CV

Ariadna Canaan

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Skills and Experience

 

Creative Director

Visual Communicator

Multidisciplinary Artist: Painting, Sculpture, Photography, Installation and Mixed Media

Artistic Photography

Conceptual Art

Digital Art

Generative Art

Video Art

Multimedia Installation

Interactive and Immersive Art

Interior Design and Design Projects

Large-Scale National and International Cultural Projects

Art Exhibition Production and Installation

Fashion and Interior Design Events

Project Coordination and Logistics

Aesthetic Sensibility and Visual Judgment

Teamwork and Collaboration

Diversity and Inclusion

Languages: Spanish and English

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Education

Altos de Chavón School of Design – Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Sciences

Affiliated with Parsons School of Design, New York, in Graphic Design. La Romana,

Dominican Republic

Applied Arts. Claude Monet Foundation. French Impressionists Workshop. Giverny,

France

                                                                                                   

La Bisbal School of Ceramics. Ceramic Techniques Workshop. Girona, Spain

 

Index Workshop, Bellapart Museum. Advanced Photography. Image Analysis. Santo Domingo

Dominican Republic

   

Centro de la Imagen. Anatomy of Photography. With Fer Figueras, Argentina, and Osdani Morales, Cuba. Santo Domingo

Dominican Republic

                                                                                                                                                            

YouphotoDR. Photography Workshop. Landscapes and Panoramas. Santo Domingo

Dominican Republic

                                                                                                                                                                            

Centro de la Imagen. Photography Workshop, Art in the Trash (with Onofre Bachiller, Spain). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

                                                             

Centro de la Imagen. Diploma in Contemporary Photography. Narrative, Discourse and Methods. 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

Museum of Modern Art. Artistic Intervention Projects, Community and Public Engagement. With Dr. Carlos Garrido Castellano, University of Granada, Spain. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

 

International School of Alcobendas. Video Editing and Multimedia Creation Workshop

PhotoEspaña Master’s Program for Photography Projects, with José Bautista of Altamar Films, Madrid

Spain

 

Página en Blando. A More Feminine Place, Contemporary Photography, with

Mexico. Juan Antonio Molina Cuesta,

Cuba

 

PhotoEspaña 2015. Selected for Portfolio Reviews. International Festival of Photography and Visual Arts. PHE Descubrimientos, International School of Alcobendas,

Spain

 

The Intelligent Eye: The Art of Collecting. Sotheby’s Institute,

NYC  

The AI Revolution, Art & Tech Summit. Christies, Rockefeller Plaza,

NYC

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Master’s Degree in Contemporary Photography. PhotoEspaña Master’s Program: Theories and Projects. International School of Alcobendas and La Fábrica. Madrid

Spain

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Workshop: Video Art and Its Extensions

Taught by Margarita Aizpuru

Culturarte Dominicana, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

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Diploma in Caribbean Art

Critical Approaches

Instructor: Yolanda Wood

Pontifical Catholic University Mother and Teacher, Santo Domingo, 2024

Dominican Republic

 

International Workshop: Nature and Territoriality in the Caribbean: Spiritualities and Poetics of Landscape. Organized by the Dominican Association of Art Historians, 2025

Instructor: Yolanda Wood

 

Workshop: Race, Gender and Social Condition in the Caribbean, organized by the Dominican Association of Art Historians (ADHA)

Instructor: Yolanda Wood

 

Workshop: Poetics of Light, Art and Technology in Latin America. Organized by MALBA Museum of Latin American Art, Argentina

                                             

Solo Exhibitions

 

Suggestions for a Definition. Nader Art Gallery, Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic

 

From Painting to Installation. National Gallery of Fine Arts, Rotunda Hall, Santo Domingo

Dominican Republic

 

The Street: A Social Perspective. Quinta Dominica, Colonial Zone, Santo Domingo

Dominican Republic

 

The Mechanical Box. Photoimagen 2014. Autozama, Mercedes-Benz, Santo Domingo

 

Street Photography NYC: Concrete Jungle. Designweekrd, Design House, Casas Nouel, Colonial Zone, Santo Domingo

Dominican Republic

 

The Island Beneath the Sea, Digital Art, ASR Contemporáneo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 2025

 

 

Group Exhibitions

   

Elite-Tile 2010. Eduardo León Jiménez Cultural Center. 4th International Triennial of Ceramic Tile. Santiago, Dominican Republic

                                                                                                                                          

