Carlos San Millán

Saatchi Art is proud to present Matter and Light, an exhibition of new works by Spanish artist, Carlos San Millán. In this series, Carlos explores his interior surroundings and reimagines objects of everyday life with color and curiosity. The evocative nature of Carlos’ natural and interior scenes calls the viewer to reflect on the present and project their own memories of place and feel onto the canvas. 

Carlos is an award-winning artist who graduated from the School of Fine Arts, University of the Basque Country (Spain) and the Institut D’Arts Visuels d’Orlèans (France). He has exhibited internationally in solo and group exhibitions, most recently at New Blood Art Gallery (England) and Meyer Vogl Gallery (South Carolina, USA). Carlos’ works reside in private collections around the world.

“I’ve always been a little obsessed about representing matter and light. When painting an object I try to bring out those slight significant aspects that are revealed when you observe these everyday things with closer attention. I personally believe that painting is a suitable way to communicate these meanings because it also allows the painter to enrich these images with connotations derived from the artistic technique itself.”

Photo Credit - Laura Braun