raúl aguilar canela
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Raúl Aguilar Canela is a Mexican-born artist based in Montreal whose main work explores painting as a post-medium practice. His current work serves as a space to converge personal stories with contemporary metanarratives of individual determination, self-exploitation, immigration, masculinity, and hard work. He received his MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA) in 2021. He graduated with a BFA from Concordia University (Montréal) in 2014 and a Bachelor in International Relations from Universidad de las Américas, (Puebla) in 2011. Aguilar Canela has participated in residency programs at Banff Centre and Est-Nord-Est. His solo exhibitions include I’ll teach my kids how to be aesthetically correct at Centre CLARK (2017), The State of Our Employability at TAP Art Space (2018) both in Montreal, and To my friends at Egret Egress (2019) in Toronto. In 2019, his work was selected to be part of the Bienal de Pintura Rufino Tamayo XVIII, in México City.
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Raúl Aguilar Canela est un artiste d’origine mexicaine basé à Montréal qui explore la peinture comme une pratique post-médium. Dans ses œuvres actuelles, il fait converger des histoires personnelles avec des métarécits contemporains de détermination individuelle, d’auto-exploitation, d’immigration, de masculinité et de travail assidu. Il a obtenu sa maîtrise en beaux-arts de la Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA) en 2021. Il détient un BFA de l’Université Concordia (Montréal) en 2014 et un baccalauréat en relations internationales de l’Universidad de las Américas (Puebla), en 2011. Aguilar Canela a réalisé des résidences au Banff Centre et à Est-Nord-Est. Ses expositions individuelles comprennent I’ll teach my kids how to be aesthetically correct au Centre CLARK (2017), The State of Our Employability au TAP Art Space (2018), toutes deux à Montréal, et To my friends à Egret Egress (2019) à Toronto. En 2019, son travail a été sélectionné pour la Bienal de Pintura Rufino Tamayo XVIII, à Mexico City.
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….EXHIBITIONS AT PATEL BROWN..EXPOSITIONS À PATEL BROWN....
Smart like a sun | Toronto | 2024 | Raúl Aguilar Canela
Break It to Me Gently | Toronto | 2023 | ….Group Exhibition.. Exposition collective….
Loom | Montréal | 2023 | Raúl Aguilar Canela & Fatine-Violette Sabiri
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Canadian Art, “Your Time Does Not Belong to You” by Nancy Web. May 30, 2018