RESUME

Connecticut resident Cynthia Cooper can not remember a time when she was not an artist. Her work has been exhibited in numerous international and national juried shows and in a few solo exhibitions. Awards include Best in Show (the Dagny Hultgreen Award) given by juror Allison Rudnick, Associate Curator, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the 104th Annual Juried Exhibition at the Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT in 2021. Another AWARD: Best of Show was given in the Juried Exhibition 2023 at The West Hartford Art League, West Hartford, CT by juror Peter Seltzer, artist.

Also notable are the 2nd place Award in The 44th Nor’Easter Exhibition at the New Britain Museum of American Art; 3rd Place in the 75th Annual Connecticut Artists Juried Exhibition 2019 at the Slater Memorial Museum in Norwich, CT and the 2019 Contemporary Award at The Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts' 108th Annual Juried Exhibition at Mystic Museum of Art in Mystic CT.

Her work is held in private collections as well as in the permanent collections of Penn State University and The New Britain Museum of American Art in New Britain, CT where it was included in "Director’s Favorites, The New Britain Museum of American Art,"October 2015 - January 2016 and again in the Nor'Easter: The NBMAA 53rd Annual Juried Exhibition 2023, The New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT. Juror: Fritz Horstman, curator, educator, artist and Education Director at the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation. Exhibit: September 21- October 8, 2023.

She volunteers on several arts-related boards including the Hartford Art School Endowment, Inc and is a board member of The New Britain Museum of American Art and Connecticut Women Artists. She is a member of numerous regional art associations. She lives in Farmington, CT with one other human, two plump cats and two 35 year old cockatoos.

Significant exhibits

2013
Awarded 2nd place. The Nor'Easter 44th Annual Juried Members Exhibition 2013, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT. Juror: Lexi Lee Sullivan, Assistant Curator, the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts.

2015 - 2016
Director’s Favorites: 1999–2015, The New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT. Curated by Douglas Hyland, Director. Exhibition: October 17, 2015-January 03, 2016.

2015
The 65th Art of the Northeast Exhibition (AoNE) June 6, 2015 - July 26, 2015. Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT. Co-curated by Michelle Grabner, 2014 Whitney Biennial co-curator and co-founder of The Suburban and the Poor Farm & Brad Killam, co-founder The Suburban and the Poor Farm.

2016
SOLOS 2016 EXHIBITION, Westport Arts Center/MoCA Westport, Westport, CT. Curator: Douglas Hyland, Director of New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT.

Connecticut Women Artists 86th Annual National Open Juried Show 2016, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT. Juror: Min Jung Kim, Director, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT.

WideOpen7 2016, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC), Brooklyn, NY. Juror: Beth Saunders, Curatorial Assistant, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Abstraction Exhibition, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT. Co-curators: Power Booth and Judith McElhone.

2017
Wide Open 8 Art exhibition, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC ), Brooklyn, NY. Juror: Cara Manes, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art, NYC.

New Directions 2017, Barrett Art Center/DCAA, 55 Noxon Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601, Juror: Ruth Erickson, Associate Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. Exhibition: October 7 - November 4, 2017.

2018
2018 National Prize Show, presented by the Cambridge Art Association (CAA), Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA. JURORS: Michelle Grabner, Crown Family Professor in Painting and Drawing, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Jessica Hong, Assistant Curator, ICA Boston. Jamillah James, Curator, ICA Los Angeles.

Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts' 107th Annual Exhibition, Mystic Museum of Art, 9 Water Street, Mystic, CT.
Co-Jurors: Eric Aho and Robert Reynolds. Exhibition: April 20 - June 2, 2018.

Spectrum: What’s Now/What’s New. Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT. Juror: Hilary Lewis, chief curator and creative director of the Glass House, New Canaan, CT. Exhibition: April 20 - May 24, 2018.

MIXMASTER @ The MATT, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT. Juror: Sara Shaoul, director, 601Artspace, New York, NY. Exhibition: February 11 - March 18, 2018.

