Mónica Santos was born into a family of travelers. Infused with diverse cultures, she was nourished by the many gazes she came across. She has developed several different professional avenues so as to be at the service of artistic expression, hers and that of others. Sensitive to utopian and peripheral projects, she seeks what is outside the frame and continues, more than ever, to defend the possibility of another world.
Since 2005, after a B.A. in Art History from York University in the United Kingdom, and in Fine Arts from the Complutense University in Madrid, she has developed a professional activity as a curator of exhibitions, a graphic designer, an independent exhibition scenographer and, more recently, as a drawer. From 2007 to 2016, she co-directed with Sandra Maunac, Masasam Curatorial Projects, a critical and creative platform specialized in photography.
In 2018, out of a desire and necessity to get away from the compulsive agitation of the world, to cultivate a place and to think serenely about the stakes of our lifestyles, she acquired the Moulin de la Fontaine (The Fountain Watermill) in Thoré La Rochette, in France with Mat Jacob. Together, they are working to create a cultural center dedicated to the image and the environment that will open in 2019.
CONTACT
+ 33 (0) 6 42 16 41 20 // ms@monicasantos.fr
// 6 rue du Docteur Gamard, 41800 Montoire sur le Loir, France //
REFERENCES
Public Institutions:
l’Institut français, Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores de España, Casa África, Casa Árabe, Mairie de Paris, Mairie de Reims
Museums / Exhibition spaces / Art Galleries:
Museo Amparo de Puebla, Galería La Balsa Arte Bogota et Medellín, Musée de la Photographie André Villers, Salon d’art contemporain de Montrouge, Galerie Fait & Cause, La Topographie de l’Art, Le forum de Blanc-Mesnil, Abbaye de Jumieges, Ciudadela de Pamplona, Alriwaq Art Center Bahrein, Central Dupon Images Galerie, Contemporary Art Platform Kuwait, Centre culturel Franco-Allemand de Ramallah, MC2a Bordeaux, Arrêt sur l’Image Galerie, La Petite Poule Noire, La Salle Gombé Kinshasa, Centre Atlantique de la Photographie de Brest, Le Château de la Doucette Drancy, Maison des Associations de Rennes, Qatar Photographic Society, Château Les Carasses Béziers, Escuela de estudios Árabes de Granada, Maestra Sala de Arte Jaén, Teatro Cómico Principal de Córdoba
Corporate:
Elogie-Siemp, Pernod Ricard, Novartis, Olympus, SFR Jeunes Talents, Mimesis, Royal Canin, l’OPPIC (Opérateur du patrimoine et des projets immobiliers de la culture)
Photo Agencies:
Tendance Floue, Picturetank, Agence Vu, TerraProject Photographers, Ostkreuz, Pandora Colectivo de Fotografía
Publishing houses / Press:
Off the Wall, L’Irreverent, Éditions Intervalles, Éditions Textuel, Actes Sud, Éditions Selma Feriani, Ediciones Casa África, Ediciones Casa Árabe
Schools:
Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris, Ecole des Métiers de l’Information (EMI-CFD), Tokio Wonder Site, Academia de España en Roma
Cultural Agents:
L’agence à Paris, Art Photo Projects
Festivals / Biennales / Fairs:
Les Promenades Photographiques de Vendôme, Paris Photo, Art Paris Art Fair, Le Festival Planche(s) Contact de Deauville, Festival Portrait(s) de Vichy, Les Rencontres d’Arles, Festival International de Photographie de Braga, Les Nuits Photographiques, Les Rencontres de la Photographie de Bamako, Festival Getxo Photo, Visa pour l’Image, Festival International de Photographie de Rome, Festival de Cine Africano de Tarifa, Festival de Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana, Festival de Cine Pobre de Gibara, Festival de Cine de Donostia, Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Sao Paulo.