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ARTISTS' BIOGRAPHIES

Consentino, Cynthia
American; (b. 1962, Lawrence, MA; lives in Northampton, MA)
1997 MFA (ceramics) University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
1986 BFA (sculpture) The Cooper Union College of Arts and Sciences, New York, NY

Cynthia Consentino’s sculptures combine the human figure with inanimate objects

SELECTED REFERENCES:

or animal parts to explore gender issues and larger social and cultural narratives.

Consentino, Cynthia. “Vitae.” Cynthia

The fantastical ceramic works reflect contemporary culture and collective experience,

Consentino. Accessed March 5, 2014.

and reference common tales and visual metaphors. Consentino has received numerous

http://www.cynthiaconsentino.com/

awards including the Blanche E. Colman Award (1999, 2004), the Massachusetts

Garcia, Edith, and Robert Silberman.

Cultural Council Professional Development Award (2001), and the American Craft

Contemporary Monsters. Minneapolis:

Council Artist Award (2002). She has also been an artist-in-resident at the John
Michael Kohler Arts Center’s Arts/Industry program at the Kohler Co. factory in
Kohler, Wisconsin (1998), the Oregon College of Arts and Crafts in Portland, Oregon

Mudfire Pottery. “Cynthia Consentino
Workshop.” Mudfire, 2008.
Accessed February 5, 2014.

(2000), the La Napoule Art Foundation in Mandelieu-la Napoule, France (2003),

http://www.mudfire.com/

and the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park in Shigaraki, Japan (2003). Completed in

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2005, Consentino’s first public art commission, The Women’s Room, was created
for the John Michael Kohler Arts Center and features over 2000 relief and painted
tiles in one of the six artist-designed washrooms at the center. In 2009 the artist
participated in the International Symposium of Modern Art in Carei, Romania, and
she continues to teach in Holyoke, Massachusetts, and lecture across the country.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CYNTHIA CONSENTINO WORKS IN THE EXHIBITION

Flower Girl
Consentino, Cynthia.
“Flowers.” Cynthia Consentino.
Accessed March 5, 2014.
http://www.cynthiaconsentino.com/
flowergirli.html
Tourtillott, Suzanne J., ed. The Figure
in Clay: Contemporary Sculpting
Techniques by Master Artists.
New York: Lark Books, 2005..

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Northern Clay Center, 2009.

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