a copy of Oswaldo`s CV

OSWALDODE LEONKANTULE
EDUCATION
(Honours)
in FineArts, Facultyof FineArts, Universityof Panama
2001 B.A.
Thesis:KunaSymbolismin the AcualelePictographsas a ContemporaryVisual
Arts Expression
1999 EARTHWORK
Workshop; Installationsin naturewith the painterArturo Lindsay,
Universityof Panama
Technological
Institute
1995 Coursein Textileand IndustrialStamping,International
and Universityof the lsthmus,Panama
Universityof Panama
1986 -90 InteriorDesign,Facultyof Architecture,
PRIZESAND AWARDS
2002 Finalist,Vl Biennialof Panama,Museumof ContemporaryArt of Panama
Photography
Competition
1998 FirstPrize,Universityof PanamaEcological
1996 Winner,Panama'sNationalInstituteof Culturel4th NationalPainting
competition
1995 HonourableMention,PaintingCompetition,AmericanPenWomen,Panama
1994 fV HonourableMention,NationalEcologicalPaintingCompetitionBacardi Rum
and the Panamanian Association of Visaal Artists, Panama
GRANTS
Crantfor IndigenousArtistsof the Americas,NationalMuseumof the
2004 Research
Insitute,Washington,D,C.
Americanlndian,Smithsonian
INDIVIDUALEXHIBITIONS
2007 El Migico Viaje de Achu, ExedraBooks,Panama,PanamaCity
Lyon,France
2006 M6moireet Tradition, Mairiedu 6" arrondissement,
Mont St. Hilaire,
Le VoyageDes Neles,Maisondes Culturesam6rindiennes,
Quebec
2005 El Viqie de los Neles,Caf6y CalerfaManoloCaracol,Panama
2003 RecentWorks, The OntarioClub,Toronto
Birga dulatar ibguen suli -One Hundred Yearsis Nothing, CasaG6ngora,
Panama
Celebrating Panama's| 00th Birthday, Pon6 Disparu,Montreal
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2OOZ Our Ancestors,Our Future, Centrefor Studiesin Creativity,King'sCollege,
Universityof WesternOntario,London,Canada
2000 CaleriaSignos,Panama
1998 Homage to Hammocks, Aleph Caf6Galeria,Panama
1997 GaleriaArte Plaza,Panama
CaleriaBreebaart,Panama
1996 GaleriaBreebaaft,Panama
1995 Vocesy Espfritus -Voicesand Spirits, BancoNacionalde Panama
1993 StewartMott House,WashingtonD.C.
SELECTED
COLLECTIVE
EXHIBITIONS
visualartsandtheatre
2007 ChocolateWomanDreamsthe Milky Way Collaborative
of Cuelph
workshop,Macdonald
StewartArt Centre,University
The JaguarMeetsthe Eagle,TheArts Project,London,Ontario
Art Fair,NewYorkCity
ArtExpoNewYork 2OO7,lnternational
AeolianHall,London,Canada(Curator& Anist)
Coloresde Latinoamerica,
of
StewartArt Centre,University
MadeIn Canada,Macdonald
Shakespeare:
Cuelph
(3 artists),GalerieArtScenik,
2006 Expositiond'oeuvresd'art sud-amEricaines
Lyon, France
lmagineOtherwise,SpenceCallery,Toronto
lO Artists lO Pieces,SpenceCallery,Toronto
of Korea,Toronto
Korean& LatinAmericanFineArt, Galleryof the Consulate
Latinoamerica2006,The Bestof Latin AmericanArt in Toronto, Etobicoke
CivicCentreArt Callery,Canada
MexicoGallery,Montreal
2005 LatinAmericanVisualArtists, Espacio
Artist's Books:Writtenlmagesof the First Nations,NationalLibraryof Quebec
and LandInsights,Montreal
CentralAmericanCollective,Orejade VanGoghCalleryandCafe,Montreal
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2004 Latin American Summer CollectiveShow, WeilArt Arte y Subastas,Panama
Entre Lineas-Betweenthe Lines, CulturalServiceof the Embassyof France,
Panama
Museumof
2003 Caminosde Maiz - Pathsof Corn, RegionalArt Encounter,
contemporaryArt, Panama
SunfestGlobalVillage03, Calleryat Galleria,London, Canada
Bridging Two Worlds: Healing our Communities, Cenue for Studiesin
Creativity,King's College,Universityof WesternOntario,London,Canada
20OZ Vl Art Biennialof Panama,Museumof ContemporaryArt, Panama
New Canadians, The Arts Project,London,Canada
Sunfest Global Village, Calleryat Galleria,London,Canada
2001 De la materia al espiritu- From the Material to the Spiritual, AlianzaFrancesa,
Panama
Festivaldel Caribe (CaribbeanFestival), GaleriaUniversal,Santiagode Cuba
2000 Mujeres(Women),I st PaintingExhibition,CasaMuseodel BancoNacionalde
Panama
on the Arco ChatoRuins,Panama
Altars, Installations
1999 Los de Galu Dugbis ll, LosPueblitosIndigenas,Panama
1998 Los de Galu Dugbis, KunaPainters,Embassyof Francein Panama
GaleriaSignos,Panama
of the WorldVisualArts Council(COMAP),
Anniversary
1997 GaleriaSignos,Panama
Painters,
CulturalServiceof
1996 Tradicionesy Modernidad,IndigenousPanamanian
the Embassyof Francein Panama
1995 Expo Afte Kuna (Kuna Art Expo),GalerlaBalboa,Panama
Expo Feria Internacionalde Arte (lnternational Art Expo),MexicoCity
Border, Centrode Arte y
Paintersfrom the Panamanian-Colombian
Cultura,Panama
Art, Old Town,Alexandria,Virginia
1994 CalerieMichelleInternational
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1994 AuctionPor el amor a nuestros Nifros, Museumof the Americasof the
Organizationof AmericanStates,WashingtonD.C.
lll Sal6n lberoamericanode las Artes Plisticas CentroCulturalBrazileiro,
WashingtonD.C.
1993 InternationalFestivalof IndigenousArt, RoxburyCommunityCollege,
Massachusetts
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Mini ExpressionShow, DEXACallery,Universityof Panama
1990 SovereignPresenceof the Homeland,SimonBolivarLibrary,Universityof
Panama
CONFERENCES
2AA7 Mola makke: The History and Evolution of Mola designs and their
importancein Kuna society. TextileMuseum,Toronto
2004 Visiting Artists Talking About Their Work: Oswaldo De Le6n Kantule,A
Contemporary Kuna painter using traditional Kuna imagery, Harvard
PeabodyMuseum,Smithsonian
NativeArts Program
University,
20OZ Our Ancestors,Our Future, King's College,Centrefor Studiesin Creativity,
Universityof WesternOntario, London,Canada
WashingtonD.C.
1994 Art and Kuna Culture, AmericanUniversity,
WashingtonD.C.
Art and Kuna Culture, HowardUniversity,
Art, Kuna Culture and Human Rights, Universityof Massachusetts
Art and Kuna Culture, Trinity College, HartfordConnecticut
Religion and Art in Kuna Culture, HarvardUniversity
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