2019
Intersections: Matthew Best, Cynthia Cooper, Will Holub, Barbara Solomon & Gerald Wolfe. Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT. Karl Goulet, Judith McElhone, Co-Jurors. Exhibition: February 14 - March 16, 2019.

Award: Contemporary Award. The Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), 108th Annual Juried Exhibition, Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic CT. Co-Jurors: Paul Baylock and Scott Bricher. Exhibition: April 19 - June 1, 2019.

Award: 3rd place in the 75th Annual Connecticut Artists Juried Exhibition 2019, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT. Juror: Douglas Hyland, retired director of the New Britain Museum of American Art (NBMAA). Exhibition: January 13 - March 15, 2019.

DITTO, 29th annual Spectrum Contemporary Art Show 2019, Carriage Barn Art Center, New Canaan, CT. Jurors: Blair Clarke and Sarah Tortorich, Voltz Clarke Gallery, NYC. Exhibition: April 6 - May 10, 2019.

Saturated: An Eye for Color, A National Juried Art Exhibition, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY. Juror: Michael Rooks, Weiland Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, High Museum of Art. One of 43 chosen from 1,183 entries. Exhibition: April 6 - May 18, 2019.

COLOR National Juried Art Show NYC 2019, BWAC, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY. Juror: Jocelyn Miller, Assistant Curator at MoMA PS1. Exhibition: September 21-October 27, 2019.

39th Annual Faber Birren National Color Award Show, Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT. Juror: Meredith A. Brown, Curatorial Research Associate in the Department of Modern & Contemporary Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exhibition: September 22 to October 24, 2019.

2020
Nor'Easter: 50th Annual Juried Members Exhibition 2020, New Britain Museum of American Art (NBMAA), New Britain, CT. Juror: Nancy Stuart, Dean, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford. Exhibition: September 12 - October 04, 2020. One of 62 works out of 700+ submissions.

Immersion. Solo Exhibit, Lacey Gallery, Art League of New Britain (ALNB), New Britain, CT. Exhibition: Jan. 10-26, 2020.
COMPLEMENTARY, Cynthia Cooper + Ruth Sack, Five Points Annex Gallery, Torrington, CT. Exhibition: Aug 11- 23.
Immersion Solo Exhibit, Lacey Gallery, Art League of New Britain (ALNB), New Britain, CT. Exhibit: Jan. 10-26, 2020.  

Spectrum: Visions 2020, The Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT.  Jurors: Danielle Ogden and Kristin Peterson Edwards. Exhibition: April 4-May 3, 2020.

2021

Ode To Color, 2021 Spectrum Contemporary Art Show, New Canaan Society for the Arts, Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT. Juror: Lori Weitzner, internationally renowned textile designer. Exhibition: April 18-May 15, 2021.

Neoteric Abstract IX, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY. Exhibition: June 6-26th, 2021.

Award: Dagny Hultgreen Award, Best in Show. 104th Annual Juried Exhibition, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT. Juror: Allison Rudnick, Associate Curator in the department of Drawings and Prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exhibition: July 6 - September 9, 2021.

71st A•ONE 2021, Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT. Juror: Richard Klein, curator, artist, writer and Exhibitions Director of The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT. Exhibition: October 30 - December 30, 2021. (1 of 67 works accepted from 1630 works submitted)

The 41st National Faber Birren Color Award Exhibit, Stamford Art Association. Juror: Michael Neumeister, Assistant Curator at the American Federation of Arts, New York, NY. Exhibition: September 25-October 31, 2021.

2022
MIXMASTER 2022 Juried Members Exhibition, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT. Juror: Kyle Harris, Director, Peter Blum Gallery, NYC. Exhibition: Sunday, January 30 - Sunday, March 6, 2022.

Neoteric Abstract X, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY. Exhibition: April 7th - 30th, 2022.

