Bio:

Saint is an Illustrator who works primarily with traditional mediums. Like any child, he really enjoyed drawing, and was always very curious and creative. Drawing was something he always loved throughout his life; therefore he pursued his passion in the arts. Developing his skills throughout the years; he fell in love with realism in the pinup/erotic genre, although he is a versatile artist.

Solo exhibitions

2022

Artist of the month, Mar 1st - Mar 31st exhibition, Narrow Gauge Book Cooperative, Alamosa, CO.

Awards and honors

2024 Art Collector’s Choice Awards, American Art Awards, 6th Place tie, Category 13. Expressionism-Other, “Medusa the innocent”, 2024

2024 Art Collector’s Choice Awards, American Art Awards, 5th Place, Category 11. Erotic-Female, “Incoming”, 2024

2024 Art Collector’s Choice Awards, American Art Awards, 6th Place Tie, Category 11. Erotic-Female, “Lara Croft”, 2024

2024 Art Collector’s Choice Awards, American Art Awards, 5th Place Tie, Category 8. Art Brut and or Torment, “The Poltergeist”, 2024

Juried 2024 Art show, Colors Of Humanity Art Gallery, “Human Nature” 2024 Show, “Prodigy”, 2024

Juried 2024 Art show, Colors Of Humanity Art Gallery, “Human Nature” 2024 Show, “The calling of Mary Magdalene”, 2024

2023 American Art Awards, American Art Awards, 6th Place Tie, Category 11 Erotic- Female, “The Birth Of Venus”, 2023

Laurel Award, Gallery 4%, Juried “Faces & Features contest” October 2023, “WWØ”, 2023

Excellent Art Achievement Award, Artist Space Gallery, Juried “Colors Art Exhibition” September 2023, “Wolfgang”, 2023

Finalist Award, Grey Cube Gallery, Juried “Monochrome Art Show” September 2023, “Cabin in the woods”, 2023

Honorable Mention Award, Teravarna Fine Art Gallery, 6th Figurative International Juried Art Competition August 2023, “The Poltergeist”, 2023

Finalist Award, Teravarna Fine Art Gallery, 6th Figurative International Juried Art Competition August 2023, “The Nightmare”, 2023

Finalist Award, Grey Cube Gallery, Juried “Faces Art Show” July 2023, “Alyson Redfield”, 2023

Finalist Award, Grey Cube Gallery, Juried “Faces Art Show” July 2023, “Self portrait”, 2023

Honorable Mention Award, Art Room Gallery, Juried “Artist’s choice” Art exhibition 2023, “Pure Imagination II”, 2023

Honorable Mention Award, Art Room Gallery, Juried “Artist’s choice” Art exhibition 2023, “Past Present Future”, 2023

Honorable Mention Award, Teravarna Fine Art Gallery, 7th Portrait International Juried Art Competition July-August 2023,” Starry Souls”, 2023

Finalist Award, Teravarna Fine Art Gallery, 6th Portrait International Juried Art Competition March 2023, “Pure Imagination II”, 2023

Finalist Award, Teravarna Fine Art Gallery, 6th Portrait International Juried Art Competition March 2023, “Niña de la selva”, 2023

Finalist Award, Teravarna Fine Art Gallery, 6th Portrait International Juried Art Competition March 2023, “Genius”, 2023

Finalist Award, Fusion Art, 8th Artists Choice Art Exhibition, “The Performer”, 2023

Juried 2023 Art show, Colors Of Humanity Art Gallery, Yellow 2023 Show, “IxChel”, 2023

Juried 2023 Art show, Colors Of Humanity Art Gallery, Yellow 2023 Show, “Genesis”, 2023

Finalist Award, Top Art Awards, Art Masters May 2023 Exhibition, “The Performance”, 2023

PRESS

2024

Medium, https://thombierd.medium.com/worlds-best-expressionists-filichkin-gerald-tokhtaman-valetova-moore-purushothaman-berson-7604e30f0290

Medium, https://thombierd.medium.com/worlds-best-erotic-female-artists-goodhall-kunickas-badjiart-minkevi%C4%8Dius-valdarno-safar-57798d726f8e

Medium, https://thombierd.medium.com/worlds-best-art-brut-torment-artists-haley-kukoverov-kuperman-owczarek-zubair-salenga-3aa28d586392

American Art Awards, https://www.facebook.com/AmericanArtAwards/

American Art Awards, https://americanartawards.com/2024-press-on-artists/

American Art Awards, https://americanartawards.com/2024-winning-artists-art-collectors-choice-awards/

2023

American Art Awards, https://americanartawards.com/2023-press-on-artists/

Medium, The Best Contemporary Artworks In The USA, Part 1 / AMERICAN ART AWARDS Winners

https://thombierd.medium.com/the-best-contemporary-artworks-in-the-usa-part-1-american-art-awards-winners-921977a90990

Medium, Thom Bierdz 2023 AMERICAN ART AWARDS World’s Best Erotic-Female Artists / 2023 AMERICAN ART AWARDS

https://americanartawards.com/2023-press-on-artists/

Medium, Thom Bierdz 2023 AMERICAN ART AWARDS Submissions article on Medium

https://thombierd.medium.com/2023-american-art-awards-submissions-part-1-queen-elizabeth-flower-petal-fish-johnny-depp-8dd9175b5d80

Medium, Thom Bierdz 2023 AMERICAN ART AWARDS Submissions article on Medium

https://thombierd.medium.com/2023-american-art-awards-submissions-part-15-realism-impressionism-expressionism-abstract-ac246c11b14d

Medium, Thom Bierdz 2023 AMERICAN ART AWARDS Submissions article on Medium

https://thombierd.medium.com/2023-american-art-awards-submissions-part-16-brilliant-weird-wonderful-warm-wild-sexy-182ce42b89dd

Publications

2024

American Art Awards, WINNERS GALLERY

https://americanartawards.com/priced-category-art-brut-or-anxiety/

American Art Awards, WINNERS GALLERY

https://americanartawards.com/priced-category-er0tic-female/

American Art Awards, WINNERS GALLERY

https://americanartawards.com/priced-category-expressionism-other/

2023

American Art Awards, WINNERS GALLERY

https://americanartawards.com/priced-category-er0tic-female/

American Art Awards, GALLERY RATING

https://americanartawards.com/gallery-rating-santo-matias/

2013

Lowrider Arte magazine, February/March 2013, Annual art competition