Santiago Evans Canales

Santiago Evans Canales

BornNationalityBased In
1996MexicanLondon
Biography

Pareidolia* is always the origin point for Santiago’s works. In his latest series, colour becomes the foundation for form, space, mood, light and atmosphere in each work. The image is orchestrated through colour in a way that makes it familiar but eary. The pictures that the canvas depicts are quickly digested but create an emotional tension between the viewer and the painting. The relationship is more of a flirtation which you aren’t sure is reciprocated, than an obscenity that removes the “game” from the equation. Pareidolia, is a powerful tool for the creation of a painting, the purpose of this last series is for the viewer to have room to also use this tool themselves. *Pareidolia. is the tendency for perception to impose a meaningful interpretation on a nebulous stimulus, usually visual, so that one sees an object, pattern, or meaning where there is none. ...

Selected Artworks
What do you mean he’s behind me?
Santiago Evans Canales
What do you mean he’s behind me?, 2020
315 x 120cm
I Can’t Do That
Santiago Evans Canales
I Can’t Do That, 2020
35 x 23cm
This Way!
Sube y Baja
Pompitas
Cuernavaca
Preocopeo
Pedro Bread
Como Chinga Dominga
Santiago Evans Canales
Como Chinga Dominga, 2022
150 x 290cm
Umpqua
Vestido de Azul
Santiago Evans Canales
Vestido de Azul, 2023
120 x 80cm
Baile satanico
Santiago Evans Canales
Baile satanico, 2023
21 x 28cm
Por Acá
Orgasm #1.5
Dr.Jekill and Mr.Hyde
Santiago Evans Canales
Dr.Jekill and Mr.Hyde, 2023
21 x 28cm
Estoy Dormido
Buenos Dias
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