Cynthia Fisher, MOSAIC ARTIST

A collaborative mosaic for which the left half was done by Elizabeth Martinez. I responded to her colors and shapes by repeating the forms to create a Saw Whet Owl.

RESUME

​C Y N T H I A   F I S H E R                                              
15 FORGETTE RD   CHARLEMONT, MA 01339   413-625-8204  
cindy@bigbangmosaics.com     www.BIGBANGMOSAICS.COM

Public Art Commissions, highlights:

• Shelburne Falls Mosaic Murals II, 2023-2024
• Metamorphosis, Amphitheater Wall and 35’ diameter Splash Pad Tamarac, FL, 2022
• Mercy Force River Hospital mural, Portland, ME  2021
• Beacon Street, and Beyond, mosaic rounds, Children’s Hospital, Boston, 2020, 2021
• Urban Wildlife splash pad, City of Lauderhill, FL  2019
• Collective Sanctuary Piece by Piece, First Parish Unitarian Church, Arlington, MA 2018
• Precious Water, Rose Kennedy Greenway, NPS kiosk, Boston, MA 2018
• A Passion to Perform Lauderhill Performing Arts Center, Lauderhill, FL 2018
• Flight! mosaic mural, Dayton Children’s Hospital, Miamisburg, OH 2017
• Limitless:Things that Fly!, 2 mural walls, Dayton Children’s Hospital, Dayton, OH 2017
• Full Circle, Sullivan Park 2,223 sq ft mosaic splash pad, Deerfield Beach, FL 2017
• Family Connections,  Bradley Park, Lauderhill, FL 2017 
• Land, Sea and Sky, 3 floors of murals for Inova Children’s Hospital, Fairfax, VA 2016
• Jackie Gleason, Golfing Days, Lauderhill History Museum, Lauderhill, FL 2015
• Community Mosaic Projects, Guatemala, 2013- present, (7 to date)
• Three Columns, Nemours Children’s Hospital, Wilmington, DE, 2014 
• Abstract Circles, Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, 2014
• Sustainability, John Olver Transit Center, Greenfield, MA 2013 
• Garden Seasons, Community Tiles, Nemours Children’s Hospital, Orlando, FL 2012
• Spring Dogwood, St. Vincent Carmel Hospital, Carmel, IN 2011 
• Shelburne Falls Mosaic Murals, Shelburne Falls, MA community art project 2010   
• Star Quotes, Christa McAuliffe Planetarium, Concord, NH Council for the Arts, 2009 
• Voyage, mosaic mural Children’s Hospital, Boston, 2008
• Igniting a Passion for Learning, Maine Arts Commission, U of Maine, Orono, ME, 2008 

Private Commissions:
Installations in homes in 26 states nationally, and internationally, including floor medallions, kitchen backsplashes, bathrooms, pool, patio and fireplace surrounds, 2002 - present

Selected Exhibitions:

• 'New Voices in American Mosaics" Narrows Center for the Arts Gallery, Fall River, MA 11/24
• “Inspired by the Ages,” Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA 4/24
• ​“Mosaic Journey, On Being Human” Newton Free Library, Newton, MA 7/23, Jamaica Plain Public Library 10/24
• “Mosaics Today: Ancient Art Through a Contemporary Lens” Fuller Craft 11/23
• “Mosaic Arts International” online exhibition  2/21 juried
• “Mosaic Arts International” Parthenon Museum, Nashville, TN 1-5/19 juried
• “Mosaic Arts International”  Boston Society of Architects, Boston, MA 3-5/18 juried
• “New England Mosaic Exhibition”  Somerville Museum, Somerville, MA 3-5/18 invitational
• “Mosaic Arts International”  Women’s Museum, San Diego, CA 3-5/16 juried
• “Mosaic Arts International”  Painted Bride Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 3-4/15 juried
• "Art of Mosaics: Piecing it Together”  Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA 7-9/13 invitational
• “Trans-Position”  Inscape Arts, Seattle, WA 4-6/13 invitational
• “Terra Incognita”  The Gallery at Penn College, PA Coll of Technology, 7-8/12 invitational
• “Contemporary Mosaics”  Attleboro Arts Museum Attleboro, MA 4-5/10 invitational
• “Mosaic Arts International”  Smith Museum of Stained Glass, Chicago, IL 3-7/10 juried
• “Landscapes in Mosaics”  Chicago Mosaic School Gallery, Chicago, IL 2-3/09 invitational
• “Beneath the Surface”  High Risk Gallery, Chicago, IL, 3/06 juried
• “Body Image: Animus & Ardor”  Tufts University Slater Gallery, 3/06 juried
• “Hellenic Heritage”  Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell, MA, 11/05 invitational
• “Mosaic Women Exhibition”  Higgins Art Gallery, Cape Cod College, 4/04 invitational 
• “Opus Veritas”   Museo Italoamericano, San Francisco, CA 1/04 juried

