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== '''Kristof Santy''' ==


{{AFC comment|1=Please see [[WP:NARTIST|the notability requirements for artists and creative professionals]]. – [[User talk:Bradv|<span style="color:#333">'''brad''v'''''</span>]] 17:44, 10 June 2024 (UTC)}}


{{AFC comment|1=The draft needs minor tonal improving. Wikipedia does not describe subjects vividly, it attempts to describe in a neutral manner, and it attributes any points of views to their respective parties. This means that, it should be obvious to the knowledgable reader whose opinion is depicted if that opinion piece has a certain "strength". Obviously, this doesn't always work out in practice, but nonetheless it shan't be excessive, e.g. avoid phrases like these:
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'''Kristof Santy''' (born October 26 1987 in [[Roeselare]]) is a Belgian contemporary [[Drafter|draughtsman]] and [[Painting|painter]], who, beïng an uknown artist, suddenly gained international fame in 2021. He lives and works in Roeselare and has a second studio in [[French Flanders]].<ref name=":1">{{cite web |access-date=2023-12-15 |author=Lut Clincke |date=2023-04-06 |language=nl |publisher=Roularta |title=Kristof Santy, van arbeider tot bejubeld kunstenaar |url=https://kw.be/lifestyle/kristof-santy-van-arbeider-tot-bejubeld-kunstenaar-ik-ben-trots-dat-ik-mijn-eigen-traject-heb-uitgestippeld/ |work=KW Thuis in West-Vlaanderen}}<!-- auto-translated from Dutch by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Clincke |first=Lut |date=2023-04-06 |title=Kristof Santy, van arbeider tot bejubeld kunstenaar |url=https://kw.be/lifestyle/kristof-santy-van-arbeider-tot-bejubeld-kunstenaar-ik-ben-trots-dat-ik-mijn-eigen-traject-heb-uitgestippeld/ |journal=KW Thuis in West-Vlaanderen}}</ref>


• "Santy […] suddenly gained international fame in 2021"
In 2021, he received the honorary title of [[Ambassador|Cultural Ambassador]] of the City of Roeselare.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |access-date=2023-12-15 |author=Mario De Wilde |date=2021-12-17 |language=nl |title=Maarten Schaubroeck en Kristof Santy nieuwe culturele ambassadeurs van Roeselare |url=https://www.hetnieuwsvanwestvlaanderen.be/maarten-schaubroeck-en-kristof-santy-nieuwe-culturele-ambassadeurs-van-roeselare/ |work=Het Nieuws van West-Vlaanderen}}<!-- auto-translated from Dutch by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
• "He discovered his artistic style through masses of art books"
• "he eschews any form of anecdote in his work. He just shows."


I reckon that notability has been established and that this draft is close to being accepted. Best, --[[User:Johannes Maximilian|Johannes]] ([[User_Talk:Johannes Maximilian|Talk]]) <small>([[Special:Contribs/Johannes Maximilian|Contribs]]) ([[User:Johannes Maximilian/Articles2|Articles]])</small> 11:59, 24 February 2024 (UTC)}}
"It's not often that an unknown artist, working in relative secrecy, creates such a coherent and successful body of work waiting to be discovered." (Bella Bonner-Evans in FAD Magazine).<ref name=":8">{{cite web |access-date=2023-12-15 |author=Bella Bonner-Evans |date=2022-07-23 |language=en |title=OUTSIDER ARTIST TURNED INTERNATIONAL SENSATION KRISTOF SANTY TALKS TO BELLA BONNER-EVANS |url=https://fadmagazine.com/2022/07/23/outsider-artist-turned-international-sensation-kristof-santy-talks-to-bella-bonner-evans/ |work=FAD Magazine}}<!-- auto-translated from Dutch by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>


