SANTANA
BORN
1947 Lepe, Spain
EDUCATION
1984 Art Studio with Antonio Lopez Garcia, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid
1974 Creativity in Art under J. Wukmir Galic
1971-1974 Faculty of Psychology, Central University of Barcelona
1969-1971 MA in Philosophy and Literature, University of Seville
1966-1969 BA in Education, Huelva, Spain
SELECTED GROUP AND SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 Approach to Manhattan, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2011 The Buildings of New York, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Donana, Almonte, Spain
2005 Chicago Reflections, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
2005 Santana: Paintings from “Transito de la Luz”, Cervantes Institute, Chicago, IL
2005 Lake Michigan, Galeria Punto, Balencis, Spain
2004 St. Vincent Cape, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
2004 Aguas, Isabel Ignacio Gallery, Sevilla Spain
2004 Transito de la Luz, Museo del Mar, Vigo, Spain
2004 Art and Fashion, Fernando Serrano Gallery, Trigeros, Spain
2004 Transito de la Luz, Santa Inas Monastery, Seville, Spain
2002 Chicago: Light & Space, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001 Contrasts, GSI, Cleveland, OH
2000 Huelva Museum of Art, Spain An Interior Journey Between Two Countries, Municipal
Theater, Lepe, Spain
1999 Views, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
1998 Punto Gallery, Valencia, Spain Antonio de Barcelona Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
1997 Art Miami 97, Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL
1995 Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
1994 Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL
1994 Ansorena Gallery, Madrid, Spain
1993 Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
1992 Ansorena Gallery, Madrid, Spain
1990 Casa de la Cultura, Lepe, Spain Ansorena Gallery, Madrid, Spain
1989 Schames Gallery, Lille, France
1988 San Michele Gallery, Brescia, Italy
1988 Estudio De art San Michele, Milan, Italy
1987 Embryo Gallery, Leuven, Belgium
1985 Schames Gallery, Lille, France
1984 Schablone Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany
1984 Alpha Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
1983 Galeria Taniarte, Madrid, Spain
1983 Alpha Gallery, Burssels, Belgium
1983 Schames Gallery, Lille, France
1982 Taidegallery Tallivinti, Helsinki, Finland
1981 Club Zayas, Madrid, Spain
1981 Diputacion Provincial, Huelva, Spain
1980 Galeria La Pinacoteca, Madrid, Spain
1976 Circulo de Balla Artes, Valencia, Spain
1975 Ibiza Gallery, Ibiza, Spain
1974 Woodstock Gallery, London, England
1973 Casa de la Cultura, Huelva, Spain
PUBLICATIONS
2005 Santata: Chicago Reflections, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
2005 Santana: Lake Michigan, Punto Gallery, Valencia, Spain
2004 Santana: Transito de la Luz, Fernando Castro Flores. Santa Inas, Seville, Spain
2002 Santana: Chicago, Light and Space, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002 Santana & Chicago, Francisco Caudet, Ediciones de la Torre, Madrid
2000 Santana, Viaje Interior por dos Paises, Adolfo Canta-o, Fernando Huici y otros.
1990-2000 Museo de Huelva, Spain New American Paintings: Juried Exhibition, Number 29,
Open Studios Press.
