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Cynthia Ona Innis

Cynthia Ona Innis's work mimics the fluid transformations that occur in nature. A painter and sculptor, Innis is known for her organic abstract creations. Working with materials including satin, velvet, and vinyl fabrics and acrylic paint on canvas, wood panel, and paper, she creates sculptural works with biomorphic qualities, and often sexual undertones. Her paintings are composed of serene earth tones: burnt umbers, light pinks, and browns.

Innis lives and works out of Southern California, and has received the San Francisco Arts Commission Honorarium and the James D. Phelan Award in printmaking, among many others awards and recognitions for her work. Her mother was a floral designer, which may have influenced her affinity for the natural form.
Born 1969
Hometown San Diego, CA
Lives and Works Oakland, CA
Education
MFA, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, NJ, 1994
BA, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 1991
Permanent Collection

Collection of the City of Lafayette, Lafayette, CA
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Capital Group Collection, Los Angeles, CA
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
Microsoft Collection, Redmond, WA
Newark Public Library, Special Collections, Newark, NJ
Imagery Estate Winery Artists Collection, Glen Ellen, CA
LifeLong Medical Care, Berkeley, CA
Collection of the County of Alameda, Alameda County, CA

Representing Galleries

Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA