SANTIAGO CUCULLU

Santiago Cucullu (b. 1969, Buenos Aires, Argentina) grew up outside of Washington, D.C., but spent time each year visiting Argentina. Cucullu attended the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minnesota (MFA 1999), and Hartford Art School, Connecticut (BFA 1992). His awards include residencies at the Glassel Core Program, Houston, Texas (2001-2002), and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine (2001-2003), as well as the Jerome Emerging Artist Fellowship, from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (2000). His work has been exhibited at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota (2003); and he is currently represented by Julia Friedman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois; Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, Texas; and Midway Contemporary Arts, St. Paul, Minnesota. Cucullu lives and works in Minneapolis.

"In the past two years I have been concentrating on making large wall pieces, using contact paper to delineate an image, watercolors, and works that are purely non-figurative using plastic materials from party stores.
        Although very different in their underlying structure, all share similar sensibilities in their final forms, and I do not see them as necessary exclusive of one another. I am interested in the ways in which all these projects can transcend a type of temporality that is inherent in their materials and their display, while they work toward a structure that is grounded in empiricism. The origins of the work are the same and force a memory and intelligence out of themselves."

Santiago Cucullu Videla sits pretty with the T.O.A., from here on out it's wine women and song, 2001 Watercolor on watercolor paper 12-3/4 x 19-1/2 in. (31.4 x 49.5 cm) Collection of Susan and Rob White, Minnetonka, Minnesota; courtesy of Midway Contemporary Art, St. Paul, Minnesota     Santiago Cucullu Lunchtime, the best of times, 2002 Plastic tablecloths and shelf 14 x 7-1/2 x 14 in. (35.6 x 19.1 x 35.6 cm) Courtesy of the artist, Julia Friedman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois and Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, Texas     Santiago Cucullu Tall Fat Hall, 2003 Contact paper on wall Dimensions variable Courtesy of the artist and Julia Friedman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

Santiago Cucullu
Portal in the midst of Fermin
Salvachea's barricade in Cadiz acts as
a mirror to me now, 2003
Watercolor on watercolor paper
28 x 21 in. (71.1 x 53.3 cm)
Collection of Burt Aaron; courtesy of
Julia Friedman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
 
 

Santiago Cucullu
Come to me (detail), 2002
Plastic table skirting
Dimensions variable
Courtesy of the artist, Julia Friedman
Gallery, Chicago, Illinois and Barbara
Davis Gallery, Houston, Texas
 
 

Santiago Cucullu
The thing we do for love, 2001
Contact paper
Dimensions variable
Courtesy of the artist, Julia Friedman
Gallery, Chicago, Illinois and Barbara
Davis Gallery, Houston, Texas
 

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