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Yannis Lobaina

Artist member since 2024
Toronto, Ontario

Yannis Lobaina is an award-winning Cuban artist, author, film producer, and photographer based in Toronto. She also works as a community arts facilitator and emerging filmmaker. Yannis's creative pursuits revolve around exploring themes of immigration, diaspora, language, and motherhood through various storytelling tools. She has published over 60 short fiction stories and poetry worldwide. As a photographer, Yannis specializes in minimalist photographic storytelling, capturing landscapes, patterns, and pareidolias(faces) in nature. Yannis firmly believes that the arts can be a powerful tool for social change and peace-making. Since 2016, she has developed bilingual(Spanish-English) community-based art programs for children and families around Toronto.

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Female Spirit in an Oak Tree
Yannis Lobaina
Upcoming Exhibitions
2024-07-10

Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery, Toronto
Shinrin Yoku: the healing art of forest bathing.

Select Past Exhibitions

Remote Gallery, Toronto
Catch and Release

Oakwood Village Library and Arts Centre, Toronto
Alive, Upside Down

Accolades
2024

Exhibition Assistance. Ontario Arts Council
Grant

2022

Space Award
Award

Press

Canvas Rebel Magazine
Meet Artist Yannis Lobaina

Education
2023

Certificate “Experience Impressionism. In search of a new p Museo Nacional Thyssen- Bornemisza in Madrid, Spain.
Certificate “Experience Impressionism. In search of a new pictorial language.”

2004

International Film and TV School. Havana, Cuba.
Bachelor of Arts Film, Radio & TV

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