Cynthia Norton - Resume
Born August 29, 1970; Miami, Florida
Presently lives and works in Louisville, KY
education
1995 MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Time Arts
1992 BFA, University of Kentucky
2004 MA in Teaching, Art Education, University of Louisville
solo exhibitions
2008 Apple Suckling Tree, McLeod Residence, Seattle, WA
2007 Life Cycle, Swanson Reed Contemporary, Louisville, KY
2004 Dancing Squared, Swanson Reed Contemporary, Louisville, KY
1994 Bun In The Oven, Gallery 2, The Art Institute of Chicago, IL
1992 Tart Art, Kaufman Beauty School, Lexington, KY
Cicatrix, Barnhart Gallery, Lexington, KY
group exhibitions
2008 Old, Weird America, CAM Houston, TX.
2006 Containment, The Present Tense, Performance Festival, Boston, MA.
SoToDo Performance Congress, AMERICA, America, America; Sacramento, CA.
Three Person Show, Steinek Gallery: Vienna, Austria.
2005 Nowhere, Eugen Lendl Gallery; Graz, Austria.
Homegrown Southeast, SECCA, Winston-Salem, NC.
Pulidora (Polishing Machine), Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville, KY.
2004 ENID Women Sculptors, Sullivan University, Louisville, KY
Appalshop, Art and Democracy; Whitesburg, KY.
Refuse, Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY
Adorno Studio, Louisville, KY
Time Lapse, Tonic, New York, NY.
2003 Anti-Ques, Artswatch, Louisville, KY
M.A.I.S., Paradise Project, (Art Bunker) Berlin, Germany.
Gallery SoToDo, Open Space; Berlin, Germany.
Recital for Spirit Relativity- Ether, Homeless Coalition, KY Center for the Arts.
2002 New Artist, New Work, New Name; Swanson Reed Contemporary, Louisville,
KY.
1998 Eleven, Eleven, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Bug of Confusion, The Peoples Republic of Delicious Foods; Chicago, IL.
DisContent, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Gallery SoToDo, 2nd Performance Festival, Berlin, Germany.
1995 Rolywholyover, Nexus Foundation, Philadelphia, PA.
Ephemeris Time, Gallery 2, The Art Institute of Chicago, IL.
1993 Opening Pandora’s Box, Gallery 2, The Art Institute of Chicago, IL.
collections
21C Museum Hotel, Steve Wilson and Lauralee Brown, Virginia Speed, Pat Stallard, David Kern, Julien Robson, Kentucky Foundation for Women, Chris Haaga, Larry and Ladonna Shapin.
funding / awards
2007 The Kentucky Foundation for Women
2006 Steve Wilson and Lauralee Brown, 21C.
2005 The Kentucky Foundation for Women
2004 The Kentucky Foundation for Women
2003 Kentucky Arts Council, Professional Development Grant
Kentucky Foundation for Women, Enrichment Grant.
2003-2004 Marie Erma Fust Fund Scholarship
1998 CAAP Grant, Illinois Arts Council.
1998 Special Assistance Grant, Illinois Arts Council.
1996 Illinois Arts Council Fellowship.
1994-1995 Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago, IL.
1992 NCAA, The University of Kentucky.
press / reviews
Courier-Journal, Ninnie and Nico Triumph; February 4, 2007.
Big Red and Shiny, The Present Tense @ Midway Studios by Mark Snyder, Boston, MA, issue number 44, 2006.
Pitch Magazine, Nowhere, by Ann Marie Gardner and Jay Jordan, pages 13-16: vol. 01 Spring 2006. Angelo, Spring 2005, Kinetic Sculpture, by Kyle Elzy, page 25.
Art Papers, Winston-Salem review, by Max Halperen, Nov./Dec. 2005, pages 50-51.
Tip Berlin Magazine, Nr. 13/98, Kulturbrauerei, page 144.
The Philadelphia Weekly, Musical Objects/Sculptural Sound, by Gerard Brown, July 15, 1995.
Art Papers, Ninnie/Cotton Candy Country, by Sara Vowell, Vol. 19, July/August 1995.
F Newsmagazine, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Viewing Art: By The Yard, by Jason Greenberg, May 1995.
F Newsmagazine, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Techno Junk, by Devorah Heitner, February, 1994.
F Newsmagazine, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Opening Pandora’s Box: Novelty Exposed, by Devorah Heitner, February 1993.
media
People Doing Strange Things With Electricity II, COCA, Seattle, WA; Compact Disk Compilation, 2005, Comfort Stand Recordings.
Song “The Star” written by Sherri McGee and recorded by Cynthia Norton in the original score for Temporary Girl, a feature length film by Lisa Kotin and Johnny White, 1997.
Mentioned in Invisible Republic, Bob Dylan’s Basement Tapes, written by Greil Marcus, Henry Holt and Co., 1997. Republished as The Old, Weird America: Picador, 1997.
Wild Chicago: Talk Show with Johnny White, Channel 11, WTTW, premiere January 1997.