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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

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