23 Facts About Cesar Santos

Cesar Santos was born on July 10,1982 and is a contemporary Cuban-American artist and portrait painter.

Cesar Santos is better known for his body of work "Syncretism", a term he uses to describe paintings where he presents two or more art tendencies in aesthetic balance.

Cesar Santos has completed numerous commissions and his work is held in private as well as public collections around the world.

Cesar Santos is part of the Living Masters' Gallery at the Art Renewal Center in Glenham.

Cesar Santos was born in Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba on July 10,1982.

Cesar Santos competed in kids boxing tournaments at a municipal level.

Cesar Santos started studying art at a young age, impressed by his uncle Raul Santos Zerpa, a prominent Cuban painter in the 1960s.

Cesar Santos joined the Angel Academy of Arts in Florence and studied the techniques and methods of the Renaissance, 18th century, and the French ateliers of 19th century under Michael John Angel, student of Pietro Annigoni.

In 2006, Cesar Santos completed his training in Florence and returned to Miami.

Cesar Santos made the poster entitled Danza Impossible, which received positive reviews and the next year he was commissioned to make the poster for Miami International Film Festival 2008.

Cesar Santos moved to Stockholm, Sweden in 2008 where he started teaching and giving workshops at the Atelier Stockholm.

In 2010 Cesar Santos moved to New York City, where he started working on Syncretism, which received critical acclaim and became one of his best known works.

Cesar Santos participated in the Art Basel week at the Concept Art Fair, where he was awarded the first prize.

Cesar Santos released a 4-disc DVD titled Secrets of Portrait Painting that features him giving a full demonstration of his painting technique using his wife as the model.

Cesar Santos is regularly invited to lecture on his painting techniques throughout the world, where he teaches portrait anatomy and structure from various points of view.

Cesar Santos' work reflects both classical and modern interpretations within one painting; his work has been influenced by the Renaissance as well as Contemporary Art.

Cesar Santos tries new techniques and integrates any that help him work more effectively.

Cesar Santos has a YouTube channel where he posts painting tutorials and other art-related videos.

Cesar Santos has been featured in art magazines and TV programmes all over the world.

Cesar Santos's work has been reviewed by several media publications.

Cesar Santos received wide media coverage after his exhibition Syncrestism, which received positive reviews.

Cesar Santos's humor overtakes the dialogue between past and present, and the painting topples over into frivolousness.

Santos' latest solo exhibition Cesar Santos Drawings has been praised by Marti Noticias, who wrote that Santos' "drawing and painting [are] reminiscent of a Renaissance master".