Commemoration. National Gallery of Fine Arts, group exhibition, Dome Hall, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

                                  

Group Exhibition. La Marchante Gallery, National Gallery of Fine Arts, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

 

Group Exhibition. Centro León, “What a Broom Tells”

Dominican Republic

 

PhotoImagen 2012. Museum of Modern Art. Earth in Trance. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

                                                                                                  

27th National Visual Arts Biennial. Museum of Modern Art. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

 

Group Photography Exhibition. Autozama. Shoot for the Star. Mercedes-Benz. Santo Domingo

Dominican Republic

 

2014 

Photoimagen 2014, group exhibition. “Tides and Undertows.” Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo

Dominican Republic

 

Photoimagen 2014. “The Mechanical Box.” Autozama. Solo Exhibition. Mercedes-Benz, Santo Domingo

Dominican Republic

Elite-Tile. Museum of Modern Art, World Ceramic Tile Triennial, Santo Domingo

Dominican Republic

  

Resilience. Traveling exhibition at Blue Mall, Santo Domingo; Nader Art Gallery; Palacio Consistorial, Santiago; Centro Perelló, Baní; Basilica of Our Lady of Altagracia, Higüey; and Havana, Cuba. Dominican Republic

2015    
 

Window to the Caribbean. Rome Towards Milan. Vittoriano Museum, Altar of the Fatherland, Rome, Italy
Group Photography Exhibition. Expo Milan. Dominican Republic Pavilion,

Sustainable World Fair, Milan

Italy

 

2016 

Footprints, photography exhibition. Alliance Française of Santo Domingo

Dominican Republic

 

Photoimagen 2016, group exhibition. Museum of Modern Art of Santo Domingo. Beyond the Self-Portrait
Dominican Republic

 

The Selfie Culture. Participatory project as part of Photoimagenrd 16. @the_selfie_culture
Dominican Republic

 

2017 

9 Contemporary Poetics. Centro Cultural Mirador, Santo Domingo. Group painting exhibition

Dominican Republic

   

2018

Dominican Art 1942–2015. Eduardo Brito National Theater. A Journey. 2018 International Book Fair, Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic

 

2019

First Biennial Photography and Video Salon. National Gallery of Fine Arts, Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic

 

2020 

See me, Represent. 29 Littel W 12 St. New York, NY 

USA

 

Global Art Awards. Shanghai, Nominated, Digital Art Category 

China

 

29 Bienal Nacional de Artes Visuales. Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo,

Rep. Dominicana

 

2021 

A Nearby Constellation. Alcobendas Cultural Center, Madrid, official PHE 2021 section

Spain

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2022

Nasdaq Billboard Times Square NYC

Cryptoart Island Advertising USA

 

Cryptoverse Island Exhibition, Cartuja Center

Seville, Spain

 

2023

Blockchain Open4All Polo Digital

Málaga, Spain

 

Nasdaq Billboard

Support Spanish Artists, advertising

Wise Art, Wise Keys, and the Spanish Consulate in New York City, Times Square, NYC

USA

 

2022

Cryptoart Island, April 2022, Europe’s first NFT fair, Xapo Bank, Gibraltar

Spain

 

Contemporary Art Show. Artist Studio. Lehrtestr 36. Berlin

Germany

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Women Through the Lens in the Dominican Republic

Photoimagen 10, Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo

Dominican Republic

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Fiebre Photobook Fair

CentroCentro Cibeles, Madrid

Spain

 

Polycopies - Paris Photo

Port de Solférino

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France

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NHOW - NFT DROP PARTY

The Art Market

Curator: Stephan van Kuyk

Berlin

Germany

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2023

NFT NYC 2023

April 12–14

Noth Javits, Hudson Yards and Times Square NYC

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XXX Bienal Nacional de Artes Visuales.

Museum of Modern Art of Santo Domingo

MAM, Dominican Republic

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Gala Anual 2023.

