ELKIN FABIAN CANAS IBANEZ

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Born  1974, Malaga. Colombia

Resides   Miami, FL. USA.

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EDUCATION.

 

2010  Astspace Florence Residency, Florence -Italy

2001  Giovani Battista Scalabrini Art Academy. Valencia- Venezuela
1999  Arturo Michelena Art School. Valencia.-Venezuela
1994  Graphic Design.  Design Institute of Caracas. Valencia Extention.

 

 

 

SOLO SHOWS:

 

2025 "Liminal Reality, Immersion". Miami International Fine Arts. Miami, FL. USA.

2013  "Fantasy" Florence Fantastic Festival. Fortezza da Basso. Florence-Italy

2004  “One Man Show” Exhibition Hall of the Guerra Mendez Campus. Valencia, Venezuela.
2000  “One Man Show” Manuel Feo La Cruz Library. Valencia, Venezuela.
1998  “Between Two Countries” Braulio Salazar Gallery. Organized by Colombian Consulate in Venezuela. Valencia, Venezuela.

 

 

 

GROUP SHOWS:

 

2025 "Father Time", Miami International FIne Arts. Miami, FL. USA.

2025 "Microcosmos" Mundo Arte Gallery. Miami, FL. USA.

2025 "8th Fair Colombian Consulate. Fair Expo Center of Miami, FL. USA.

2024 "Allegories of the real and the supernatural" MOCCA. Museum of contemporary art of the               Americas. Miami, FL. USA.

2024  "A Imagen y Semejanza" Leon Trotsky House Museum. Mexico City. Mexico.

2024 "Seeing in you only what they wish to see" MIFA. Miami, FL. USA.

2023  'DIAF" Doral Art Fair. Doral, FL. USA. 

2022  “Crossing Realities”, MIFA Gallery. Miami-USA

2020  “Between Resistence and Resilience” Caja Real Museum. S.L.P. Mexico.

2020  “The Human Dimension in Latin American Art” Miami- USA.

2019  ‘Rhythmical Brushstrokes’ Figurative artists of Florida. MIFA Gallery. Miami-USA.

2019  'Art in Exhile”. Coral Gables Museum. FL. USA.

2018  “FACE” Figurative Art Convention and Expo. Faculty show.

2018  “Parallel Visions” Two men Show at Art & Design Gallery. Miami-FL. USA.

2016  “Grounded” group show. Miami Dade College West Campus Gallery. USA.

2015  Spectrum Miami. Contemporary Art Projects USA. (Art Basel Week, Miami).
2015  Paul Fisher-Small Format Exhibition. Contemporary Art Projects. Palm Beach, FL.

2012  “Mirame”. Latin American Artists in Florence. Palazzo Bastogi. Florencia-Italia.

2012  FIAM art fair. Gallery “Diez” Maracaibo. Venezuela.

2012  Shangai Art Fair. Latinoamerican Pavillion. Gallery “Diez” Sangai-China

2011  “I Viaggi in Italia”. International Artits. Libreria dei Servi. Florence, Italy.
2011  “Due Artisti, Stesso Luogo, Stesso Tempo” . La Boulangerie del Rifrullo. Florencia, Italia.
2010  “Latin American Realists”. Vivarium Novum. Rome, Italy.
2009  “Venezuelan Realist Painters” Venezuelan Embassy . Rome, Italia.
2004  “International Prize Gravat.Olot” - Spain.
2002  XII Salón  artes plásticas "Festivales del Cabriales". Valencia- Venezuela
2001  National Young Artist Salon. Bogotá - Colombia.
 

 

 

HONORS AND PRIZES

 

2025  Special recognition by the General Colombian Consulate of Miami, for outstanding labor               on cultural promotion in the city. MIAMI, FL. USA.

2024  Diploma of recognition by the City of Doral for artistic contributions to the art community.               Doral, FL. USA.

2020  Named Ambassador of the Portrait Society of America P.S.OA. for Miami and Latinamerica.

2019  Certificate of recognition for “outstanding contribution to the arts in the United States of                 America” Urbe University. Miami Fl. USA.

2018  Invited Speaker. Figurative Art Convention (FACE). Conversation with Peter Trippi (Fine Art               Conosseur Magazine Editor) Biltmore Hotel. Miami-USA.

2012  Portrait and Still Life Category finalist, 2011-12 ARC salon competition. USA

2011  Drawing Finalist, 2010-11 ARC salon competition. USA

2008  Honorable Mention, Faber Castle salon. Caracas.

 

 

 

WORK IN PUBLIC COLECTIONS

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Ronald Reagan High School Murals. Doral, FL. USA.

Valencia City Hall . Valencia.- Venezuela

Faber Castle of Venezuela. Caracas-Venezuela

Manuel Feo La Cruz. Public Library. Valencia-Venezuela

Carabobo University. Permanent Collection. Main Gallery. Valencia-Venezuela

Galería Braulio Salazar Permanent Collection. Valencia-Venezuela

 

 

 

GALLERY REPRESENTATION

 

Mundo Arte Gallery Miami, FL. USA.

Jack Meier Gallery. Houston. USA

Arte Hoy Gallery. Mexico.

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WORK EXPERIENCE:

 

2019  Cofounder, Executive and Academic Director. Miami International Fine Arts. USA

2015 Cofounder and Director. Chiaroscuro Studio of Art. Doral. USA.

2012  Young Arts program. AICS Cultural Asociation. Florence, Italy.

2010-2012 Principal Instructor and program developer. Dall'Arte alla Z asociación cultural. Florencia-Italia.
2000-2002 Master Francesco Santoro’s principal assistant on Fresco Projects. Milan-Italy and Valencia-Venezuela.

2000-2002 Painting Instructor . Giovanni Battista Scalabrini Academy of Art.