Denver

contact: gregorysantos@gmail.com

Exhibitions list further below.

View a full CV clicking HERE (updated June ‘23).

PHOTO: ERYNN McCONNELL

PHOTO: ERYNN McCONNELL

BIOGRAPHY

(b. 1979, New York) Gregory Santos is an abstract artist and professional printer specializing in lithography and screen printing.

In 2015 he relocated from NYC to Denver, CO., where his studio practice is based out of Art Gym Denver. Gregory is currently the Printmaking Director at Art Gym Denver and was the the Chair of Mo'Print from 2016-2020.

As a collaborative printer he’s made editions for artists: Tony Ortega, Gigi Chen, Dinh Q. Lê, and Sanford Biggers. He’s also printed editions for Cecily Brown, Jill Moser, Guillermo Kuitca, Robert Kushner, Mickalene Thomas, and Helen Frankenthaler.

Gregory created Mixed Grit in January 2019. Through this project he’s printed crayonstone lithographs for: Craig Zammiello, Ali Norman, Ash Armenta, Todd Herzberg, Jessi Hardesty, Annalise Gratovich, Reinaldo Gil Zambrano, Sage Perrott, Bryn Perrott, Tanja Softić, Rachel Shelton, and others.

He completed the Printer Training Program at the Tamarind Institute for lithography and holds a Master of Arts degree from New York University as well as a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in printmaking from Syracuse University.

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Rolling out ink to print a photo lithographic plate, at Art Gym Denver.

Making additions to a photogravure while at the Frans Masereel Centrum.

Making additions to a photogravure while at the Frans Masereel Centrum.

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PHOTO: MICHELLE CHRISTIANCE

STATEMENT

"My imagery is an exploration of elemental, emotional, societal, intimate, and physical relationships.”

EXHIBITS

2025

Dragons! - Leyden Jar, Denver, CO
Art of the State 2025 - Arvada Center, Arvada, CO

2024

Free Range - Leyden Jar, Denver, CO
Extreme Pressure - Webber Gallery, Ocala, FL
The Dog Show - Bell Projects, Denver, CO
Star Wars: Characters / Creatures / Droids - Leyden Jar, Denver, CO
There’s Been A Murder! (solo exhibit) - Bell Projects, Denver, CO
528.o Regional Juried Printmaking Exhibition - Arvada Center, Arvada, CO
Art Gym Printmaking Members - Art Gym Gallery, Denver, CO
Black Ink - TRVE, Denver, CO
Moprint@1101 - 1101 Event Center, Littleton, CO

2023

Serie De Exhibiciones Inmersivas: Ciclos Gráficos - Espacio Emergente, Bayamón, Puerto Rico
2023 Manhattan Graphics Center National Print Exhibition
- Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY
Whodunit?
(solo exhibit) - Leu Center for the Visual Arts, Belmont University, Nashville, TN
Five Points 2023 Juried Printmaking Exhibition
- Five Points Art Center, Torrington, CT
Big Draw Colorado -
Arvada Center, Arvada, CO
Connect:Collect / Illuminations
- Ruddell Gallery, Black Hills State University, Spearfish, SD
Leave Quietly (traveling exhibit) - IN TOTO, Cyprus
Ends + Beginnings
- Alto Gallery, Denver, CO

2022

Collectivity is Flux - Public Space One, Iowa City, IA
Contemporary Printmaking
- The Art Gallery at Western Wyoming Community College, Rock Springs, WY
2022 Pacific States Biennial North American
- Campus Center Gallery, Honolulu, HI
Beyond the Norm 2022: International Juried Print Exhibition
- University Galleries, Normal, IL
One Sheet: Wood - Arvada Center, Arvada, CO
Connect:Collect / Illuminations - Nona Jean Hulsey Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
Calculating Chaos
- Rewaq Gallery, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Leave Quietly (traveling exhibit) - Fluxus Chapel, Mumbai, India
Leave Quietly (traveling exhibit) - Mirabo Press, Buffalo, NY
Leave Quietly (traveling exhibit) - Bolivar Art Gallery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Community Print Show - Edge Gallery, Lakewood, CO
Dual Exhibition - The People’s Building, Denver, CO
Art Gym Printmaking Members - Art Gym Gallery, Denver, CO
Black Ink - TRVE, Denver, CO
Reverse Image - Spark Gallery, Denver, CO
WolfPack Press Presents: Beyond the Rectangle - Front Range Community, Westminster, CO
MoPrint@1101 - 1101, Littleton, CO
Art of the State 2022 - Arvada Center, Arvada, CO

2021

Estampa - Terrain Gallery, Spokane, WA
School’s Out! - Friend of a Friend Gallery, Denver, CO
99 Pieces - Access Gallery, Denver, CO
Call to the Wilds - University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

