuana Zine Fest 2019.[14][1]
- 2019 Perdono pero nunca olvido, acrylic, 8.5x11.[2]
- 2021 Trabajo Digno, acrylic and colored pencil, 8x5.[2]
Featured work[edit]
In 2012, as a high school student attending High Tech High Media Arts, Santamaria was an Assistant Illustrator for the “44th and Landis” exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.[15] Santamaria's work was part of the Activate the Archive: CAPP Street Project Exhibition sponsored by California College of the Arts Libraries Exhibition Program in 2018.[16] Santamaria was highlighted as a featured artist in the Gay Area: Bay Area Queer Artist Showcase in 2019.[17] Santamaria was also a featured artist and part of the Galeria de la Raza’s 2019 Holiday Mercado.[18] Her work was also displayed at the Faultline Art Space, a gallery in East Oakland, for the Remastered Album Art Tribute,[12] in 2018, and the 10XTen Womxn Art Show in 2021.[19] Santamaria created the poster design for the 2019 Tijuana Zine Fest held in Tijuana, Mexico.[14]
In 2020, in collaboration with Alameda County Health Care Services Agency, Santamaria created illustrations for the Alameda County Health Care Services Agency Center for Healthy Schools and Communities Guide[20] and for the Fight COVID-19 Our Lives Are Precious Commercial in Spanish.[21] Moreover, Sendy worked as a Design Associate at the educational non-profit organization 826 Valencia in San Francisco, CA where she designed the book cover for “The Bridge Built Out of Stars”[13] that features the writing of students; during her time at 826 Valencia she works on multiple illustration projects[22] and created their annual report.[23] Santamaria is a Visual Designer and Graphic Arts Mentor at the Bay Area nonprofit BAYCAT Bayview-Hunters Point Center for Arts and Technology[24] dedicated to working with youth of color to become future diverse storytellers in the media and creative industries.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Sendy Santamaria". Writers House LLC. 2021-03-24. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Sendy Santamaria". Sendy Santamaria. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "826 Valencia". 826valencia.org. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
- ↑ "VISUAL PUBLIC ART PROJECT". VISUAL. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
- ↑ Visual Public Art Project, retrieved 2021-12-05
- ↑ "South Bay suds in the news | San Diego Reader". www.sandiegoreader.com. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Murals & Public Art". Sendy Santamaria. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
- ↑ "Retablos". Z SPACE. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
- ↑ Fajardo-Anstine, Kali (2021-03-23). "A Visceral and Fabulist Short Story Collection Filled With Roots, Inheritance and Blood". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
- ↑ "2018 shows us what San Diego's art scene aspires to be". San Diego Union-Tribune. 2018-12-23. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
- ↑ "Getting Creative With Public Art by Thinking Inside the Box". Voice of San Diego. 2015-09-14. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Remastered Album Art Tribute". Faultline Artspace - East Oakland California. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "BVHM Book". 826 Valencia Stores. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Tijuana Zine Fest". tijuanazinefest.com. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
- ↑ "Margaret Noble: 44th and Landis". Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. 2012-06-11. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
- ↑ ""Activate the Archive" exhibition reception". CCA Libraries. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
- ↑ "Gay Area: Bay Area Queer Artist Showcase". perdita. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
- ↑ "Galería de la Raza: Holiday Mercado 2019". www.galeriadelaraza.org. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
- ↑ "10xTEN -100 Womxn Artists". Faultline Artspace - East Oakland California. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
- ↑ "Resources". Alameda County Health Care Services Agency. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
- ↑ Fight COVID-19: Our Lives Are Precious (Spanish), retrieved 2021-12-05
- ↑ "Breakfast with Pepper and Noodles". Whetstone Magazine. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
- ↑ "Annual Report 2017-2018 by 826 Valencia - Issuu". issuu.com. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
- ↑ "ABOUT | BAYCAT | Nonprofit Social Enterprise | San Francisco". BAYCAT. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
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