NICK SANTOS
(Nicholas Santos Banuelos)
BORN Santa Paula, CA lives and works in Ventura, CA
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Exhibitions 

2025 El Jardín Group Show, Oxnard, CA

2024 Ampersand Group Exhibition, The Seventh Letter at ComplexCon, Las Vegas, NV

2021 Color chaos museum showing, Santa Paula art museum, CA

2019 Santos solo exhibition, Ojai, CA

2018 The creators collective group show, Santa Paula, CA

2013 Studio 6 Gallery showing, Ventura, CA

2012 Creature exhibit zombie fashion show, Los Angeles, CA

Select Murals

2025 Lava Rock mural, Roccstar (producer), Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA

2025 Heart mural with Jade/ sections of color mural, SPHS, Santa Paula, CA

2025 Grace Mountain mural, Grace private School, Simi Valley, CA

2024 (8) Health and construction murals with 2Shae, all Pomona High Schools, Pomona, CA

2024 (10) Ocean themed mini murals, the collection at river park, Oxnard, CA

2024 Risk Takers mural, risk takers storefront, Los Angeles, CA

2024 Lemon tile mural at Immigrant's Son, Collection at Riverpark, Oxnard, CA.

2024 “De Colores of the community” mural, Santa Paula community center, Santa Paula, CA

2024 Purple prismatic corridor mural/ prism queen, Music studio, Los Angeles, CA

2024 Coding Cardinal mural, SPHS, Santa Paula, CA

2023 Lady justice mural, Law by Mike, Los Angeles, CA

2023 Crown of roses mural, Fabosh private office, Los Angeles, CA

2023 3D engineering mural, Santa Paula high school, Santa Paula, CA

2023 (8) E-sport murals with 2Shae, all Pomona schools, Pomona, CA

2023 American past time mural, Santa Paula little league, Santa Paula, CA

2023 King and Queen Murals, Grand Parlor Beauty Salon, Ventura, CA

2022 Courtyard blue and green organism mural, Roccstar (music producer) residence, Calabasas, CA

2022 Red and purple organism mural, Chris Brown residence, Los Angeles, CA

2022 Octopus hallway optical illusion mural, music studio, Los Angeles, CA

2022 Green organism Los Angeles graffiti mural (with 2Shae), private studio, Los Angeles, CA  

2022 Santa Paula E-Sports mural, SPHS, Santa Paula, CA

2022 Rita Moreno mural, juicing company storefront, Oxnard, CA

2021 Red and blue organism mural, Fab Factory Studios, North Hollywood, CA

2021 Abstract Perseus, mural, private studio, Santa Paula, CA

2021 Abstract mushroom organism mural, Taysty Beats (producer), Chatsworth, CA

2021 Orange Rick Ruben Mural, private studio, Los Angeles, CA

2021 Hive luxury apartment complex murals, Los Angeles, CA

2021 Blue “Ventura” organism mural, Beso Productions, Ventura, CA

2020 Tiffany in bloom mural, Fab Factory Studios, North Hollywood, CA

2020 Santa Muerte mural/ grey organism walls, BTB studios, Hollywood, CA

2020 Graffiti Toucan Mural, Santa Paula, CA

2019 Frida color fraction, mural, private business, Santa Paula, CA

2019 Selena Quintanilla, mural, private business, Santa Paula, CA

2019 Retro wave Steve MQueene mural, art alley, Santa Paula, CA

Keynote Speaker/ Youth Outreach/Charitable Projects  

2025 Salvation Army bin painting Fundraiser, Los Angeles, CA

2024 Strawberry and Bee Mural, Project Hope, Oxnard, CA

2024 Coping Through Creation Seminar, Ventura County Office of Education, Camarillo, CA

2023 Renaissance graffiti flowers mural, renaissance, Santa Paula, CA

2022 Brite Mural, nonprofit corporate office with youth, Ventura, CA

2022 Santa Paula youth outreach program teaching art methods, Santa Paula, CA

Select Digital Work/ Media Coverage

2025 Background murals GZA/Wu Tang Clan documentary, North Hollywood, CA

2023 Digital work for Mayans tv show

2022 Shavo Odadjin (system of a Down) NFT, digital artwork, Los Angeles, CA

2021 Caskey (rapper) mural for album release, Hollywood, CA

2021 Radio interview Rico & Mambo Show

2020 Featured mural in California 101 travelers guide, magazine, CA

2020 “Girls, Girls, Girls” music video backdrop, Steve Cannon, Los Angeles, CA

2016 The Image you Claim Album cover, Oxnard, CA

2012 Audio Lion record company Logo, Chatsworth, CA

2011 Sunflower Dead album cover, Los Angeles, CA

Select Special Projects & Installations

2025 Giant interactive drum machine sculpture, Hit Boy (producer), Los Angeles, CA

2023 Multi angle drum wall mural, Fab Factory Studios, Los Angeles, CA

2023 Saint Pac man mural paint and augmented reality, north Hollywood, CA

2019 Alligator head sculpture, alligator Jesus private collection, Los Angeles, CA

Select Paintings & Commissions on Canvas

2025 Portrait of ODB painting, RZA private collection, Los Angeles, CA

2025 Chavela Vargas painting, Mothers Tacos, Ventura, CA

2023 Painting of Edward James Olmos for Mayans TV show, Edward James Olmos private collection

2022 Giant Kurt Cobain portrait, Diaz private collection, Beverly Hills, CA

2020 Abstract Kurt Cobain portrait, painting, Nelson Diaz private collection, Beverly Hills, CA

2020 Abstract Tupac portrait, Fabosh private collection, North Hollywood, CA  

2019 Surreal Dali portrait, David Flores, private Collection, Ojai ca

2019 Hermes ostrich painting, Bercy private collection, studio city, CA

2019 LV alligator painting, alligator Jesus private collection, Los Angeles, CA

2018 NWA, Bercy private collection, studio City, CA

2017 Mermaid house painting, Tracy Susman private collection, Carpinteria, CA

2017 Biggie portrait, dot da Genius private collection, Los Angeles, CA

2016 Portrait of Marilyn, Dr. Vanessa White private Collection, Santa Paula, CA  

2016 Portrait for Ana Monroe, Private collection, Las Vegas, CA