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
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Research Wall 2.0: The Connections Required For Myself, An Artist, To Rewrite History
Research Wall, 25 November - 5 December 2022
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
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
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
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The Wrath of Bayamanaco / The Birth of Caguama’s World
Painting, 8 March - 31 March 2022
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
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The Naval Chambers
Digital Production Design (Created in Blender), 10 January - 14 February 2022
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Black, Fiction, Magic
Digital Essay, 12 November - 14 January 2021
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The Black Archive of 19th Century Academia
Fictional Institution (Created in Blender), 1 June - 22 September 2021
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
Film, 12 December - 22 January 2020