ONE AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024 Lookout, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2023 Inside-Out: Katherine Sherwood + Cynthia Ona Innis, Xela Institute of Art Museum, Long Beach, CA
2022 Glint, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Cynthia Ona Innis, (virtual exhibition due to Covid19) Currents Gallery at the Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
2019 Hitch, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Divides, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Fuse, Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, CA
2015 Merge, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Shift, Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, CA
2013 Volta NY, Solo Project Fair with Walter Maciel Gallery, New York, NY
Shine, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Betwixt, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Rally, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Tipping Point: Cynthia Ona Innis, Bentley Projects Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Expelled: A Daydream in Satin, Installation in the Classroom Project Space, PS122 Gallery, NY. Curated by Meg Shiffler
2006 New Paintings, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Cynthia Ona Innis, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 Allison Gildersleeve and Cynthia Ona Innis, PS122 Gallery, New York, NY
New Work, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 Cynthia Ona Innis, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999 New Work, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2024 Lookout, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2023 Inside-Out: Katherine Sherwood + Cynthia Ona Innis, Xela Institute of Art Museum, Long Beach, CA
2022 Glint, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Cynthia Ona Innis, (virtual exhibition due to Covid19) Currents Gallery at the Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
2019 Hitch, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Divides, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Fuse, Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, CA
2015 Merge, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Shift, Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, CA
2013 Volta NY, Solo Project Fair with Walter Maciel Gallery, New York, NY
Shine, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Betwixt, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Rally, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Tipping Point: Cynthia Ona Innis, Bentley Projects Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Expelled: A Daydream in Satin, Installation in the Classroom Project Space, PS122 Gallery, NY. Curated by Meg Shiffler
2006 New Paintings, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Cynthia Ona Innis, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 Allison Gildersleeve and Cynthia Ona Innis, PS122 Gallery, New York, NY
New Work, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 Cynthia Ona Innis, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999 New Work, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 In Flux, Museum of Northern California Art, Chico, CA.
A Cadence to Wandering, Curated by Dean Monogenis, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Kala 50-Art Auction Benefit & Exhibition, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2023 Excellence In Fibers, San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose, CA.
Textile Tango, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022 The Vernacular of Abstraction, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Landscape Through The Eyes Of Abstraction, California Museum of Art Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks, CA
Future Patchwork, curated by Annie Seaton, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Paper Cuts, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Art Kala 2021, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
In the Groove: Persistence and Endurance, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Gem State, Sun Valley Museum of Art, Ketchum, ID
Art in Embassies Exhibition, US Embassy Ambassadorial Residence, Stockholm, Sweden,
Curated by Imtiaz Hafiz US State Department Art in Embassies Program
2019 Plus 2/Pix from 122, PS122 Gallery, New York, NY
2018 Art & Activism: Drawing the Line, Children's Museum of the Arts, New York, NY
Summer Group, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Kala Artists Annual, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2017 With Liberty and Justice for Some, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Detritus, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
Sanctuary City: With Liberty and Justice for Some, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
With Liberty and Justice for Some, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Piedmont Center for the Arts, Curated Group Show by Carin Adams, Curator Oakland Museum of CA and Sarah Roberts, Curator SFMOMA, Piedmont, CA
2016 NextNewPaper, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
Plus One, Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, CA
A Star Is Born: Ten years Later, 10 Year Anniversary Show, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Airborne, Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
2015 Summertime LA, the Bay and a New Yorker, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 The Intuitionists, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Illusions of a Perfect Utopia: Contemporary Landscape, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Structures at the Edge of Infinity, Jordan Faye Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
Bee, La Porte Peinte Centre for the Arts, Noyers Sur Serein, France
2012 Materials + Process, Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, CA
