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Cynthia Norton

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Education

1995   MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Time Arts

1992   BFA, University of Kentucky

2004  MAT in Teaching, Art Education, University of Louisville

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Solo Exhibitions

2017    Farcical, Swanson Contemporary, Louisville, KY

2012    Freedom Rings Placed Within, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

2010   Repetition de Amores, The Alley Theatre. Louisville, KY

             Athens Dove, Speed Museum, Louisville, KY

2008  Apple Suckling Tree, McLeod Residence, Seattle, WA

             Double-Agent Workhorse, Country Club Gallery; Cincinnati, OH.

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

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Selected Group Exhibitions

2018   Positive – Negative, Group Show, West Tennessee State.

             SPIN – Turning Records into Art, KMAC Louisville, Kentucky.

             Hadley Creatives 15, KMAC Louisville, Kentucky.

2016    Artist:Body, Lexington Art League, Lexington, Kentucky.

2015    Cultural Sustainability, Held from Beneath Carnegie Center for

             Art and History, New Albany, Indiana.

2013    By The Numbers, Group Exhibition LVAA Louisville, KY.

             Cultivation, Group Exhibition, Swanson Contemporary, Louisville, KY.

2012    Contraption, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE.

2011     Young Country, Quonset Hut Louisville, KY and University of the

             Arts Philadelphia, PA.

             Channel Z, Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY.

2010    Diverse Universe - European Performance Art Tour with NonGrata.

2009   KY Jelly, Swanson Reed Contemporary, Louisville, KY.

2008   The Old, Weird America, CAM Houston, TX, traveling to

              DecCordova Museum Boston, MA  and Frye Museum Seattle, WA

2005  Nowhere, Styrian Autumnal Festival, Graz, Austria.  Eugen Lendel Gallery

             Three Person Exhibition, Galerie Steinek, Vienna, Austria

             Nowhere, Contemporary Art Center, Louisville, KY

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Awards

2019  Great Meadows Foundation, Professional Development Grant (Performa ,NYC 2019)

2018  Great Meadows Foundation, Professional Development Grant (Mudhouse Residency Crete, Greece)

2017   Great Meadows Foundation, Professional Development Grant (Documenta 14 Kassel, Germany)

            Kentucky Foundation for Women, Artist Enrichment Grant(solo exhibition)

2012   Kentucky Foundation for Women, Artist Enrichment Grant(solo exhibition, PAFA)

2003  BPW Business Professional Women, Professional Development

             Kentucky Foundation for Women, Artist Enrichment Grant(solo exhibition)

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

1993-1995 Graduate Grant, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

1992   NCAA Art Award, The University of Kentucky