BIO

Angela Santana (b. 1986) is a Swiss-born, New York–based artist renowned for her vibrant, large-scale oil paintings that critically examine and reimagine the historical representation of the female body, revealing its enduring influence on contemporary culture. Using the internet as a modern muse, Santana explores the rapid consumption of online imagery. She interrogates the power structures and biases that distort collective consciousness, utilizing the permanence of oil paint as a poignant counterpoint to digital ephemerality. Through an experimental process that pushes classical forms toward abstraction, she challenges the status quo to explore the complexities of the human condition. Santana’s work is held in prominent private and public collections worldwide and has been exhibited alongside masters such as Picasso and Rodin.

Institutional highlights include New Voices from the Museum Collection at Amoca, Wales, and a group exhibition curated by Anthony White at Seattle Art Center Cannonball, alongside presentations at the Istanbul Biennial (2025), Art Basel (Miami 2021, 2024; Basel 2023), and solo exhibitions at Saatchi Yates, London (2022; 2025).