Diablo Santana

Diablo Santana (born Monthusi Seremane in 1993) is an interdisciplinary artist, writer, curator, and art administrator born and raised in Gaborone, Botswana. His practice centers on destigmatizing difficult conversations around politics, masculinity, cultural heritage, and postcolonial identity within the context of Botswana and Southern Africa.
Experimental in nature, his work spans painting, drawing, collage, photography, video, installation, and music production - often blurring the boundary between abstraction and representation. Recurring themes include personal grief, atheism, masculinity, and the psychological weight of historical memory.
He currently lives and works in Gaborone, where he continues to build community through mentorship, curation, and local arts advocacy.

2019
Artist of the Year Exhibition
Thapong Visual Arts Centre, Gaborone, Botswana (Group Exhibition)

2021
The Other Art Fair: Virtual Edition
Presented by Saatchi Art (Online)

2023
Yo o Sa Leleng
Botswana National Museum Art Gallery, Gaborone, Botswana (Group Exhibition; also served as curator)

2024
Certain Sense of Self, Certain Sense of Settlement,
Latitudes.online (Online) (Curator)

2025
Potion to Pour
Rice University - Moody Center for the Arts, Houston Texas, USA (Group Exhibition)
RMB Latitudes Art Fair
Shepstone Garden, Johannesburg, South Africa
ARC x Saint Patrick’s Society of Botswana Art & Wine
Linnaeus at Sanitas Tea Garden, Gaborone, Botswana (Group Exhibition)
Collaborative Art Exhibition Sponsored By CIPA
Linnaeus at Sanitas Tea Garden, Gaborone, Botswana (Group Exhibition)

2026
I’ve Found My Roots
Latitudes.online (Collaboration with Moratiwa Molema - Online)
The Nebula Infestation
Alliance Francaise de Gaborone, Gaborone, Botswana (Solo Exhibition)