BIOGRAPHY
Tomas Cano is a multimedia artist, filmmaker and performer who graduated from the National School of Arts of Cuba.
Since 2011, he lives and works in Mexico City, where he develops personal work and collaborates with other artists.
In 2016, he obtained the PADID Scholarship from the National Center for the Arts, which allowed him to produce the documentary “La Ruta del Pañuelo”, an ethno-cultural journey through rural communities in Michoacán, Guerrero and Oaxaca. He has also ventured into advertising, collaborating as filmmaker with brands such as Burger King, Absolut, Wellington, Marriot International, among others.
Currently, he is dedicated to developing projects such as “NIHSINI”, a multimedia collaboration with the sculptor Ricardo Ángeles, the edition of his photography book “ESTANCIAS” and the development of the documentary “Mattesson”.
CV
Muestra Revolución 2023, -Galería Babel, San Miguel de Allende, México.
Muestra Estudios sobre la Luz 2023, Flotar / Harmonipan -MMAC (Museo Morelense de Arte contemporáneo Juan Soriano), Cuernavaca, Morelos México.
Muestra Nishini 2023, Flotar / Harmonipan -Art Week Laguna, CDMX México.
Muestra Nishini 2022, Flotar / Harmonipan -Feria Clavo, CDMX México.
STATEMENT
After spending his childhood in a pleasant coastal village in northern Cuba, Tomas Cano cultivated a lifelong sense of wonder and curiosity. Being raised in a politically charged environment, he developed an innate propensity for questioning and understanding. The pursuit of meaning through artistic practice anchors his creative path. Currently he is engrossed in an all-encompassing study of light and its diverse physical and artistic properties. His exploration seeks to grasp light’s metaphysical essence and its analogical relationship to the abstract phenomenon of time. His creative process tryies to attain a transcendental comprehension of transience itself through the tangible experience of seeing.
