Cynthia Cooper

4 - 200 Clinton Street, Toronto, M6G 2Y5

(416) 539-0075

fax-(416) 539-9875

email-cynthia@cynthiacooper.ca

website-http://www.cynthiacooper.ca

Education:

1980-83: York University, BFA, Downsview, Canada

1976-77: Simi Drawing Studio, Florence, Italy

1975-76: New School of Art, Toronto, Canada

Solo Exhibitions:

2007: George Gilmour Member’s Gallery, Open Studio, Toronto, Canada

2007: Artists Network of Riverdale, Members Salon, Toronto, Canada

2006: Queen Mother, Toronto, Canada

2006: ArtBar, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Canada

2006: Queen West Art Crawl, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Canada

2003: A.W.O.L., Toronto, Canada

1995: Rivoli, Toronto, Canada

1994: C.O.F.A.C.E, The Enterprise Committee of French Insurance Company, External Commerce La Defense, France

1988-89: Gallery A.O., Antibes, France

Group Exhibitions:

2004: Engine Gallery Annual, Toronto, Canada

2004: Coop Gallery, Toronto, Canada

2003: Burston Gallery, Toronto, Canada

2002: Let’s Have a Dream, Spin Gallery, Toronto, Canada

1999: Galerie Raphael Essebag, Montreal, Canada

1998: Wild in the City, Evergreen Foundation, Toronto, Canada

1997: Victor Comas Vitrines, A Space, Toronto, Canada

1995: Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto,Canada

1994: 46^th International Exhibition of Painting, Cannes, France

1993: 2^nd International Exhibition of Painting, Ypres, Belgium

1993: Exhibition of Sacred Art, Gallery Nesle, Paris, France

1993: Canadian Artists, Consulate of Latin America, Paris, France

1992: Galerie Arts Tournelle, Paris, France

1992: Hotel Fiapad Itineraires, Nanterre, France

1992: 43^rd International Exhibition of Painting, Deauville, France

1991: Het Apollohuis Parallel Gallery, Eindhoven, Holland

1990: Gallery A.O., Antibes, France

1989: Art Junction International Art Fair, Nice, France

1987: Gallery Del Bello, Miniatures Exhibition, Toronto, Canada

Catalogue:

“Vittu Pane Puu Pallo”, 1991, Het Apollohuis, Eindhoven, Holland

Collections:

The Enterprise Committee of the French Insurance Company for External Commerce, La Defense, Puteaux, France

Private Collections in France and Canada

Selected Work Related Art Activities:

2007: Volunteer, Artists Network of Riverdale, Toronto, Canada

2007: Performer, Butoh Dance Performance, Vacate, Cinecycle, Toronto, Canada

2004-05: Volunteer Literacy Tutor, Toronto Board of Education, Toronto, Canada

2002: Volunteer, Fringe Jazz Festival, Toronto, Canada

Set Designer, Modern Dance Performance, Bloom, Toronto and Guelph, Canada

2001-02: Volunteer, Children’s Own Museum, Toronto, Canada

1998-99: Teacher, Woolfits Art School, Age 4-12, Toronto, Canada

1998: Volunteer, Contact Photography Festival, Toronto, Canada

Mask-Maker, 9^th Annual Kensington Festival of Lights, Toronto, Canada

1996-97: Artist’s Assistant, Noel Harding, Elevated Wetlands, Toronto, Canada

1991-94: Teacher, Junior Anglais, Age 12, English Language School, Paris, France

1990: Teacher, Canadian University, Summer Art Program, Villefranche, France

1987: Teacher,”Artist in the Classroom”,Hamilton, Canada

1986: Competition Coordinator, International Canadian Festival of Film and Animation, Hamilton, Canada

Costume Painter, Desrosiers Contemporary Dance Performance, Lumiere, Toronto, Canada

Photographer’s Assistant, Ron Watts, Equinox Photography Magazine, First Light Photographers Inc., Toronto, Canada

Artist’s Assistant, Noel Harding, Ydessa Gallery, Toronto, Canada

1985: Production Manager, Independent Documentary Film, Sailing, Through The Lens Inc., Toronto, Canada

Artist’s Assistant, Noel Harding, Ydessa Gallery, Toronto, Canada

1984: Competition Coordinator, International Canadian Festival of Video Art and New Media, Toronto, Canada

Teacher, Sony Canada Corp., “Creative Video Studio”, Don Mills, Canada

1983: Teacher, Cedar Ridge Gallery Art School, Scarborough, Canada

1982: Administrative Assistant, Mercer Union Gallery, Toronto, Canada

Press: **Press package supplied upon request**

Nice Matin, February 16, 1994, 46^th International Exhibition of Painting in Cannes, France – Diplome Grande Finale et Voix du Jury, section Composition

C.O.F.A.C.E. Bulletin, La Defense, September 1993

Figaro La Defense, June 16, 1992, Exhibition “Ritual, Visual, Gestural”, Phillipe Houssin

Express 92, June Nanterre

Edh-Dagblod, 5 November 1991, Eindhoven, Holland, Exhibition “Vittu Pane Puu Pallo”, Door Rene van Peer

The False Door, July 1991, Nice, France, Article-“Colors coming in from the cold”, Sylvie Panzolinni

D.E.A. Information Sciences and Communication, July 1989, Sociology of Literature and Visual Arts, Edith-Claude Soonckindt

Artension, number 8, March 1989, Exhibition “Reflections on the Evolution of Human Life”, Michel Gaudet

Monte-Carlo, February 1989, “Remarks on Events”, Phillipe Roy

La Cote des Arts, number 130, January/February 1989, Exhibition “Reflections on the Evolution of Human Life”, Jacques Pochon

The Patriote, January 27, 1989, Exhibition “Reflections on the Evolution of Human Life”, Michel Gaudet

Art Themes, number 49, December 1988-January 1989, Exhibition “Reflections on the Evolution of Human Life”, Alain Amiel

Nice Matin, December 16, 1988

Nice Matin, December 30, 1988