Elsa Santos

Elsa Santos was born in 1971 in Seville, Spain. She grew up in a family of artists of multiple generations. The practice of creating work and finding one's own path for expression has underpinned her whole life as a child and adult. In Andalucia, her grandfather and father are well-known artists and sculptors, with important works in many public squares, churches and private collections.
Elsa studied in the very traditional Faculty of Fine Arts in Seville where her father was a Professor in Sculpture. She specialized in painting, yet her training is broad and classical, from fresco painting to experimental work with new mediums and chemistry.
After graduating Elsa moved to London where she lived for a decade working in the film and visual effects industry as a digital artist creating matte paintings and textures at the Soho production house, Framestore. Her work can be seen in feature films such as Harry Potter, Troy and Walking With Beasts.

In 2006 Elsa left the UK and moved to South East Asia where she took up the role of Art Director for two years on Singapore’s debut animated feature film, Sing to the Dawn.
Later in 2008, she settled in Sydney with her husband Matthew and daughter Ella, becoming an Australian ci...

- Bachelor Fine Arts, specializing in Painting
1990 to 1995 Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Seville, Spain
Courses:
-“The portrait in its practice. Studio through a video-digital process”. Seville,
-“Printmaking and Lithography”. Seville,
-“Introduction to the Video Technology”. University of Seville.
-“20TH Summer Course on Folk Art”. Zalaegerszeg, Hungary.

– The Greenway Art prize exhibition 2020. Finalist. Sydney

– Urban EDGE Contemporary art prize 2019. Finalist. Sydney

– The Greenway Art prize exhibition 2019. Finalist. Sydney

– Glebe Art Fair, Glebe, Sydney. 2019

– Of Humans and Nature (solo). The Shop gallery, Sydney 2018.

– The Greenway Art prize exhibition 2018. Finalist painting prize. Sydney

– Nature (solo). Abercrombie gallery, Sydney 2018.

– For Art’s Sake. Design Centre, Enmore, Sydney 2017.

– The Greenway Art prize exhibition 2016. Finalist. Sydney
– Birds + Us (group). Claire Layman Gallery, 4/640 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne. 2016

– Annual group exhibition, The Shop Gallery, Sydney. 2016
– The Nature of Things (individual), The Shop Gallery, Sydney. 2015

– Balmain Art Fair, Balmain, Sydney. 2015

– Glebe Art Fair, Glebe, Sydney. 2015

– All WomenArt Exhibition. Light Space and Time Online Art Gallery. Florida, USA. 2015

– 40×40 Art Prize exhibition – Brunswick Street Gallery (collective), Fitzroy. 2014

- The Greenway Art prize exhibition 2014 (collective), Sydney

– Islington Art Fair. (individual) Torrents Street, London, UK. 2004.

– “The Art of Love”. Arndean Gallery, Cork Street (collective), London, UK. 2004.

– Autum...