Sha Santos
BFA IN VISUAL ARTS, YORK UNIVERSITY
Plants and People
Before humans there were plants. After plants there were people.
What do plants see?
Did they watch Adam and Eve sew clothing out of fig leaves?
Did they admire Solomon as he waltzed through the orchards?
Did they gasp in horror when Jesus cursed a fig tree?
Do they hear the groans of humanity?
Do they see the brokenness of our world?
Do they wait patiently alongside us for liberation from bondage?
The struggle of humanity
The desire for community
We’re not that much different from plants.
We’re
just
people.
View the exhibition images below
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Sha Santos is a multidisciplinary artist whose work primarily focuses on Christian doctrines and reformed theology while abstaining from any explicit iconography altogether. Her main printmaking mediums are screen printing and intaglio. Her work illustratively addresses the condition of humanity and the sovereignty of God. She does this by examining the original Greek and Hebrew biblical texts and through the study of church history.
Website: therisha.wixsite.com/website
Instagram: @therishasart
Statue, February 2020, Relief print and monoprint on rag paper
Play, November 2019, Acrylic on canvas
Adam and Eve, January 2020, Relief print on clay
Inside My Journal, April 2019, Acrylic on canvas
Little Things, February 2020, Relief print on clay and rag paper
Adam I, March 2020, CMYK Screenprint on rag paper
Adam II, March 2020, CMYK Screenprint on rag paper
Guilt, February 2020, Screenprint on rag paper in a clay book
Hostility, February 2020, Screenprint on rag paper
Mingling Souls, February 2020, Screenprint on rag paper - Click image to view video