Cynthia Consentino

Cynthia Consentino lives in western Massachusetts.  She received a MFA from University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a BFA from The Cooper Union College of Arts and Sciences, New York, NY.

Recipient of the Massachusetts Cultural Council, American Craft Council, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Berkshire Taconic, and The Blanche E. Colman Artist Awards, Consentino has exhibited widely. She has also been a resident artist at the John Michael Kohler Arts/Industry Program, Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, La Napoule Foundation, France, and Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Japan. The John M. Kohler Art Center in Wisconsin features her artist designed washroom with over 2000 relief and hand painted tile.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2022              Eckert Art Gallery, Millersville University, Millersville, PA. Earth/Human

2019              The Thoreau Gallery, Franklin Pierce University, Ringe, NH. Selected Works.

2017              Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.

2016              Gallerie Chiz, Pittsburg, PA. An Anthropology, Tales of Land, Sea, and Sky.

2015              Rhodes Art Center, Northfield Mount Hermon, MA. New York.

2014              APE Ltd. Gallery, Northampton, MA. Reconfigurations.

2013              Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY. Reconfigurations.

2008              Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfield, MA. New York.

2007, 2006    Dubhe Carreño Gallery, Chicago, IL. New York.

2001              John Elder Gallery, New York, NY. New York.

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

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

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022              Soho Project Space, New York, NY. It’s a Queer, Queer, Queer World! Works for LGBTQ Artists

                      Arts on the Lake, Kent Lakes, NY. Conversational

2021              John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA

2020              Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christie, TX. About Face: Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture.

2020-2008      Harmon Gallery, Wellfleet, MA.  Yearly group and 2 person exhibitions every other year.

2019              Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI. Forever Young: Representation of Childhood and Adolescence

                     Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA.  About Face: Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture.

                     Sally D. Francisco Gallery, Peters Valley School of Craft, Domestic Matters: The Uncommon Apron, Layton, NJ.

               Montgomery Museum of Art, Montgomery, AL. About Face: Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture.

               The Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Gallery, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA. Cast: Art and Object.

               John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA; Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA with John Natsoulas Gallery.

2018              Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA. Fantastical/Political

                     The Clay Penn, Pittsburgh, PA. Go Figure.

2017              A.P.E., Ltd. Gallery, Northampton, MA.

                       American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA. We the People.

               4 for Art Gallery, Lenox, MA.

               Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM.

               Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY.

2016              Galerie Protégé, New York, NY. Facie: Self-Portraiture Interpreted by 25 Artists.

          Paper City Gallery, Holyoke, MA. The Animal Show.

          Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM. The Figure in Clay.

                Russell Hill Rogers Gallery, Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX. Formed: A Survey of Ceramics.

2015                   American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA. (3-person exhibit)

                           Abmeyer + Wood Fine Art, Seattle, WA. Bodies + Beings.

                  Kasher|Potamkin, New York, NY.

                  New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA. Of Earth and Sea.

2014                   Art Pulse, Black & White Gallery, New York, NY.

                    Art Southampton, Black & White Gallery Southampton, NY. 

2013                  Sarasota Art Center, Sarasota, FL. Child’s Play.

                  Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA. Blue and White.

2012             University Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth.Watershed 25^th Anniversary Exhibit.

                 Odyssey Gallery, Asheville, NC. New Works.

2012-2004         Ferrin Gallery, Lenox, MA. Various Group Shows, SOFA Chicago, 2010.

2011                   John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI. Animal Instinct.

                  Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA. Fresh Figurines: A New Look at Historic Form.

                           Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM. Figurines.

2011-2010         Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA. Aqua Art, Miami Art Fair.

C-Scape Artist Residency, Provincetown, MA. 2016
Blanche E. Colman Award. Massachusetts grant for fine artists. 2016
Berkshire Taconic Artist Award, Massachusetts. 2012
International Symposium of Modern Art, Carei, Romania 2009
Massachusetts Cultural Council Award in Craft. 2007
Blanche E. Colman Award. Massachusetts grant for fine artists. 2004
Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shigaraki, Japan. Artist Residency. 2003
La Napoule Art Foundation Artist-in-Residence Program, Mandelieu-La Napoule, France. 2003
American Craft Council Artist Award, New York, NY. 2002
Oregon College of Art and Craft Junior Artist Residency in Ceramics, Portland, OR. 2000
Blanche E. Colman Award. Massachusetts grant for fine artists. 1999
John Michael Kohler Arts/Industry Program, Kohler, Wisconsin. Artist Residency in Cast Iron Sculpture. 1998
The Society for Arts and Crafts Artists Award, Boston, Massachusetts. 1998

Art 280 Ceramics: Handbuilding
Art 280 Ceramics: Wheelthrowing
Art 480 Intermediate Ceramics
Art 481 Advanced Ceramics
Art 360 3D Studies Mold Making
Art 142 Foundations Studio 2