Cynthia Ann Miro
ARTIST BIO: Cynthia started her arts exploration at Kansas City Art Institute where she studied painting and printmaking. Cynthia holds a Bachelor of Science, Cum Laude, in Management Information Systems from University of Texas at Dallas. In May 2016, Cynthia graduated with her Master of Fine Art in Art & Technology also from University of Texas at Dallas. Cynthia is a socially engaged artist who is passionate about preserving diversity in Dallas. She has collaborated with Rick Lowe on Trans.lation, a Nasher Xchange project located in Vickery Meadow. She began by developing relationships and workshops that serve the needs of the multicultural community in Vickery Meadow who are threatened by gentrification. She continues this work with Carol Zou, assisting with supply acquisitions and community engagement. On campus at UTD, Cynthia is known for Arms Around the Art Barn, an initiative to save one of the last examples of tin roof architecture in the Dallas area. This project culminated in a full scale installation of sweaters that encircled the entire perimeter of the structure in a warm fuzzy hug. UTD's Visual Arts building received a 'stay of execution' and continues to be enjoyed by students, alumni and the DFW metroplex. |
STATEMENT:
An exploratory look at textures, colors and motion by means of aleatoric processes - the
incorporation of chance into the process of creation. The root of such creation is often a
series of images that randomly populate a photostream with a subconscious emotional
reference. In some cases this occurs when I am drawn to, obsessed, or fascinated by
the way something looks. The process usually results in representational abstraction
which can be similar to exploring the unseen familiar in unexpected connections that
occur. By ignoring objective truths and global cultural narratives, I formalize the
coincidental and emphasize the conscious process of composition behind seemingly
random works. The private thought processes are subjective and unfiltered as
references to dream worlds that are continually unfolding.
C. Miró - New Media Artist / Portrait Artist
www.cynthiaannmiro.com | cynchro@gmail.com
Education
MFA, Arts and Technology, University of Texas at Dallas, 2016
BS MIS, Cum Laude, Naveen Jindal School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas, 2002
Associate of Science, Honors, Brookhaven College, DCCD, 1999
Kansas City Art Institute, Painting and Printmaking, 1987-1989
Exhibitions - Juried & Group Shows
2022 - Chaos 8, Ro2, curated by Jordan and Susan Roth, Dallas, TX
2021 - Covid Confessional, MFA Gallery, Solo Video Exhibition, Oak Cliff, TX
2020 - Abstract Strategies, Glow Gallery, curated by Dan Oliver, Chicago, IL
Shit Show, MFA Gallery, curated by Steve Cruz, Oak Cliff, TX
2019 - Clown Show, MFA Gallery, curated by Steve Cruz, Oak Cliff, TX
Art214 Juried Exhibition, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Jurors: Nychelle Grant, Susan Lecky,
Lucas Martell & Arthur Peña, Curated by Du Chau, Oak Cliff, TX
Art214 Juried Exhibition, Latino Cultural Center, Jurors: Nychelle Grant,
Susan Lecky, Lucas Martell & Arthur Peña, Curated by Du Chau, Dallas, TX
Aleatoric Processes, MFA Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Dallas, TX
Chaos 7, Ro2, curated by Jordan and Susan Roth, Dallas, TX
2018 - Chaos 6, Ro2, curated by Jordan and Susan Roth, Dallas, TX
2017 - Critical Mass: UTDallas Alumni Exhibition, SP/N Gallery, curated by Greg Metz, Dallas, TX
Like a Tornado Touching Down, The Dream is Connected to the Dreamer, UT Dallas
Administration Building, Derive Art Exhibition, curated by Greg Metz, Dallas, TX
Chaos 5, Ro2, curated by Jordan and Susan Roth, Dallas, TX
Loose Women, MFA Gallery, curated by Steve Cruz, Oak Cliff, TX
The High Show, MFA Gallery, curated by Steve Cruz, Oak Cliff, TX
Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, curated by Jordan and Susan Roth of Ro2, Dallas, TX
2016 - Reciprocated, The Basement Lounge Gallery, Solo Exhibition, curated by Jesse Mraz,
Fort Worth, TX Transmittance, The Magnolia Theater with RO2, Solo Exhibition, curated by Jordan and Susan Roth, Dallas, TX Chaos 4, Ro2, curated by Jordan and Susan Roth, Dallas, TX
Reciprocated Salvage, CentralTrak Residency Gallery, group show with select graduate
students from UTA, UTD, Texas A&M Commerce and TCU, Dallas, TX
