Christto & Andrew

Christto & Andrew first gained international acclaim with their inclusion in the 2014 Foam Magazine "Talent Issue"[1] and have since exhibited in solo exhibitions, group shows, biennials and art fairs worldwide, including the Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow (2015),[2] Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam (2016),[3] NRW - Forum Düsseldorf (2017) and have been included in publications such as Vogue España,[4] Dazed[5] magazine and the British Journal of Photography.

[3] Christto Sanz (born Christian Manuel Sánchez Diaz in 1985) completed his Bachelor of Arts from Escuela de Arts Plasticas, San Juan Puerto Rico in 2008,[6] followed by his master's degree in Visual Communication and Photography from Elisava School of Design and Engineering, Barcelona in 2010.

[9] The duo is currently living and working between Doha, Qatar and Copenhagen, Denmark and are focusing on mediums in the fields of photography, mixed media and film.

[10] During their artistic career, Christto & Andrew have built a reputation for breaking down the traditional ideas about photography by incorporating tools and methods to create artwork using elements of humour juxtaposed with dark accents using irony and sarcasm[11] for change in how to conceive their art.

[12] Their work has employed a contemporary narrative, by using compositions using colourful and surreal still-life and portraits aimed towards a new aesthetic and attempting to challenge the structure and development in the Middle Eastern Gulf states, the rapid societal changes and contradiction of the rigid societal normalities and exposes the effects of structures of history, politics, the economy and popular culture.