Cyndra MacDowall
Cyndra MacDowall | |
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| Born | April 20, 1953 Toronto, Ontario |
| Education | BAE at Queens University and MFA at Concordia University |
| Notable work | Eclipse (1991) was purchased by the National Gallery of Canada for the Canadian Photography Institutes' collection. |
| Website | http://cyndramacdowall.com |
Cyndra MacDowall (born April 20, 1953) is a Canadian visual artist[1] known for her photography and writing.[2]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Cyndra MacDowall was born on April 20, 1953, in Toronto, Ontario.[1] She has lived and worked in Toronto, Montreal, and currently Windsor, Ontario.[2] She maintains studios in Toronto and Windsor, Ontario. Her work has been exhibited since 1987.[3]
Career
[edit | edit source]MacDowall received a Bachelor of Art Education from Queen's University in 1977[4] and a Master of Fine Arts in Photography from Concordia University in 1995.[2] She was a photography professor at the University of Windsor's School of Creative Arts (SoCA).[4][5] Her work is included in various public and private collections, including the Art Gallery of Windsor and the Ryerson Image Centre.[4]
Style, technique, and reception
[edit | edit source]MacDowall's work focuses on questions related to relationships of space (architectural and/or geographical), history, memory, gender, and identity.[2] Her work often combines sculptural forms with photography.
Significant works
[edit | edit source]- Eclipse (1991) was acquired by the National Gallery of Canada for the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography's collection.[6]
References
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Road Trip Diary/Journal de Route: An Extract from the Installation
- Art and the Cosmos: Eclipses and Aurora pg. 4, Cyndra MacDowall, Eclipse (1991)
External links
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- 1953 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Canadian women artists
- 21st-century Canadian women artists
- 20th-century Canadian non-fiction writers
- 21st-century Canadian non-fiction writers
- Photographers from Toronto
- 20th-century Canadian women writers
- 21st-century Canadian women writers
- Writers from Toronto
- 20th-century Canadian photographers
- 21st-century Canadian photographers
- Queen's University at Kingston alumni
- Concordia University alumni
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- Canadian artist stubs