B.1981
Marigold Santos was born in the Philippines and immigrated with her family to Canada in 1988. She pursues an interdisciplinary art practice that examines notions of heritage, folklore, motherwork, and decolonization presented within the otherworldly. Her paintings, drawings, sculptures, and tattoo work explores self-hood and identity that embraces multiplicity, fragmentation, and empowerment, as informed by diasporic experiences. She holds a BFA from the University of Calgary, and an MFA from Concordia University. As a recipient of grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, and the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec, and was long-listed for the prestigious Sobey Art Award in 2023 and 2024.
Her recent solo exhibitions include OF ARMOUR BESPOKE, OF FABRIC, OF SKIN, OF WITHIN / BINUBUO NG PASADYANG PROTEKSYON, NG TELA, NG BALAT, AT NG KALOOBAN (2024) at the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba and Norberg Hall, the pace and rhythm of time, floating / ang tulin at kumpas ng oras, lumulutang at the Patel Brown Gallery and Southern Alberta Art Gallery (2023), and exhibited her works in her works in the notable Relations – Diaspora and Painting (2020), both at the Fondation Phi in Montreal, with Relations – Diaspora and Painting exhibiting at the Esker Foundation in 2021. Her joint exhibition Efflorescence/The Way We Wake with Rajni Perera recently exhibited at Fondation Phi, will open at Contemporary Calgary in November, 2024. She continues to exhibit widely across Canada and internationally and her works can be found in numerous collections such numerous collections including Global Affairs Canada, the Mackenzie Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Alberta, Scotia Bank, Royal Bank of Canada, TD Bank, Nickle Galleries (University of Calgary), Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec (CDPQ), and Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec. She maintains an active studio practice and gratefully resides in Treaty 7 Territory, in Mohkinstsis/Calgary.
