SELECTED EXHIBITIONS


2023


2022

2021

The Fat of the World, installation curated by New Collectors for DIFFA by Design 2023, Javits Center, New York, NY

NYAE Annual Member’s Invitational, Equity Gallery, New York, NY

Void Fill, AUTOMAT, Philadelphia, PA (two-person)

Recumbent: The Art of Lying, Equity Gallery, New York, NY 

LUMIÈRE, Art Fluent, virtual

LIGHT WINDOWS 2021, a HoloCenter project, New York, NY

2020

Primordial Soup, Paradice Palase, Brooklyn, NY

what we create may save us, Ejecta Projects, Carlisle, PA (curator and exhibiting artist)

RANSOM 2, Wayfarers, virtual (Instagram-based)

LIGHT WINDOWS, a HoloCenter project, New York, NY

Breeding the Unfamiliar, Quaid Gallery, Tampa, FL

2019

Environ, Paradice Palase, Brooklyn, NY

Anthropocene Blues, Wayfarers, Brooklyn, NY

Light, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Packaged, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

2018

Wayfarers Annual Member Show, Wayfarers Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

milk teeth, Wayfarers Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (solo)

2017

How to Draw a Tyrant: Wayfarers Annual Member Show, Wayfarers Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2014

ENID : Generations of Women Sculptors, Morlan Gallery at Transylvania University, Lexington, KY

2013-2014

Uncommon Wealth : Legacy of the Kentucky Arts Council Visual Arts Fellowships, touring, various locations throughout Kentucky

2013

ENID : 2013, Cressman Center for Visual Arts, Hite Art Institute, Louisville, KY

2011

ENID : Generations of Women Sculptors, Carnegie Center for Art & History, New Albany, IN

2010

After the Pedestal, The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH

2009

Shawn Marshall - with participating artists from ENID: Generations of Women Sculptors, Pyro Gallery, Louisville, KY

2008

small world, Green Building Gallery, Louisville, KY (solo)

KY7 Biennial, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY

2007

Roar.Shock, Swanson Reed Contemporary, Louisville, KY

Pillow Talk, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

HOLD, Gallery NuLu, Louisville, KY (solo)

2006

Dangenart International Juried Exhibition, Dangenart Gallery, Nashville, TN

17th National Juried Exhibition, Viridian Artists Inc., New York, NY; juror: Robert Rosenblum, Guggenheim Museum

Open Door 2, Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN; juror: Kathleen Kvern, Walker Art Center

Surface, Space and Light, Arts + Literature Laboratory, New Haven, CT

Texas National, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX; juror: Paul Brach

Cambridge Art Association 9th Annual National Prize Show, Kathryn Schultz Gallery/University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA; juror: Cheryl Brutvan, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

National Juried Exhibition, Alameda Art Center, Alameda, CA; juror: Janet Bishop, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

A Southern Presence, Loudoun House Gallery, Lexington, KY

Expo 25, b.j. spoke gallery, Huntington, New York; juror: Adrian Sudhalter, Museum of Modern Art, NY

2005

03.06.05, Gallery 707, Louisville, KY (solo)

2000

Kentucky Foundation for Women Grant Recipients Exhibition, Artswatch, Louisville, KY


EDUCATION

1997  

MFA, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

1995

BFA, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

1992

BA cum laude, Centre College, Danville, KY


TALKS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS

2020  

The Amy Beecher Show, Episode 53 (podcast)

Quaid Gallery, Tampa, FL

2018

Salon at Forest, Brooklyn, NY

2017

Wayfarers, Brooklyn, NY

2014

University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

Huff Gallery, Spalding University, Louisville, KY

2008

Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY

2006

Jefferson Community College, Louisville, KY


BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sibilla Maiarelli, “The Fat of the World,” 2023. (catalog)

Joseph and Barrie Ann George, “Art: Brooklyn collaborative’s final exhibit shown in Carlisle gallery,” The Sentinel, Oct 14, 2020.

what we create may save us, text by Cynthia Reynolds, 2020. (catalog)

Maureen O’Leary, “Interview: Cynthia Reynolds,” Number, no. 96, winter 2018/dependency

Chelsea Gifford, “Art: Carnegie Pays Tribute to Women Sculptors,” LEO Weekly, April 6, 2011.

Diane Heilenman, “Critic’s Pick: Artist Skews Perception,” The Courier-Journal, November 2, 2008.

Stephanie Brothers, “Explore: Packing the Body, Packaging the Self/Cynthia Reynolds,” Underwired, March 2007.

Diane Heilenman, “A Woman’s Touch: Exhibits Offer a Chance to Reflect on Women’s Strengths,” The Courier-Journal, January 21, 2007.

Leah Lopez Schmalz, “Two Halves Become One at ALL,” North Haven Courier, May 11, 2006.

Judy Birke, “Lots Going On Beneath the Surface at Thoughtful ALL Exhibit,” New Haven Register, May 6, 2006.

Helen A. Harrison, “25th Annual Expo,” The New York Times, March 19, 2006.

Celebrating Women, text by Maiza Hixson, 2005. (catalog)