Danie Cansino

Danie Cansino (b. 1986) is an artist and educator living and working in Los Angeles. Cansino completed her Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of Southern California, and is an Adjunct Professor of USC Roski School of Art and Design. Danie Cansino’s work manifests in bold chiaroscuro oil paintings and vividly rendered ballpoint drawings on loose-leaf paper, mounted to panel. The subject territory of her drawings and paintings originates from herself, her family members and close friends, and the geography of their shared surroundings - their homes, their neighborhoods, their city. The geographies of the work all stand in evidence of long-standing inhabitation by generations of Cansino’s people as they grow up, move forward, and pass on. Cansino describes her work as a love letter to her family, city, and culture, and a remembrance of the suffrage of the Chicanx and Latinx people of Los Angeles.

Cansino's work has been featured in ArtForum, Artillery, and ArtNews magazine. Her work resides in the collections of the Rubell Museum, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, AltaMed, in addition to numerous private collections. She has exhibited in the Rubell Museum, MFA Houston, Long Beach Museum of Art, Muzeo Museum, Vincent Price Museum, UCLA, AMOCA, UTA Artists Space, Felix Art Fair, Human Resources Gallery, The Mistake Room, USC Roski, Tlaloc studios and Charlie James Gallery. Her work is currently on view in “Frida: The Making of an Icon” at the MFA Houston, before traveling to the Tate Modern in Fall 2026. Danie Cansino is represented by Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles.

Artist Instagram: @daniecansino