Cynthia Back
Cynthia Back (Philadelphia, PA) makes work that explores a wide variety of intaglio techniques with color playing a predominant role in the final image. Using viscosity printing and multiple plates to produce areas of overlapping color her imagery suggests natural forms and suburban landscapes. Her use of repetitive motifs stresses fragmentation and leads to a deeper exploration of her underlying compositions. The work explores issues of suburban sprawl, the subsequent destruction of habitats, farms and forests and the homogenization of suburban environments.
Back has studied at both St. Martin's School of Art and Wimbledon School of Art, both in London, and received her BFA from Minneapolis College of Art and Design. She has had numerous shows throughout Pennsylvania and New York including a solo show at Villanova University Art Gallery and inclusion in the North American Print Biennial, Boston, MA. Her work is in numerous public collections including The Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; The Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Museum of Modern Art/Franklin Furnace Artist Book Collection, New York, NY; The New York Historical Society and The New York Public Library, New York, NY.
Artists
- James Abbott
- Susan Abrams
- Linda Adato
- Saleem Ahmed
- Kael Alford
- Keliy Anderson-Staley
- Dotty Attie
- Cynthia Back
- Katie Baldwin
- Jordan Baumgarten
- Rachel Beamer
- John Benigno
- Suzanne Benton
- Rodger Binyone
- Julia Blaukopf
- Victoria Burge
- Emily Brown
- Debbie Fleming Caffery
- Carrier Pigeon
- Nancy Citrino
- Ed Colker
- John Coplans
- Andrea Cote
- Robert Cumming
- Kevin Cummins
- Marianne Dages
- Kip Deeds
- Susan Dunkerley
- Angela Earley
- Amze Emmons
- Aline Feldman
- Susan Fenton
- Michael Froio
- Carl Fudge
- Good Game
- Rebecca Gilbert
- Tim Gough
- Arthur Grace
- Half Letter Press
- Katsunori Hamanishi
- Ann Hamilton
- Frank Hamrick
- Henry Horenstein
- Heather Huston
- Johanna Inman
- Thomas Jackson
- Young-Sook Jang
- Anna Jeretic
- John Joyce
- Kayrock Screenprinting
- Hideki Kimura
- Chris Kline
- Jacob Koestler
- Lois Lane
- Anthony Lazorko
- Thom Lessner
- Alex Lukas
- Vera Lutter
- Kerry James Marshall
- Virgil Marti
- Kristen Martincic
- Eric McDade
- Sarah McEneaney
- Dennis McNett
- Bill McRight
- James Mills
- Andrea Modica
- Abelardo Morell
- Yoonmi Nam
- Heidi Neilson
- Matt Neff
- Lars Nyberg
- Perry Oliver
- Katja Oxman
- J Pasila
- Jeannie Pearce
- Stephen Perloff
- Diane Pieri
- Greg Pizzoli
- Endi Poskovic
- Public Collectors
- Purgatory Pie Press
- Printeresting
- Barbara Proud
- Rosalyn Richards
- Paul Rider
- Paula Riff
- Ron Rumford
- Jenny Schmid
- Helen Siegl
- Keith Sharp
- Qiaoyi Shi
- William Smith
- Space 1026
- Art Spiegelman
- Doug + Mike Starn
- Alex Stadler
- Chad States
- Will Steacy
- Scott Stephens
- Hester Stinnett
- Jeffrey Stockbridge
- Ken Sutherland
- James Syme
- Ivanco Talevski
- Temporary Services
- Isaac Tin Wei Lin
- Amanda Tinker
- Shelley Thorstensen
- Marlise Tkaczuk
- Janet Towbin
- Daniel Traub
- Jason Urban
- Jason Urban and Leslie Mutchler
- Joan Wadleigh Curran
- Harrison Walker
- Neil Welliver
- Emma Wilcox
- Susan Arthur Whitson
- Ben Woodward
- Andrew Jeffrey Wright
- Zhong-ou Xu
- Bill Yates