CV
Ariadna Canaan
Skills and Experience
Creative Director
Visual Communicator
Multidisciplinary artist, painting, sculpture, photography, installation and mixed media
Team worker
Aesthetic appreciation with an intelligent and balanced eye
Diversity and inclusion
Large-scale national and international cultural projects
Logistics
Experience in setting up art exhibitions, fashion and interior design events
Interior design and design projects
Languages: Spanish and English
Studies
Altos de Chavón School of Design, affiliated to Parsons School in New York, Bachelor of Applied Sciences in Graphic Design and Marketing. Graphic Design. La Romana,
Dominican Republic
Parsons School of Design, NY Fine and Applied Arts.
New York
Claude Monet Foundation, French Impressionists Workshop. Giverny,
France
La Bisbal School of Ceramics. Ceramic Techniques Workshop. Girona,
Spain
2011 Centro de la Imagen. Anatomy of Photography. With Fer Figueras, Argentina and Osdani Morales, Cuba.Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic
2012 Centro de la Imagen. Photography workshop, Arte en la Basura (With Onofre Bachiller, Spain). Santo Domingo Dominican Republic
2013 Centro de la Imagen. Diploma in Contemporary Photography. Narrative, Discourse and Ways of Doing. The Aesthetic Experience. With Carlos Acero Ruiz, Sara Hermann, José Antonio Navarrete and Juan Antonio Molina Cuesta. (Dominican Republic and Cuba). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2014 Museum of Modern Art. Projects of Artistic Intervention, Community and
Public Involvement. With Dr. Carlos Garrido Castellano, University of Granada, Spain. Santo Domingo.
Dominican Republic
2014 International School of Alcobendas, Video Editing and Multimedia Creation Workshop.
Master Photoespaña for photographic projects, with José Bautista, from Altamar Films, Madrid.
Spain
2015 Página en Blando. A More Feminine Place, Contemporary Photography, with
Mexico. Juan Antonio Molina Cuesta,
Cuba
2015 Photoespaña 2015. Selected for the Portfolio Viewing. International Festival of Photography and Visual Arts. PHE 15 Descubrimientos, International School of Alcobendas,
Spain.
2018 The Intelligent Eye, The Art of Collecting. Sothebys Institude,
NYC
2019 The AI Revolution, Art & Tech Summit. Christies, Rockefeller Plaza,
NYC
2020 -2021 Master in Contemporary Photography. Master Photoespaña, theories and projects. International School of Alcobendas, and La Fabrica. Madrid
Spain
2022 , Workshop, Video Art and its extensions
Taught by, Margarita Aizpuru
Culturarte Dominicana, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
Diplomado de Arte del Caribe
Aproximaciones Criticas
Pontifica Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra De Santo Domingo, República Dominicana,
Facilitador, Yolanda Wood
Solo Exhibitions
2011 From Painting to Installation. National Gallery of Fine Arts, Rotonda Hall, Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic
2011 The Street: A Social Perspective. Quinta Dominica, Colonial Zone, Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic
2014 The Mechanical Box. Photoimagen2014. Autozama, Mercedes Benz, Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic
2019 Street Photography NYC Concrete Jungle, Installation, Desigweekrd, Design House, Casas Nouel, Zona Colonial, Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Group exhibitions
2009 1st International Art Fair. National Gallery of Fine Arts. Fiart. Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic
2010 Elite tile 2010. Eduardo León Jiménez Cultural Centre. IV International Triennial. Del Tile Cerámico, Santiago,
Dominican Republic.
2012 La Marchante, Group Exhibition. National Gallery of Fine Arts, Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic.
2012 "What a Broom Tells". Eduardo Leon Jimenez, Cultural Center Santiago, Dominican Republic
2012 Tierra en Trance, PhotoImagen 2012, International Photography Festival, Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic
2013 27th National Biennial of Visual Arts. Museum of Modern Art. Santo Domingo.
Dominican Republic
2013 Group Exhibition of Photography. Shoot for The Star. Mercedes Benz. Santo Domingo.
Dominican Republic
2014 "Tides and Undertow". Photoimagen, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
2014 Elite-Tile, World Triennial of Ceramic Tile, Museo de Arte Moderno de Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
2014, 2015, 2016 Resilience, travelling group exhibition, Blue Mall Santo Domingo, Nader Art Gallery, Museum of La Altagracia, Basilica of Higuey,. Consistorial Palace, Santiago. Centro de Arte Perello, Bani, Dominican Republic and Havana Cuba.
2015
Window to the Caribbean. Rome Verso Milan. Vittoriano Museum, Altar of the Homeland, Rome.
Italy
Group Exhibition of Photography. Expo Milano. Dominican Republic Pavilion,
Sustainable World Fair, Milan.
Italy
2016
Huellas, Photography Exhibition. French Alliance of Santo Domingo.
Dominican Republic
Mas Alla del Autorretrato, Photoimagen2016, Museo de Arte Moderno de Santo Domingo.
Dominican Republic
The Culture of the Selfie. Participatory project, within the framework of Photoimagenrd 16. @the_selfie_culture
Dominican Republic
2017
9 Contemporary Poetics. Mirador Cultural Centre, Santo Domingo. Group painting exhibition.
Dominican Republic
2018
Dominican Art 1942-2015. A tour, Eduardo Brito National Theatre. Within the framework of the International Book Fair 2018, Santo Domingo.
Dominican Republic
2019
First Biennial Exhibition of Photography and Video. National Gallery of Fine Arts, Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
2020
See me, Represent. 29 Little W 12 St. New York, NY
USA
Global Art Awards. Shanghai, Nominated, Digital Art Category
China
2021
29th National Biennial of Visual Arts. Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic
A Proximate Constellation. Centro Cultural de Alcobendas, Official Section of Photoespana 2021, Madrid,
Spain
2022
Crytoart Island, April 2022 First NFTs Fair in Europe, Xapo Bank, Gibraltar,
Spain
Contemporary Art Show. Artist Studio. Lehrtestr 36. Berlin
Germany
Mujeres al Lente en la República Dominicana
Photoimagen 10, Museo de Arte Moderno Santo Domingo
República Dominicana
Fiebre Photo book Art Fair
Palacio de Cibeles. Galería de Cristal.
Cibeles Palace. Glass Gallery. Madrid
Cosecha 2022
Spain
Polycopies book fair (Paris Photo Week)
Concorde-Atlantique boat - Berges de Seine. Paris
France
Cryptoverse Island
Auditorio Nissan Cartuja. Sevilla
NFT Gallery
Spain
NHOW - The art market
NFT Drop party
Curated by Stephan van Kuyk
Berlin
Einladung
Premarts Gallery
Screening + photobooks
Berlin
2023
Blockchain 4 ALL
Polo Digital. Málaga
January 2023
Spain
NFTNYC2023
The leading Non Fungible Token Event
April 12,13 and 14, 2023
Noth Javits, Hudson Yards and Times Square
NYC
XXX Bienal Nacional de Artes Visuales.
Museo de Arte Moderno de Santo Domingo.
MAM, Republica Dominicana
Maiti Nepal, Summer Gala 2023
Annual Gala 2023
Charity Event.
Puerto Banús, Marbella,
Spain
Miami New Media Festival
18 va. Edición
Global Healing
676 NW 23 St. Miami Fl USA
2024
FIACI Art Santo Domingo
Feria Internacional De Arte Contemporáneo
Colectiva Mundos Entrelazados
Museo De Arte Moderno
Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
Fiebre Photobook
La Casa Encendida
Madrid, España
Cosecha 2024
Biblioteca Del Museo Reina Sofia
Madrid, España
Photoimagen 2024
Grupos Fotográficos Dominicanos
Un Siglo En Imágenes, 1924-2024
Museo De Arte Moderno
Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
High Tech Exhibition
Skyline Stories
Art Innovation Gallery
5 Times Square, NY
NY, USA
High Tech Exhibition
Reflective Surfaces
Art Innovation Gallery
Miami Beach
Florida, USA
Awards
Roca de Mar, Made in DR, Desigweekrd 2019, Finalist.
Dominican Republic
27 Bienal Nacional de Artes Visuales 2013, national equal prize without distinction of place or category. Museum of Modern Art of Santo Domingo and Ministry of Culture.
Dominican Republic
National Photography Competition Shoot for the Star Mercedes Benz of Santo Domingo. Second Prize Amateur Category, 2014 Santo Domingo.
Dominican Republic
Funglode Awards 2008. Abelardo Rodríguez Urdaneta. Category: Digital Colour Photography. Santo Domingo.
Dominican Republic
Award: Drawing Category, Duarte Visual. Organised by the Dominican Olympic Committee, the Dominican Olympic Museum, and the Directorate of Historical Research, Santo Domingo.
Dominican Republic
Cosecha 2022. Selected Photobook "Soy Luna". Palacio de Cibeles. Madrid
Spain
Important publications
Arquitexto Magazine 2017
Contempo Diseño Magazine. 2015
Santo Domingo. Dominican Republic
Mujer Única Magazine, 2013
Santo Domingo. Dominican Republic
Panache Magazine 2006
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Book: Women in Dominican Art 1844 - 2000
Jeannette Miller. 30th Anniversary Banco del Progreso 2004
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Art and Craft Magazine,
USA
Member of the Jury for the Selection and Awarding of the Poster Contest, Creativity. Listín Diario Publisher,
Dominican Republic
Biography in the Book, Dominican Personalities.
Dominican Republic
International Art News Magazine.
USA