President and Chief Executive Officer
christian@echoartfoundation.com
Christian Santy is a Cuban-born visual artist and cultural leader based in Miami, where he has lived and worked since 1994. Born in Havana in 1973, Santy built his artistic practice across Havana, Madrid, Málaga, and the United States, developing a body of work rooted in abstraction, informalism, and conceptual narrative that explores identity, memory, displacement, and the human condition. His work has been exhibited across Cuba, the United States, Chile, Argentina, Mexico, France, Italy, and Spain, and includes a notable presentation at the 2007 Florence Biennale, as well as the donation of his piece Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre to His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, now held in the Vatican Museum’s Private Collection. As Executive Director of EchoArt Foundation, Santy brings this same artistic vision to the organization’s mission of building shared, accessible cultural spaces for Miami’s Latin American and Caribbean diaspora communities. He guides the Foundation’s strategic direction, artistic programming, and community partnerships, working closely with participating artists, host venues, and local organizations to ensure that each project reflects the Foundation’s core commitment to inclusivity and equal cultural representation. Under his leadership, EchoArt Foundation designs multidisciplinary public art initiatives that invite direct community participation, positioning art not as something to be observed from a distance, but as a shared practice rooted in heritage, memory, and belonging.