Mario Santamaria

Visual and multimedia artist

Artist working across a wide range of media, frequently using photography, video, performance, websites and online interventions. He is part of the Trama34 space in Hospitalet de Llobregat and is a regular contributor to The Influencers festival at the CCCB. He is also curator of the Internet Yami-Ichi at Matadero in Madrid. He has been a finalist in the Post-Photography Prototyping Prize of the Fotomuseum Winterthur and included in Watched! Surveillance, Art and Photography of the Hasselblad Foundation.

He has been artist-in-residence at Hangar Barcelona, Sarai New Delhi, HISK Ghent, Art3 Valence and Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg Stuttgart. His work has been shown, among other centers, in: CaixaForum (Barcelona), MACBA (Barcelona), ZKM (Karlsruhe), WKV (Stuttgart), Edith-Russ-Haus (Oldenburg), Fundació Antoni Tàpies (Barcelona), CENART (Mexico), La Casa Encendida (Madrid), Arebyte (London), Stadtmuseum (Munich), Or Gallery (Berlin) and at the Biennials of Lyon, Thessaloniki and Havana.