Cyrene Quiamco

Cyrene Quiamco (born March 8, 1989), better known as CyreneQ, is a Filipino-American social media artist, influencer, published author[1] and Augmented Reality Lens Creator. She is known for creating art on Snapchat.[2] Her work has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, Entrepreneur and Business Insider. She is considered one of the Top 100 New Cultural Icons by Vanity Fair[3] and Cosmopolitan's Top 50 Most Fascinating People.[4] She is the ambassador of the National Digital Arts Awards[5] in the Philippines where she advocates the importance of art in education and career. Quiamco produced and premiered the world's first featured-length Snapchat-made documentary at the Bentonville Film Festival.

Cyrene Quiamco
Born (1989-03-08) March 8, 1989
Bacolod City, Philippines
NationalityFilipino-American
Known forAugmented Reality Snapchat Filters/Lenses Artist
TitleSocial media artist, influencer, published author
Parent(s)
  • Christine Ganzon (mother)
RelativesChris Joy Quiamco (sister)

Early life

Salathiel Cyrene Ganzon Quiamco was born March 8, 1989 in Bacolod, Philippines. At the age of 7, she moved to Arkansas, United States with her mother Christine Ganzon and her younger sister Chris Joy Quiamco.[6]

Career

Quiamco was a web designer for Verizon[7] before becoming a full-time social media artist and influencer.[8][9] She's known to make traditional, digital,[10][11] as well as augmented reality art[12] on Snapchat. She is one of the first people to create a full-time career on Snapchat by collaborating with big named brands on some of their first campaigns on the new platform.[13][14] Quiamco was the first home-grown celebrity on Snapchat to be given verification and become an "Official Story.[15]" She's published her first book called 11 Seconds to Success,[1] where she talks about her journey as an artist and also teaches the readers how anyone can take their passion and create a career with it on social media.[16]

Recognition

Quiamco was nominated for the 10th annual Streamy Award for Best Visual and Special Effects,[17] the 8th annual for Best Immersive Content,[18] and 5th annual for the Best Short Form Creativity.[19] Quiamco was a finalist for the 7th Annual Shorty Award for Snapchatter of the Year and finalist for the 7th Annual Shorty Award for The Voice Snapchat Campaign.[20]

References
  1. results, search; McBride, Shaun (2017-02-14). 11 Seconds to Success: The Queen of Snapchat on Living Your Dreams and Ruling Social Media. Mango. ISBN 9781633535114.
  2. Walcutt, Leif. "Turning 10-Second Snaps Into A $500,000-A-Year Gig". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  3. Magazine, Vanity Fair. "The New Establishment 2016 List Is Here". The Hive. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
  4. "'Cosmo' reveals Internet's Most Fascinating list". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  5. "National Digital Arts Awards 2017 launches contest mechanics with CyreneQ". Philippine Times. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  6. "Fil-Am Snapchat Princess Earns Up to $30,000 Per Gig as Brand Endorser". Entrepreneur.com.ph. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  7. "A Verizon employee became so famous on Snapchat, she was able to quit her stable job". Business Insider. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  8. "Arkansas 28-year-old making big bucks for Snapchat masterpieces". KTHV. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  9. Dover, Elicia. "Arkansan is a Snapchat celebrity". KATV. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  10. "Pop Artist CyreneQ Makes Art For The Social Media Age". Fast Company. 2017-02-13. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  11. Moss, Madison Malone Kircher, Caroline. "The Snapchat 101: The Best, Coolest, Smartest, Weirdest Accounts". Select All. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  12. Flynn, Kerry. "Why this artist taught herself how to build augmented reality creations". Mashable. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  13. "Meet the Snapchat stars who quit their day jobs and now make eye-popping amounts of money". Business Insider. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  14. "How One Woman Makes $500,000 A Year On Snapchat". Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  15. "Snapchat is finally cozying up to internet celebrities and giving them special perks". Business Insider. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  16. News, ABS-CBN. "Fil-Am earns up to $30,000 per gig on Snapchat". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  17. "10th Annual Streamy Nominees". The Streamy Awards. Retrieved 2020-10-22.
  18. "8th Annual Nominees". The Streamy Awards. Retrieved 2020-10-22.
  19. Variety Staff (2015-09-18). "Streamy Awards 2015: Winners List". Variety. Retrieved 2017-07-31.
  20. "The Voice sets the bar on Snapchat - The Shorty Awards". shortyawards.com. Retrieved 2017-07-31.
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