Cian Dayrit

Cian Dayrit (born 1989, Manila, Philippines) is a Filipino multimedia artist. Dayrit's interdisciplinary practice explores colonialism and ethnography, archaeology, history, and mythology.[1] He has exhibited at venues such as Jorge B. Vargas Museum and Metropolitan Museum of Manila.[2] Dayrit was featured in the 2018 Triennial: Songs for Sabotage at the New Museum[3] and at the 11th Berlin Biennale in 2020.[4]

Early life and education

Dayrit was born in 1989 in Metro Manila, Philippines. He graduated from the University of the Philippines Diliman's Fine Arts program in 2011.[5]

Work

Dayrit's first solo exhibition, The Bla-Bla Archaeological Complex, opened at the Vargas Museum in 2013. The show examined the role that varying strategies of display and representation, such as archaeological and architectural structures, play in understanding history. The show explored issues of identity, heritage, and nationhood.[6]

Dayrit's second and third solo exhibitions, Polycephalous and Spectacles of the Third World, continue his inquiry into, "origins and histories, and their representations in visual apparatuses, from the map, curiosity cabinet, and on to the museum." [1]

In late 2017, Artnet announced that Dayrit would be featured in the New Museum's 2018 Triennial: Songs for Sabotage. The Triennial, co-curatored by Gary Carrion-Murayari and Alex Gartenfeld, will explore, "interventions into cities, infrastructures, and the networks of everyday life, bringing together objects that could potentially create shared, or common, experiences."[3]

Awards
  • Recipient, Cultural Center of the Philippines Thirteen Artists Awards (2018)[7]
  • Winner, Ateneo Art Awards - Fernando Zóbel Prizes for Visual Art (2017)[8]
  • Finalist, Ateneo Art Awards - Fernando Zóbel Prizes for Visual Art (2014)[9]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

  • Beyond the God's Eye, Nome Gallery, Berlin, Germany, 2019[10]
  • Busis Ibat Ha Kanayunan (Voices from the Hinterlands), Bellas Artes Projects, Makati City, Philippines, 2018[11]
  • Spectacles of the Third World, Tin-Aw Gallery, Makati City, Philippines, 2015[12]
  • Polycephalous, Art Informal, San Juan City, Philippines, 2014
  • The Bla-Bla Archaeological Complex, U.P. Vargas Museum, Quezon City, Philippines, 2013[6]

Selected group exhibitions

  • Almost There, Jorge B. Vargas Museum, Quezon City, Philippines, 2017[13]
  • Exposition, Lopez Memorial Museum, 2016[14]
  • Paperviews 14: On Immanence, Project Space Pilipinas, Lucban, Quezon Province, Philippines, 2014
  • The President’s Office, U.P. Vargas Museum, Quezon City, Philippines, 2013[15]
  • Applied Savagery, Now Gallery, Makati City, Philippines, 2013
  • Omega, Tam-Awan Village Gallery, Baguio City, Philippines, 2013

References
  1. "ArtSpeak: Cian Dayrit in conversation with Isabel Nazareno | Ateneo Art Gallery". ateneoartgallery.org. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  2. "Cian Dayrit". bellasartesprojects.org. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  3. "2018 Triennial: Songs for Sabotage". www.newmuseum.org. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  4. "The 11th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art announces the participants for its 2020 edition |". Flash Art. 2020-07-07. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
  5. "Imago Mundi". www.imagomundiart.com. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  6. "Bla-Bla Archaeological Complex | Cian Dayrit". Jorge B. Vargas Museum and Filipiniana Research Center. 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  7. Philippines, Cultural Center of the. "Thirteen Artist Awards 2018 | Cultural Center of the Philippines". Thirteen Artist Awards 2018. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  8. "Winners of the Ateneo Art Awards 2017 announced". GMA News Online. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  9. Aug 15; 2014. "Winners of the Ateneo Art Awards 2014 named". SPOT.PH. Retrieved 2020-11-30.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. "Nome | Beyond the God's Eye". nomegallery.com. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
  11. Jan 23, Gwen Bautista; 2018. "This Exhibit Creates Art Out of History". SPOT.PH. Retrieved 2020-11-30.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. "Tin-aw Art Gallery". www.tin-aw.com. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  13. "International Exhibition: ALMOST THERE". Jorge B. Vargas Museum and Filipiniana Research Center. 2017-02-19. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  14. "Exposition | Cian Dayrit, Liv Vinluan, et al - Manila Art Scene". Manila Art Scene. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  15. "The President's Office". Jorge B. Vargas Museum and Filipiniana Research Center. 2013-01-02. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
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