CYNTHIA FISHER August, 2009

15 FORGETTE RD CHARLEMONT, MA 01339 413-625-8204 BIGBANGMOSAICS.COM

Public Commissions:

  • Naples Dental Clinic, Florida Art in State Buildings, project in progress
  • Semi-finalist, Florida Art in State Buildings – College of Education 3/09
  • Semi-finalist, Orange County Recreation Center, Orlando FL, 3/09
  • Christa McAuliffe Planetarium, Concord, New Hampshire State Council for the Arts mosaic mural series, installing 9/09
  • “Igniting a Passion for Learning”, Percent for Art mosaic mural, Honors College, University of Maine, Orono, ME, 11/08
  • Semi-Finalist, Percent for Art, New Haven, CT, 5/07, 3/06
  • “Atlantic Salmon”, River Culture Sculpture Competition, Turners Falls, MA, 11/06
  • “Taj Mahal”, ‘Butt Stop Art’ competition, Springfield, MA 6/03

Private Commissions in Public Spaces:

  • “Through the Seasons” mosaic mural, UMASS Medical Center, Worcester, MA9/08
  • “Tropical Fish” mosaic mural, Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA 8/08
  • “ Voyage”, mosaic mural, Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA 1/08
  • “Trilogy”, mosaic triptych, Trilogy Apartment Building, Boston, MA 2/07
  • “Multiculturalism”, mosaic figures, Rogers School, Rogers AR, 12/06

Private Commissions:

Installations in the home for clients nationwide, 2002 – present

Selected Exhibitions:

  • “The Art of Mosaic, 2009”, Somerville Museum, Somerville, MA 9-10/09
  • “Home is Where the Art Is”, invitational, various locations, Boston, MA 2-5/09
  • “Landscapes in Mosaics”, juried, Chicago Mosaic School Gallery, Chicago, IL 2-3/09
  • “Mosaics, Naturally”, US Fish & Wildlife Gallery, Hadley, MA, solo show, 5-6/08
  • “Big Bang Mosaics”, Jones Library, solo show, Amherst, MA 1/08
  • “The Art of Mosaic”, juried, Somerville Museum, Somerville, MA 9/07
  • “Faculty Exhibition”, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA 5/07
  • “Homage to the Seasons”, juried, Discovery Center, Turners Falls, MA 10/06
  • “Beneath the Surface”, juried, High Risk Gallery, Chicago, IL, 3/06
  • “Body Image: Animus & Ardor”, juried, Tufts University Slater Gallery, 3/06
  • “Hellenic Heritage”, juried, WhistlerHouse Museum of Art,Lowell, MA, 11/04
  • “Mosaic Women Exhibition”, juried, Higgins Art Gallery, Cape Cod College, 4/04
  • “Opus Veritas”, juried, Museo Italoamericano, San Francisco, CA 1/04
  • "Mosaics in Good Humor", juried, Forbes Library Gallery, Northampton, MA 2/03
  • "Off the Bed: Quilts not for Sleeping", The Art Bank, ShelburneFalls, MA 4/02

Teaching, Consulting and School Residencies:

  • Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfeld, CT 2007 - present
  • Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA 2007 - present
  • Snow Farm New England Craft Program, Williamsburg, MA 2005 - present
  • Ashfield Summer Arts Program, Ashfield, MA 2003 - present
  • Workshops and private classes in my studio, Buckland, MA 2002-present
  • Consultant, mosaic projects, Greenfield, Shutesbury, Amherst, Buckland, MA
  • Elementary School mosaic residencies in towns of Ashfield, Conway, Rowe, Greenfield,

Northboro, Woburn, West Boylston, MA, 2002-present

Grants, Awards and Honors:

  • ‘Best in Show Award’, Art of Mosaic, 2009, Somerville Museum, MA, Sept ‘09
  • Worcester Art Museum, Francis Kinnicutt Travel/Study Award, 2008
  • Massachusetts Cultural Council Grants, Buckland, Conway, Northboro, 2004- 2008
  • Xeric Grant, Northampton, MA, 2004
  • Mosaic Art Now, New Directions in Modern Mosaic Art, 2008, gold star award for “Spawning Salmon”

Publications:

  • O’Connor, Patrick. A Thousand Little Pieces West County News, 3/2o/08
  • Heiss, Mary Lou. Into the Woods, Mosaic Tiles and a straw-bale barn provide inspiration and workspace for a pair of artists in Buckland, MA Berkshire Living, 5/06, p 110-114
  • Stewart, Donald,Tile in Style, Shelburne Falls Independent, 8/05
  • The Guild, ‘The Artful Home’, 2004, 2007
  • Goldscheider, Eric. Bits and PiecesThe Boston Globe Magazine, 2/22/04
  • Parnass, Larry. Long-lasting levity in Fisher’s campy mosaics. The Daily Hampshire Gazette, Tuesday, 2/ 22/03, p. C4
  • Ray, Virginia. Embroidery in glass: mosaic artist finds her missing piece. The Recorder,Thursday, 10/3/02, A&E p. 1,2
  • Bander, Nina. Quilts not just for sleeping The Recorder, 3/28/02

Education:

  • Mosaic Art School, Ravenna, Italy, 1 week class, 2008
  • Art Institute of Boston, 1987-1989
  • Greenfield Community College, 1986-1987
  • University of Maine, 1976 -1980, BS Wildlife Biology with High Honors

Other Work Experience:

  • Editorial and children’s bookillustrator 1989 – 2007. To date I have illustrated more than 35 children’s books. Represented by Portfolio Solutions, Publishers' Graphics 1997-2002
  • US Forest Service, 1983-1986
  • US Park Service, 1985
  • Peace Corps Volunteer, Philippines, 1980-1982

CYNTHIA FISHER15 FORGETTE RD CHARLEMONT, MA 01339 413-625-8204 BIGBANGMOSAICS.COM