Santiago Pani

Santiago Pani, (born 31 March 1990), is a Mexican Artist currently living and working in Leiderdorp, the Netherlands. He was born in Mexico City and raised in Tequisquiapan, where he grew up surrounded by artists. He is the son of Mexican Painter, Knut Pani. and grandson of architect Mario Pani 
== Education and Career ==
Pani studied art in Mexico City at ENPEG
(Esquela Nacional de Pintura Escultura y Grabado), better known as La Esmeralda, between 2009-2013, where his focus was printmaking. During this period, he had the opportunity to work under the tutelage of visual artist Carla Rippey. 
His first solo exhibition, titled “Registro de Un Momento”, took place in 2012, at the Casa Municipal de Cultura in Zacatecas Mexico. Since then, Pani has gone on to participate in numerous solo and group exhibitions in several cities across the globe as well as participating in Art fairs in Lisbon, Amsterdam, Mexico City, and New York City, amongst other places .
In 2014, Pani attended an artist residency at the Frans Masereel Centrum in Belgium, which was a pivotal moment in his career. This experience made him realize that he wanted to live in an environment where he could continuously collaborate with other creatives, and as a result, in April 2015, he went on to co-found his first artist residence and gallery under the name of “La Nave” in Madrid. The opening of the residence/gallery was inaugurated with solo exhibitions from four artists: Knut Pani, Vincente Vertiz, Miguel Ezpania, and Santiago Pani himself. In 2017, this project was relocated to Leiderdorp in the Netherlands and launched in collaboration with PAC (Plataforma de Arte Contemporaneo) under the new name of “Arthouse Holland”. 
This project paved the way for more collaborations which ultimately led Pani to also co-found “Arthouse” – an artist initiative that operates projects such as the Arthouse 1606 residency, sketchx4, and A-lab. These projects are collectively aimed to promote collaborative efforts and create meaningful real-life encounters through the organization of physical meetings between international artists. The outcome of these projects has also been shared with a worldwide audience through exhibitions such as “Intuición Errante” which was held at the Querétaro Museum of Art (maQro), in November of 2020. Here, the result of thirty days of continuous work of four different artists, (including Pani himself), during the Arthouse 1606 residency was presented.
In the present-day, Arthouse has two residencies under its wing, which were co-founded and are currently co-operated with Manon van der Geest; the previously mentioned Arthouse Holland, as well as Arthouse Pani (MX), which was later opened in 2020, in Tequisquiapan in Mexico.
== Work ==
Since very early in his career, Santiago had a clear idea of what he wanted to accomplish, and thus, over the years he has been constantly searching for a pictorial language that can be recognized as his own. His work frequently blurs the line between realism and abstraction, as he likes to oscillate between both the extreme ends of the spectrum. His practice is extremely diverse, and includes painting, drawing, printing methods as well as fashion, jewelry design and recently also new technologies, namely within the NFT sphere with the collaborative project “Peyote Ugly”, which was launched on Markers Place
He has been influenced by the works of Lucian Freud, Dutch sculptor Theo Jansen as well as his own father, Knut Pani. His inspiration, which is reflected in different bodies of work produced over the years of his career, ranges from the minute world of entomology to the vastness of the cosmos. 
In the earlier stages of his career, Pani worked mainly with monotyping. His first body of work, entitled Macrocosmos, was inspired by constellations and celestial bodies. His focus then shifted to entomology and illustration where he found great interest in insects and marine life which led to his second body of work Microcosmos. During this period, he was also inspired to create “Welcome to my Mind” which featured a limited series of clothing pieces that combined art and fashion. Here, he takes the viewer on an introspective journey and search through creatures that are close and familiar to him, with the octopus as the main character. 
Pani’s most recent body of work, entitled “Personal Universe” has been in the works for over a decade. Inspired by the anonymous characters and memories of people stored in the subconscious, Santiago has been creating a vast body of recognizable work featuring mixed-media paintings, sculptures, and varied digital works, surrounding this idea. Pani finds himself connected to the concept that the memories of people that are stored in our subconscious are sometimes recalled by our minds to interact and influence our story once again. These experiences shape the future and individuality of each person, building character over time. His connection to these concepts makes the production of his pieces a very organic and visceral process.
