Santiago X

X, formerly Santiago X (b. 1982)[1] is an Indigenous American multidisciplinary artist and architect working in land art, architecture, new media, and hip hop music.

X was born in Phoenix, Arizona. He is an enrolled citizen of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana (Koasati) and Indigenous Chamoru from the Island of Guam U.S.A (Hacha'Maori). As a child, he grew up in Guam, where his father was serving in the United States Air Force.[2]

From 2004 to 2013, X was one-half of the band Santiago x The Natural. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame.[2] X received a Bachelors of Environmental Design from the University of Colorado, a Masters of Architecture from the University of Southern California, and a Masters of Fine Arts Studio in Art and Technology from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.[3][4][5]

In 2020, he was commissioned by the U.S. State Department to serve as lead artist of The American Arts Incubator, Brazil. As part of the 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial, X mounted two public installations along the Chicago and Des Plaines Rivers consisting of mound effigies and was the first Native American to be represented at the Biennial.

X describes himself as an Indigenous Futurist.[6]

Exhibitions

Since 2016, X has exhibited and created installations and land art internationally. In fall of 2019, Santiago X showed the piece SOLOKCI ITABITKA (WHERE GHOSTS DANCE) at the Making Space for Resistance: Past, Present, Future exhibition curated by the Indigenous Scholars of Architecture, Planning and Design at the Yale School of Architecture.[7] In 2019, his work HAYO TIKBA (THE FIRE INSIDE) was commissioned by the Chicago Architecture Biennial.[8] In 2018, he exhibited the light and sound work THE RETURN (o:lači okhiča) at ArsElectronica in Linz, Austria.[9] His work was also featured in PORTAL a virtual reality exhibition, Expo 2010 Shanghai, and the Venice Biennale.

Awards and recognition

  • New City Top 50 Artist (2020)[10]
  • 3Arts Award (2019)[11]

References

  1. ↑ Feldman, Evan. "X". Gerald Peters.
  2. 1 2 Limón, Enrique (18 August 2015). "Santiago X". Santa Fe Reporter.
  3. ↑ "Santiago X - About".
  4. ↑ Carrigan, Margaret (2019). "Rebuilding America's Indigenous Cities, One Mound at a Time". Art Newspaper. 28 (315): 14–15.
  5. ↑ "Chicago Architectural Biennial". Archived from the original on 2023-09-28. Retrieved 2026-07-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ↑ Carrigan, Margaret (20 September 2019). "Native American artist Santiago X on rebuilding Indigenous cities, one mound at a time". The Art Newspaper - International art news and events.
  7. ↑ "Indigenous Scholars of Architecture, Planning and Design (ISAPD) | Established at the Yale School of Architecture in September 2018". campuspress.yale.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  8. ↑ "Chicago Architecture Biennial (2019)".
  9. ↑ "The Return".
  10. ↑ "Art 50 2020". 3 September 2020.
  11. ↑ "3Arts".
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