Wood Work Show

Here are several pieces from my ‘WoodWork’ solo show at Wedge Gallery, Sydney on November 2012. To view the entire series, please visit my website: http://www.charlessantoso.com/wp/woodwork-show/

Hope you enjoy :)

In Between - Moleskine Project #2

Here’s my contribution to an upcoming group show (Moleskine Project #2) at Spoke Art, curated by Rodrigo Luff and Ken Harman. Have a look at crazy talented artists in the participant list. I’m really honoured to be a part of this. If you’re in San Fransisco area, please have a visit! The show opens on 6th December 2012.

Title: In Between
Medium: Pencil on Moleskine paper

Meanwhile, my ‘WoodWork’ solo show is still up for another week. Please check it out if you’re at Sydney :)

Woodwork - Solo Show

Hi all,
I’m ready to finally announce my 2nd solo show at the beginning of next month (1st November). Same as my previous show, it’ll be held at Kinokuniya bookstore in Sydney, Australia. The 'WoodWork' show will feature all new original drawings and paintings exploring my love of wooden toys/sculptures and a children classic story.

You can find the invite with the dates and details of the show below. For those who won't be in Sydney on those days, I’ll post photos after the exhibition is over. Please share this with with your friends, families, acquaintances or even strangers :) Thank you.

More Info:
You can find the event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/354768631281074/

Goodnight

TITLE: Goodnight (Tribute to Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are)

Medium: Pencil on Arches watercolour paper

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Here’s my contribution to the “Book Show” group exhibition in Paris. I feel extremely honoured and nervous at the same time to be included on the side of Giants of the illustration and fine-art fields. Please visit the blog to see what I mean: http://the-book-show.blogspot.fr/

The groupshow will run from July 3 - July 28, 2012 at Maghen gallery Paris (France) - http://www.danielmaghen.com

Special thanks to Seb Mesnard and Olivier Souillé for the invitation :)

Nightmare Before Christmas Tribute

Wow.. it's been a month since I last posted? Sorry for the sudden disappearance.. I just got back from several weeks of holiday. It was really relaxing but I'm ready to roll back and start creating again :)

Here's my contribution to a Nightmare Before Christmas group show in Paris (Arludik Gallery) - 28nd Feb - 10th March 2012. So honoured to be in the company of so many wonderful artists for this one... I really wish I can go to Paris attend the gallery show.

Title: Lock, Stock & Barrel
Medium: Pencil on Vellum




Stay tuned for more posts soon! Meanwhile, hope you enjoy this one :)

75 Peters Show

Hi all,
I was invited to be a part of '75 Peters' group show in Brisbane, Australia. It's an honour to be a part of this charity show along side of some wonderful artists from all around the world. All of us were asked to do a portrait of the iconic British architect, Sir Peter Cook.

Here is my contribution:

medium: digital

All 75 artworks from the show will be auctioned online and all proceeds from art sales will go directly to the charity Architecture for Humanity.

Here's the link to the site to get more details about the show & auction:
http://theadamandeveprojects.com/75peters

Wonderland Show - Video

Hi guys,
As promised, here's the video of the Wonderland Show for those who've missed it or wasn't able to visit Sydney to see it in person :) Would love to hear your opinions about it - for a better view, please watch it in full screen or go to vimeo's link to view the HD version :).

"The story involved a boy who saw a girl jumping into a rabbit hole and decided to follow her."

Wonderland Show - Charles Santoso from Charles Santoso on Vimeo.

I'm also planning to sell some of the works online for a limited time. I'll put up the details here around next week. Please send me an email if you have any specific one that you would like to purchase.

Enjoy :)

More photos from 'Wonderland' Show

Hi guys,
Here are some more photos of the solo show - currently on at Kinokuniya Bookstore, Sydney, Australia (30th August - 12th September 2011). I'll post a video of the whole thing next week.. and after that, I promise to be back in posting images instead of just keep talking about the show :)

numbering each drawing

Drink - Me

more drawings

Thanks for coming, folks! :D

artbook signing & sketching

On second note, my new website is finally up and running. I'll keep updating it with more images soon. The address is http://www.charlessantoso.com/ . Please take a peek :) .. would love to know what do you think about it :)

Hope you enjoy!

PS: Special thanks to Patrick Awa & Winni for sending out some warm gifts for the show (the 2 amazing greeneries on the table were coming from them). :D :)

Solo Show & Artbook Giveaway!

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UPDATE (03/09/11): The Entry to the artbook Giveaway is now closed :) Posting the winners soon!

UPDATE (12/08/11): WOAH! I'm so blown away by people's responses from all around the world. Thanks so much for the support, guys! As a token of appreciation, I'll be giving away 2 copies of my book instead!! :)
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>> 'Wonderland' Solo Show Facebook event page: HERE :)
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Hi all,
I’m really excited to finally announce my solo show at the end of August. It’ll be held at Kinokuniya bookstore in Sydney, Australia. The show will feature all new original drawings and paintings from my personal take on Wonderland. The story will involve a boy who saw a girl jumping into a rabbit hole and decided to follow her.

Below is the invite with the dates and details of the show. You’re all invited to come! For those who live far away, I’ll post photos of the exhibition later. I would be most grateful if you can all share this with with your friends, families, acquaintances and even strangers :)


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The second news is an ARTBOOK GIVEAWAY! I'll be giving one of my artbook (40 pages - softcover), signed and with a little sketch on the first page. Anyone local or international are welcome.



Several small things that you need to do for your chance to win:
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1. Please follow my blog if you haven’t already done so - you can find the 'follow' box on the right hand corner (if you have, thank you!)

2. Leave a comment in this post and let me know where you’re from and how you'd describe my works in one word (or one sentence if you'd prefer) :) I would love to know you guys a bit more.

3. And.. that’s it :) I’ll randomly select a person from this post's comment box and announce the winner here on the 3rd September 2011.
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I really appreciate the warm support that you guys have given me so far. Please kindly share this giveaway event on your facebook, google+, twitter, blog, etc if you could. Thank you! :)

On a side note, I’ve created a new facebook page, it would be great if you could 'like' it.