== Solo Exhibitions ==
Year	Exhibition Name 	Place 	City
2020	“Colisión” 	Galería Óvalo 	Mexico City, MX
2018	“Hypnagobilia” (curated by Felix Feria)	Estudio Marte 221 	México City, MX
2016	“Fisonomías” 	Pata de Gallo gallery “NAVE” 	Madrid, Spain
2015	“Welcome To My Mind” 	Pata de Gallo gallery “NAVE” 	Madrid, SP
2013	“Instante Preciso” 	Galería Metsi 	Querétaro, MX
2012	“Universos Paralelos” 	Centro Cultural Futurama 	Mexico City, MX
2012	“Registro de un Momento” 	Casa Municipal de Cultura Casa Municipal de Cultura	Zacatecas, MX
== Group Shows ==
 
Year	Type of Event	Name 	Location
2023	Exhibition 	“Mezcla” 	Anatole France 140, Mexico City, MX
2022	Exhibition 	“Buy or Burn” 	NEUG (No Es Una Galería), Miami, United States
2022	Exhibition 	"Peyote Ugly" 	The Crypt Gallery, New York City and Los Angeles, United States
2022	Art Fair 	“JUSTLX” Art Fair 	Lisbon, PL.
2022	Exhibition 	“La Pérdida del Rostro” 	Modus Operandi Gallery, Madrid, SP
2021	Art Fair 	“NockNock Art Fair” 	Posthoornkerk, Amsterdam, NL
2021	Exhibition 	“PANIx3” 	Nogales Art Museum, Nogales, Sonora, MX
2020	Exhibition 	“Intuición Errante” 	Museo MAQRO, Querétaro, MX
2020	Exhibition 	“Huis” 	Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden, NL
2019	Exhibition 	“RAW” (Rome Art Week 2019) Curated by Francesca Anedda	Monticello, Rome, IT
2018	Art Fair 	“Longines Global Champions Tour” with LiveNArt 	Campo Marte, Mexico City, MX
2017	Exhibiton 	“Abstracta/Adyacencia” with LiveNart 	Mexico City, MX
2015	Exhibition 	“Cambio de Órbita” 	Pata de Gallo gallery “NAVE”, Madrid, SP
2015	Art Fair 	“Affordable Art Fair Milano” 	Milan, IT
2014	Art Fair 	“Affordable Art Fair” 	Galeria Pi, Mexico City, MX
2013	Art Fair 	“Estampa Arte Múltiple” 22nd Edition 	Madrid, ESP
2013	Art Fair 	Affordable Art Fair New York” 	Chelsea Pavilion Center, New York City, United States
2012	Exhibition 	“Joven Grafica Mexicana” with “Taller 24” 	Seattle Center, Seattle, Washington, United States
2011	Art Fair 	“Affordable Art Fair México” 	Expo Reforma, Mexico City, MX
2010	Exhibition 	“La Nueva Granada” 	Alternative Space, Mexico City, MX
== Projects ==
Year	Project
2023	Host for Project 1606 at Arthouse Pani in Tequisquiapan, Mexico
2022	NFT project with MakersPlace, “Peyote Ugly” the Awakening of the Devil, with physical shows in LA and New York City with The Crypt Gallery
2022	NFT project with MakersPlace, “Peyote Ugly” the Aztec Awakening
2021	NFT Physical event of HEN (Hic Et Nunc) Community, Leiderdorp, NL
2021	Collaboration with the CoBrA Museum for the Audio tour “Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera: A Love Revolution” Amstelveen, NL
2021	Collaboration with the brand “Patria” Houston, Texas, United States
2020	Collaborative intervention with Art Mob, London, UK
2020	Publication of “Coloring Book by Santiago Pani”
2020	Creation of the artist residency “Art House Pani” Tequisquiapan, MX
2019	Co-funding of The Plant Space (a place for research, experimentation, and collaboration, Leiderdorp, NL)
2019	Co-creator of the concept #sketchx4, an initiative for artists to create a sketch a day to get the personal creative process started and interact with artists to embrace the creation of a network
2019	Host for Project 1606, by The Plant, sponsored by PaintGuide, Leiderdorp, NL
2018	Creation of MAF (Micro Art Fair) together with “No Es Una Galería”, Leiderdorp, NL
2017	Creation of the artist residency “Art House Holland” in collaboration with PAC (Plataforma de Arte Contemporáneo” Leiderdorp, NL)
2016	
Recieved scholarship to attend the Artist Residency “Fundación Valparaíso” (beca CH de residencia para artistas plásticos) Mojacar, Almería, SP
2015	Creation of the brand “Santiago Pani Welcome To My Mind” mixing concepts of fashion and art
2015	Creation of the mural and book “Un Año de Ausencia”, as a memorial for the 43 disappeared students from Ayotzinapa, Madrid, SP
2014	Founding Partner of “La Nave Indeleble” (Workshop/Artists Residency) Madrid, SP
2014	Artist-in-residence at “Frans Masereel Centrum”, Kasterlee, BE
2013	Founding Partner of “Galería Pata de Gallo”, MX
2012	His work takes part of Musée Florean, RO
2011	2011 Is represented by Galería Pi, Mexico City, MX
Category:Mexican people
Category:Mexican artists
Category:1990 births