A native of the architecturally progressive prairie town of Columbus, Indiana, I was formally educated in art. My mother ran the art gallery at The Commons, which was positioned in view of Jean Tinguely’s Chaos sculpture, a working masterpiece. I have been the recipient of several grants, the funds of which have enabled projects such as Stories About Mountaintop Removal, The Counterpane, and Freedom Summer Paintings: A Mississippi Season of Harassment, Terrorism and Progress. Currently in the studio is an anti-racism series as well as a save the planet because we must series. There’s so much work to do.
What started as a way to stay in touch because long distance phone calls were too expensive, Leslie and I began a postcard project in hope of “hey, let’s do 1000 of them!”. Recent inventory counts over 1500 the aptly named Overstamped: an ongoing 30 year postcard collaboration thrives. Not only do we physically place stamps over used postage both for decoration and shipping, we also have implemented a ridiculous amount of extra postage to ensure safe passage through the USPS. My mailman pays the extra postage when needed. I reimburse him.
Other exhibitions (see “exhibitions” for complete list) , projects and
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- 2025 Someday This Will Be Illegal, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY, May 30-July 11
- 2025 Incognito, by ArtsConnect Lexington, LuigART Gallery, Lexington, KY, May 18-20
- 2025 Women at Luigart, LuigART Gallery, Lexington, KY, March 1-31
- 2024 Curiosities, by Muse Collective, Giles Gallery at EKU, Richmond, KY, October 3-25
- 2024 Reimagine, LASC, Lexington, KY, September 1-30
- 2024 Leaving It All on the Table, City Gallery, Lexington, KY, June 7-August 3
- 2024 Within the Lines, The Cochenour Gallery, Georgetown, KY,
February 27- March 28 - 2023 Pivotal: An Exploration of Art and Activism: Montpelier Art Center, Laurel, MD, November 13, 2023 – January 3, 2024
- 2023 PRHBTN @ LAL Loudon House, Lexington, KY, October 20-December 1
- 2023 Land, Race and Activism: The Colonel Eugene Meyers Gallery, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, October 2-26
- 2023 Scapes: Stola Contemporary Art, Chicago, August 12 – September 24
- 2023 The Secret Postcard Show 2023: The Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromfield, England, August 18 – September 3, 2023
- 2023 Absurdity: In Dada We Trust: Stola Contemporary Art, Chicago,
June 24 – August 4 - 2023 The Art of Protest: Stola Contemporary Art, Chicago May 4 – June 18
- 2023 Selected Pieces: LexArts @ St. Joseph’s East Hospital, Lexington, KY March – June
- 2023 Selected Pieces: LexArts @ St. Joseph’s Berea, Berea, KY June- September
- 2022 Jimmy, HorseMania public art project for LexArts and Ashland: The Henry Clay Estate
Cynthia does not hate the shorter days and lower angle of the sun and doesn’t throw away much.