Curtis Talwst Santiago is a multi-disciplinary artist that makes sculpture, drawings and paintings, performance and video. Curtis talks about pivoting from music to visual art, navigating the COVID-19 pandemic, his recent show Can’t I Alter at The Drawing Center in New York, genetic trauma and ancestry as concepts, intuition as an important tool, the complexities of Kanye West, honesty during studio visits and learning to be patient with the process of making art.

Curtis Talwst Santiago, Road March, 2020, Spray paint, charcoal, oil, acrylic, and pastel on cast paper mounted on baltic birch, 96 x 96 in (243.8 x 243.8 cm) — Curtis Talwst Santiago, *Road March,* 2020, Spray paint, charcoal, oil, acrylic, and pastel on cast paper mounted on baltic birch, 96 x 96 in (243.8 x 243.8 cm)