Cindy Wright is an artist who was born in
Herentals, Belgium on November 29, 1972. She earned a Master in the Visual Arts (painting) from the
Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp)
The Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp ( nl, Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten van Antwerpen) is an art academy located in Antwerp, Belgium. It is one of the oldest of its kind in Europe. It was founded in 1663 by David Teniers the Younger, ...
in 1996 and a laureate at the Higher Institute for Fine Arts, Antwerp in 2006. She currently lives and works in
Antwerp
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504, .
She is best known for her large-scale paintings with a macabre twist, often described as
photorealism
Photorealism is a genre of art that encompasses painting, drawing and other graphic media, in which an artist studies a photograph and then attempts to reproduce the image as realistically as possible in another medium. Although the term can be ...
. ''Untitled (Self-portrait)'' from 2008, in the collection of the
Honolulu Museum of Art
The Honolulu Museum of Art (formerly the Honolulu Academy of Arts) is an art museum in Honolulu, Hawaii. The museum is the largest of its kind in the state, and was founded in 1922 by Anna Rice Cooke. The museum has one of the largest single col ...
, demonstrates the artist's gritty, non-idealized style. The
Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation The Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation is a non-profit arts foundation located on North Carolwood Drive in the Holmby Hills district of Los Angeles, California. Modern and contemporary artwork in the Frederick R. Weisman collection are displayed i ...
(Los Angeles), the
Het Museum van Elsene (Brussels, Belgium), the
Honolulu Museum of Art
The Honolulu Museum of Art (formerly the Honolulu Academy of Arts) is an art museum in Honolulu, Hawaii. The museum is the largest of its kind in the state, and was founded in 1922 by Anna Rice Cooke. The museum has one of the largest single col ...
, the
Las Vegas Art Museum, the
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA), formerly known as the Madison Art Center, is an independent, non-profit art museum located in downtown Madison, Wisconsin.
MMoCA is dedicated to exhibiting, collecting, and preserving modern and co ...
(Madison, Wisconsin), the
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (or MCASD), in San Diego, California, US, is an art museum focused on the collection, preservation, exhibition, and interpretation of works of art from 1950 to the present.
Mission
The stated mission of ...
(California), and the
Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp)
The Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp ( nl, Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten van Antwerpen) is an art academy located in Antwerp, Belgium. It is one of the oldest of its kind in Europe. It was founded in 1663 by David Teniers the Younger, ...
are among the public collections holding work by Cindy Wright.
The artist’s website
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Bibliography
* Lumpkin, Libby, ''Cindy Wright, Paintings 2004-2006'', Las Vegas Art Museum, 2006.
* Mark Moore Gallery, ''Cindy Wright'', Antwerp, Mark Moore Gallery, 2009.
Footnotes
External links
*
Cindy Wright in AskArt.com
1972 births
American women painters
Photorealist artists
People from Herentals
Living people
20th-century American painters
20th-century Belgian painters
20th-century American women artists
21st-century American painters
21st-century Belgian painters
21st-century American women artists
Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp) alumni
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