Yannis Lobaina is an award-winning Cuban Artist, writer, filmmaker and photographer based in Toronto. Yannis explores immigration, diaspora, and motherhood themes through various visual storytelling tools.
2022 and 2021 RBC Space Award. Toronto Arts Foundation. Photography project Alive, Upside Down..
2019 Toronto Arts Council's Newcomer and Refugee Artist Mentorship Grant
2019 RBC Arts Access Award. Toronto Arts Foundation. Photography project Rebirth
2018 RBC Arts Access Award.Toronto Arts Foundation. Bilingual(Spanish-English) Creative Writing and Storytelling Workshop
2017 Micro Grant Platform A, Art Starts and Toronto Arts Council, Short Doc, Where the Magic Happens