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Marikit Santiago

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'''Marikit Santiago''' (born 1985) is a Filipina-Australian artist and winner of the 2020 [[Sir John Sulman Prize]].

Santiago was born in Melbourne in 1985. She studied at the [[University of New South Wales]], initially graduating with a [[Bachelor of Medical Science]]. She later completed [[Bachelor of Fine Arts]] for which she received the Deans Award for Academic Excellence. She folliowed this with a Master of Fine Arts, this time winning an [[Australian Postgraduate Award]].<ref name="Valdimiado"></ref>

Santiago's work has been said to "collapse the categories of the personal and the political, exploring how experiences of motherhood and marriage sit within broader historical constructs, including colonialism and organised faith."<ref name="McFadyen"></ref> and "investigates a personal conflict of cultural plurality at the conjunction of Filipino ethnicity and Australian nationality."<ref name="Valdimiado"/>

Santiago was an [[List of Archibald Prize 2016 finalists|2016 Archibald Prize finalist]] for her work ''Blacklustre'', a portrait of fellow artist Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran. She was awared the 2020 Sulman Prize for her work ''he divine''.<ref name="AGNSW"></ref>

Santiago has a studio in [[Parramatta]].<ref name="Dye">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> She has three children, who often contribute to her artwork.<ref name="Dye" />

==References==


==External links==
*[https://ift.tt/33WTnpb Personal website]



[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1985 births]]
[[Category:Artists from Melbourne]]
[[Category:People from Parramatta]]
[[Category:Australian people of Filipino descent]]


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