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Canaan J. Brown is a highly ambitious artist and designer who uses magical realism, fantasy, and storytelling to reframe the histories and futures of the Black experience. Especially concerned with themes of Black excellence, Naval histories, and repatriation, he uses filmmaking, creative writing, and an increasingly interdisciplinary creative practice.



The Fantastic Memoir of the Life of Lucius Alexander, A Haint, As Recounted in 1815, By Himself
Film Installation, 19 June - Present



Pursuits of Freedom
Publication, 19 June - Present



Pursuits of Freedom
Album, 19 June - Present



Reframe: The Directors’ Cut
Group Audio-Visual Installation, 6 March - 17 April 2024



Ezekiel and the Dancing Dragon
Animation, 28 March 2024



Between Dimensions
Film, 14 March - 23 May 2024



John Blanke and the Magic Trumpet
Graphic and Short Story, 15 January - 25 January 2024



Lucius’s Tribute
Performance, 14 December 2023



An Eternal Present
Film, 18 October - 19 October 2023



The Fantastic Memoir of the Life of Lucius Alexander, A Haint, As Recounted in 1815, By Himself
Film Installation, 1 September - 31 August 2023



Reframe: The Residency Exhibition
Group Multi-Screen Audio-Visual Installation, 18 July - 27 August 2023



Black British History is British History
Public Monument, 13 May - Present



To Release a Spirit (Work In Progress)
3D Model and Film, 15 July - Present



The Fantastic Memoir of the Life of Lucius Alexander, A Haint, As Recounted in 1815, By Himself
Film Installation, 13 June - 24 June 2023




Reframing Cultural Excellence
Artist Talk, 22 March 2023



The Fantastic Memoir of the Life of Lucius Alexander, The Haint, Written in 1815, By Himself
Digital Publication, 14 January - 22 February 2023



Vanishing: Freedom, Transcendence and Erasure in Black Magical Realist Art
Digital Essay, 14 January - 8 February 2023



Research Wall 2.0: The Connections Required For Myself, An Artist, To Rewrite History
Research Wall, 25 November - 5 December 2022



The Nimbus Project
Live-Coded Music and Algo-Rave Performance, 5 August 2022



Channelling
Film Installation, 12 May - 23 May 2022


Channelling: A Process Book
Digital Publication, 22 May - 26 June 2022



To Capture The Sun | Radiant Splendour: Dreaming Gave Us Wings
Physical and Digital Publication, 5 May - 26 June 2022


Cuhoba: Welcome To The Spirit Realm
Physical and Digital Print, 5 May - 26 June 2022


Naval Afro-Futures / Afro-Atlantic Legacies
Physical and Digital Print (Created in Blender), 5 May - 26 June 2022



The Wrath of Bayamanaco / The Birth of Caguama’s World
Painting, 8 March - 31 March 2022



The Naval Spirit
Film Installation and Screening, 10 January - 22 July 2022



The Naval Spirit
Digital Publication, 10 January - 14 February 2022


The Naval Chambers
Digital Production Design (Created in Blender), 10 January - 14 February 2022


Black, Fiction, Magic
Digital Essay, 12 November - 14 January 2021


The Black Archive of 19th Century Academia
Fictional Institution (Created in Blender), 1 June - 22 September 2021



Blur - Episode 1: Picasso
Fictional Television Series, 11 January - 31 December 2021



Chocolate
Painting, 12 March - 26 June 2020



Grounding: Jamaica - Legalise Marijuana
Painting, 1 May - 26 June 2020



Music Knows No Bounds
Film, 12 December - 22 January 2020