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== Biography ==


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=== Education ===
Kristof Santy was born into an art-loving family. He learned to draw based on instruction booklets. He visited museums and cultural cities with his parents and made his first works at a young age. He studied [[graphic design]] in [[Bruges]] and took a [[cartoon]] drawing course at the “Atelier voor Plastische Kunsten” in [[Wevelgem]].<ref name=":10">{{cite book |date=2023 |isbn=ISBN: 9783945111956 |language=nl |last=Kristof Santy, Declercq Joost, Louis Philippe Van Eeckhoutte, Sébastien Janssen |publisher=Lubok |title=Playtime |url=https://www.copyrightbookshop.be/en/shop/kristof-santy-playtime/}}<!-- auto-translated from Dutch by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> In his teens, he made posters for youth organizations and cartoons.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |access-date=2023-12-15 |author=Yves Joris |date=2022 |language=nl |title=Kristof Santy - De alledaagse schoonheid van een aardbei |url=https://www.okv.be/artikel/kristof-santy-de-alledaagse-schoonheid-van-een-aardbei |work=OKV Openbaar Kunstbezit Vlaanderen}}<!-- auto-translated from Dutch by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> At the age of 19 he went to work for the printing and publishing house [[Roularta]] in Roeselare, which he continued for more than 14 years.<ref name=":1" />


=== '''Early years''' ===
== '''Kristof Santy''' ==
'''Self-made artist'''


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'''Kristof Santy''' (born October 26 1987 in [[Roeselare]]) is a Belgian contemporary [[Drafter|draughtsman]] and [[Painting|painter]]. He lives and works in Roeselare and has a second studio in [[French Flanders]].<ref name=":12">{{Cite journal |last=Clincke |first=Lut |date=2023-04-06 |title=Kristof Santy, van arbeider tot bejubeld kunstenaar |url=https://kw.be/lifestyle/kristof-santy-van-arbeider-tot-bejubeld-kunstenaar-ik-ben-trots-dat-ik-mijn-eigen-traject-heb-uitgestippeld/ |journal=KW Thuis in West-Vlaanderen |issue=Interview}}</ref><ref name=":72">{{cite web |author=Feys |first=Bert |date=2023-12-13 |title=Kristof Santy komt thuis na tentoonstellingen in L.A., Londen en Wenen: “Mijn werken hebben vaak een link met Roeselare” (article) |url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20231213_95503131 |access-date=2023-12-15 |work=Het Nieuwsblad |language=nl}}<!-- auto-translated from Dutch by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Steyaert |first=Katrien |date=2024-02-01 |title=Kristof Santy, ooit arbeider, nu kunstenaar (interview) |url=https://weekend.knack.be/human-interest/kristof-santy-ooit-arbeider-nu-kunstenaar-jarenlang-was-ik-opgesloten-in-mijn-eigen-hoofd-maar-ik-ben-herboren/ |journal=Knack Weekend}}</ref>
However Santy remained passionate about art. At home he copied artistic images that he found in Roularta's magazines. He started taking evening classes at the Free Art Academy of Roeselare (SASK). His teachers recognized his natural talent and encouraged him. They gave him the freedom to experiment with large format works.<ref name=":11">{{cite web |access-date=2024-01-25 |author=Kristof Santy |date=2024-01-25 |language=nl |title=Lezing Kristof Santy |url=https://www.saskroeselare.be/_/lezing-kristof-santy/ |work=SASK Roeselare}}<!-- auto-translated from Dutch by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> He never felt the lack of a full-time art education as a shortcoming.<ref name=":1" /> <ref name=":2" />It allowed him to discover his artistic style through masses of art books, museum visits and constant experimentation.<ref name=":1" /> This explains why he describes himself as a [[Self-made man|self-made]] artist.<ref>{{cite book |date=2023-12-13 |first=Kristof |language=nl |last=Santy |publisher=De Spil Roeselare |title=Bric-à-Brac (tentoonstellingsbrochure) |url=https://www.roeselare.be/nieuws/bric-brac-ter-posterie}}<!-- auto-translated from Dutch by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>


