METRONOM

Christto & Andrew is an artistic duo born in 2012. Its two components, Christto Sanz (Puerto Rico, 1985) and Andrew Weir (South Africa, 1987), live and work in Doha, Qatar. 

Christto Sanz studied at the Puerto Rico School of Art, before completing his studies in Visual Communication & Photography in Elisava, Spain. Andrew Weir graduated from the Universtitat Ramon Llull, Spain and had Master's Degree in Museum & Gallery Practice at University College of London, in the detachment located in Qatar. Among the most recent exhibitions:  A Message from Venus, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, USA (2021); Nature in Play, Metronom Gallery, Modena (2020); Encrypted Purgatory, Metronom, Modena (2018); Contemporary Art Qatar, Kraftwerk, Berlin (2017); ANTOLOGIA, Metronom, Modena (2017); Muddy Waters, NonostanteMarras, Milan (2016); Glory of the Artifice / Liquid Portraits, Museu Nogueira da Silva, Braga, PT (2016); Politics of Sports, Unseen, Amsterdam (2016); Bling Bling Baby!, NRW Forum, Dusseldorf (2016); Glory of the Artifice / Liquid Portraits, Espai Tactel, Valencia (2016); Liquid Portraits, Fashion and Style Photography, Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow (2015); Liquid Portraits, Katara Art Center, Doha, Quatar (2014). In 2014 they were selected by Foam Magazine as Foam Talent. In 2018 they got shortlisted for the New Discovery Award at Les Rencontres de la Photographie Festival in Arles.

Cover image: a selection of works from the series Muddy Waters and Encrypted Purgatory