Jon Santos
Born 1973, Detroit, MI
Lives and works in New York, NY
EDUCATION
BFA 2000 California College of the Arts. San Francisco, CA
PERFORMANCE
2013
Social Mirroring organized by IdeasCity, New Museum, NY
2013
Telegraph organized by Eva Franch, 5 Beekman St / Storefront for Art and Architecture 30th Anniversary Gala
2012
Rave Labor hosted by Josh Kline and Jon Santos, MoMA/PS1 Performance Dome, Long Island City, NY
2009
Reverse Engineering at Club Nutz curated by Tyson Reeder, Frieze Art Fair, London, UK
2004
Building Code organized by Farika Choice. Stay Gold, Brooklyn, NY
2000
Rooms for Listening curated by Marina Macdougall, CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco, CA
SOLO EXHIBITION
2006
Dimensions of Change curated by Ed Morris and Sussannah Sayler, Crane Arts Building, Philadelphia, PA
2002
DDS organized by Hiroko Ishimori, AndA, Tokyo, Japan
GROUP EXHIBITION
2013
CKTV organized by Cleopatra's and Chris Rice, BAM, Brooklyn, NY
2012
Public Notice organized by Ed Morris, Ed. Varie, New York, NY
2012
Graphic Design: Now in Production, Governors Island, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, NY
2011
Graphic Design: Now in Production, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
2011
TBD curated by Anton Lopez, Plaza San Luis, Intramuros, Manila, Phillipines
2010
Sassafras curated by Jiminie Ha, W/-------, New York, NY
2009
Blind Carbon Copy organized by Common Space, 179 Canal, New York, NY
2009
Magazine Architecture featured on CIRCULAR FILE CHANNEL, 3 episode cable access TV Show,
Commisioned by Tairone Bastien, Performa, for the Performa 09 Biennial, New York, NY.
Broadcast in Manhattan on Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN)
2008
Art Swap Meet, installation, organized by Amy Yao and Wendy Yao, High Desert Test Sites CB08, Joshua Tree, CA
2007
Circular File Casting #2: Sleepwalkers by Doug Aitken, screening and installation, Commonspace, New York, NY
2007
Let’s Bolt curated by Julie Fishkin, Matt Lucas, and Lumi Tan, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, New York, NY
2007
Set in Concrete curated by Aurellio Valle, Spool MFG, Johnson, NY
2005
Pretend Friendly curated by Alfredo Martinez, the Artists Network, New York, NY
2005
Serendip organized by Melanie Samarsinghe, White Box, New York, NY
2003
Shadow Cabinets curated by Anthony Marcellini (as It Can Change) Kunsthall Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
2002
Bay Area Now 3 curated by Rene Deguzman, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2002
Calling Planet Earth curated by Kamau Patton at 509 Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
PROJECTS
2012
The Last Weekend with Peter Coffin
2008
Circular File with Josh Kline and Anicka Yi
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2013
BFFA3AE AD Book, Badlands Unlimited**
2012
Khemserov, Monica. “The Escape Artists” New York TImes / TMagazine, September
2012
Tran, Stephanie. “It's a Friends, Friends of Friends, and Family Affair” Dossier, September
2011
Graphic Design: Now in Production, exhibition catalogue, November
2011
White Zinfandel Issue No 1**
2010
Casa Vogue, Antena, May
2007
Paper Magazine, Never Say Die, March
2007
Rocket, Rocket Gallery is now a Magazine**
2007
Host, Vivian. “VisEd” XLR8R,
2006
+81, Friends of Surface to Air
2006
“Never Say Die” The Fader
2005
Asamura, Kazumi. “NewYorkster” Nylon Japan, July
2003
Drate, Spencer. Rock Posters of the 1990’s, Abrahms Books, September
2003
The Science of Music Icons, Brazen
2002
Arkitip #19” 90078 Mail art**
2002
Helfand, Glen, “San Francisco: Critics’ Pick: Bay Area Now 3,” Artforum.com. November.
2002
Helfand, Glen, “Ages of Youth: ‘Bay Area Now 3’ Returns to the Fountain,”
San Francisco Bay Guardian, November.
2002
Wood, Sura, “BAY AREA NOW 3: A Showcase of Local Talent,”
San Francisco Arts Monthly, November
2002
Deguzman, Rene. Bay Area: Now 3, exhibition catalogue, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco,
2002
Communication Arts #30 Moviehouse**
2000
ID Forty Under Thirty I.D. magazine, January
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