Dexter Ciprian (b. 1984 Boston, MA) is a visual artist living and working in Brooklyn, NY. He received a B.S. in Architecture from SUNY Buffalo, and an M.Arch. from Yale School of Architecture. His work lives in the nexus of photography, sculpture and architecture and has taken him to London, Antwerp, Rome, New Delhi and Mexico City. Recent projects include the ongoing photographic series Coins Matter Only as Metal, which was recently exhibited in a two person show with brother and collaborator Felix Ciprian at the Angel Orensanz Foundation; and Excerpts of an Autobiography, which culminated in a self-published book of the same title. Recent awards include a Bronx Council on the Arts Fellowship. He’s also a founding collaborator of the artistic practice Felix & Dexter and has been featured in The New York Times, New York Magazine, and ArtNet Magazine.
EDUCATION
2009 M.Arch., Yale School of Architecture
2006 B.S. in Architecture - Magna Cum Laude, University at Buffalo
2011 Felix & Dexter Present: FELIX & DEXTER, Angel Orensanz Foundation, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 Distance, Grady Alexis Gallery at El Taller Latino Americano, New York, NY
2011 22nd Annual Juried Show, Curator’s Choice, Viridian Artists Gallery, New York, NY
2011 New Rochelle Annual Juried Exhibition. New Rochelle, NY
2010 Permutations, “Let Us Not Be Nervous,” New York, NY
2010 Permutations, “Looking For My Owner,” New York, NY
2010 X Initiative BYOA(Bring Your Own Art). New York, NY
2009 No Time Like the Present, Yale School of Architecture, New Haven, CT
2008 Venice Biennale, “Living in Here,” Venice, Italy
2007 Yale School of Architecture N.A.A.B. Exhibition, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2007 Beyond/In Western, “Open Column,” Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY
SELECTED PROFFESIONAL EXPERIENCE
2010 – XXXX Phogographer Assistant, Mark Mann Photo. New York, NY
2010 Junior Architect, Diller Scofidio + Renfro. New York, NY
2009 Architect Consultant, Todd Williams Billie Tsien. New York, NY
2008 Junior Architect, Dellekamp Arquitectos. Mexico City, Mexico
2006 Research Assistant, Center for Virtual Architecture. Buffalo, NY
2005 Field Teacher, GMF Summer Ecology Institute. Norfolk, CT
2001, 2002 Garden Mapper, The Council on the Environment of New York. Bronx, NY
PUBLICATIONS & TALKS
2009, 2010 Visiting Critic, Pratt Institute of Architecture, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Olympics: Myth Brand & Politics, YALE’S Retrospecta
2008 Hang Kunsthalle, YALE’S Retrospecta
AWARDS & GRANTS
2011 Bronx Recognizes Its Own Fellowship, Bronx Council on the Arts
2009 Robert Leon Coombs Scholarship
dexter.ciprian@gmail.com
