Ash was born in Vigo, the most thrilling city of Galicia, Spain, in 1986. As a kid, he was fascinated by the figure of Dalí, who deeply influenced his production and conception of Art. Immersed in both the seaside and downtown lifestyles, Ash got into the local graffiti scene, putting on the bases of his surrealist and creepy iconography.
As an artist, Ash works in several fields such as illustration, painting, performance, sound and video, producing stunning pieces like the "guitar paintings", a performance in which he paints by using overloaded guitars sounds through amplifiers that create art on different mediums, or Die Fritzels, a band born as a lifelong Art project.
Anyway, he's not a musician but an Art teacher, and he loves to paint dinosaurs, monsters and sharks while he listens to Iron Maiden.
"...Ash Santos who, apart from illustrating, reinvents the world of painting by using not only the traditional brushes, but also guitar strings in performances which are as audiovisual as their name insinuates: the “guitar paintings”"
Lamono Magazine, February 2014
"Ash Santos es un artista multidisciplinar, amante de la subcultura en todas sus facetas. Se sirve del graffiti, el skate, el punk o el cómic para dar rienda suelta a su imaginación y extrapolar sus pasiones en todo un imaginario de extrañas criaturas y escenarios surrealistas."
Staf Magazine, January 2013
Professional listing
- Ash Santos – @ashsantos
- thisisashville.blogspot.com
- Open to job opportunities,