Santiago Mals is an emerging painter whose work explores the challenges of identity in today’s world. His art reflects both personal and societal struggles, confronting issues like cultural fragmentation, social conformity, and the influence of globalization on individual identity. Mals invites viewers to think deeply about how these forces shape both individual and collective identities. Through his paintings, he creates a space for reflection, encouraging people to consider their own roles in a changing, connected world.

Exhibitions

• “Passage” a journey of life, group exhibition, Sol Gallery, 2025 (artist and curator)

• Fifty Squared Prize, Group Exhibition, Brunswick Street Gallery, 2024

• Small Works Art Prize, Group Exhibition, Brunswick Street Gallery, 2024

• Buy or Cry, Group Exhibition, Sol Gallery, 2023

• Form & Flora, group exhibition, Brunswick Street Gallery, 2023

• Contemporary Drawing Biennale, FINALIST, Polish Art Foundation, 2023

• Echoes of Gaze, group exhibition, Brunswick Street Gallery, 2023

• Pace(S) called home, group exhibition, Brunswick Street Gallery, 2023

• BARE group exhibition, Sol Gallery, 2023

• “Faces”, No Vacancy, 2023

Publications

• Artshub Australia: Group Show “Passage” 2025

• ContemporaryIdentities International Online Art Magazine, 2023