Kristina Kanaan is an artist working since 1988 between Munich, Germany and Le Marche in Italy. She specializes in sculpture, installation, painting and design. She has studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti of Macerata with Prof. Paolo Gallerani from Milano.
Her work has been internationally recognized and has won prestigious awards on many occasions. To name for example, in 1994 she was awarded a Scholarship from Rotary Club International-District 2090, Club Altavallesina Grottefrassassi Italy, she has won a second prize for a monument in Ponte delle Gabbelle in Milano in 1996.
The same year, she won the second prize on the 13th Grand Prix International d‘Art Carrara/Hallstahammar, and first prize for her sculpture work in Spinetoli Scultura 2007. She is co-founder of the cultural club “Il giardino erboso” in Monsampolo del Tronto Italy, organizing art courses for children, various art events and exhibitions.
Her interest is to express contemporary art in concepts touching political arguments or attempting to make heavy weight materials appear lighter in her use of different materials such as stone, metal, ceramic, wood, glass and paper.
Exhibitions and symposium include Austria, Cina, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Malta and Sveden.
sculpture
stone
- Moments, Travertine, 2010
- Moments, Travertine, 2010
- Relations, Pietra di Vicenza, 2010
- Orme, Sand Stone, 2009
- Carpe Diem, Pietra di Vicenza, Steel, 2009
- Carpe Diem, Pietra di Vicenza, Steel, 2009
- Wing, Travertine, 2011
- Solid Liquidity, Travertine, 2001
- Solid Liquidity, Travertine, 2001
- Madreterra, Pietra di Vicenza, 2001
- Partner, Limestone, 2010
- Seed, Limestone, 2011
- Cellule II, Sand Stones, 2010
- R.I.P., Pietra della Maiella, 2007
- Cellule, Pietra di Vicenza, 2006
- Cellule, Pietra di Vicenza, 2006
- Occhio!, Travertine, 2009
different materials
- Occhio!, wood, cinese paper, ink, 2009
- Passages, cypress, 2013
- Instrument, terra cotta, silver plated, 1995
- 0=casual, cinese paper, 2010
- partnership, cinese paper, shells, 2010
- partnership, cinese paper, shells, 2010
- partnership, cinese paper, shells, 2010
- Two of us, paper, sand, silver, acrylic , 1992, 2010
paintings
- Diptych, Mare, acrylic, sand, 2004
- Diptich, Mare, acrylic, sand, 2004
- Step by step, acrylic, sand, stones, 2013
- Colorado, Provence, acrylic, soil, 2013