Predator: Falcon Sculpture

Cynthia Minet was born in New Jersey, raised in Rome, Italy, and is based in Los Angeles. Currently a professor at Moorpark College in Southern California, she has also taught in Rome, Italy and in Guadalajara, Mexico. Minet’s has presented solo shows and installations in Southern California at the Craft Contemporary Museum, USC, UC Riverside, Museum of Art and History, Lancaster (MOAH), and at CSUN, as well as in the Los Angeles International Airport. In addition to group shows nationally, Minet has shown her work at the International Museum of Art and Science, McAllen, TX, and was features in a traveling exhibit that originated at the Anchorage Museum in Alaska. Her international exhibits and residencies include presentations in Italy, Israel, Denmark, the Netherlands, Mexico, and Belarus. Minet's work is in private and public collections, including the Projectiv Artist’s Museum, Tel Aviv, the Bell Gallery Collection at Brown University, and Special Collections, Otis College of Art and Design. Features and reviews have appeared on The Discovery Channel(Canada), Wired Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, KCET ArtBound, Artillery Magazine, FORM Magazine, the Anchorage Daily News, RAI Television, (Italy), The Huffington Post and on numerous websites. Minet's most recent museum show was a solo installation at the Torrance Art Museum in August 2021. A long time resident of the Brewery Art Colony in Los Angeles, Cynthia Minet also curates exhibitions, most recently a show in 2019 that invited artists from Texas and Los Angeles to exhibit at Oxnard College.