Biography
William Santen (b. 1979, Lexington, KY)
The artist lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
Education
| 2011 | MFA, School of the Arts, Columbia University, New York |
| 2009 | BA, College of Fine Arts, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY |
Exhibitions
| 2011 | Road to Nowhere, TRUE STORIES, Masc Foundation, Vienna, Austria (group) ABC Screening, Flux Factory, NYC (organized) Cinema Zero screening, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, NYC (group) A Failed Entertainment, LOT Louisville, KY (group) A Failed Entertainment, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, VA (group) |
| 2010 | Exquisite Corpse, Second Floor, Brooklyn, USA, Curated by Sarvia Jasso (group) Renovating Walden, curated by J. Morgan Puett & Mark Dion, Tufts University Art Gallery, Aidekman Arts Center, Medford, MA A Failed Entertainment, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York B-Side, hosted by Kara Walker, 6-8 Months Project Space, New York |
| 2008 | The Sandwich Box Project, Overgaden Museum of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark The Living Room, Masc Foundation, Vienna, Austria It’s Now or Never, New Life Berlin Festival, Berlin, Germany No Fixed Abode, Caban Unnos, Berlin, Germany |
| 2007 | Festival of the Moving Image, Ybor City, FL The Marionette Club, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY Visions from Voices, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, KY Animals, In from the Wild, The Kentucky School for the Blind, Louisville, KY |
Awards / Grants / Residencies
| 2010 | Mildred’s Lane Summer Fellowship, J.Morgan Puitt director, Beach Lake, PA Framing Wilderness Summer Fellowship, with Andrea Zittel and James Trainor, NY Sites, NY Merit Scholarship, School of the Arts, Columbia University, New York Visual Arts Fellowship, School of the Arts, Columbia University, New York |
| 2009 | Merit Scholarship, School of the Arts, Columbia University, New York Visual Arts Fellowship, School of the Arts, Columbia University, New York Dean's Purchase Award, School of Fine Arts, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY |
| 2008 | Education Abroad Travel Scholarship, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY The Gaines Center for the Humanities 2 Year Fellowship, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY |