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== Biography ==
'''Influence'''
Kristof Santy studied [[graphic design]] in [[Bruges]] and took a [[cartoon]] drawing course at the “Atelier voor Plastische Kunsten” in [[Wevelgem]].<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |last=Joris |first=Yves |date=2022 |title=Kristof Santy - De alledaagse schoonheid van een aardbei (interview) |url=https://www.okv.be/artikel/kristof-santy-de-alledaagse-schoonheid-van-een-aardbei |website=OKV Openbaar Kunstbezit Vlaanderen (Public art property in Flanders)}}</ref> At the age of 19 he went to work for the printing and publishing house [[Roularta]] in Roeselare, which he continued for more than 14 years.<ref name=":12" /> He started taking evening classes at the Free Art Academy of Roeselare (SASK).<ref name=":14" /><ref name=":3" />

Initially he tried out a wide variety of styles, each  time for a short period. At the [[Kunstmuseum Den Haag]] he became acquainted with the work of [[Jean Brusselmans]].<ref name=":1" /> The personal touch and especially the freedom of stylizing the environment without fixed rules was a revelation. In particular the flat design appealed to him.<ref name=":2" />

The colours and dreamy atmosphere of the surrealist [[Neo Rauch]] from [[Leipzig]] also made a big impression on him.<ref name=":11" /> The work of the Belgian artist [[Joseph Willaert]] showed the opportunity to transform one's own environment into art, in addition to the sensitivity of the [[Naïve art|naïve]] view.<ref name=":10" />

In the museums in [[London]] Santy became acquainted with great masters such as [[Caravaggio]] and [[Francisco de Zurbarán|Francisco de Zurbaran]] and  was impressed by the depth, layering and colour palette that oil painting could offer. As a result, he switched from [[acrylic paint]] to [[Oil painting|oil paint]].<ref name=":2" />

In addition, it was mainly European [[Pop art|Pop Art]] that caught his attention, in particular the pseudo-realistic objects of [[Konrad Klapheck]] and the pictorial techniques of [[Domenico Gnoli (painter)|Domenico Gnoli]].<ref name=":10" />

'''Own style'''

He found no satisfaction in working "in the style of" or on the basis of photographs. He was searching his own style based on his imagination, which could give him a feeling of complete artistic freedom. He found it in an expressive way of painting [[folk art]] and the beauty of the everyday.<ref name=":4">{{cite web |access-date=2023-12-15 |language=nl |title=About |url=https://www.kristofsanty.com/about/ |work=Persoonlijke Website Kristof Santy}}<!-- auto-translated from Dutch by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref name=":3">{{cite web |access-date=2023-12-15 |language=nl |title=Kristof Santy |url=https://databank.kunsten.be/audiovisuele-beeldende-kunsten/profielen/kunstenaars/ent:dkb:ppl:1966082/kristof-santy/ |work=Kunstendatabank}}<!-- auto-translated from Dutch by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> The [[puzzle]] of the numerous artists, filmmakers, comics, old prints, books, education, [[flea market]] finds and other experiences that had influenced him in the year-long search came together harmoniously.<ref name=":11" />

=== 2021: Atelier Thomas Serruys ===
In 2021, he unexpectedly received an offer for an exhibition of [[Thomas Serruys]] in his eponymous gallery/studio in [[Bruges]].<ref>{{cite web |access-date=2023-12-15 |date=2021-05-21 |title=Kristof Santy - Nijverheid I |url=https://www.thomasserruys.com/nijverheid |work=Atelier Thomas Serruys}}<!-- auto-translated from Dutch by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> <ref>{{cite web |access-date=2023-12-20 |date=2021 |language=nl |title=Kristof Santy 28.05.2021-13.06.2021 Nijverheid I |url=https://www.thomasserruys.com/exhibitions#/nijverheid/ |work=Website Atelier Thomas Serruys}}<!-- auto-translated from Dutch by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> <ref>{{cite web |access-date=2023-12-21 |language=nl |title=De bruisende kunstscene van Antwerpen |url=https://www.ovgmanagement.com/bruisend-antwerpen |work=OvG Management}}<!-- auto-translated from Dutch by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>The exhibition was a great success and was visited by the leading curator [[Sasha Bogojev]], who lives in the [[Netherlands]]. In a review<ref>{{cite web |access-date=2023-12-21 |author=Sasha Bogojev |date=2021-06-15 |language=en |title=Kristof Santy's Solo Debut @ Galerie Thomas Serruys |url=https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/painting/kristof-santy-s-solo-debut-galerie-thomas-serruys/ |work=Justapoz Art & Culture}}<!-- auto-translated from Dutch by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> in the Californian art magazine [[Juxtapoz]], Bogojev described the exhibition as "one of the strongest debuts we've witnessed in a long time".<ref name=":0" />

