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Leonardo Santamaria

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(Re)birth: I feel more than I ever say

Personal work.

For the Infinite Well show at Nucleus Portland

The Challenge in Acting On Climate Change

Client: TED
AD: Sacha Vega

An illustration for the IDEAS blog by TED on answering the question: "The worst effects of climate change may not be felt for centuries. So how should we think about it now?"

Through The Day, Through The Night

Personal work

Acrylic, graphite, colored pencil, and gouache on paper. 28" x 35"

The Thrill of The Hunt

Client: OZY
AD: Sean Culligan

Part of a series on great escapes.

Bonds.. Safe Bonds?

Client: The New York Times
AD: Minh Uong

Illustration featured in The New York Time's Mutual Funds Quarterly for an article about the current state of volatility for bonds in relation to stocks.

How First-Generation College Students Do Thanksgiving Break

Client: The New York Times: Sunday Review
AD: Nathan Huang

Dad Believed in U.F.O.s. Turns Out He Wasn’t Alone.

Client: The New York Times: Sunday Review
AD: Nathan Huang

The Climate is Changing

Client: CANVAS Unplugged
 

Trump Dangles Hope for Dreamers

Client: The New York Times
AD: Hannah K. Lee

What Happened the Day ICE Knocked on My Door

Client: VICE, The Marshall Project
AD: Nick Gazin, Matt Taylor

My Sexual Harassers Were Behind Bars. I Was Their Guard.

Client: Vice, The Marshall Project
AD: Nick Gazin, Matt Taylor

Artificial Intelligence Can Save Us From Ourselves

Client: CANVAS Unplugged
 

Dying a Free Man

Client: OZY
AD: Sean Culligan

Part of a series on great escapes.
 

I Sent an Innocent Man to Prison: A juror’s regret.

Client: VICE, The Marshall Project
AD: Nick Gazin, Matt Taylor

Man With No Boy With Apple

For the Wes Anderson group show at Talon Gallery (Portland, OR) with Spoke Art (San Francisco, CA).

SWIM

Client: Solitary Films, Vanishing Angle Films
AD: Mari Walker


Illustration and design for an independent short-film poster about a young transgender woman who finds freedom in an end-of-Summer swim.

Stealing your name

Graphite, acrylic, colored pencil, and acryla-gouache on paper mounted onto panel 24" x 30"
 

For the Miyazaki Art Show 2017 at Spoke Art in New York City.

The Opioid Crisis

Client: CANVAS Unplugged

Life is suffering. It is hard. The world is cursed. But still, you find reasons to keep living.

For the February 2017 Miyazaki group show at Spoke Art in San Francisco.

Acrylic, graphite, colored pencil, and ink on paper. 16"x20"

Here’s Another Fine Mess They’ve Gotten Us Into

Client: The New York Times
AD: Sarah Williamson

As The World Falls Down

For the Labyrinth 30th Anniversary Exhibition at Gallery Nucleus, Los Angeles CA.

Famous Last Words

Shown at the Text and Pictures group show at Giant Robot, Los Angeles, CA.

(Re)birth: I feel more than I ever say

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The Challenge in Acting On Climate Change

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Through The Day, Through The Night

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The Thrill of The Hunt

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Bonds.. Safe Bonds?

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How First-Generation College Students Do Thanksgiving Break

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Dad Believed in U.F.O.s. Turns Out He Wasn’t Alone.

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The Climate is Changing

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Trump Dangles Hope for Dreamers

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What Happened the Day ICE Knocked on My Door

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My Sexual Harassers Were Behind Bars. I Was Their Guard.

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Artificial Intelligence Can Save Us From Ourselves

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Dying a Free Man

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I Sent an Innocent Man to Prison: A juror’s regret.

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Man With No Boy With Apple

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SWIM

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Stealing your name

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The Opioid Crisis

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Life is suffering. It is hard. The world is cursed. But still, you find reasons to keep living.

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Here’s Another Fine Mess They’ve Gotten Us Into

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As The World Falls Down

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Famous Last Words

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