Contemplations and Conjectures: 12 Artists, Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
On View: New Work at Kala, Kala Art Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2011 CaliforNoyers, La Porte Peinte Centre for the Arts, Noyers Sur Serein, France
Size Matters, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Inspiration Unlimited, Walter Maciel Gallery, Showroom, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA
Identity Based Vertigo, Walter Maciel Gallery, Showroom, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA
2009 Keepers, Skinner Howard Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Political Draw, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
On View: New Work from Kala, Kala Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2008 Out of Order, PLAySPACE Gallery, CCA, San Francisco, CA
Collect, Oakland International Airport, Oakland, CA
Flourish, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
2007 Grounded?, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA
WorkAday, Blankspace Gallery, Oakland, CA
Cultivating Creativity, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Berin Golonu
Current, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
Krishna and Innis, 555 Gallery, an Oakland Museum off-site exhibition space. Curated by Carin Adams, Oakland, CA
2006 Conversation 3: Amy Globus and Cynthia Ona Innis, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, CA. Curated by Meg Shiffler
Close Calls: 2006, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
As Good As Your Next Gig, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Mayhem, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Juried by Julie Joyce
James D. Phelan Award Exhibition, Kala Art Institute Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2004 Fellowship Exhibition, Part One, Kala Art Institute Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Hidden Treasures, Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai, CA
2003 Big Tree Project, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
Intersection: Faculty Exhibition, Boise State University Art Gallery, Boise, ID
2002 Visual Sound of Birds, Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID
Across the Generations, Sonoma State University Art Gallery, Sonoma, CA
Pacific Coast Artists, OSP Gallery, Boston, MA
2001 4th Biennial Exhibition, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
1999 Fragments of the World, Berkeley Art Museum Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
1998 Sweet Sublime, Chocolate Factory Gallery, London, UK
Link, 450 Broadway, New York, NY
1995 RE: Drawing, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994 New Jersey Arts Annual, Trenton State Museum, Trenton, NJ
MFA '94, Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ
GRANTS, AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2022
Joan Mitchell Fellowship Nomination, NY.
2017
Parent Artist Residency Award, Kala Art Institute, CA.
2016
Money for Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fund Grant, NY.
Wildlands Artist in Residence, Sonoma, CA.
2014
Sustainable Arts Foundation Grant, San Francisco, CA.
2012-2013
Affiliate Artist, Headlands Center for the Arts, CA.
2011
Residency and Exhibition, La Porte Peinte Centre for the Arts, Noyers Sur Serein, France.
2006
San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery Honorarium and Exhibition, CA.
2005
James D. Phelan Award in Printmaking, CA.
MacDowell Fellowship and Residency, NH.
2003
Kala Fellowship Residency, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA.
1994
Graduate Scholarly Fellowship, MGSA, Rutgers University, NJ.
Teaching Fellowship in Printmaking, MGSA, Rutgers University, NJ.
1993
Graduate Scholarly Fellowship, MGSA, Rutgers University, NJ.
1991
James D. Phelan Award in Painting, UC Berkeley, CA.
COLLECTIONS INCLUDE
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, San Francisco, CA.
Berkeley Art Museum Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), Berkeley, CA.
California State University, Monterey Bay, Seaside, CA.
Capital Group Collection, Los Angeles, CA.
Collection of the County of Alameda, Alameda County, CA.
Collection of the City of Lafayette, Lafayette, CA.
Collection of the US State Department, Art in Embassies
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, Monterey, CA.
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA.
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
Google Cloud, Sunnyvale, CA.
Imagery Estate Winery Artists Collection, Glen Ellen, CA.
LifeLong Medical Care, Berkeley, CA.
Madewell, New York, NY.
Microsoft Collection, Redmond, WA.
Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA.
Newark Public Library, Special Collections, Newark, NJ.
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA.
Sonoma State University Art Collection, Rohnert Park, CA.
Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.
REPRESENTATION
Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
EDUCATION
MFA, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University
BA, University of California at Berkeley
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS, LECTURES, PANELS & CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2024
Walter Maciel Gallery, Lookout, exhibition walkthrough and conversation with art critic and author Shana Nys Dambrot.
Kala Art Institute, Kala Advisory Council, Berkeley, CA.
UC Berkeley Extension, Abstract Painting & Drawing Instructor, Art & Design Program, Fall session.
2023
UC Berkeley Extension, Abstract Painting & Drawing Instructor, Art & Design Program, Fall session.
UC Berkeley Extension, Mixed Media Painting Instructor, Art & Design Program, Summer session.
Kala Art Institute, Kala Advisory Council, Berkeley, CA.
NIAD Art Center, Guest Curator for online exhibit: Rainbow Cat Picnic, Richmond, CA.
