Dubhe Carreño Gallery

Cynthia Cosentino

EDUCATION

1997                       MFA Ceramics                                  University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.

1986                       BFA Sculpture                                   The Cooper Union College of Arts and Sciences, New York, NY.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007                       Dubhe Carreño Gallery, Cynthia Consentino: Adaptations Chicago, IL.

2006                       Dubhe Carreño Gallery, Cynthia Consentino: New Figurative Sculpture, Chicago, IL.

2001                       John Elder Gallery, New York, NY.

2000                       Ute Stebich Gallery, Lenox. MA. New Work.

                                Koussevitzky Gallery, Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield, MA. Visual Metaphrases.

1998                       The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA. Emerging Artist Exhibition.

1997                       Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. Girl Story.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008                       Northern Clay Center, Contemporary Monsters: Surrealism in the Ceramic Arts, Minneapolis, MN.

2007                       Santa Fe Clay, Agape, Santa Fe, NM.

                                Studio Place Arts, The Gun Show, Barre, VT.

                               Ferrin Gallery, Lenox, MA.

2006                       Dubhe Carreno Gallery, SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL.

                               Fuller Craft Museum, The Perfect Collection 2, Brockton, MA.

                               Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Life InSIGHT: The Human Experience, Louisville, KY.

                               Ferrin Gallery, Lenox, MA.

                               James Patrick Gallery, IDEAlog, Wiscasset, Me.

                               Mobile Museum of Art, Poetic Expressions of Immortality: Figurative Ceramics from the Porter-Price

                              Collection, Mobile, Alabama.

                               Santa Fe Clay,  Nature/Culture, Santa Fe, NM.

                               Baczek Fine Arts, Animal Kingdom, Northampton, MA.

                               Baltimore Clayworks, An Extravagance of “Salt and Pepper”, Baltimore, MD.

2005                       Dubhe Carreno Gallery, Chicago, IL. SOFA Chicago

                               DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA. Pretty Sweet: The Sentimental Image in Contemporary Art.

                               John Michael Kohler Arts Center, A Tale to Tell, Sheboygan, WI. 

                              The Society of Arts and Crafts, Things Your Mother Said, Boston, MA.

                              The Signature Shop and Gallery, Stories and Visions of Nature in Clay, Atlanta, GA.

                              Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM. Man’s Best Friend.

                              Ferrin Gallery, Portraiture; SOFA New York, House of Wonder, Lenox, MA.

2004                      Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA. Grimm’s Fairy Tales Reinvented.

                              The Society for Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA. Grimm’s Fairy Tales Reinvented.

                              Ferrin Gallery, Lenox, MA. Salutations: New Art, New Space.

                              William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA. (2 person show.)

                              Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM. Natural Selection.

2004-2003             Ameringer Gallery, Boca Raton, FL.

2003                      Fine Arts Center Galleries, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI.  Suspended Narratives.

                              The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA.  Mastery in Clay.

                              Galerie Blanche, Chateau de La Napoule, La Napoule-Mandelieu, France. Meli Mela.

                              The Pottery Workshop Gallery, Hong Kong. Contemporary Ceramic Pillow Exhibit.

2003-1996              Ute Stebich Gallery, Lenox, MA.

2002                       DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA. The 2002 DeCordova Annual Exhibition.

                               John and Maxine Belger Foundation, Kansas City, MO. Confrontational Clay.

                              Russell Hill Rogers Gallery, Southwest School of Art and Craft, San Antonio, TX. Big Head.

                              The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA. Le Grand Buffet.

                              September Hoffman Gallery, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland. Artists-in-Residence Exhibit.

                              Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO. Telling Tales.

                              MatrixArts, Sacramento, CA. Many Different Sides.

                              Berkshire Art Museum, Pittsfield, MA. Massachusetts Cultural Council Craft Grant Recipients.

                              Middlebury College Museum of Art, Montpelier, VT. Confrontational Clay.

                              American Craft Museum, New York, NY. Confrontational Clay.

2001                      The Lamont Gallery, Exeter, NH. Confrontational Clay.

                              Museum of Art, Springfield, OH. Confrontational Clay.

                              The Society for Arts and Crafts.  Boston, MA. Massachusetts Cultural Council Craft Grant Recipients.

                              Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA. Massachusetts Cultural Council Craft Grant Recipients.

                              Flint Institute of Art. Flint, MI. Confrontational Clay.

                              Stedman Art Gallery, Camden, NJ. Confrontational Clay.

2000                       John Elder Gallery, New York, NY. Dolls.

                              The Society for Arts and Crafts.  Boston, MA. Our Cups Runneth Over.

                              Odyssey Gallery, Asheville, NC. Politiclay.

                               Augustana College Art Gallery, Rock Island, IL. Confrontational Clay.

                               Decorative Arts Museum at the Arkansas Arts Center. Little Rock, AR. Confrontational Clay.

                               Philharmonic Center for the Arts. Naples, FL. Confrontational Clay.

                               University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL. Confrontational Clay.

                               Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL. Confrontational Clay.

                                Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT. Women's World: A Work in Progress.

                                The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA. Political Clay.

                                Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, MA. Works on Paper.

                                University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL. Confrontational Clay.

1999                        Alternative Museum, New York, NY. National Showcase Exhibit.

                                Riley Hawk Gallery, Columbus and Cleveland, OH. Looking in the Mirror: Aspects of Figurative Ceramics.

1998                        Fulton Street Gallery, Albany, NY. Body Image.

                                The Society for Arts and Crafts. Boston, MA. 1998 Artist Awards.

                                 Springfield College Visual Arts Gallery, Springfield, MA. Fire and Form: A Clay Sculpture Invitational.

1997                         Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton, MA. Western Massachusetts Juried Works.

                                The Society for Arts and Crafts. Boston, MA. Emerging Artists - Clay.

1996                        Nazareth College Gallery, Rochester, NY. NCECA Student Exhibit.

1995                        Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Graduate Exhibition.

                                Gallery of Fine Arts, Eastern Washington University, Cheney. Clay on the Wall

                                 Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Ceramics Northeast.

                                 Federal Bank of Boston Gallery, Boston, MA. Sculpture at UMASS.

                                 Student Union Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Midway Show.

1994                         Ferrin Gallery, Northampton, MA. New Artist's Tea Party.

1993                         Downtown Eugene, OR. Outside Art.

1989                       Creations Gallery, Taos, NM.                      

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

2006                       The George Sugarman Foundation Artist Grant.

2004                       Blanche E. Colman Award.  Massachusetts grant for fine artists.

2003                       Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shigaraki, Japan.

                               La Napoule Art Foundation Artist-in-Residence Program, Mandelieu-La Napoule, France. 

2002                       American Craft Council Artist Award, New York, NY.

2001                       Massachusetts Cultural Council Professional Development Award, Boston, MA.

2000                       Oregon College of Art and Craft Junior Artist Residency in Ceramics, Portland, OR.

1999                       Blanche E. Colman Award.