=== '''Internationally acclaimed artist''' ===
In the same year he received an offer for a solo exhibition at the Unit Gallery in London and for a group exhibition at the Everyday Gallery in [[Antwerp]].<ref>{{cite web |access-date=2023-12-15 |author=Helen Hillyard |title=Kristof Santy creates colourful and vibrant images inspired by folk tales and customs and his immediate surroundings. Heavily influenced by Jean Brusselmans, he finds freedom in the expressive painting of mundane and everyday subjects. |url=https://unitlondon.com/artists/kristof-santy/}}<!-- auto-translated from Dutch by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> Bogojev put him in touch brought with galleries in Vienna (Christine König), Los Angeles (M+B) and Brussels (Sorry We're Closed). He was able to make a career out of art.<ref name=":9">{{Citeer nieuws|achternaam=Van Boxem|voornaam=Koen|titel=Het leven zoals het is volgens Kristof Santy|url=https://www.tijd.be/cultuur/expo/het-leven-zoals-het-is-volgens-kristof-santy/10519608.html|werk=De Tijd|datum=2024-01-16|bezochtdatum=2024-01-24|taal=nl}}</ref>

Writing in the Art & Design magazine "FAD Magazine" the authoritative art critic Bella Bonner-Evans noted  that a sudden transition from relative obscurity to fame in the art world, as happened to Santy, is extremely rare but not accidental. Without even realizing it, Santy had created a coherent and layered body of work waiting to be discovered.<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{cite web |access-date=2023-12-17 |language=en |title=OUR CONTRIBUTORS |url=https://bricksmagazine.co.uk/about-bricks-team/ |work=Bricks}}<!-- auto-translated from Dutch by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>

In 2022, he had solo exhibitions with Christine König in [[Vienna]] and Home Sweet Home in [[Los Angeles]]. One notable exhibition was his solo exhibition "La Grande Bouffe" at the Unit Gallery in [[London]] in 2022.<ref name=":5">{{cite web |access-date=2023-12-15 |author=Olivia Hingley |date=2022-07-19 |language=en |title=Gastronomy meets 70s European pop art in Kristof Santy’s delectable paintings |url=https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/kristof-santy-art-190722 |work=It's nice that}}<!-- auto-translated from Dutch by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> The title was in line with his work. After all, many of his paintings have food and gastronomy as a theme, directly or indirectly.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=2023-12-15 |date=Persoonlijke website Kristof Santy |language=nl |title=Exhibitions |url=https://www.kristofsanty.com/about/}}<!-- auto-translated from Dutch by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>

In the same year he was able to participate in group exhibitions in [[Marbella]], at Eden in Roeselare, Christine König in Vienna and Geukens & De Vil in [[Knokke]].

In 2023, he had a solo exhibition at the Brussels gallery "Sorry We're Closed"and from  December 16 to February 25 2024, his first solo exhibition entitled "''Bric-à-Brac"''  in the municipal exhibition hall Ter Posterie in Roeselare, his hometown.<ref name=":6">{{cite web |access-date=2023-12-15 |author=Micha Pycke |date=2023 |language=nl |title=Kristof Santy strijkt voor het eerst neer in zijn thuisstad Roeselare met de solotentoonstelling “Bric-à-Brac” |url=https://clubparadis.prezly.com/kristof-santy-strijkt-voor-het-eerst-neer-in-zijn-thuisstad-roeselare-met-de-solotentoonstelling-bric-a-brac |work=Club Paradis}}<!-- auto-translated from Dutch by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> His themes are universal, but in many of his works his connection with Roeselare is present in one way or another.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=2023-12-15 |author=Bert Feys |date=2021-12-17 |language=nl |title=Schilder Kristof brak helemaal door in 2021 |url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20211217_95864493#:~:text=Tijdens%20de%20coronacrisis%20explodeerde%20zijn,schilderen%20van%20mijn%20volkse%20taferelen.%E2%80%9D&text=2021%20werd%20het%20jaar%20van,bij%20Roularta%2C%20voltijds%20als%20kunstenaar. |work=Het Nieuwsblad}}<!-- auto-translated from Dutch by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref name=":7">{{cite web |access-date=2023-12-15 |author=Bert Feys |date=2023-12-13 |language=nl |title=Als abonnee kan je dit Plus Artikel artikel lezen. Kristof Santy komt thuis na tentoonstellingen in L.A., Londen en Wenen: “Mijn werken hebben vaak een link met Roeselare” |url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20231213_95503131 |work=Het Nieuwsblad}}<!-- auto-translated from Dutch by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref name=":6" />


