(DIY) Style Outreach Expert + Creative Director & Writer
DIY Style Outreach Expert. Artist. Consultant & Community Organiser
ABOUT
Santi is a multidisciplinary artist, a (DIY) style outreach expert and the Founder of G(end)er Swap – the first LGBTQ+ style outreach organisation in the UK that supports gender-diverse people to explore self-expression.
Their work spans visual art, community organising, digital content creation and textile art as mediums to explore, and challenge, ideas of gender non-conformity. Santi designs and delivers style workshops and online support initiatives as well as creates and curates digital style resources, that equips Trans+ people with new creative skills (and inspiration) to build a gender affirming wardrobe sustainably (mending, DIY, thrifting etc).
They have been invited to the academic and social enterprise sector to speak about their work, have completed commissioned textile installations and performance pieces for renowned queer/archival spaces in East London, and has published work and style resources for a variety of online platforms.
Santi has over a decade of experience working in well-being, style, and makeup support for diverse communities across the UK (and internationally).
Santi is also a model, a drag performer that goes by the name of Pre-T Boy and the creator of their own DIY streetwear brand called Girly Boy. They use these platforms to advocate for new forms of non binary representation, and to foster conversations that celebrate gender diversity in all its most imaginative forms.
Santi is currently an artist funded by Arts Council England
