CIAN DAYRIT
Biography | Selected Works | Exhibitions
Cian Dayrit (b. 1989) challenges dominant perspectives of power and space through textile and other mediums. His works explore colonialism, archaeology, and history while subverting the language and workings of institutions such as the state, museums, and the military to understand and visualize the contradictions on which these platforms or formats are built. He received the Ateneo Art Awards Fernando Zóbel Prizes for Visual Art in 2017 and is a Cultural Center of the Philippines Thirteen Artists Awards recipient. His works have been featured in biennials across the globe: Gwangju Biennale, Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, Dhaka Art Summit, New Museum Triennial “Songs for Sabotage” in New York, Göteborg Biennial, and at the 2022 Kathmandu Triennale. Dayrit has also participated in exhibitions at Para Site Hong Kong, Hammer Museum Los Angeles, the Metropolitan Museum of Manila, the Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai. His works were presented at Frieze London in 2019 and at Art Dubai in 2022. Dayrit completed artist residencies at Bellas Artes Projects in Bataan and at Gasworks, London.
Selected Works
"Dominator II", 2022, Objects and embroidery on fabric (collaboration with Henricus), approx. 45 x 50 in (114.3 x 127 cm)
"Dominator III", 2022, Embroidery on fabric (collaboration with Henricus) approx. 49 x 44 in (approx.124.46 x 111.76 cm)
"Dominator I", 2022, Embroidery on fabric (collaboration with Henricus), approx. 70 x 60 in (approx. 177.8 x 152.4 cm)
"Dam Nation", 2023, Plastic pins, metal sheets, woodwork and oil on canvas panel, framed with reclaimed wood, 49 3/4 x 98 in (126.5 x 249 cm)
"Shrine for the Battle Dance I", 2021 Assemblage, Size Variable
"Land to the tillers (study)", 2022, Embroidery and digital print on fabric, approx. 21 7/8 x 29 7/8 in (approx. 55.5 x 76 cm)
Exhibitions
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The Austere Enclave
15 April - 15 May 2023 VIEW EXHIBITION →
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The Shelf Life of Being
16 February - 11 March 2021 VIEW EXHIBITION →