2022
California Museum of Art Thousand Oaks, Artists in Conversation: Landscape Through the eyes of Abstraction, moderated by Debra Herrick, co-founder and editor, Lum Magazine. Thousand Oaks, CA.
Kala Art Institute, Kala Advisory Council, Berkeley, CA.
2021
Kala Art Institute, Kala Advisory Council, Berkeley, CA.
Berkeley Art Center, BAC Program Committee, Berkeley, CA.
2020
Berkeley Art Center, BAC Program Committee, Berkeley, CA.
2019
NIAD Art Center, Guest Curator, Fiberful exhibit, Richmond, CA.
Berkeley Art Center, BAC Program Committee, Berkeley, CA.
2018
NIAD Art Center, Guest Curator for online exhibit: Connection, As Well As. Richmond, CA.
Berkeley Art Center, BAC Curatorial Committee, Berkeley, CA.
2016
Cantor Art Center at Stanford University, Berkeley Tour, Studio Talk.
Traywick Contemporary, Panel Discussion: Plus One, moderated by Cathy Kimball.
2014
Pacific Northwest College of Art, Non-Residency Studio Instructor, MFA Program.
UC Berkeley Extension, Mixed Media Painting Instructor, Art & Design Program, Summer session.
2012
Pacific Northwest College of Art, Visiting Artist Lecture.
2009
UC Berkeley, Art Practice Department, Visiting Lecturer in Painting, Spring semester.
Maine College of Art, Non-Residency Studio Instructor, MFA Program.
2008
Maine College of Art, Non-Residency Studio Instructor, MFA Program.
Diablo Valley College, Visiting Lecturer in Painting, Fall semester.
2007
Public conversation with Meg Shiffler, PS122 Gallery, Classroom Project Space, NY.
UC Berkeley, Art Practice Department, Lecturer in Drawing, Fall semester.
UC Berkeley, Art Practice Department, Lecturer in Drawing, Spring semester.
2006
UC Berkeley, Art Practice Department, Lecturer in Painting, Fall semester
San Francisco Art Institute, Visiting Artist, Community Programs, Spring semester.
San Francisco Art Institute, Visiting Artist, Community Programs, Summer session.
UC Berkeley, Art Practice Department, Lecturer in Painting, Summer session.
2005
Braunstein/Quay Gallery, Artist talk.
San Francisco Art Institute, Visiting Artist, Summer session.
Sonoma State University, Guest lecturer.
2004
UC Berkeley, Art Practice Department, Lecturer in Painting, Summer session.
Cal State Hayward, Guest Lecturer, Painting.
Kala Art Institute, Fellowship Artist Lecture.
2003
UC Berkeley, Art Practice Department, Lecturer in Painting, Summer session.
Boise State University, Visiting Painting Faculty, Spring semester.
2002
San Francisco State University, Painting Lecturer, Fall semester.
UC Berkeley, Art Practice Department, Lecturer in Painting, Summer session.
2001
Cal State Hayward, Guest Lecturer in Painting.
1996
San Francisco Art Institute, Photo Printmaking Faculty, Spring semester.
1995
UC Berkeley, Art Practice Department, Lecturer in Painting.
San Francisco Art Institute, Photo Printmaking Faculty, Fall semester.
1994
Rutgers University, Graduate Instructor, Printmaking.
1993
Rutgers University, Guest Lecturer, Book Arts.
Rutgers University, Graduate Instructor, Printmaking.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023
Signal Tribune, 'Inside-Out' Exhibit at Xela Institute of Art explores mentor-mentee relationship between two artists, Feb 2, 2023, by Kristen Farrah Naeem, Long Beach, CA.
Fiber Art Now, 2023, Winter 2023, Vol 12, Excellence in Fibers, curated by Kate Irvin, pages 24-25,44, Eugene, OR.
2022
LUM Art Magazine, 2022, Issue No.6, "Layers Of California, Cynthia Ona Innis" by Grace Miles. pages 32-22, Santa Barbara, CA.
The Woven Tale Press, 2022, Vol.X#1, Cynthia Ona Innis, Pages 32. 45-52.
