Santo Martin is an inter-media artist who is an ardent believer in the integration of all the arts. Santo is a painter, installation and performance artist. He is a classically trained singer who has performed in stage productions of: Puccini’s Aida, Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Ravels L’enfant et le Sortilege, Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, the Broadway classic Guys and Dolls and numerous recitals.
Santo is also an educator at Miami Dade College where he teaches Painting, Drawing, Art Appreciation and Art History.
An avid traveler and pilgrim, Santo takes his audiences, clients and students on journeys that explore and embrace process, chance, new discoveries and recognize the miraculous in the mundane.
ARTIST STATEMENT
“The interconnectedness of artistic discipline(s) has been instrumental in the development of my art practice. My identity as an artist is rooted in the fact that my talents are disparate and constantly evolving. I have been promiscuous with the use of materials, medium and modes of execution. I have avoided temptations to work in a single medium or process. My modes of expression range from painting to opera, installations, drawing, designing, sewing and voice.
The ranges of media I use for work are used with an ultimate purpose. I work to understand the multi-dimensionality of human existence. My explorations reveal that we are mutable beings living in a world which is also in constant transfiguration. It is the fluidity of our existences which is mirrored in my work.”
