"Mantis" Painting

Cynthia Pareja Dubin. (b.Lima,1986) is a Peruvian artist living in New Jersey. Her practice is based in abstract painting and collage, to capture her formative inspiration and heritage in Lima, Buenos Aires and the United States as raw materials to visually convey a journey to an imagined universe. At the age of 18 she transferred to “Universidad de Palermo” and moved to Argentina. During the next years, living in a city rich in inspiration, she took art history courses and painting techniques that fostered her passion for the pre- and post -war Avant-Garde, all while taking in the artistic inspiration the two cities of Buenos Aires and Lima had to offer. She graduated from the Universidad de Palermo in Argentina with a BA in Graphic Design where she was awarded First Prize for Editorial Design. After graduating, she returned to Lima where she worked painting Objet d’arts and participated in the Peruvian U.N Fair. As her next position, Pareja Dubin worked as a professor of branding and graphic designer with the marketing department for the Peruvian Institute of Art and Design (I.P.A.D) in 2012. She finished this opportunity by being part of a judging panel for the students’ theses. She then moved to the Greater New York Area where she continued her artistic development at The Art Students League of New York. Pareja Dubin’s work has been featured in several group exhibitions, including The Peruvian UN Fair, Lima, Peru (2012), Equinox, New York Art Gallery, NYC (2019), Brilliant, New York Art Gallery NYC (2019), Conceptual, New York Art Gallery, NYC (2019), 12 x 12, New York Art Gallery, NYC (2019), Boxing Day, New York Art Gallery, NYC (2019), Manufacturers Village Open Studios, East Orange, NJ (2021), 4City Brewing Company Group Show by CANVII, East Orange, NJ (2021), The Art of Dreams, Brooklyn Art Cave, NYC (2022), Beyond the Brush, Alfa Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ (2022), Parallel Universes, Paper Mill Playhouse Gallery, Millburn, NJ (2022) and 4 Hands, JNUNEZ gallery, Millburn, NJ (2022). Noteworthy magazines and publications that have recognized Pareja Dubin’s artistic practice include Juxtapoz Magazine, Elephant Magazine, Artspiel, The Racket Reading Series San Francisco, Tapinto NJ, Art in New York City, New Brunswick City Center and New Jersey Stage.