AWARDS AND HONORS
2001 Gold Medal of Honor of the Arts, from region of Andalusia, Spain, presented by President
of Andalusia
2000 Gold Medal of Honor of the Arts for Career from the city of Lepe, province of Huelva,
Spain, presented by Mayor of Lepe
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain
University of Chicago, Chicao, IL
McKenzie Consulting , Chicago, IL
REA, Inc., Evanston, IL
Sandoz, Chicago, IL
Sidley and Austin, Chicago, IL
Gardner, Carlton and Douglas, Chicago, IL
Reynders-Gray Holdings Inc., New York, NY
Ross Dixon & Bell, Chicago, IL
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Magellan, Chicago, IL
Federal Reserve Bank, Chicago, IL
Zurich Kemper Chicago, Chicago, IL
Korn Ferry International
Richar Interiors, Chicago, IL
BORN
1947 Lepe, Spain
EDUCATION
1984 Art Studio with Antonio Lopez Garcia, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid
1974 Creativity in Art under J. Wukmir Galic
1971-1974 Faculty of Psychology, Central University of Barcelona
1969-1971 MA in Philosophy and Literature, University of Seville
1966-1969 BA in Education, Huelva, Spain
SELECTED GROUP AND SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 Approach to Manhattan, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2011 The Buildings of New York, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Donana, Almonte, Spain
2005 Chicago Reflections, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
2005 Santana: Paintings from “Transito de la Luz”, Cervantes Institute, Chicago, IL
2005 Lake Michigan, Galeria Punto, Balencis, Spain
2004 St. Vincent Cape, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
2004 Aguas, Isabel Ignacio Gallery, Sevilla Spain
2004 Transito de la Luz, Museo del Mar, Vigo, Spain
2004 Art and Fashion, Fernando Serrano Gallery, Trigeros, Spain
2004 Transito de la Luz, Santa Inas Monastery, Seville, Spain
2002 Chicago: Light & Space, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001 Contrasts, GSI, Cleveland, OH
2000 Huelva Museum of Art, Spain An Interior Journey Between Two Countries, Municipal
Theater, Lepe, Spain
1999 Views, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
1998 Punto Gallery, Valencia, Spain Antonio de Barcelona Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
1997 Art Miami 97, Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL
1995 Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
1994 Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL
1994 Ansorena Gallery, Madrid, Spain
1993 Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
1992 Ansorena Gallery, Madrid, Spain
1990 Casa de la Cultura, Lepe, Spain Ansorena Gallery, Madrid, Spain
1989 Schames Gallery, Lille, France
1988 San Michele Gallery, Brescia, Italy
1988 Estudio De art San Michele, Milan, Italy
1987 Embryo Gallery, Leuven, Belgium
1985 Schames Gallery, Lille, France
1984 Schablone Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany
1984 Alpha Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
1983 Galeria Taniarte, Madrid, Spain
1983 Alpha Gallery, Burssels, Belgium
1983 Schames Gallery, Lille, France
1982 Taidegallery Tallivinti, Helsinki, Finland
1981 Club Zayas, Madrid, Spain
1981 Diputacion Provincial, Huelva, Spain
1980 Galeria La Pinacoteca, Madrid, Spain
1976 Circulo de Balla Artes, Valencia, Spain
1975 Ibiza Gallery, Ibiza, Spain
1974 Woodstock Gallery, London, England
1973 Casa de la Cultura, Huelva, Spain
PUBLICATIONS
2005 Santata: Chicago Reflections, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
2005 Santana: Lake Michigan, Punto Gallery, Valencia, Spain
2004 Santana: Transito de la Luz, Fernando Castro Flores. Santa Inas, Seville, Spain
2002 Santana: Chicago, Light and Space, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002 Santana & Chicago, Francisco Caudet, Ediciones de la Torre, Madrid
2000 Santana, Viaje Interior por dos Paises, Adolfo Canta-o, Fernando Huici y otros.
1990-2000 Museo de Huelva, Spain New American Paintings: Juried Exhibition, Number 29,
Open Studios Press.
AWARDS AND HONORS
2001 Gold Medal of Honor of the Arts, from region of Andalusia, Spain, presented by President
of Andalusia
2000 Gold Medal of Honor of the Arts for Career from the city of Lepe, province of Huelva,
Spain, presented by Mayor of Lepe
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain
University of Chicago, Chicao, IL
McKenzie Consulting , Chicago, IL
REA, Inc., Evanston, IL
Sandoz, Chicago, IL
Sidley and Austin, Chicago, IL
Gardner, Carlton and Douglas, Chicago, IL
Reynders-Gray Holdings Inc., New York, NY
Ross Dixon & Bell, Chicago, IL
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Magellan, Chicago, IL
Federal Reserve Bank, Chicago, IL
Zurich Kemper Chicago, Chicago, IL
Korn Ferry International
Richar Interiors, Chicago, IL