Teaching, Consulting, Residencies, Restoration:

• Community Mosaic Projects in Guatemala, yearly, 2013-present 
• Society of American Mosaic Artists annual conference, presenter/instructor 2013 -present
• Workshops: Institute of Mosaic Art, Touchstone Center, Sugar Maples Craft Center, Penland School of Crafts, Arrowmont School of Crafts, Peters Valley Craft Center, Worcester Art Museum, Snow Farm Craft Program, Cape Cod Mosaic Workshop 2005- present
• Restoration:’Holocaust’ mosaic, Temple Beth Am, Randolph, MA 2011, ‘Martin Luther’ mosaic Bethesda Lutheran Church, Springfield, MA 2017  Episcopal Church Ashfield, MA 2018
• Elementary School residencies and community projects in MA, NY, CT  2002-present

Grants, Awards, Honors, Residencies:

• Juror’s Choice Award, Take Me Away, New England Mosaic Society, 2021
• Cill Riallaig Artist Residency, Ballinskelligs, Ireland, 2017
• Best in Show, New England Mosaic Society at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod 2017 
• Juror’s Choice Award, Elaine Goodwin, Society of American Mosaic Artists (SAMA)Mosaic Arts International exhibition, 2016 
• Participant in First International Urban Mosaic Intervention, Santiago, Chile, January, 2014
• Orsoni Prize, Honorable Mention, International Award for Mosaic Fine Art, Venice, IT 2011
• Mosaic Art Now, Exhibition in Print, internationally judged competition, 1 of 8 mosaic artists selected from 19 countries worldwide 2011
• Ella Lyman Cabot Trust Foundation Grant Highland Communities Initiative Grant 2009
• ‘Best in Show Award’, Art of Mosaic, Somerville Museum, MA, 2009
• Worcester Art Museum, Francis Kinnicutt Travel/Study Award, for trip to Ravenna, 2008
• Massachusetts Cultural Council Grants; STARS grants 2004 - present

Selected Publications:

• Fitzgerald, Bonnie. Guide to Mosaic Techniques, Trafalgar Square Books, 2015
• Snyder, Jeffrey. Mosaic Art Today, Schiffer Books, 2012
• Levy, Irit and Givens, Pam. Mosaic Fine Art Abstracts, Wordpress Books, 2011
• Hammer – Dijcks, B.  Breakout, A Business book for Visual Artists, Blurb books, 2010
• Goldscheider, Eric. Bits and Pieces The Boston Globe Magazine, 2/22/04

Education:

• Mosaic Art School, Ravenna, Italy, 1 week class, 2008
• Art Institute of Boston, 1987-1989
• University of Maine, 1976 -1980, BS Wildlife Biology with High Honors

Other Work Experience:

• Editorial and children’s book illustrator 1989 -2007, 35 children’s books published 
• US Forest Service, 1983-1986
• Peace Corps Volunteer, Philippines, 1980-1982 

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