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Gene Anthony Santiago-Holt

 

(267)-592-7476

geneholt@udel.edu 

 www.moyogash.xyz

IG:@moyogash_kitschmagik

 

Education

2019 - 2022 MFA in Art, Department of Art & Design, University of Delaware, Newark, DE

2012-2015 BFA in Fine Arts, emphasis in Sculpture and Extended Media, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

 

Teaching Experience

January 2023 - Present Instructor, Drexel  University, Philadelphia, PA

  •  Visual Studies: Design Foundations, The Westphal College of Media Arts & Design

September 2022 - Present Instructor, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey

  • BFA Program, Art and Design Department 

July 2022- Present Instructor, Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

  • 2022- Present  Youth And Family Programs, Museum Education  

Jan 2019 - Present Lecturer, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA

  • 2023 - Present  BFA Program, Animation & Game Arts Department

  • 2022 - Present  BFA Program, Foundations Department

  • 2022- Present SAER Program, Continuing Education

  • 2021- Present  SADI Program, Continuing Education

  • 2019 - Present YAW Program, Continuing Education

June 2019 – Dec 2021 Graduate Teacher of Record,University of Delaware, Newark,DE  

  •  BFA Program, Department of Art & Design, 

2014- 2015  Assistant Teacher, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (High School program)

 

Honors and Awards

2021 CMCS Graduate Research Travel Fund, University of Delaware

2021 Minori & Colin Thorpe MFA Exhibition Award, University of Delaware

2019 Full Tuition Scholarship Award, University of Delaware   

2019 Graduate Scholar Award, University of Delaware 

2015 Maguire Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

2012 Academy Merit Award, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

2012 Philadelphia Connections Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

2012 Gray Trust Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

2012 Former Trustee Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

 

Two-Person Exhibition(s)

2021 Dramatis Personae @ Grizzly Grizzly (with Maisie O’Brien) Philadelphia, PA

 

Group Exhibitions

2023 HexError: an Evening of Performance Art, New Media, and Noise @ Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA

Featured Performers: Sarah Turner, Quinton Maldonado, Dungeonmaster, Hallucinogenic Bulb, Kensington Needles

2023 Live Art, Teach Art: Instructor Showcase @ Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts

2022 Scream It Off Screen/ Nov 2022 Virtual Short Film GONG Show, Minneapolis, MN

Featuring Films By: Matthew Hunter, Alex Gooding, Gene Anthony Santiago-Holt, Josh Rutgers, Tanner Hamilton, Tracy Lee Harrington, Jasper Jimenez, Stephen Kubiak, Mateo Giovannini, Andre Paras, Lev Ettinger



 

2022 Screen Share @ Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA 

Presented in partnership by The Philadelphia Latino Film Festival and Vox Populi

Featuring Films By: Ashley Pérez García, Karoline Pelikan, Héctor Tapia Aguilar, and Damiana Acuña

With Performances by Gene Anthony Santiago-Holt (aka MOYOGASH) and Miriam Saperstein

2022 $99 Sale Exhibition @ Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA

2022 Analog Sacrifice (Sound Performance) @ The Grove, New York, NY

2022 Abington Art Center’s Summer Juried Show 2022 @ Abington Art Center Jenkentown, PA

Curator: Meg Wolensky, Continuing Education Program Manager, Moore College of Art

2022 Vox Populi's 17th Annual Juried Exhibition: Wild/Mild @ Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA

2022 MOYOGASH & Cemetery B w guests @ Clearbrook Center of The Arts , Lake Ridge, VA

2022 Carry On @ WIR WIR, Berlin, Germany

2022 MakeSPACE 2022: an inclusionary exhibition @ University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2021 Elsewhere/Where else @ James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2021 Digital Abandonment @ Hot Bed Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2021 Kino Lino TV Presents: Episode 1 and 2 @ Hot Bed Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2021 Family History @ The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE

Curator: Chase Dougherty, Gretchen Hupfel Curator of Contemporary, The Delaware Contemporary 

2021 Virtual Bedtime @ Grizzly Grizzly, Philadelphia, PA

2021 Elsewhere @ The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE

2021 215|610 CONTEMPORARY Juried Exhibition @ Delaware County Community College, Media, PA                      Juror: Christina Vassallo, Executive Director, Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA

