Cihad Caner
Cihad Caner (°1990, Istanbul) is an artist based in Rotterdam. His practice explores the politics of the image through the mediums of video, photography, music, motion-capture, and CGI. Caner’s research-driven practice revolves around (re)presentation, language, marginalisation and alterity. His fictional CGI characters are often multi-lingual protagonists in non-linear, metaphorical narratives that employ humour, absurdity, and poetry to critique the status quo.
Cihad Caner, (Re)membering the riots in Afrikaanderwijk in 1972 or guest, host, ghos-ti, 2023, Installation view at Kunstinstituut Melly, 2024, Courtesy the artist Photo: Aad Hoogendoorn
Cihad Caner, (Re)membering the riots in Afrikaanderwijk in 1972 or guest, host, ghos-ti, 2023, Installation view at Rijksakademie OPEN, Courtesy the artist
Cihad Caner, Demonst(e)rating the untamable monster, 2019, Radical Shapeshifters installation view at Kunsthal Mechelen, Mechelen, 2024. Courtesy: the artist. Photo: Lavinia Wouters
Wie Kan Zijn Noodlot Dwingen, 2019-2020, 2K, CGI, Mocap, Semi-transparent silver tulle, Installation view at Akademie der Künste, 2022, Courtesy the artist, Photo: Luca Girardini
The residency of Cihad Caner is supported by Mondriaan Fonds.