He began in the visual arts by creating illustrations and scenography for university theater during his studies at the Faculty of Arts in Xalapa, Veracruz. In two decades of art production, he has been distinguished with awards in various national and international competitions. Most recently he was recognized as Best Show at the 61st Juried show of the Masur Museum at Monroe LA, and Best in show from the Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge LA, at the 16th Surreal Salon in, both in 2024. He has obtained multiple scholarships in the state of Veracruz for PECDA (2005 and 2009), the FONCA Young Creators scholarship (2010 and 2012), and at the end of 2014, became a Member of the National System of Art Creators of FONCA (SNCA) in the discipline of visual arts specializing in painting. With a large new painting project, he received this honor for the second time. In 2018, he received a grant from the FONCA Promotion and Co-investment Program to carry out the exhibition El Centro Único of his authorship. In that same year and 2023, he was a juror on the Selection Commission of the National System of Art Creators of FONCA, in the discipline of painting. In 2018 he also participated in the three-member jury board for the XI National Biennial of Painting and Engraving Alfredo Zalce in Morelia, Michoacán. To date, he has seventeen solo exhibitions in Mexico and abroad and more than fifty group exhibitions in various cities within and outside of the country. He has shown his work in Argentina, Canada, England, Italy, Japan, United States, Serbia and Sweden. Among the collections where his work can be found, the following stand out: MACO Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca (Collection of the Tamayo Biennial); Museo Nacional de la Estampa MUNAE, Mexico DF; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Alfredo Zalce MACAZ, Morelia, Michoacán; Engraving Collection of the Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca IAGO; José Guadalupe Posada Museum, Aguascalientes Ags.; Artistic Collection of the State of Veracruz IVEC; Artistic Collection of the State of Tabasco, Mex.; Collection of Visual Arts of the State of Chiapas; Collection of the International Art Studio Radovan Tranavac Mica, Valjebo, Serbia; Artistic Collection of the Lithography Workshop of La Ceiba Grafica, Coatepec, Veracruz; The Luciano Benetton Collection, Italy; Grupo Milenio’s Collection, México D.F.; Collection of the Jagüey Institute, Teotihuacán, Mex.; Collection of the Friday Cottage Art Space, Columbia, SC., Northwestern State University of Louisiana, among other private collections. Edgar Cano moved to Louisiana to pursue his MA in Visual Arts at Northwestern State University of Louisiana with a full scholarship. He lives with his family in Natchitoches, working as a Professional Artist and Assistant Professor of Art at NSULA.