Raúl Cañibano

Education and Professional Experience

Solo and Group Exhibitions
2013 La Isla retratada. Retrospectiva 1992-2012 (The Photographed Island. Retrospective 1992-2012). Aluna Art Foundation.Miami, FL, U.S.A.
Robando espíritus (Stealing Spirits). Fototeca de Cuba. Havana, Cuba.
2012 Agua. Lo masculino y lo femenino (Water. Masculine and Feminine). National Museum of Fine Arts. Havana. Cuba.
Metáfora de cambio (Metaphor of Change), Factoría Habana Gallery. 11th Havana Biennial. Havana, Cuba.
2009 17 milagroso, Babalú Ayeé (Miraculous 17. Babalú Ayeé). Casa de las Américas of Madrid, Spain. Group exhibition.
En la ruta. (On the Way). Fototeca de Cuba. Havana, Cuba.
2008 Tierra guajira (Cuban Peasants’ Land). Cultural Center for the Arts of Alcorcón. Madrid/Spain.
2007 Plegarias para santos y orishas (Prayers for Saints and Orishas). Cultural Spanish Center. Miami, FL/U.S.A.
2006 Dinámica de la cultura urbana (Dynamics of Urban Culture). National Library. 9th Havana Biennial.
2005 Cuban Photo Show. Arles Festival. France.
2004 Habana viva (Live Havana). L Gallery. Havana/Cuba.
2003 Imagen Habana (Image Havana). Cuban and U.S. Photographers. Development Center for the Visual Arts. Havana, Cuba.
2002…A través de los ojos de otro (Through Someone Else’s Eyes) Phoenix/Arizona, U.S.A.
Cuba dura pero dura. Fototeca of Veracruz, Mexico.
Retrospective. City Hall. Phoenix/Arizona, U.S.A.
Subasta Habana (Havana Auction). Rum Museum. Havana, Cuba.
2001 Retrospective. Fototeca de Cuba. Havana, Cuba.
Historias contemporáneas (Contemporary Stories), Gallery of the University of Saint Mery. New Scotland/Canada.
2000 50 Años de Fotografía Cubana. (50 Years of Cuban Photography). Royal National Theater. London, UK.
1998 Cien Años de Fotografía Cubana (One Hundred Years of Cuban Photography). Casa de las Américas of Madrid/Spain.
International Art Fair of Pescara. Italy.
Cien Años de Emigración Japonesa a Cuba (One Hundred Years of Japanese Emigration). Fototeca de Cuba. Havana, Cuba.
1997 Shadai-Gallery. Tokyo/Japan.
1995 Cuban Photography. Ken Damy Museum, Italy.
Nafoto. Sao Paulo/Brazil.
Contemporary Cuban Photography. Dieppe/France.
Primer Salón de Arte Contemporáneo (First Salon of Contemporary Art). National Museum of Fine Arts. Havana, Cuba.
1994 Abril, Mes de la Fotografía (April, Month of Photography). Mérida/Mexico.
33 Cuban Photographers. Rerson Gallery. Toronto/Canada.
1993 La realidad expectante (The Expectant Reality). Faculty of Plastic Arts of Universidad Veracruzana. Mexico.

He has conducted diverse workshops at: Centro de la imagen. Mexico City; Efti. Madrid/Spain, Albertina Gallery

Awards and Residencies

Gold Medal of the Spanish Photographic Confederation.
First prize. Plastic Arts Contest 13 de marzo. 23 y L Gallery.
First prize of the Photo Biennial La Llave del Cerro (The Key to Cerro)
First prize: National Salon of Photography 1999. Fototeca de Cuba.
Special UNEAC award. First Biennial of Photography Alfredo Sarabia.
Third prize: Lazos en el mar… (Ties in the Sea…) Holland.
First prize: Santiago Álvarez Contest. Cuba
Asisa award. Málaga/Spain.