105th ANNUAL OPEN, JURIED BENDHEIM EXHIBIT 2022, Greenwich Art Society, Greenwich, CT. Juror: Brinda Kumar, Associate Curator, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC. Exhibition: April 5 - May 5, 2022.

Spectrum Contemporary Art Exhibit 2022: Renewal, New Canaan Society for the Arts (Carriage Barn Arts Center), New Canaan, CT. Exhibition: April 29-May 22. Juror: James Barron of James Barron Art, art dealer and consultant.  Exhibition: April 29 - May 22, 2022.

Nor'Easter: The NBMAA 52nd Annual Juried Members Exhibition 2022, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT. Juror: Anna Swinbourne, PhD, Executive Director and CEO of Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington, CT. Exhibition: August 11 - 28, 2022.

CT+ 6 Regional Juried Exhibit, Clubhouse and Saltbox Galleries, West Hartford Art League (WHAL), West Hartford, CT. Juror: Cecilia “Keffie” Feldman, Chief Curator, Ph.D. Mattatuck Museum, Exhibition:September 11 - October 9, 2022.

72nd A•ONE, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT. Juror: Sharon Butler, Painter, Art Writer, Founder of "Two coats of Paint". Exhibition: September 3 - October 2, 2022.

2023
43rd Annual Faber Birren National Color Show, Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT. Juror: Joseph Henry, Art History Ph.D. Candidate at the CUNY Graduate Center, Florence B. Selden Fellow at the Yale University Art Gallery. Exhibit: October 26-December 15, 2023
A Way of Seeing Everything and Nothing, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, (ECOCA) New Haven, CT. Curated by: Susan Shutan and Howard el-Yasin of SomethingProjects.net. Exhibit: November 12, 2023 - January 14, 2024.
Five Points 2023 Small Works Juried Exhibition, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT. Juror: Melanie Carr, artist. Exhibit: October 13 - November 25, 2023. One of 218 works selected from 900 entries.
From the Vault: Postwar to Contemporary Art, The New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT. Exhibit: May 04 - October 29, 2023.
93rd Annual National Open Juried Show 2023, CT Women Artists, Barnes-Franklin Gallery, Farmington, CT. Juror: Cecelia “Keffie” Feldman, PhD, Chief Curator, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT. Exhibit: September 1 - 29, 2023.
Reviving Inner Rhythms, Summer Exhibit 2023, Greenwich Art Society. Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT. Juror: Clare Davies, associate curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. Exhibit: August 1 - 18, 2023.
Hidden Letters: A VIRTUAL GALLERY OF SECRET ART, international online exhibit 2023. hiddenlettersfilm.com. One of 60 works chosen from over 500 submissions.
Connections VII, 7th Annual Summer Exhibition 2023, Atlantic Gallery, NYC. Exhibit: July 11 - July 29, 2023.
106th Annual Exhibition 2023, Greenwich Art Society, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT. Juror: David Max Horowitz, Assistant Curator, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NYC. Exhibit: May 18 - June 17, 2023.
Spectrum 2023: Passages Juried Contemporary Art Exhibition, Carriage Barn Art Center, New Canaan, CT. Jurors: Rachael Palacios and Heather Gaudio, Heather Gaudio Fine Art, New Canaan, CT. Exhibit: April 28 - May 27, 2023.
Award: Best of Show. Juried Exhibition 2023, The West Hartford Art League (WHAL), West Hartford, CT. Juror: Peter Seltzer, artist. Exhibit: April 6 - May 7, 2023.
Exhibit: April 1 - 22, 2023.
San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild Spring Online Exhibition 2023, San Diego Museum of Art , San Diego, CA. Juror: Hugh M. Davies, Ph.D., Director Emeritus Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. Exhibit: February 15, 2023 - April 15, 2023.
Exhibit: February 10 - March 11, 2023
Five Points Arts 10th Anniversary Invitational Exhibition 2022, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT. Exhibit: December 9, 2022- January 21, 2023.