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Cynthia Y Cooper
b.1954. Cynthia Cooper is a cheerful and energetic artist who lives and works in Connecticut, USA. She has been making art pretty much forever, including throughout the time that she directed both an award-winning advertising/graphic design studio and a successful e-commerce website selling antique textiles.
She initially imagined her work as a message to viewers that life is short and that we are all in the process of dying but we should be focused on living. One curator described her "... painting of thousands of small tic marks as an expression of time and discipline required in artistic practice". She thinks of her work as joy-filled and transcendent.
Education: The Pennsylvania State University, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Printmaking.
additional study: University of Hartford Art School; Mechanicsburg (Pennsylvania) Art Center.
Collections: Pennsylvania State University, Permanent Collection
The New Britain Museum of American Art, Permanent Collection
Private Collections
Solo + Small exhibitions:
Winged Things Solo Exhibit, Gallery on the Green, Canton, CT.
ArtMix invitational: Five Artists, ArtSpace Hartford, Hartford, CT.
The Language of Color: Cooper, Levy, Nartey the Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford, CT.
A Pattern Language, Perspectives Gallery, Whitney Center with the Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT.
COMPLEMENTARY, Cynthia Cooper+ Ruth Sack, Five Points Annex Gallery, Torrington, CT.
Immersion Solo Exhibit, Lacey Gallery, Art League of New Britain (ALNB), CT.
Intersections: Five Artists Exhibition. Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT.
ABSTRACTION: THREE POINTS of VIEW. West Hartford Art League, W Htfd, CT. PRESS: CT Insider
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2024
56th Open Juried Exhibition, Canton Artists’ Guild Gallery On The Green, Canton, CT. Juror: Francis Estrada, the New Britain Museum of American Art NBMAA. Exhibit: 1113th Annual Juried Exhibition, CT Academy of Fine Arts, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT.
AWARD: Third Place). Connecticut Women Artists (CWA) Annual National Open Juried Show 2024, The Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT.
The Faber Birren Color Show, Townhouse Gallery, Stamford, CT.
Annual Flinn Gallery Summer Exhibit 2024, Greenwich Art Society, Greenwich, CT.
Winged Things Solo Exhibit, Gallery on the Green, Canton, CT.
Constructed Worlds, Perspectives Gallery, Hamden, CT. exhibit
107th Annual Juried Exhibition, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich Art Society, CT. exhibit
Visual Rhythms, Spectrum 2024 Contemporary Art Exhibition. Carriage Barn Art Center, New Canaan, CT. exhibit
CT+6, Connecticut plus 6 other states, West Hartford, CT.
The 123rd Annual Juried Art Exhibition of The New Haven Paint & Clay Club (NHP+C). Guilford CT.
MIXMASTER Exhibit 2024, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT.
Connections VIII Invitational, Atlantic Gallery, NYC.
2023
A Way of Seeing Everything and Nothing, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, (ECOCA) New Haven, CT. PRESS: New Haven Independent
43rd Annual Faber Birren National Color Show, Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT.
From the Vault: Postwar to Contemporary Art, The New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT. exhibit
Nor'Easter: The NBMAA 53rd Annual Juried Members Exhibition 2023, The New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT.
7th Annual Summer Exhibition 2023 Connections VII, Atlantic Gallery, New York.
106th Annual Exhibition 2023, Bendheim Gallery and Greenwich Art Society, Greenwich, CT. exhibit LIST \ view works
Hidden Letters: A VIRTUAL GALLERY OF SECRET ART, international online exhibition. exhibit
Spectrum 2023: Passages Juried Contemporary Art Exhibition, Carriage Barn Art Center, New Canaan, CT. exhibit
AWARD: Best of Show. Members Juried Exhibition 2023, The West Hartford Art League (WHAL), CT.
San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild Spring Online Exhibition 2023, San Diego Museum of Art , CA.
Color Field: Blue, Dodomu gallery. Online exhibit
Five Points Arts 10th Anniversary Invitational Exhibition 2022, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT. Exhibit
2022
Award: 2nd place. Annual National Open Juried Exhibition 2022, Connecticut Women Artists (CWA), West Hartford Art League, West Hartford, CT.
Award: Special recognition. 45th Annual Member Show, Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT.
Award: Third Place: abstract award, CT+6 Regional Juried Exhibit 2022, West Hartford, CT.
72nd A-ONE, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT.
Five Points Arts Small Works Juried Exhibition 2022, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT.
Rhode Island Watercolor Society, Pawtucket, RI.
Nor'Easter: The NBMAA 52nd Annual Juried Members Exhibition 2022, New Britain Museum of American Art, CT.
111th Annual Exhibition 2022, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, CT.
Spectrum Contemporary Art Exhibit 2022: Renewal, New Canaan Society for the Arts, New Canaan, CT.