His early work consists of a wide variety of styles and subjects. He describes himself as a [[Self-made man|self-made]] artist.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Vingerhoets |first=Marie |date=2023-12-17 |title=Kristof Santy: kleur brengt diepte in mijn werk (interview) |url=https://www.despil.be/cms_files/MediaGalerij/Other/otherfiles15156_00.pdf |website=Kunstletters}}</ref><ref name=":3" />
== '''Style''' ==
Santy has a large production of enigmatic images with interiors, still lifes, workers, landscapes, food, gastronomy, fishing boats<ref>{{cite web |access-date=2023-12-15 |author=Arianna Mercado |date=2022 |language=en |title=Kristof Santy |url=https://ocula.com/artists/kristof-santy/ |work=Ocula}}<!-- auto-translated from Dutch by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>, everyday objects<ref name=":5" /> and folklore stories<ref name=":4" /> from his own environment<ref name=":3" /> as well as from cookbooks or films.<ref name=":5" /> His palette is vibrant and very colourful, he makes monuments from simple objects. He is not a storyteller,<ref name=":3" /> he eschews any form of anecdote in his work.<ref name=":11" /> He just shows. It is up to the viewer whether or not to find a meaning. The resemblance to [[naïve art]] is a deliberate choice. Like Jacques Tati, he wants to see life as a child.<ref name=":1" />


Since 2020 Santy makes images of interiors, still lifes, workers, landscapes, food, gastronomy, fishing boats, everyday objects and folklore stories, inspired by his own environment as well as cookbooks or films.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Kristof Santy (encyclopedia) |url=https://databank.kunsten.be/audiovisuele-beeldende-kunsten/profielen/kunstenaars/ent:dkb:ppl:1966082/kristof-santy/ |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=Kunstendatabank Vlaanderen (Flanders' Arts database)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mercado |first=Anna |date=2022 |title=Kristof Santy Biography: Belgian artist Kristof Santy creates large-scale, expressive paintings that explore the everyday. (article) |url=https://ocula.com/artists/kristof-santy/ |website=Ocula}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Hingley |first=Olivia |date=2022-07-19 |title=Gastronomy meets 70s European pop art in Kristof Santy's delectable paintings (article) |url=https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/kristof-santy-art-190722 |website=It's nice that}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Bonner-Evans |first=Bella |date=2022-07-23 |title=Outsider artist turned international sensation. Kristof Santy talks to Bella Bonner-Evans (article) |url=https://fadmagazine.com/2022/07/23/outsider-artist-turned-international-sensation-kristof-santy-talks-to-bella-bonner-evans/ |website=FAD Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mothes |first=Kate |date=2024-04-11 |title=In ‘Epinal,’ Kristof Santy’s Vibrant Tableaux Nod to 19th-Century French Print Traditions (article) |url=https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/04/kristof-santy-epinal/ |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=Colossal}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kamencek |first=Teresa |date=2024-03-27 |title=EXHIBITION Kristof SANTY {{!}} Epinal 4 Apr 2024 – 18 May 2024 ' (article) |url=https://www.artrabbit.com/events/kristof-santy-epinal |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=ArtRabbit}}</ref> The titles are businesslike descriptions of what he wants to show.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bogojev |first=Sasha |date=2022-01-07 |title=Icon: Kristof Santy @ Christine König Galerie's KOENIG2, Vienna (article) |url=https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/painting/icon-kristof-santy-christine-koenig-galerie-s-koenig2-vienna/ |website=Juxtapoz Arts & Culture}}</ref> The resemblance to [[naïve art]] is a deliberate choice.<ref name=":12" /> He is influenced by the work of [[Jean Brusselmans]], [[Konrad Klapheck]], [[Domenico Gnoli (painter)|Domenico Gnoli]] and [[Joseph Willaert]].<ref name=":14" /><ref name=":1" />
As with Klapheck the title is an essential part of a work, but unlike Klapheck it is a businesslike description of what he wants to show.<ref name=":11" /> The almost [[Claustrophobia|claustrophobic]] entrapment of the image in the frame creates a sense of silent menace.<ref name=":10" />


