Santiago releases his ABSTRACTO collection on December 9th
LOS ANGELES, 1 December 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Only sixteen years old, Santiago is a non-verbal artist with Down syndrome who is changing the face of contemporary art. On December 9the new artist will launch his large NFT collection, ABSTRACTO by Santiago. This groundbreaking project will do Santiago the first artist with Down syndrome and autism to release an NFT collection of 1,000 unique artworks.
Starting December 9, 2022 (6:00 PM EST) in Santiago, the ABSTRACTO auction is the first artist with Down syndrome and autism to release an NFT collection of 1,000 unique works of art. Santiago paints in an abstract expressionist style, hence the collection name: ABSTRACTO.
The ABSTRACTO collection champions Down’s syndrome and autism communities, and sheds light on new opportunities for artists with disabilities. At a very young age, Santiago began to use art as a means of self-expression. While Santiago is non-verbal, his art speaks loud and clear.
“Santiago embraced what makes him different,” says Nico Segura, Santiago’s brother. “Instead of seeing his disability as a weakness, he turned it into his greatest strength. Santiago’s uniqueness is exact what gives him a distinct artistic perspective, and what makes his art special. We wanted to give him a platform for him to shine on his own, and to leave a legacy through his art.”
To create the ABSTRACTO collection, Santiago painted over 200 paintings in 5 months. He used a variety of materials, including oil paint, acrylic paint, gesso, oil pastel and charcoal.
Next, Santiago’s 200 canvas paintings were all scanned into digital format. Then, following an algorithmic editing technique, different elements of the paintings were combined to create completely new digital artworks. As such, Santiago’s 200 physical paintings yielded 1,000 unique digital artworks that make up the complete ABSTRACTO collection.
The first 22 NFTs sold will include both the digital NFT artwork and the original physical paintings on canvas to match each NFT. These are the most exclusive NFTs from the ABSTRACTO collection. The physical paintings range in size from 11″ x 14″, to 36″ x 48″.
ABSTRACTO will be sold in a Dutch auction format at Ethereum blockchain (which uses Ether cryptocurrency Ξ). The auction starts at 5.0Ξ and decreases by 0.2Ξ every 5 minutes until it rests at 0.2Ξ or is sold out.
In traditional art auctions, artists are paid once for the first sale of their creations, but NFTs now allow artists to earn residuals each time a sale is made. The proceeds from the auction will be used to continue the financing Santiago’s specialized, lifelong care. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to National Down Syndrome Society and National Autism Association.
The ABSTRACTO auction starts 9 December 2022 (6:00 PM EST) on www.abstracto.io. Visit the website and Twitter page @SantiagoArtwork for more details. Join Santiago during the ABSTRACTO auction when he unveils the most important art project of his life.
SOURCE ABSTRACT of Santiago
