Carlos Antonio Rancaño was born in Miami, FL. from Cuban/Panamanian parents. After graduating Cum Laude from MIU with a Bachelors Degree in Graphic Design, he started his career in Advertising. Even though he was always keen to drawing, it was the strict rules of design that gave way to his paintings. The free spirit that lives in his work is a direct response to the more simplistic approach of Graphic Design. His work is saturated with bright, warm colors and sharp, rigid brush strokes serving as a pedestal to the subjects in his work. Spreading from an array of themes, like bold portraits of women to African child soldiers, his work is never well-worn. Carlos Antonio has participated in various exhibitions across South Florida, as he continuous to establish himself as a premier artist.
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Awards
2018 Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series, Semi-Finalist
Fairs
2018 Art Wynwood, Miami
Solo exhibitions
2017 Subtle Chaos, Gallery 2014, Hollywood
Selected group exhibitions
2019 And Now For Something New Vol 2., LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans
2019 Figurative Futures, DAM, Little Haiti
2018 Ecce mater tua, Creation Art Center, Miami
2016 Group Show, Lucid Gallery, Miami
2014 Raw Artists Miami Revolution, LMNT, Wynwood
2014 Inaugural Group Show, Miami Art Center, Wynwood
2012 Art Fest at Doral, Carlos Albizu University, Doral