Biography

PhD (in Progress 2027) Doctrine in Philosophy - (Digital Media), Drexel University

MFA Studio Art, University of Delaware

BFA in Sculpture Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA)

Gene Anthony Santiago-Holt (aka MOYOGASH) is a multimedia artist residing in Philadelphia. He creates drawings, prints, and papier-mâché masks that function as singular objects, props, and as alter-ego disguises for his improvised video performances. Using filters, distortions, and an inventive digital ingestion process to break down and pixilate the image, his glitchy and heavily processed videos and GIFs incorporate original audio and found imagery including childhood photographs, pop-culture references, gaudy holiday decorations, and religious iconography to reconcile his mixed heritage, troubled familial relationships, and the “disconnection within myself.”

He has exhibited internationally at WIRWIR in Berlin, Germany; PiranesiLAB in Moscow, Russia; American University in Washington, DC; The Glitter Box Theater in Pittsburgh, PA, the Delaware Contemporary in Wilmington, DE and various other venues in the United States. Santiago-Holt graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 2015 with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in sculpture and a concentration in printmaking. In 2022 He received His masters of Fine Art from University of Delaware where he concentrated in sound art and animation. He is currently adjunct faculty at Moore College of Art and Design, Drexel University, and Rowan University. Where he teaches various classes from Design, Drawing, and lecture based classes.

Courses

Drawing, Digital Media and Techniques, Sculpture, Art Appreciation

Research Interests

Digital Media, Performance Art, Sound Art, Comic Studies, Game Design, Character Design, Speculative Design, Latinx Studies

Publications

Emergency INDEX: An Annual Document of Performance Practice Vol. 10, Performance in the Time of Pandemic | Ugly Duckling Press | 2023