About FREDDY SANTANA

Freddy Santana is an emerging Sacramento regional ceramic artist and educator of Puerto Rican and Mexican descent. Freddy’s work represents the exploration of tradition without being limited by that same tradition. Inspired by his culture. He states “philosophies and ideas, the forms and techniques, the images and symbolism reflect both my history and my present.” Excited by the puzzle of linking ideas, images, and techniques of past and present. With limited glaze work the beauty of the unglazed clay which represents pride and beauty of dark skin. He does not seek to replicate tradition, “for I am not solely my past. I am the present using modern techniques and materials and struggling with modern themes.” The subject matter of each body of work influences the materials and the forms of the work. Each project often consists of multiple works, often in a range of different media, grouped around specific themes and meanings. Research and production create new areas of interest arise leading to the next body of work.