In 2021, he received his first solo exhibition, in the [[Thomas Serruys]] gallery in [[Bruges]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=van Gelderen |first=Oscar |date=2022-05-26 |title=De bruisende kunstscene van Antwerpen (article) |url=https://www.ovgmanagement.com/bruisend-antwerpen |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=Antwerp's vibrant art scene}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |author=Feys |first=Bert |date=2021-12-17 |title=Schilder Kristof brak helemaal door in 2021 (article) |url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20211217_95864493#:~:text=Tijdens%20de%20coronacrisis%20explodeerde%20zijn,schilderen%20van%20mijn%20volkse%20taferelen.%E2%80%9D&text=2021%20werd%20het%20jaar%20van,bij%20Roularta%2C%20voltijds%20als%20kunstenaar. |access-date=2023-12-15 |work=Het Nieuwsblad |language=nl}}<!-- auto-translated from Dutch by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref name=":2" />The exhibition was visited by the curator [[Sasha Bogojev]]. <ref name=":3" />In a review in the Californian art magazine [[Juxtapoz]], Bogojev described the exhibition as "one of the strongest debuts we've witnessed in a long time".<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bogojev |first=Sasha |date=June 15, 2021 |title=Kristof Santy's Solo Debut @ Galerie Thomas Serruys (article) |url=https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/painting/kristof-santy-s-solo-debut-galerie-thomas-serruys/ |journal=Juxtapoz Arts & Culture}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=De Wilde |first=Mario |date=2021-12-21 |title=Maarten Schaubroeck en Kristof Santy nieuwe culturele ambassadeurs van Roeselare (article) |url=https://www.hetnieuwsvanwestvlaanderen.be/maarten-schaubroeck-en-kristof-santy-nieuwe-culturele-ambassadeurs-van-roeselare/ |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=Het nieuws van West-Vlaanderen}}</ref>
The efforts to give his shapes the perfect line are a visible characteristic of the work.<ref name=":10" /> The creation process with layers, overpaintings and sketch lines must be visible in the end result.<ref name=":10" /> Like Jean Brusselmans, he opts for a flat shape of his objects, free from any logic or conventional perspective:


