Cyril’s research/artistic methods seeks to work within critcal and reflexive decolonial and accessible praxis and relations. Their visual languages often merge experimental stop motion animation filmmaking with multimedia design and sound art as which aims to facilitate discussion and theoretical and methodological engagements for Asian diasporic audiences and western feminist, crip and queer communities.
Collaborative and independent projects which Cyril has worked on have been supported by the Canada Council of the Arts, Saskarts, and have been screened and exhibited at Canadian and international establishments such as TIFF, the Halifax Animation International Animation Festival, Vector Festival, the 72nd Berlinale, and Neutral Ground Artist-Run Centre. Their public dissemination incoporates digital literacy and arts-based reseach workshops, including digital archiving and digital production workshops for cultural and community organizations such as the McKenzie Art Gallery, and film production and visual storytelling workshops for the Saskatchewan filmpool and the Dunlop Art Gallery.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, student) Communications, New Media & Cultural Studies,
McMaster University (2025 - present)
Master of Arts (MA) Communications and New Media, McMaster University
Honours Bachelor of Animation (B. Anim.)Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
Expanded Media, liberal arts and sciencesNova Scotia College of Art & Design (visiting student)
Employment
Research Assistant
Sari-Sari Xchange, Centre[4]
Hamilton, ON and Toronto, ON
2025 - present
Teaching Assistant
Department of Communications and New Media
McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
CMST 1A03, 2TM6; MEDIAART 1A03, 2B06, 2G03
2023 - present
Communications Coordinator & Consultant
Select organizations: the Saskatchewan Filmpool, STOPS to Violence Saskatchewan, Government of Saskatchewan (Ministry of Government Relations)
Regina, SK
2017 - 2023
Archives and Gallery Assistant
Neutral Ground Artist-Run Centre
Regina, SK
2020 - 2021
Animation Filmmaker & Multimedia Artist
Select clients and organizations: Hi-Vis Films, CBC Creators Network, Canada Council for the Arts
Self-employed
(since 2019)
- Lead curation, programming, marketing,
& coordination for Pixel Room - Interactive and multimedia web development and design
Methods & Praxis
Illustration
Design
Animation
Performance
Writing
Sound
Sculpture
Installation
Exhibitions
(upcoming) Panel to Panel, group
Ultricies Ultricies,
Congue Nisl
2024
Pixel Room
Curator
Dictumst Ligula,
Porta Libero
2024
kunpeng sightings
Molestie Aenean,
Facilisis Tellus,
Porta Libero
2024
Factory
Parturient Felis,
Pharetra Nibh,
Porta Libero
2023
emergent
Adipiscing Nunc,
Tincidunt Tristique Congue,
Vestibulum Porta Libero
2023
Member’s Show and Sale
Imperdiet with Quam Sodales,
Donec Tristique Porta Libero
2023
Thoughts of a Digital Archivist
Cursus Tempus,
Porta Libero
2023
Postmodern Bazaar
Gravida Congue
2023
Don’t Trust a Skinny Chef
Acrylic on canvas
5.4 ft by 2.3 ft
The Caligari Project, Festival of German Expressionism
Regina, SK
Sept - Dec 2016
Conferences
‘Vestibulum Inceptos Gravida’, Ornare Review,
by Tincidunt Nisl
2024
‘Ullamcorper Faucibus (Congue) Euismod’, by Ligula Parturient, Bibendum Review Porta Libero
2023
Dictumst Tristique, Facilisis Magazine, Edition Two, Porta Libero
2021
Auctor Adipiscing Art Magazine, Porta Libero
2020
Sollicitudin Ornare Magazine,
Porta Libero
2020
Press
‘Vestibulum Inceptos Gravida’, Ornare Review,
by Tincidunt Nisl
2024
‘Ullamcorper Faucibus (Congue) Euismod’, by Ligula Parturient, Bibendum Review Porta Libero
2023
Dictumst Tristique, Facilisis Magazine, Edition Two, Porta Libero
2021
Auctor Adipiscing Art Magazine, Porta Libero
2020
Sollicitudin Ornare Magazine,
Porta Libero
2020
Film Credits
Our Lives in the Toxic Blume (Director, Animator)
Factory Media Centre (Hamilton ON), Dunlop Art Gallery - Sherwood Branch (Regina, SK)
2024
Transfusion (Director, Animator)
Queer City Cinema (Regina, SK), Bradford Queer Film Festival (Bradford, UK), Saskatchewan Independent Film Awards (Regina, SK), Homegrown Film Festival (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan), University of Winnipeg Film Festival (Winnipeg, MB), 2023-2024 | Bradford Queer Film Festival | Bradford, UK | November 2023 | Screening with select animator Q&A |https://issuu.com/castlesinthesky/docs/bqff_2023_programme | Microbeaf experimental animation festival | May 18, 2023 | screening and interview for animated short |https://thebeaf.org/ 2023
Queens of the Qing Dynasty (2D animator)
2022
Awards & Funding
Tempus Egestas Nibh Vestibulum
Facilisis: Ultricies Ornare Ligula
2021
Rhoncus Auctor Ornare; Tincidunt Tristique, Porta Libero
2020