Omar Chris Canales-Cisneros

Barrie, Ontario

Booth U14

Untapped

Omar Canales-Cisneros is a Toronto-based Salvadorian painter and OCADU graduate. His work explores heritage, sexuality, and gender through decreation—burning materials tied to prejudicial ideologies and mixing the ashes into oil paint. Recent pieces combine this method with Salvadorian textiles, exploring family dynamics and identity.

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