Pkok curated art

Meet Ade Santora @adesantora, a visual artist and creative photographer who allows his art to communicate powerful stories. In addition to landscapes, infrareds, streets, etc, Ade is an artist who specializes in surreal portraiture. 

His portfolio displays an amazing and neat body of work that, when seen at the level of the artist, serves as a reflection on the state of the human condition, as well as the unique feelings and experiences that each of us has in this convoluted world.

A guy who allows his art to tell a story by themselves. Visual Artist - Photographer. 🫡🐈‍⬛

📸 ETH-SOL-XTZ
📎 https://linktr.ee/adesantora

Central Jakarta, Central Jakarta City, Jakarta, Indonesia

Ade Santora is living in Jakarta, Indonesia and works as a senior graphic and motion designer. 
‘Photographer is my secondary job. I like creating digital art and taking pictures. I believe in what I do with these two things, and they can complement each other well.’

Ade is a keen observer of the world around him, and his artwork certainly shows this: 
‘Whether it’s nature, music, animals, people around me, movies, fellow artists, etc. – whatever I see provides my inspiration. Seeing my daughter playing with Slime or Playdoh – even that can be an inspiration for me. So ideas can come anytime, anywhere – unexpectedly.’

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Ade first began using a camera in senior high school and at that point, he learned how to compose and shoot pictures. Much later, in 2009, he acquired his first digital camera and now, his iPhone is his main photography tool.

’Early in 2012, I started thinking that I wanted to create something original combining my capabilities in photography and design. I started researching the work of other artists. After looking at some references, I identified the kind of artistic style that I wanted to pursue. And so began my mobile arts journey, which continues up until the present’.

In February 2022, @adesantora joined the world of NFT’s by creating his first accounts on OpenSea & Foundation. Since then, his works have extended with various collections on platforms like Rarible, OBJKT, Exchange Art, KnownOrigin, SuperRare, Rodeo, etc:
‘This is just the beginning for me; I still have a lot to learn more deeply in the NFT world, and of course it has to be done with patience and consistency. The lesson I’ve learned so far in the NFT world is that you have to have community, connection, and patience.’

All his artwork is created using mobile devices only, without touching the desktop: ‘The gear you have shouldn’t really make a difference—use what you’ve got and keep creating. Just do the work and maximize the potential of the tools available to you.’

In 2014, Ade was Grand Winner ‘AMPt and Mobiography Mobile Photo Challenge’ and the 2nd Winner at L'arte è Mobile—Festival Futuro Presente held at The Mart—Museum of Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto—Italy. He was also published in Shooter Magazine’s Printed Limited Editions N5 ‘Ghost of a Metaphor’ and World Digital Camera Magazine. 

Since then, he has been curated and displayed at Cosmos Gallery in France, in Minsk, Bali, Dubai, Beijing, and Bucharest, to name only a few. In 2022, he received two honorable mentions at mobilephotoawards.com, and in 2023, his art was present at NFTNYC. In the same year, Ade was included in the list of ‘35 Influential Conceptual Portrait Photographers to Follow' by expertphotography.com.

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If you're not yet doing it, we highly recommend following @adesantora & his artistic journey at: https://linktr.ee/adesantora