121st Spring Open Juried Art Exhibition 2022, New Haven Paint + Clay, Old Lyme, CT.
105th ANNUAL OPEN, JURIED BENDHEIM EXHIBIT 2022, Greenwich Art Society, Greenwich, CT.
Neoteric Abstract X, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY.
MIXMASTER 2022 Juried Members Exhibition, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT.
Celebrating Color, Rhode Island Watercolor Society, Pawtucket, RI.
2021
71st A-ONE 2021 at Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT.
The 41st National Faber Birren Color Award Exhibit, Stamford Art Association, CT.
Award: Dagny Hultgreen Award, Best in Show. 104th Annual Juried Exhibition, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT. Juror: Allison Rudnick/ the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exhibit: July 6 - September 9, 2021.
to view the exhibit: greenwichartsociety
Ode To Color, 2021 Spectrum Contemporary Art Show, New Canaan Society for the Arts, New Canaan, CT.
Neoteric Abstract IX, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY.
2020
Nor'Easter: 50th Annual Juried Members Exhibition 2020, New Britain Museum of American Art, CT.
Spectrum: Visions 2020, The Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT.
2020 Five Points Center for the Visual Arts Small Works Juried Exhibition, Torrington, CT.
76th Annual Connecticut Artists Juried Exhibition 2020, Slater Museum, Norwich, CT.
2019
COLOR National Juried Art Show NYC 2019, BWAC, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY.
39th Annual Faber Birren National Color Award Show, Stamford Art Association, CT.
New Directions 2019: 35th Annual National Juried Contemporary Art Exhibition, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY.
Connecticut Women Artists 90th ANNUAL NATIONAL OPEN JURIED EXHIBITION 2019, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT.
118th ANNUAL JURIED ART EXHIBITION 2019, NEW HAVEN PAINT & CLAY CLUB, New Haven, CT.
2019 CT+6 EXHIBIT, West Hartford Art League, West Hartford, CT.
2019 National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA. 19.
Award: Contemporary Award. The Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, 108th Annual Juried Exhibition, Mystic Museum of Art, CT.
DITTO, 29th annual Spectrum Contemporary Art Show 2019, Carriage Barn Art Center, New Canaan, CT.
Saturated: An Eye for Color, A National Juried Art Exhibition, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY.
Intersections: Five Artists. Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT.
Award: 3rd place. The 75th Annual Connecticut Artists Juried Exhibition 2019, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT.
2018
Award: The Council Award. Connecticut Women Artists 89th Annual National Open Juried Exhibition 2018, Barnes-Franklin Gallery, Farmington, C
Three: A National Juried Exhibition, Attleboro Arts Museum, MA.
2018 National Prize Show, the Cambridge Art Association,, Cambridge, MA.
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts' 107th Annual Exhibition, Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT.
Spectrum: What's Now/What's New. Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT.
The Slater Memorial Museum 74th Annual Connecticut Artists Juried Exhibition, Norwich, CT.
MIXMASTER @ The MATT, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT.
2017
Cambridge Art Association 2017 Blue Biennial, Cambridge, MA.
New Directions 2017, Barrett Art Center/DCAA, Poughkeepsie, NY.
Juried Regional Competition 2017, Library Arts Center, Newport, NH.
116th Annual Juried Art Exhibition New Haven Paint & Clay, New Haven, CT.
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 106th Annual Exhibition 2017. Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT.
10th Annual CT+6 Regional Exhibit, West Hartford Art League, West Hartford, CT.
Wide Open 8 , Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC ), Brooklyn, NY.
The Nor'Easter: 47th Annual Juried Members Exhibit, New Britain Museum of American Art, CT
2016
Connecticut Women Artists 86th Annual National Open Juried Show 2016, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT.
SOLOS 2016, Westport Arts Center (now MoCA Westport), Westport, CT.
Wide Open 7, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC), Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY.
2016 Abstraction Exhibition, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT.
2015-2016 Directors Favorites: 1999 - 2015, The New Britain Museum of American Art, CT.
2015
Artist Alliance at the Museum Juried Exhibition, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA.
The 65th A-ONE (Art of the Northeast) Exhibition, Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT.
2014
The 113th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, 2014.The New Haven Paint & Clay Club, The John Slade Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT.
2013
Award: 2nd place. The Nor'Easter: 44th Annual Juried Members Exhibition 2013. New Britain Museum of American Art, CT.
prior
deCordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts.
The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Doshi Gallery, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Zoller Gallery, University Park, Pennsylvania
affiliations
served as juror
SUMMER 2024: Essex CT Art Association
Abstraction Exhibit 2022, Gallery 53, Meriden, CT. 2022
Westport Arts Festival 2016
CT Women Artists’ High School Awards 2017
contact
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