2020

Site Unseen (solo exhibit) - Bifurcation Space, Denver, CO
Lithography Exhibition - Megalo Print Studio, Canberra, Australia.
Plethora of Prints - Common Space Gallery, Denver, CO
In Print - Labyrinth Studios, Tampa, FL
Looking At You - Art Gym Gallery, Denver, CO
Under Pressure: National Printmaking Exhibition - Lincoln Center Art Gallery, Fort Collins, CO
Street Views - Alto Gallery, Denver, CO
Printmaking in the Rockies and on the Great Plains - The Brinton Museum, Big Horn, WY
Printmaking Plus - D’art Gallery, Denver, CO.
528.0 Regional Juried Printmaking Exhibition - Arvada Center, Arvada, CO
Community Print Show - Edge Gallery, Lakewood, CO
In Process - Center for Visual Art, Denver, CO
Prints from Big Ink - Red Delicious Gallery, Aurora, CO
Black Ink - TRVE, Denver, CO
Art Gym Printmaking Members - Art Gym Gallery, Denver, CO

2019

Protect This Land: Making Change Through Visualization - Earth Sciences & Map Library, Boulder, CO
Protect This Land - Sojourner Truth Library, SUNY New Paltz, NY
Art of the State 2019 - Arvada Center, Arvada, CO

2018

Endless Editions 2018 Biennial - Optimism (catalog), New York NY
Bad Hombre (solo exhibit) - Common Space Gallery, Denver, CO
Standout Prints - Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN
The Printed Image 7 - Sabatini Gallery, Topeka, KS
Black Ink - TRVE, Denver, CO
Rethinking Urbanism - RedLine, Denver, CO
Master Printers and Print Educators of Colorado - McNichols Civic Center, Denver, CO

2017

1SQFT - RedLine, Denver, CO
Amplify & Multipy - Coburn Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
Super Saturated - Flatbed Press and Gallery, Austin, TX
Saturated - CRAFT, Austin, TX
528.0 Prints - Center for Visual Art, Denver, CO

2016

_Scape - Curtis Arts and Humanities Center, Denver, CO
Made - Art Gym Gallery, Denver, CO
Art of Slow - Art Gym Gallery, Denver, CO

2015

Innuendo - Ink Lounge, Denver, CO

2014

New Works (solo exhibit) - Inwood Local, NY, NY
The Portrait Show - LeRoy Neiman Gallery, NY, NY
Art from the Boros II - Denise Bibro Fine Art, NY, NY

2013

The Figure 8 - ArtSpace, New Haven, CT

2011

Summer - LeRoy Neiman Gallery, NY, NY

2009

Art Bazaar - Lyons Wier Gallery, NY, NY
Artists' Books 2009 - Cuesta College Art Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA
Molten II - Erotic Book Works - Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO

2007

Duality - East End Arts Council, Riverhead, NY
Pin-Up - Verb, Albuquerque, NM
Shop Mix - Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM

2005

New Works: Selections By Kiki Smith & Valerie Hammonds - The Commons, NY, NY
MA Thesis Exhibit - 80 Washington Square East Galleries, NY, NY
Do Not Bend - Sage Tucker-Ketcham Gallery. Burlington, VT
House of Cards - Columbus Center for the Paper and Book Arts, Columbus, OH
New Works: Selections By Kiki Smith & Valerie Hammonds - The Commons, NY, NY
Storefront/Forefront - 20 East 4th St, NY, NY.
Small Works - 80 Washington Square East Galleries, NY, NY
Chicks in the Dark (solo exhibit) - Freeze Peach, Astoria, NY

2004

Spring[binding] Hath Sprung - The Bonefolder — Volume 1, No. 1.
http://www.philobiblon.com/bonefolder/

2003

Print Matrix - The Commons, NY, NY

2002

International Book Arts Exhibit - Jordan River Art Center, East Jordan, MI
Printmaking BFA Exhibit - Coyne Gallery, Comstock Art Facility, Syracuse,NY
The Art of Rejection - Drawing Gallery, Comstock Art Facility.
A Bunch of Books and Other Works (solo exhibit) - Coyne Gallery, Comstock Art Facility.

2001

Art on Paper Invitational Traveling Exhibition - Oswego State and Drawing Gallery, Comstock Art Facility.
The Erotic Works - Coyne Gallery, Comstock Art Facility.
Central New York Book Arts: Traditional to Innovative - Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY.
100 Universes: An International Accordion Book of Prints - Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR.
Art on Paper Invitational Traveling Exhibition - Oswego State and Drawing Gallery, Comstock Art Facility.

Printing on-site at the Kirkland Museum during Mo’Print 2020. Answering a question about how thick lithographic printing stones are quarried.

PHOTO: RYAN BORTHICK
Printing on-site at the Kirkland Museum during Mo’Print 2020. Answering a question about how thick lithographic printing stones are quarried.

Medium format printer at Brand X Editions, NY.

Medium format printer at Brand X Editions, NY.

Former studio — Spanish Harlem, NYC

Former studio in Spanish Harlem, NYC.