2021 Kitsch Magik Hexfest @ Kitsch Magik, Philadelphia, PA

2020 JOKERJOKERtv Episode 022 @ Joker Joker Gallery, Athens, GA

2020 East Meets West @ PiranesiLAB, Moscow, Russia

Curator: Aaron Terry, University of Delaware

2019 Last Blood @ Taylor Hall Gallery, University of Delaware, Newark, DE

2019 Delaweird Presents Final Friday @ Newark Bike Project, Newark, DE

2019 Too Weak Noise Feast III @ The Miracle Club, Philadelphia, PA

2019 INSIDER ART @ PAFA, Philadelphia, PA

2019 March Towards The Noise @ Echo Base, Philadelphia, PA

2018 The Fear That Gives @ Giovinetti Studios Philadelphia, PA

2018 Sound Performance @ American University Washington, DC

2018 Sound Performance @ Evolving Art Machine Fredericksburg, VA

2018 Sound Performance @ Black Forge Coffee House Pittsburgh, PA

2018 Sound Performance @ Dirty Dungarees Laundromat Columbus, OH

2018 Sound Performance @ THE TUDOR LOUNGE Buffalo, NY

2018 Eastcoast Noisefest 2018 @ Century Philadelphia, PA

2018 DC Experimental Show @ The Electric Maid Washington, DC 

2018 Sound/ Video Performance @ Ratoncito Baltimore, MD

2017 Kitsch Magik Presents : HEXNIGHT II @ Century Philadelphia, PA

2017 NIL Presents: An Evening of Experimental Music No. 4 Pittsburgh, PA

2017 Oktober Hexfest 2017@ Century Philadelphia, PA

2017 Performance @ The Glitter Box Theater Pittsburgh , PA 

2017 Eastcoast Noisefest 2017 Philadelphia, PA

2017 Kitsch Magik Presents: HEXNIGHT @ P H Â R M Â C Y Philadelphia, PA

2017 Kitsch Magik Presents @ W/N W/N Philadelphia, PA

2016 Devils Night: Video Installation Mobile, AL 

2015 FPAFA presents: FAME                                   Philadelphia, PA

2015 Annual Student Exhibition @ PAFA           Philadelphia, PA

2014 Little Berlin: Floorplan                                Philadelphia, PA

 



 

Curated Exhibitions & Audio Compilations 

Visual:

2023 HexError: an Evening of Performance Art, New Media, and Noise @ Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA

Featured Performers: Sarah Turner, Quinton Maldonado, Dungeonmaster, Hallucinogenic Bulb, Kensington Needles

2023 As The Wetlands Take Grounds: Jordan Deal @ Grizzly Grizzly, Philadelphia, PA

2023 Memory Be Green: Carlisle Bell @ Grizzly Grizzly Philadelphia, PA

 2022 Objetos Sagrados/ Sacred Objects: Olaitan Callender-Scott & Carolina Marín Hernández @ Grizzly Grizzly Philadelphia, PA

2022  Hot August Nights: Video Art Open Call ft: Jordan Deal, Elicia Epstein, Dafna Steinberg, Alley Faint Wurds, Suji Kanneganti, Parker Phelps, Louis Watts, Srotoswini Sinha, Dungeon Master, Ophelia, Sarah Trad  @ Grizzly Grizzly  Philadelphia, PA

2022 Funny - Not Funny: Halle Ballard, Katie Delaney @ Grizzly Grizzly  Philadelphia, PA

2022 Illuminations: London Tsai and Wen-Ying Tsai @ Grizzly Grizzly  Philadelphia, PA  

2022  Total Information Awareness: Hasan Elahi, Mike Osborne, Jeff Thompson @ Grizzly Grizzly  Philadelphia, PA  

2022 A Polar Bear Drowns in Evaporated Seas: Jonathan Latiano @ Grizzly Grizzly Philadelphia, PA  

2022 Hand and Foot:Joseph Lazaro Rodriguez @Grizzly Grizzly Philadelphia, PA

Audio: 

2022 Kitsch Magik Collective Presents: Dead Leaves: featuring: Mean Flow, The Owl, 6spiders, Full Contact Audio, Lezet, Audio Snuff, Collapsing, Hallucinogenic Bulb, Potpourri Chartreuse Roulette , Ecology: HomeStones, Go As DeatH, Kia Folston

https://kitschmagik.bandcamp.com/album/kitsch-magik-collective-presents-dead-leaves 

2018 Kitsch Magik Presents: Autumn Pumpkin Worship

https://kitschmagik.bandcamp.com/album/autumn-pumpkin-worship

2017  Kitsch Magik Presents: The Underground Art Of Black Metal

https://kitschmagikpresents.bandcamp.com/album/the-underground-art-of-black-metal 

2017 Kitsch Magik Presents:The Inglourious Basterds

https://kitschmagikpresents.bandcamp.com/album/kitsch-magik-pcp-presents-the-inglourious-basterds 

2017 Kitsch Magik Presents: Painted Pealing Wallpaper

https://magikingdom.bandcamp.com/album/kitsch-magik-pcp-presents-painted-pealing-wallpaper 

 

Residencies

2021 319 AIR Residency @ Grizzly Grizzly Philadelphia, PA

 

Lectures & Judging 

2023 Judging Panel @ I Am Philadelphia Contest 2023, Philadelphia, PA

2022  “Noise, Performance, and Puerto Rican (Taino) Futurism” - 2022 HAA Graduate Symposium Pittsburgh, PA

Keynote Speaker: Barbara London, curator and founder of video exhibition and collection programs at the Museum of Modern Art

2021 Site Specific Sculpture Judging Panel @ Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts   Philadelphia, PA

2021 Graduate Student Seminar Series: Noise, Performance, and the Digital @ University of Delaware 

2021 Artist Talk: Kitsch, Noise, and Magik @ Venture Cafe  Philadelphia,PA

 

Memberships

2015 - Present Kitsch Magik Collective 

2022 - 2023 Grizzly Grizzly 

2019 - 2020           PAFA Alumni Council 

2015-2016 Fellowship of the Academy of the Fine Arts

2014-2014        Philadelphia Sculpture Gym

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