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Darby Creek: Past Presence 9

Darby Creek: Past Presence is a series of 10 prints focusing on the shards of pottery, bricks and other signs of industrialization and human habitat found along my local creek during daily walks.

Size
30cm x 40cm
Prints
15
Technique
Etching

Cynthia Back

Cynthia Back was born in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. and currently resides in Portugal. Cynthia earned a BFA at Minneapolis College of Art and Design and a post-graduate certificate at St. Martin’s School of Art in London, England. Cynthia has exhibited widely both in the U.S. and internationally. She is the recipient of numerous awards and honors including grants from the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation, Puffin Foundation, Pollock-Krasner Foundation; residencies and fellowships to The Studios at Key West,The Artists Centre Dale, Norway, The Women’s Studio Workshop, Blue Mountain Center, Acadia National Park, The Ballinglen Arts Foundation Ltd., Ireland, Fundacion Valparaiso, Spain, Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, The Cill Rialaig Project, Ireland, and The MacDowell Colony. Her work is included in private and corporate collections including The Library of Congress, the New York Public Library, the Newark Public Library, the Free Library of Philadelphia, The New-York Historical Society, and The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Birthdate: 16/12/1956

Nationality: U.S.A.

Exhibitions:
  • Color Cuts, Zabar Project Gallery, The Studios of Key West, 2021
  • R E L I E F, Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington, D.C., USA, 2019
  • Naturally: Woodcuts by Cynthia Back, Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington, D.C., USA, 2017
  • Wind Challenge III, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA U.S.A., 2015
  • Collages e Grabados, La Galeria de Pascal, Suchitoto, El Salvador, 2012

Website: cynthiaback.com

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