In the same year Santy received an offer for a solo exhibition at the Unit Gallery in London. Bogojev put him in touch with galleries in [[Vienna]] (Christine König), [[Los Angeles]] (M+B) and [[Brussels]] (Sorry We're Closed).<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last=Van Boxem |first=Koen |date=2024-01-16 |title=Het leven zoals het is volgens Kristof Santy (article/interview) |url=https://www.tijd.be/cultuur/expo/het-leven-zoals-het-is-volgens-kristof-santy/10519608.html |journal=De Tijd}}</ref> <ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Pycke |first=Micha |date=2023-12-17 |title=Kristof Santy strijkt voor het eerst neer in zijn thuisstad Roeselare met de solotentoonstelling "Bric-à-Brac" (article) |url=https://clubparadis.prezly.com/kristof-santy-strijkt-voor-het-eerst-neer-in-zijn-thuisstad-roeselare-met-de-solotentoonstelling-bric-a-brac |website=Club Paradis}}</ref> His works have been shown in solo exhibitions or group exhibitions in [[Vienna]], [[Brussels]], [[Roeselare]], [[Los Angeles]], [[Miami]], [[London]], [[Knokke]], [[Tel Aviv]] and [[Marbella]].<ref name=":72" /><ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=De Meyer |first=Frederic |date=2024-02-14 |title=De “Bric-à-Brac” van Kristof Santy, en de onweerstaanbare charme van het banale (article) |url=https://www.theartcouch.be/nieuws/de-bric-a-brac-van-kristof-santy-en-de-onweerstaanbare-charme-van-het-banale/ |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=The Art Couch}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Van Looy |first=Bent |date=2023-12-22 |title=West-Vlaamse kunstenaar, Kristof Santy, stelt na zijn wereldtour voor het eerst tentoon in geboortestad Roeselare (interview) |url=https://radio1.be/luister/select/culture-club/west-vlaamse-kunstenaar-kristof-santy-stelt-na-zijn-wereldtour-voor-het-eerst-tentoon-in-geboortestad-roeselare |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=VRT Radio 1}}</ref>
He is represented by "Sorry We're Closed" in [[Brussels]], Christine König in [[Vienna]] and  M+B in [[Los Angeles]] and [[Milan]].<ref name=":6" />


== Book ==
== Book ==
In 2023 an art book about Kristof Santy titled "Playtime" was published by Lubok Verlag.<ref name=":10" />
In 2023 an art book about Kristof Santy titled "Playtime" was published by Lubok Verlag.<ref name=":13">{{Cite book |last=Kristof Santy, Declercq Joost, Louis Philippe Van Eeckhoutte, Sébastien Janssen |title=Playtime |date=2023 |publisher=Lubok |year=2023 |isbn=9783945111956 |language=en}}</ref>


== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==
Website of the artist: Kristof Santy – visual artist
[https://www.kristofsanty.com/ Website of the artist: Kristof Santy – visual artis]


== References ==
== Sources ==

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    • "Santy […] suddenly gained international fame in 2021"
    • "He discovered his artistic style through masses of art books"
    • "he eschews any form of anecdote in his work. He just shows."
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Kristof Santy[edit]

Kristof Santy (born October 26 1987 in Roeselare) is a Belgian contemporary draughtsman and painter. He lives and works in Roeselare and has a second studio in French Flanders.[1][2][3]

Biography[edit]

Kristof Santy studied graphic design in Bruges and took a cartoon drawing course at the “Atelier voor Plastische Kunsten” in Wevelgem.[4] At the age of 19 he went to work for the printing and publishing house Roularta in Roeselare, which he continued for more than 14 years.[1] He started taking evening classes at the Free Art Academy of Roeselare (SASK).[4][5]

His early work consists of a wide variety of styles and subjects. He describes himself as a self-made artist.[6][5]

Since 2020 Santy makes images of interiors, still lifes, workers, landscapes, food, gastronomy, fishing boats, everyday objects and folklore stories, inspired by his own environment as well as cookbooks or films.[7][8][9][10][11][12] The titles are businesslike descriptions of what he wants to show.[7][13] The resemblance to naïve art is a deliberate choice.[1] He is influenced by the work of Jean Brusselmans, Konrad Klapheck, Domenico Gnoli and Joseph Willaert.[4][6]

In 2021, he received his first solo exhibition, in the Thomas Serruys gallery in Bruges.[14] [15][3]The exhibition was visited by the curator Sasha Bogojev. [5]In a review in the Californian art magazine Juxtapoz, Bogojev described the exhibition as "one of the strongest debuts we've witnessed in a long time".[16][17]

In the same year Santy received an offer for a solo exhibition at the Unit Gallery in London. Bogojev put him in touch with galleries in Vienna (Christine König), Los Angeles (M+B) and Brussels (Sorry We're Closed).[5] [18] His works have been shown in solo exhibitions or group exhibitions in Vienna, Brussels, Roeselare, Los Angeles, Miami, London, Knokke, Tel Aviv and Marbella.[2][17][19][20]

Book[edit]

