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Vanessa Gully Santiago (b. 1984 in Boston, MA) lives and works in Queens, NY. The artist gained her BFA from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in 2006 and her MFA from The Mason Gross School of Art at Rutgers University in 2013. Selected solo exhibitions: “RTO,” Cheremoya, Los Angeles (2025); “A Flower That Grows,” James Fuentes, New York, 2022; “Young Professional,” James Fuentes (online), New York (2018); “Vanessa Gully Santiago,” Jack Barrett Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2018); “No Touch,” Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York (2017); and “Private Accounts,” American Medium, Brooklyn, NY (2016). Selected group exhibitions: “Finish Fetish,” Collaborations, Copenhagen (2023); “Me and My Shadow, My Shadow and I,” Europa, New York (2023); “Subtle Subversions,” Microscope Gallery, New York (2022); “Damas, Damas, Damas, Damas,” The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI (2021); Theorem X, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York (2021); “Theorem Y,” Mrs Gallery, Queens, NY (2021); “Introducing,” In Lieu, Los Angeles (2020); “Documento,” Embajada, San Juan, PR (2020); “Unraveling,” Hesse Flatow, New York (2020); MAD, Assembly Room, New York (2019); “Commutiny,” Sibling, Toronto (2019); “Furies,” Helena Anrather, New York (2018); “Beside Myself,” JTT, New York (2018); “Without God or Governance,”  Marinaro, New York (2018); “Alleviators,” Charles Moffett Gallery, New York (2018); “Unders,” Soyuz Project Space, Pescara, Italy (2018); “The History Show,” Foxy Production, New York (2017); “Collect,” Soloway, Brooklyn, NY; “Drawer,” Deli Gallery, Queens, NY (2017); “A Slim-Waisted Gate,” C. Grimaldis Projects, Baltimore (2017); “Hypnic Jerk,” Smart Objects, Los Angeles (2017); “The Drawing Room,” 247365, New York (2016); “The Loneliness Thing,” Situation Room, Los Angeles (2015); “The Last Brucennial,” Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York, NY (2014). Her work has been the subject of review in Artforum, ArtNews, Forbes, Hyperallergic, The Observer, The New Yorker, and Nylon, among numerous other publications.

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