Rafael Abreu-Canedo: CV
Born 1984, Brasil.
Languages:English, Portuguese, Spanish, 2+ years of Japanese.
Awards and Honors:
2013-Grand Prize: 5th International Video Arts Festival of Camaguey (FIVAC)
2013-Artist Oportunity Grant: Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council
2012-Flight School Fellowship: PFPCA/Creative Capital
2009/10-Franklin Furnace Fund Grant: Franklin Furnace
2008-Sprout Fund Seed Award: Sprout Fund
2008-Outstanding New Genres Student Honor: San Francisco Art Institute
2007-SFAI Project Grant: San Francisco Art Institute
2003-San Francisco Art Institute Merit Scolarship: San Francisco Art Institute
2002-Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Award: Pgh Center for the Arts
Selected Exhibitions:
2017-"In Between the Middle", Brew House, (Pittsburgh, PA)
2015-"Untitled" CMU MFA Thesis Exhibition, Miller Gallery, (Pittsburgh, PA)
2014-"LunarmagmaoceanLove", NURTUREart Gallery, (New York, NY)
2014-"Public Record/Pittsburgh Biennial 2014", Space Gallery, (Pittsburgh, PA)
2014-"Pittsburgh Biennial 2014", Pittsburgh Center for the Arts (Pittsburgh, PA)
2014-"Devotion", Halka Art Project (Istanbul, Turkey)
2014-"8 Hour Project", Bowman Penelec Megahan Art Gallery (Meadville, PA)
2014-"Eye Contact", Seven Sanat Galerisi (Istanbul, Turkey)
2014-Unnoticed Art Festival (Haarlem/Dordrecht, Netherlands)
2013-2013 Juan Media Festival (Incheon, S. Korea)
2013-5th International Video Arts Festival of Camaguey (Camaguey, Cuba)
2012-"New Works, New Problems", Pgh Filmmakers Galleries (Pittsburgh, PA)
2011-"Fault Line", The Urban Tree Forge (Pittsburgh, PA)
2010-"Waves and Circles", Art Institute of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)
2009-Conflux Festival 2009 (New York, NY)
2009-"Tempo huManu", Synthetic Zero Art Space (Bronx, NY)
2008-"HotHouse 2008", Sprout Organization (Pittsburgh, PA)
2008-"Spring Show 2008", Diego Rivera Gallery (San Francisco, CA)
2008-"Sound Device", Root Division (San Francisco, CA)
2007-"One Day It Will All Make Sense", Edge Zones Gallery (Miami, FL)
2006-"Eye Plugs", Little Roxy Theater (San Francisco, CA)
2005-"Media Experiment", The RX Gallery (San Francisco, CA)
2003-"Rafael Canedo", Jadite Gallery (New York, NY)
2002-"Young Artists Show", GalleriE Chiz (Pittsburgh, PA)
2001-"All City Arts Showcase", Manchester Craftsman Guild (Pittsburgh, PA)
Teaching Experience:
2011/2014-Creative and Performing Arts Highschool, Pittsburgh, PA
Head Instructor. Sculpture (9th-12th graders)
2008/2009-PS 212, Bronx, NY
Head Instructor. Performing Culture: dance to communicate. (6th-8th graders)
2007-Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY
Head Instructor. Body Language: performance and photography. (All Ages)
2007-San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Classroom Facilitator. Design + Technology. (Undergrad)