Yannis Lobaina. PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS (Selection)

BIO

Yannis Lobaina(she/her) is an award-winning Cuban artist, author, mindful nature photographer, and arts-based workshop facilitator based in Toronto. As a photographer, Yannis specializes in minimalist photographic storytelling, capturing ephemeral landscapes, patterns, and pareidolias (faces) in Mother Nature. As an arts-based workshop facilitator, since 2016, Yannis has developed more than 100 bilingual (Spanish-English) community-based art programs for children and families around Toronto. Also, she is the host and producer of the “The Yannis Lobaina Podcast_We Should Talk,” Podcast and the Founder of AlbART Global Collective. She firmly believes that the arts can be a powerful tool for social change and peace-making.

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

Walking with my camera is a conscious daily meditation, guiding me to slow down, observe, be patient, and savour the present moment while listening to Mother Nature. She is our sanctuary for healing and renewal. Mother Nature fuels my photography, igniting my passion to capture fleeting moments that surround me. I aim to reveal the uniqueness and beauty in everyday elements that often go unnoticed. Each detail becomes a vital thread in the narrative I create through my photographic storytelling.
I believe in the power of visual storytelling, I’m passionate about telling stories using a variety of media, including filmmaking, writing and photography. Taking photographs allows me to explore past and present themes, memory, disappearance and loss, and often to reflect on how we see and interpret beauty. My images represent life experiences influenced by memories and dreams and how they often reveal confusing but exciting connections and patterns.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

2023- Present Canadian Association for Photographic Art

2020- present Canadian Children’s Book Centre. 2021- present CANSCAIP.

2019- present League of Canadian Poets 2020- present Canadian Media Guild.

2018-present The Documentary Organization of Canada (DOC).

2017 -present Neighbourhood Arts Network.

2024 Solo photography exhibition select photographs of my ongoing series Catch and Release and Alive, Upside Down at North York Central Library, from August 1 to August 31, 2024.

2023 Solo photography exhibition of my ongoing series Catch and Release Remote Gallery as a part of my RBC Studio Space Award.July 7- 13, 2023.

2023 Solo photography exhibition Alive, Upside Down at Oakwood Village Library and Arts Centre, February – March 1, 2023.
2022 Solo photography exhibition Alive, Upside Down
2021 solo photography exhibition Alive, Upside Down Remote Gallery as a part of my RBC Studio Space Award. September _October 2021.

2020 Awake Online Solo exhibition In my home studio. Series Awake, June 20 and July- August. The National Arts Drive
2019 Rebirth Received the RBC Arts Access Fund(Toronto Arts Foundation,2019), which helped fund my first solo photography exhibition, Rebirth, showcased in August 2019 by Raw Artist Network (Toronto) at Mod Club.

CURATORIAL PROJECTS (SELECTION)

Shinrin Yoku: The Healing Art of Forest Bathing. Group exhibition at Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery in 2024. The group art exhibit by ALbART Global Collective (a community-engaged art project) was curated by Yannis Lobaina. https://akimbo.ca/listings/albart-global-collective-shinrin-yoku-the-healing-art-of-forest-bathing/

ONGOING PHOTOGRAPH SERIES ” CATCH AND RELEASE”, “ALIVE, UPSIDE DOWN”, “REBIRTH” AND “AWAKENING”

July 10 – August 15, 2024
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 13, 2 – 4pm
Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery.

OPENING AlbArt Global Collective Group Exhibition Shinrin Yoku: The Healing Art of Forest Bathing,

Partial Gallery

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Photography exhibit Alive, Upside Down at Remote Gallery

“My visual influences for this ongoing series Alive, Upside Down are the artists and photographers: Vivian Maier, Amy Friend, Danny Bittencourt, Ana Mendieta, and Teju Cole. Thrilled and grateful for being recognized as an award finalist for the Toronto Arts Foundation’s RBC Space award (2021-2022) with my ongoing photography series Alive, Upside Down. And the support of the ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL. THANKS. GRACIAS. MERCI.

https://www.akincollective.com/blog/2021/3/9/congratulations-2021-rbc-space-award-recipients

ONGOING SERIES Alive, Upside Down.

September 24 – October 2, 2021

Remote Gallery is Akin’s dedicated exhibition and programming space located at 568 Richmond Street West.

https://www.akincollective.com/remote

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