EDUCATION 2019-2023 Penland School of Craft; Core Fellowship; Penland, NC 2018 University of Minnesota-Minneapolis; Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts .
GRANTS & AWARDS 2023 Windgate Individual Artist Grant 2021 Toe River Arts/CARES Grant; North Carolina Arts Council, Madison County Arts Council, & ArtsNC 2020 Artist Relief Grant
PUBLICATIONS 2020
“Penland Core Fellows: Tony Santoyo.” Penland School. 2019 July 22. https://youtu.be/1CZfv00fyIQ 2019
North American Hand Papermakers Inc. “Repurposed, Recycled, Renewed: Pulp Transformations.” Bull & Branch. Issue 2 (2019): 16.
SHOWN 2024 Visual Index Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC Penland Gallery, Penland, NC Saltstone Ceramics Gallery, Seattle, WA
EXHIBITIONS 2023
Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Ceramics Invitational, Group Exhibition, Asheville, NC (invited)
ADC Fine Arts Gallery, Figuratively Speaking, NCECA Group Exhibition, Cincinnati, OH
2022
Gallery North, Stonefruit, Group Exhibition, Penland, NC
Saltstone Ceramics Gallery, Mug Madness/Sarah's Spirit Squad, Group Sale Exhibition, Seattle, WA (invited)
2021
Gallery North, Magic 8 Ball, Group Exhibition, Penland, NC
Applied Contemporary, Hella Cups, Ceramic Group Sale Exhibition, Oakland, CA
John & Robyn Horn Gallery, A CURIOUS YEAR, Penland Core Fellows & Resident Artists, Group Exhibition, Penland, NC (invited)
Saltstone Ceramics Gallery, Queer and Dear, Group Sale Exhibition, Seattle, WA (invited)
Chautauqua Visual Arts: CVA Craft Gallery, Featured-Artist Exhibition, New York, NY (invited)
Spruce Pine Gallery, Essential Work/Toe River Arts 2020 Grant Recipients, Group Exhibition, Spruce Pine, NC (invited)
Queen University Gallery, Explorations| Queens Faculty + Penland Resident & Core Fellow Artists, Group Exhibition, Charlotte, NC (invited)
2020
MINT Gallery, MerriMINT, Sale Exhibition (online & in-person), Atlanta, GA (invited)
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft; Cups for Y’all, Sale Exhibition (online), Houston, TX (invited)
Penland Gallery, Holding Patterns, Group Exhibition (online), Penland, NC (invited)
2019
HARK! Handmade Paper & Hark-Weber Studio Pop-Up Exhibition: Recent Paintings by Tony Santoyo (invited)
2018
Regis West Gallery, Introspectacle, Group Exhibition, Minneapolis, MN (invited)
Hinckley Fire Museum, Group Exhibition, Regional Artists; Hinckley, MN (invited)
Exhibition: Cafe Latté; Group show; Regional Artists; St. Paul, MN (invited)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Current
Ongoing studio work, personal practice: painting, papermaking, & pottery, St. Paul, MN
2024
St. Croix Valley Pottery Tour, Assistant, Shafer, MN Artists: Ani Kasten, Natasha Alphonse, Jenny Mendes, & Lilith Rockett.
2023
Touchstone Center for Crafts, Studio Assistant, Ceramic hand-building workshop, Farmington, PA
Penland Winter Residency, Penland, NC
2022
Penland Winter Residency, Penland NC
2019
North American Hand Papermaking, National Conference; Panelist, presenting Repurposed, Recycled, Renewed: Pulp Transformation.
Penland School of Craft, Studio Assistant, Hand Papermaking workshop
Hark! Handmade paper Studio, St Paul, MN; Studio Assistant, 10 hours per week. Production Papermaking
2016
Penland School of Craft, Studio Assistant, Hand Papermaking workshop
2015
Art Start, Classroom Volunteer; Summer Urban Arts Camp, St. Paul, MN
2014
Public Arts St. Paul; CREATE The Community Meal with Seitu Jones and Mary Hark; Production of 2,000 handmade paper placemats made from bio-waste, Saint Paul, MN