Charity / Fundraising Event

Puerto Banús, Marbella, Spain

 

2024

FIACI Art Santo Domingo

International Contemporary Art Fair

Group Exhibition: Intertwined Worlds

Museo de Arte Moderno

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

 

Fiebre Photobook

La Casa Encendida,

Madrid, Spain

 

Cosecha 2024

Reina Sofía Museum Library

Madrid, Spain

 

Photoimagen 2024

Dominican Photography Groups

A Century in Images, 1924–2024

Museo de Arte Moderno

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

 

High Tech Exhibition

Art Innovation Gallery

5 Times Square, NYC

NY, USA

 

High Tech Exhibition

Art Innovation Gallery

Miami Beach

Florida, USA

 

2025

Red Transcaribe

Lecture Series: Audiovisual and Digital Production in the Contemporary Caribbean

Audiovisual Mediation in the Contemporary Caribbean: Themes and Issues

Speaker: Yolanda Wood, University of Havana, Cuba

 

ARCO 2025, Art Libris, with MAV Spanish Women in the Visual Arts

Pavilion 9, 9 AL 01, IFEMA, Madrid, Spain

 

Luminance: Hong Kong

Art Innovation Gallery, Hong Kong, 2025

 

Twice Seen

Art Innovation Gallery, Expectacular Exhibition, High Tech

5 Times Square y 1619 Broadway 49 St. NYC, NY, USA

 

Leica España

Leica Academie, Madrid, España

 

Afterglow

Art Innovation Gallery

Group exhibition of digital art and public art

Parnas Media Towers, Gangnam District

Seoul, South Korea

 

Urban Pixels

Art Innovation Gallery

5 Times Square, NYC, USA

 

Female Narratives in Transit

ASR Contemporáneo, Arte San Ramón, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

 

Luminance: Hong Kong

Art Innovation Gallery

2025 Hong Kong

 

Twice Seen

5 Times Square and 1619 Broadway 49th St.

NYC  NY USA

 

Leica Academie  Leica España

Madrid, España

 

Afterglow

Art Innovation Gallery

Group exhibition of digital art, Parnas Media Towers, Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea

 

31st Visual Arts National Biennial

Museum of Modern Art of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 2026

 

2026

CTRL / CITY

The Tour,

Art Innovation Gallery

Los Angeles, California, USA

 

The New Media Moment

Art Innovation Gallery

One Times Square,

 NYC  NY USA

 

Giant Signals

Art Innovation Gallery

5Times Square

NYC NY USA

 

MONUMENTAL VISION

The Tour

Disiva Group

Nashville, Tenesse USA

 

TRACES OF LIGHT

The Tour

Disiva Group

Atlanta, Georgia USA

 

URBAN SCALE

The Tour

Disiva Group

Boston

Massachusetts USA

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Recognition and Awards

 

Selection and Awards Jury, 8th Edition of the Photography and Video Award, organized by Centro de la Imagen and Photoimagen RD, 2025, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

 

Obie Awards USA

Finalist in the Digital Art and Design category for the group exhibition Skyline Stories, organized by Art Innovation Gallery at 5 Times Square,

NYC, USA

 

Made in DR, Designweekrd 2019, Finalist

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Award: 27th National Visual Arts Biennial, 2013. National award open equally to all, regardless of placement or category. National award

 

National Photography Competition, Shoot for the Star, Mercedes-Benz, Santo Domingo

Amateur Category, 2014, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

   

Premio: Abelardo Rodríguez Urdaneta

Funglode Awards 2008

Category: Color Digital Photography. Santo Domingo DR

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Award: Drawing Category, Duarte Visual

Organized by the Dominican Olympic Committee, Dominican Olympic Museum, and

Historical Research Department, Santo Domingo Dominican Republic

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Cosecha 2022. Selected photobook: “Soy Luna.” Cibeles Palace, Madrid

Spain

 

Acquisitions

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Private Acquisitions

MAM Colletion, Museo de Arte Moderno de Santo Domingo, DR

Editora Listin Diario, Collection, Santo Domingo DR

St. Regis Hotel and Luxury Resort Collection, 2025 Cap Cana, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

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Notable Publications

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Master PhotoEspaña Newsletter, 2025 La Fábrica, Madrid, Spain

2026

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CREATIVA

AI Art Book VOL. 10

Advertising against Advertising

Barcelona, Spain

 

SEXANTE, Art and Criticism, AICA Digital Magazine

International Association of Art Critics AICA

San José, Costa Rica

 

Arquitexto Magazine, 2017

Contempo Diseño Magazine, 2015

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Mujer Única Magazine, 2013

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Revista Panache  

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Book: Women in Dominican Art, 1844–2000

Jeannette Miller. Banco del Progreso 30th Anniversary, 2004

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Art and Craft Magazine, 

USA.  

Member of the Selection and Awards Jury for the Creativity Poster Competition

Listín Diario Publishing House Media, Dominican Republic

Biography in the book Dominican Personalities. Santo Domingo

Dominican Republic

Revista Internacional Art News.

USA