A native of the architecturally progressive prairie town of Columbus, Indiana, Cynthia was formally educated in art. Her mother ran the art gallery at The Commons, which was positioned in view of Jean Tinguely’s Chaos sculpture, a working masterpiece. She has 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.
She is involved in Overstamped: an ongoing 30 year postcard collaboration with Leslie Keats of San Francisco. More than 1400 postcards have been created and circulated. Currently she has some recent pieces on display at Atèa and is exhibiting some landscape paintings at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Berea, Kentucky, June 20 – September 1, 2023 via LexArts.
Other exhibitions:
- The Art of Protest: Stola Contemporary Art, Chicago May 4 – June 18, 2023
- Absurdity: In Dada We Trust: Stola Contemporary Art, Chicago, June 24 – August 4, 2023
- The Secret Postcard Show 2023: The Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromfield, England, August 18 – September 3, 2023
- Scapes: Stola Contemporary Art, Chicago, August 12 – September 24, 2023
Cynthia does not hate the shorter days and lower angle of the sun and doesn’t throw away much.