LAURA M. CAÑAS P.

Education:

• Bachelor in Social Communication and Journalism, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Colombia (2016)

Certificates and Trainings:

• Certificate in Illustration as Art and Work, Tragaluz Editores and Comfenalco, Colombia (2020)

• Certificate in Deepening Illustration, Tragaluz Editores and Comfenalco, Colombia (2021)

• Certificate in Book Editing Detrás de Página (Behind the page), Mesa Estándar Editorial and Comfenalco, Colombia (2021)

• Emerging Teaching Artist, Mindpop, Austin, TX, USA (2024)

  
  

Art Residencies:

• CATs+, Museum of Human Achievement, Austin, TX, USA (2025)

• Alchemy Art Center, San Juan Island, WA, USA (2024)

• Welcome to my homepage, Museum of Human Achievement, Austin, TX, USA (2024)

• Lengua Negra, Medellín, COL (2019)

Awards and Grants:

• Katie Kelso Travel Grant, Short Run Comic Festival, Seattle, WA (2024)

• Creativity in Public Spaces Grant, Culture Secretary of Medellín, Colombia (2021). Community project Drawing to Narrate the Parks (Dibujar para contar los parques)

• Emerging Artist Grant, Culture Secretary of Medellín, Colombia (2020). Printmaking series Máscaras (Masks)

• Blind Date Comic Grant from the Ministry of Culture of Colombia and Toronto Comic Arts Festival (2019): project A First Meeting

Group Exhibitions:

• 2025 - CATs+ Resident Showcase, Museum of Human Achievement, Austin, TX, USA

• 2024 - Artist Talk, San Juan Islands Museum of Art, San Juan Island, WA, USA

• 2024 - Material Magic, Alchemy Art Center, San Juan Island, WA, USA

• 2022 - Grabadores de Domingo (Sunday Printmakers), Montenegro Art Projects, Bogotá, Col

• 2020 Expedición San Ignacio (San Ignacio Expedition), Comfama San Ignacio, Medellín, Col

• 2019 - Grabadores de Domingo La Salida (Sunday Printmakers La Salida), Benito Garage Gallery, Medellín, Col

• 2019 - Digna Rebeldía (Dignified Rebellion), Casa Benet Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Br

• 2019 - VI Salón de Grabado (Sixth Printmakers Salon), Museo el Castillo, Medellín, Col

• 2018 - I Encuentro de artistas grabadores (First Gathering of Printmaking Artists), Medellín, Col

• 2017 - IV Exposición Internacional de Gráfico (Fourth International Graphic Exhibit), Taller La Huella, Floridablanca, Col

• 2017 - II Exposición Grupo de retrato (Second Group Exhibit of Portraiture), Residencia Taller 7, Medellín, Col

• 2013 - I Exposición Grupo de retrato (First Group Exhibit of Portraiture), Residencia Taller 7, Medellín, Col

Work Experience:

• Rose and Buds Playschool (Austin, TX) Teacher, 04/2024 - Present

• Welcome to my Homepage, by Museum of Human Achievement (Austin, TX). Juror, 01/2025

• Creative Action (Austin, TX) Teaching Artist and Puppeteer Actor, 03/2024 - Present

• YMCA Greater Austin Afterschool Childcare (Austin, TX) Youth Development Leader, 10/2023 - 02/2024

• Q'hay de Nuev9 (Newspaper), (Medellín, Colombia) Journalist, 3/2022 - 9/2022 and 8/2013 - 3/2014

• Revista Blast (Comics and Graphic Novels Magazine), (Medellín, Colombia) Journalist, 7/2019 - 7/2020