Sebastián Canovas Ávalos (born 1957 in Mexico City) is a Mexican artist known for

watercolors Watercolor (American English) or watercolour (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), also ''aquarelle'' (; from Italian diminutive of Latin 'water'), is a painting method"Watercolor may be as old as art itself, going back to the S ...

oil paintings Oil painting is a painting method involving the procedure of painting with pigments combined with a drying oil as the binder. It has been the most common technique for artistic painting on canvas, wood panel, or copper for several centuries. ...

and

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. He has exhibited throughout Mexico, in the United States, Canada, Switzerland, Germany and France.

Biography

Education

After attending the Instituto Cumbres (1971–1976), Sebastián Canovas obtained his bachelor's degree in industrial design from Universidad Anahuac in Mexico City.

Career

Canovas started his career as a furniture designer in his father's family business, ''Galerías D'Canovas''. Some customers, who saw his early work, suggested he become a full-time painter. He then studied watercolor painting under Isabel Leduc. Next was the "Sociedad Mexicana de Acuarelistas" under Guati Rojo, Manuel Arrieta, Roberto Vargas, Demetrio Llordén, Leonard Brooks. Canovas has worked in various techniques, particularly watercolor.Revista Biografía
/ref> From 2010 through 2012, he has attended the

Instituto Allende The Instituto Allende is a visual arts school in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. The institute provides a range of courses, and offers a BA in Visual Arts and an MA in Fine arts in association with the Universidad de Guanajuato. Its courses and d ...

, under Philip Cusini and the Tamayo Academy in Mexico City.

Exhibitions

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