Cynthia Nartonis
Born Roseburg, Oregon, 1943
1965 BA, Willamette University, Salem, Oregon
1966-1970 Adjunct Lecturer and Slide Library, Education Department, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1970-1987 Lecturer and Museum Director, Principia College, Elsah, Illinois
1988 Grant from the E. D. Foundation
1990 Juror’s Merit Award given by Wendy Weitman, Assistant Curator, Department of Prints and Illustrated Books, Museum of Modern Art, New York as part of “At the Edge II,” Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas
Juror for “On Paper Of Paper,” Elder Gallery, Nebraska Wesleyan University
1993 Guest Artist, Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1994 Selected for Art in Embassies Program, United States Department of State
Elected Member, Boston Printmakers
1997 Guest Artist, Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Prize, North American Print Exhibition, Trudy Hansen juror, Boston
Executive Board Member, the Art Connection, Boston
Board Member, Boston Center for the Arts (through 1999)
Elected Board Member, Boston Printmakers (current)
1999-2001 Board Chairman, the Art Connection, Boston
Member, Share Your Heart Honorary Committee, Rosie’s Place Women’s Shelter Boston
Hallie Ford Museum, Board of Advisors, Willamette University (current)
2001 Member, Mid-America Print Council
2001-2004 Lead Artist, Medallions along Washington Street Silver Line Stops, Boston
2002 Juror, Monotype Guild of New England Annual Juried Show, Ellison Center, Duxbury MA
2003-2005 Board President, the Boston Printmakers, Boston
2004-2008 Board, Laconia Gallery, a non-profit exhibition space in Boston’s South End
2005-present Executive Board, The Boston Printmakers, Patrons
2006 Juror, the Printmakers of Cape Cod, Museum of Cape Cod, Dennis, MA
Curator, Calling Cambodia, Laconia Gallery, Boston MA
2007 Critical Review, Print Department, Art Institute of Boston, Leslie College, Boston MA
2008 Juror, Art in the Redwoods, Gualala Art Center, Gualala, CA
2009 Co-Curator, Contemporary Cuban Printmakers, Laconia Gallery, October 2 - November 22, Boston
SELECTED ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2008 Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, Maine
2002 Fletcher/Priest Gallery, Worcester, Massachusetts
2001 Elliot Smith Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
2000 Simmons College, Boston
1999 Elliot Smith Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
University Place Art Center, Lincoln, Nebraska
Fletcher/Priest Gallery, Worcester, Massachusetts
1997 Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1996 Elliot Smith Gallery, St. Louis Missouri
1995 Alexa Lee Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan
1994 Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Elliot Smith Gallery, St. Louis Missouri
1993 Fletcher/Priest Gallery, Worcester, Massachusetts
1991 Mary Ryan Gallery, New York
1990 Elliot Smith Gallery, St. Louis Missouri
1989 Mary Ryan Gallery, New York
Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1988 Elliot Smith Gallery, St. Louis Missouri
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 “Tamarind Touchstones: Fabulous at Fifty,” 50th anniversary exhibit, University of New Mexico Art Museum
2009 New England Impressions III: The Unique Print, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
2008 “Varied Voices,” Denver Contemporary Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
“Works on Paper,” Lynn Arts, Bryan McFarlane, juror, Lynn, Massachusetts
“Pocahontas Meets Hello Kitty,” Richard F. Brush Art Gallery, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York Denver Art Museum
“Collaboration” Module 7 Gallery, Tay Ho, Hanoi, Vietnam
“Cultural Exchange,” Vietnam Contemporary Fine Arts Association, Hanoi, Vietnam
2006 Purdue University
The University of North Florida Gallery, Jacksonville, Florida
2005 “Transformations,” juried by Arthur Dion, Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown MA
5th Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition 2005, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
“Make Friends - Not War!” Art Gallery Ripustus, Hameenlinna, Finland
2003 Brewster Project: Cabinet of Curiosities, organized by Mary Sherman, Brewster, Long Island NY
“Works by Women from the Collection of the BPL” curated by Sinclair Hitchings, Boston Public Library
2002 “The Drawing Show,” List Gallery at M. I. T., Juror, Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston
Various “Re-Interpreting the Masters,” Fletcher/Priest Gallery, Worcester
“Contemporary Print Expo,” Elliot Smith Contemporary Art, St. Louis
Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico
“Incidental Grandeur,” Mills Gallery, Boston
“Printmakers ‘96,” The Pittsburgh Print Group, juried by Carol Pulin
“Creativity at the press,” curated by Bob Rhoades, with Joan Snyder, Eric Fischl, Bryan Hunt, Sol Lewitt, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, California
“Presswork, The Art of Women Printmakers,” The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio, curated by Ellen Frautschi Johnson (traveled)
“At the Edge II,” Del Rio Council Gallery, Del Rio, Texas, curated by Wendy Weitman, with Peter Brooke, Rebecca Friedman, Kim Bauer, etc., traveled
“11, A Group Exhibition,” Mary Ryan Gallery, New York, with Bourgeois, Wilwarth, Rauschenberg, Gornick, Hodgkin, Kruger and others
“Voyages of the Modern Imagination, The Boat in Contemporary Art,” Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, Maine, curated by Chris Crossman
“Prints and Process, History of American Prints,” University of Hawaii, Honolulu
“Monoprints/Monotypes, Images by Twenty Contemporary Artists,” University of Maine Museum of Art, Orono, Maine, curated by Guest Curator, Mia Feroleto, with Lynda Benglis, Richard Bosman, Eric Fischl, Yvonne Jacquette, Michael Mazur
“At the Edge,” Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas, curated by Barry Walker, with Eric Avery, Dan Rizzie, Maggi Brown, etc., catalog.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Alsopp McKinley, New York
Ameritech Publishing Corporation, Chicago
AT&T, New York, St. Louis, Chicago
Berkshire Partners, Atlanta and Boston
Boston Public Library Print Collection, Boston
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Fidelity Investments, Boston
Griffin, Kubrick, Stephens & Thompson, Chicago
Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem, Oregon
Hangzhou Art Academy, Hangzhou, China
IBM, Atlanta, Omaha, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Wichita
Lang Communications, New York
MCI, St. Louis
McDourgal, Littell & Corporation, Chicago
McKinley Allsopp, New York
Marsh and McClennen, Accountants, Tulsa, Boston
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Microsoft, Inc., Redmond, Washington
Principia College, Elsah, Illinois
Prudential Insurance Co., Prudential - Bache, Chicago
Putnam Investments, Norwood
Reader’s Digest, Plainsfield, New Jersey and Pleasantville, New York
Rolm Corporation, Chicago
American Express, Chicago
Simmons College, Boston
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom, New York
State of Missouri, Jefferson City
Sweet Briar College Art Gallery, Sweet Briar, VA
Swiss Volksbank, New York
Symmetric Capital, Boston
University of Maine Museum of Art, Orono, Maine
University of New Mexico Museum
USAA, San Antonio
US State Department, Washington, DC
Verenium, Boston
Zimmerlie Art Museum, Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ
SELECTED PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS
Permanent Installation: Washington Street Main Streets Project, 7 bronze medallions, each 24 inches across, placed along Washington Street in Boston at Silver Line Stops.
Permanent Installation: “The Tile Project, Destination: The World,” with over 100 artists from around the world. A project of TRANS Cultural Exchange. Installed in Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Finland, France, Germany, India, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, The Philippines, Romania, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, Boston, Chicago, Washington DC, New York, NY, Vietnam, Wales.