Cynthia Back

Cynthia Back is a printmaker and painter who has exhibited widely both in the U.S. and internationally including solo exhibitions at Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA in 2015, Pennswood Art Gallery, Newtown, PA in 2014, Galerie Pascal, Suchitoto, El Salvador in 2012, the Fireside Gallery, Main Line Unitarian Church, Devon, PA, in 2011 and at Abington Art Center, Abington, PA in 2010.

Ms. Back is the recipient of numerous awards and honors including grants from the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation, Puffin Foundation, Pollock-Krasner Foundation; residencies to Women’s Studio Workshop, Blue Mountain Center, Acadia National Park in 2009; and fellowships to The Artists Centre Dale, Norway; The Ballinglen Arts Foundation Ltd., Co. Mayo, Ireland, Fundacion Valparaiso, Spain, Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, The Cill Rialaig Project, Co. Kerry, Ireland, and The MacDowell Colony. Her work is included in numerous private and corporate collections, including The Library of Congress, the New York Public Library, the Newark Public Library, Newark, New Jersey, the Free Library of Philadelphia, The New-York Historical Society, Pfizer, Inc., The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NYC, Duke University, and Oberlin College-Special Collections...

Minneapolis College of Art and Design, 1975-1978, BFA
Wimbledon School of Art, London, England, 1976-1977
St. Martin’s School of Art, London, England 1978-1979 Post-graduate certificate

2015 Wind Challenge III, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Mixed Media, Pennswood Art Gallery, Newtown, PA
2012 Collages y Grabados, La Galería de Pascal, Suchitoto, El Salvador
2011 reSource, Fireside Gallery, Main Line Unitarian Church, Devon, PA
2010 Solo Series, Abington Art Center, Abington, PA
2008 WaterWorks, Siren’s Song Gallery, Greenport, NY
2005 Natural Reservations: Observational Prints, Art Gallery, Villanova University, Villanova, PA
2004 Sprawl, Fireside Gallery, Main Line Unitarian Church, Devon, PA
2003 Sub-natural Layers: New Intaglio Prints, University City Arts League, Philadelphia, PA
Every Thing Under the Moon: Recent Intaglio Prints, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art satellite
Member’s Gallery at the Delaware Center for Horticulture, Wilmington, DE
2000 Watershed, The Atrium Gallery, Chubb Group, Warren, New Jersey
1999 Intaglios, Gallery 11, Fairfield, Connecticut
1998 St. John's University, Jamaica, NY
1997 Concordia College, Bronxville, New York
1994 Natural Forms – Etchings, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York City
1990 Mount St. Mary’s College, Emmitsburg, Maryland
1986 S.R. Rage Gallery, New York, New York