Arts Open Call, Patterson-Appleton Arts Center, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX
Trans.lation Vickery Meadow, H. Paxton Moore Fine Art Gallery, group exhibition,
Nasher XChange Project -Trans.lation: Vickery Meadow, Dallas, TX
2015 - Chaos 3, Ro2, curated by Jordan and Susan Roth, Dallas, TX
Consortium, 500 Singleton, group show with select graduate students from SMU, UTA &
UT Dallas, Dallas, TX
Valcucine Pohlenz, Design District, curated by Alchemy Arts Collective, Dallas TX
125 Show, The Art Gallery at Collin College, Plano Art Association, Honorable Mention,
Plano, TX
Student Expo, 500X Gallery, Juried by Jordan and Susan Roth, Dallas, TX
2014 - Faces of Vickery Meadow, White Cube 2, Solo Exhibition, Nasher XChange Project -
Trans.lation: Vickery Meadow, Dallas, TX
Arms Around the Art Barn, University of Texas at Dallas Visual Arts Building,
Site Specific Installation, curated by Greg Metz, Richardson, TX
2013 - Anatomy of a Social Sculpture, Beef Haus, curated by Rick Lowe, Nasher XChange
Project - Trans.lation: Vickery Meadow, Dallas, TX
2012 - Bits and Pieces, House of Poets, Solo Exhibition, Richardson, TX
2011 - The Self-Portrait: Who Are You?, The Art Gallery at Collin College, Texas Visual Arts
Association, Plano, TX
2010 - TVAA Member’s Show, Medical City Dallas, Texas Visual Artist Association,
Merchant Award, Dallas, TX
Nostalgia, Texas Visual Artist Association, 3rd Place, Dallas, TX
Residencies
2022 - SCAD, Artist in Residence, Savannah, GA
2021 - Kansas City Art Institute, Artist in Residence, Kansas City, MO
2016 - The Consortium, Artist in Residence, selected MFA students from UTA, UTD, Texas A&M
Commerce & TCU, Dallas, TX
2015 - The Consortium, Artist in Residence, selected MFA students from UTD, UTA & SMU,
Dallas, TX
2013 - Nasher Sculpture Center, Artist-in-Residence, Trans.lation: Vickery Meadow, a Nasher
XChange Project by artist Rick Lowe, Dallas, TX
Collections & Commissions (selected list)
Carne, Portrait, 12 x 16 oil on panel, Bloomington, ID
Capital One Corporate Collection, Wicked Game & Transmittance, Frisco, TX
Pacifico, Digital Slur I & Spasm, Rowlett, TX
Grimes, Chakra, 3’ x 6’, oil on panel, Dallas, TX
Kahle, Portraits, 18 x 14, charcoal on paper, Richardson, TX
Knapp, Portrait, 12 x 18, pastel on paper, Santa Rosa Beach, FL
Sheumaker, Portrait, 24 x 18, oil on canvas, Dallas, TX
Sutton, Portrait, 18 x 24, oil on canvas, Dallas, TX
Media
2017 - Critical Mass, Exhibition Catalog, Print
2016 - Art, Artists, and Galleries: A blog about art, including my own, Modern Dallas, by Todd
Camplin, just say ‘Art Blog comentary on Cynthia Miro art
https://camplinart.blogspot.com/2016/10/university-of-texas-at-dallas-by-todd.html
These are the 5 best Dallas art gallery exhibitions this month, CultureMap Dallas, by
Kendall Morgan,
https://dallas.culturemap.com/news/arts/07-07-16-best-art-gallery-exhibitions-events/#sl
ide=0
2015 - 2015-2016 Events Calendar, feature image, The University of Texas at Dallas, School of
Arts & Humanities, Print
Nasher Sculpture Center’s Garden Filled with Youthful Artists for Third Annual Great
Create, My Sweet Charity, by Jeanne Prejean,
https://mysweetcharity.com/2015/05/nasher-sculpture-centers-garden-filled-with-youthf
ul-artists-for-third-annual-great-create/
2014 - Community’s Effort Keeps Art Barn Open, UT Dallas ‘The Mercury’ , by Anwesha
Bhattacharjee, https://utdmercury.com/communitys-effort-keeps-art-barn-open/
Line of Fire: UTD Art Barn-Extended Version, Debate, UTD TV,
https://youtu.be/nQn5rot6D34, Dallas, TX, June 23, 2014
Want to Save an Art Barn? Send a Sweater, Dallas Observer, by Lauren Smart,
https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts/want-to-save-an-art-barn-send-a-sweater-7091385
2013 - How art is changing the Vickery Meadow neighborhood, Advocate Lakewood/East
Dallas,
https://lakewood.advocatemag.com/how-art-is-changing-the-vickery-meadow-neighbor
hood/
Teaching and Related Experience
2019 - Present - Digital Storytelling 4-8, Studio Art 9-12, The Hockaday School, Dallas, TX
2016 - Visual Arts Teacher 9-12, Thomas Jefferson High School, Dallas ISD, Dallas, TX
Gallery Intern at RO2, Dallas, TX
2015 - Workshop instructor, Trans.lation: Vickery Meadow, Dallas, TX
Gallery Intern at RO2, Dallas, TX
2013-14 - Art workshops and Studio Manager for refugees from all over the world,
Trans.lation: Vickery Meadow, Nasher XChange Project by Rick Lowe, Dallas, TX