Glint, Cynthia Ona Innis, Exhibition catalog with an essay by Jody Zellen, Walter Maciel Gallery, Edition One, Richmond, CA.
2017
Alameda Magazine, January 6, 2017, “Cynthia Ona Innis Paints Our Floating World” by DeWitt Cheng.
2016
Square Cylinder, December 14, 2016, "Cynthia Ona Innis @ Traywick" by David M. Roth.
Huffington Post, Jan 21, 2016, "2015 Miami Art Week: Rain, Crowds, Slashing?!" by Kathy Leonardo.
Vanguard Seattle, August 7, 2016, “Seattle Art Fair 2016: Layered Meaning,” by T.s. Flock.
Fuse, Cynthia Ona Innis, Exhibition catalog, Traywick Contemporary, Edition One, Berkeley, CA.
2015
Los Angeles Times, June 23, 2015, “Cynthia Ona Innis’ Painted Topographies Resonate” by Leah Ollman.
Merge, Cynthia Ona Innis, Exhibition catalog, with an essay by Holly Myers, Walter Maciel Gallery, Edition One, Berkeley, CA.
2014
Shift, Cynthia Ona Innis, with an essay by Carin Adams, Traywick Contemporary, Edition One, Berkeley, CA.
The Intuitionists, Exhibition catalog, #116 of The Drawing Papers, The Drawing Center, New York, 2014.
Shotgun Review, Art Practical, "Shift", by Maria Porges.
San Francisco Cottages and Gardens, “Artful Inspiration From The Bay Area Design Scene” September 2014 Issue, Biomorphic
Beauty, Pg 30.
2010
New American Paintings 15th Anniversary Edition. Open Studios Press.
2008
Los Angeles Times, Friday, March 28, 2008,"Immersed in an Artists Vision: Cynthia Ona Innis at Walter Maciel Gallery" By Holly Myers.
Saatchi's Daily Magazine, April 2008, "Emma Gray's Top LA Ten Picks", by Emma Gray.
2007
San Francisco Bay Guardian, January 24-30, 2007, Vol. 41, No 17, Pg 26. "Local Artist Pick: Cynthia Ona Innis"
Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO., March 30, 2007, "Creating a flow: Current at Robischon Gallery" by Mary Chandler. Page 22, Spotlight, Art & Architecture.
2006
ArtReview, August 2006 Issue, "Cynthia Ona Innis", by Catherine Taft
Los Angeles Times, June 23, 2006, "They're Subtle yet Absorbing: Cynthia Ona Innis at Walter Maciel Gallery", by Holly Myers.
Tarpaulin Sky Online Literary Journal, V4n2 Fall/Winter 06. Cover & images. Interview by Selah Saterstrom.
Stretcher.Org, May 2006, "Conversations 3, Amy Globus and Cynthia Ona Innis" by Veronica Kavass. www.stretcher.org
Artweek, Volume 37, Issue 3, April 2006. “Close Calls: 2006 at Headlands Center for the Arts”, by Mark Van Proyen. 2005
MacDowell Colony Newsletter, "Open Studio-Painter Cynthia Ona Innis" by Brendan Tapley. Cover and page 20. Vol. 34, No. 1., Summer 2005
San Francisco Chronicle Sunday Magazine, “Big Easy” by Sylvia Rubin. February 27, 2005. Cover and pages 1, 14-18. 2003
Artweek,Volume 34, Issue 6, July/August 2003, "San Francisco in Napa? Yes", by Colin Berry
Boise Weekly, June 11-17, 2003, "Satin Underground" by Chris Schnoor.
2002
Artweek, Volume 33, Issue 1, "Cynthia Ona Innis at Braunstein/Quay Gallery", by Juan Rodriguez.
Pacific States Biennial National Print Exhibition catalog, University of Hawaii at Hilo.
2001
New American Painting, Volume 37 December 2001/January 2002 issue. (pp. 54-57) Open Studios Press.
The Permanent Art Collection, Lifelong Medical Care Catalog.
1994
New Jersey Arts Annual: Fine Arts 1994, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton. Exhibition Catalog.
MGSA-MFA 1994, MFA Catalog, Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts. Forward by Martha Rosler. Pages 11-12.