In 2023 an art book about Kristof Santy titled "Playtime" was published by Lubok Verlag.[21]

Gallery[edit]

Website of the artist: Kristof Santy – visual artis

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Clincke, Lut (2023-04-06). "Kristof Santy, van arbeider tot bejubeld kunstenaar". KW Thuis in West-Vlaanderen (Interview).
  2. ^ a b Feys, Bert (2023-12-13). "Kristof Santy komt thuis na tentoonstellingen in L.A., Londen en Wenen: "Mijn werken hebben vaak een link met Roeselare" (article)". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-12-15.
  3. ^ a b Steyaert, Katrien (2024-02-01). "Kristof Santy, ooit arbeider, nu kunstenaar (interview)". Knack Weekend.
  4. ^ a b c Joris, Yves (2022). "Kristof Santy - De alledaagse schoonheid van een aardbei (interview)". OKV Openbaar Kunstbezit Vlaanderen (Public art property in Flanders).
  5. ^ a b c d Van Boxem, Koen (2024-01-16). "Het leven zoals het is volgens Kristof Santy (article/interview)". De Tijd.
  6. ^ a b Vingerhoets, Marie (2023-12-17). "Kristof Santy: kleur brengt diepte in mijn werk (interview)" (PDF). Kunstletters.
  7. ^ a b "Kristof Santy (encyclopedia)". Kunstendatabank Vlaanderen (Flanders' Arts database). Retrieved 2024-02-21.
  8. ^ Mercado, Anna (2022). "Kristof Santy Biography: Belgian artist Kristof Santy creates large-scale, expressive paintings that explore the everyday. (article)". Ocula.
  9. ^ Hingley, Olivia (2022-07-19). "Gastronomy meets 70s European pop art in Kristof Santy's delectable paintings (article)". It's nice that.
  10. ^ Bonner-Evans, Bella (2022-07-23). "Outsider artist turned international sensation. Kristof Santy talks to Bella Bonner-Evans (article)". FAD Magazine.
  11. ^ Mothes, Kate (2024-04-11). "In 'Epinal,' Kristof Santy's Vibrant Tableaux Nod to 19th-Century French Print Traditions (article)". Colossal. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  12. ^ Kamencek, Teresa (2024-03-27). "EXHIBITION Kristof SANTY | Epinal 4 Apr 2024 – 18 May 2024 ' (article)". ArtRabbit. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  13. ^ Bogojev, Sasha (2022-01-07). "Icon: Kristof Santy @ Christine König Galerie's KOENIG2, Vienna (article)". Juxtapoz Arts & Culture.
  14. ^ van Gelderen, Oscar (2022-05-26). "De bruisende kunstscene van Antwerpen (article)". Antwerp's vibrant art scene. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
  15. ^ Feys, Bert (2021-12-17). "Schilder Kristof brak helemaal door in 2021 (article)". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-12-15.
  16. ^ Bogojev, Sasha (June 15, 2021). "Kristof Santy's Solo Debut @ Galerie Thomas Serruys (article)". Juxtapoz Arts & Culture.
  17. ^ a b De Wilde, Mario (2021-12-21). "Maarten Schaubroeck en Kristof Santy nieuwe culturele ambassadeurs van Roeselare (article)". Het nieuws van West-Vlaanderen. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  18. ^ Pycke, Micha (2023-12-17). "Kristof Santy strijkt voor het eerst neer in zijn thuisstad Roeselare met de solotentoonstelling "Bric-à-Brac" (article)". Club Paradis.
  19. ^ De Meyer, Frederic (2024-02-14). "De "Bric-à-Brac" van Kristof Santy, en de onweerstaanbare charme van het banale (article)". The Art Couch. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  20. ^ Van Looy, Bent (2023-12-22). "West-Vlaamse kunstenaar, Kristof Santy, stelt na zijn wereldtour voor het eerst tentoon in geboortestad Roeselare (interview)". VRT Radio 1. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  21. ^ Kristof Santy, Declercq Joost, Louis Philippe Van Eeckhoutte, Sébastien Janssen (2023). Playtime. Lubok. ISBN 9783945111956.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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