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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 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 38 year old cockatoos.
Significant exhibitions Cynthia Y Cooper
Solo + Small Exhibits
2024 Vivid! Essex Art Association, Essex, CT.
CONSTRUCTED WORLDS, Perspectives Gallery (Ely Center of Contemporary Art), Hamden, CT.
Winged Things Solo Exhibit, Spotlight Gallery, Gallery on the Green, Canton, CT.
2023 ArtMix invitational: Five Artists. Hartford ArtSpace, Hartford, CT.
2022 The Language of Color. The Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford, CT.
2021 A Pattern Language, Perspectives Gallery (Ely Center of Contemporary Art) New Haven, CT.
COMPLEMENTARY, Cooper + Sack, Five Points Annex Gallery, Torrington, CT.
2020 Immersion Solo Exhibit, Lacey Gallery, Art League of New Britain, CT.
2019 Intersections: Five Artists. Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT.
2018 Abstraction: Three Points of View, West Hartford Art League, CT.
Group Exhibits:
2024 AWARD: Third Place, CWA National Open Juried Show 2024, The Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT.
44th Annual Faber Birren National Color Show, Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT.
107th Annual Juried Exhibition, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich Art Society, CT.
MIXMASTER Exhibit 2024, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT.
A Way of Seeing Everything and Nothing, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, (ECOCA) New Haven, CT.
2023 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.
Hidden Letters: A VIRTUAL GALLERY OF SECRET ART, international online exhibit. hiddenlettersfilm.com.
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.
AWARD: Best of Show. Members Juried Exhibition 2023, The West Hartford Art League, CT.
2022 AWARD: Second Place. National Open Juried Exhibit 2022, Connecticut Women Artists, West Hartford Art League, CT.
AWARD: Betty Barker Award, Special Recognition. 45th Annual Member Show, New Canaan Society for the Arts, CT.
AWARD: Third Place. CT+6 Regional Juried Exhibit 2022, Clubhouse Gallery, West Hartford Art League, CT.
72nd A•ONE, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT.
Nor’Easter: The NBMAA 52nd Annual Juried Exhibit 2022, New Britain Museum of American Art, CT.
105th Annual Open, Juried Bendheim Exhibit 2022, Greenwich Art Society, CT.
Neoteric Abstract X, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY.
MIXMASTER 2022 Juried Exhibit, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT.
2021 AWARD: Jerry’s Artarama of Norwalk Award. 71st A•ONE 2021, Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT.
The 41st National Faber Birren Color Award Exhibit, Stamford Art Association, CT.
AWARD: Best in Show, Dagny Hultgreen Award. 104th Annual Juried Exhibit, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT.
Neoteric Abstract IX, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY. Exhibit: June 6 - 26, 2021.
2020 Nor’Easter: 50th Annual Juried Members Exhibit 2020, New Britain Museum of American Art, CT.
Spectrum: Visions 2020, The Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, 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 Exhibit, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY.
Connecticut Women Artists 90th Annual National Open Juried Exhibit 2019, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT.
2019 National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA.
AWARD: Contemporary Award. 108th Annual Juried Exhibit, The Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Mystic Museum, CT.
Saturated: An Eye for Color, National Juried Art Exhibit, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY.
AWARD: 3rd place. The 75th Annual Connecticut Artists Juried Exhibition 2019, Slater Museum, Norwich, CT.
2018 AWARD: The Council Award. 88th Annual National Open Juried Exhibition 2018, Ct Women Artists, Barnes-Franklin Gallery.
Selections Exhibit 2018: Winners from the 2017 Juried Regional. Library Arts Center, Newport, NH.
Three: A National Juried Exhibit, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA.
2018 National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA.
MIXMASTER @ The MATT, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT.
2017 Cambridge Art Association 2017 Blue Biennial (CAS ), Cambridge, MA.
New Directions 2017, Barrett Art Center/DCAA, Poughkeepsie, NY.
Wide Open 8 Art Exhibit, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC), Brooklyn, NY.
The Nor’Easter: 47th Annual Juried Exhibit, New Britain Museum of American Art, CT.
2016 SOLOS 2016, Westport Arts Center, CT.
2015 - 2016 Director’s Favorites: 1999 - 2015, The New Britain Museum of American Art, CT.
2015 Artist Alliance at the Museum Juried Exhibit, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA.
The 65th Art of the Northeast A-ONE Exhibit, Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT.
2013 AWARD: 2nd place. The Nor’Easter: 44th Annual Juried Exhibit 2013, New Britain Museum of American Art, CT.