Rafael Abreu-Canedo: CV

Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish, and          

                             2+years of Japanese

Education:                                                              

-San Francisco Art Institute: BFA, New Genres, 2008        .

Awards and Honors:

2009- Winner of the 2009 Franklin Furnace Fund Grant: Franklin Furnace

2008- Winner of a Sprout Fund Seed Award: Sprout Fund

2008- The Outstanding New Genres Student Honor: San Francisco Art Institute

2007- Winner of a 2007 Project Grant: San Francisco Art Institute, Student Union

2003- Winner of the 2003 San Francisco Art Institute Merit Scholarship

2002- Winner of the 2002 Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Award

2001- Winner of the All City Arts Showcase Award: Manchester Craftsman Guild

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2010- The Art Institute of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh PA.)

2009- Conflux Festival 2009 (New York NY.)

2009- Synthetic Zero Art Space (Bronx NY.)

2008- Hothouse, Sprout Fund @ Union Trust (Pittsburgh PA.)

2008- Spring Show, The Diego Rivera Gallery (San Francisco CA.)

2008- Sound Device, Root Division (San Francisco CA.)

2007- Interveillance, The Diego Rivera Gallery (San Francisco CA.)

2007- One Day It Will All Make Sense, Edge Zones Gallery (Miami FL.)

2007- Emission Theory, La Vie Gallery (Pittsburgh PA.)

2006- Eye Plugs, The Little Roxy Theater (San Francisco CA.)

2005- Media Experiment, The RX Gallery (San Francisco CA.)

2005- Urban Revolution, (Sint-Niklaas, Belgium.)

2003- Jadite Gallery, (New York NY.)

2002- Young Artists Show, GalleriE Chiz (Pittsburgh PA.)

2002- All City Arts Showcase, Manchester Craftsman Guild, (Pittsburgh PA.)

Teaching Experience:

2011 Summer Dreamers Academy, Pittsburgh PA

      Head Instructor.  Sound and Body (6^th-8^th graders)

2008-2009 PS 212, Bronx, N.Y.

      Full-Time Instructor.  Body in Space: dance to communicate (6^th-8^th graders)

2007 Queens Museum of Art, Queens, N.Y.

      Head Instructor.  Body Language: performance and photography (All ages)

2007 The San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA.

      Assistant Teacher.  Design + Technology

2005-2007 Calvin Simmons Middle School, Oakland CA.

      Head Instructor. Performing Culture (6^th-8^th graders)           

2001-The Kingsley Center, Pittsburgh PA.

    Head Instructor. Dance (All ages).  

Visiting Artist Lectures:

2010-The School for Creative and Performing Arts, Pittsburgh PA.

2010-The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA.

2008-The San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA.

2007-The Queens Museum of Art, Queens NY.

2006-The High-school for Creative and Performing Arts, Pittsburgh PA.