Born in 1978, Baltimore, MD. Lives and works in Baltimore, MD and Brooklyn, NY.
EDUCATION
2001
B.A., Stanford University, Stanford, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
As I Lay Dying, Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
Light Atlas, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
2020
Vape Smoke, The Sunday Painter, London, UK
2019
Elegy, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Picture Lake, Sunday Painter, London
There is nothing I could say that I haven’t thought before, FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
Light Atlas, Herron Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
The Pure Products of America go Crazy., CAPITAL , San Francisco, CA
2016
Cynthia Daignault, Stems Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2015
Light Atlas, Lisa Cooley, New York, NY
Home. This must be the place., Rowhouse Project, Baltimore, MD
2014
Das Tauschregal, Six Decades, New York, NY
2013
Which is the Sun and Which is the Shadow?, Lisa Cooley, New York, NY
2012
CCTV, Lisa Cooley, New York, NY
2011
Gallery and Bulletin Board, White Columns, New York, NY
2007
Cynthia Daignault, Plane Space, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
New Museum Triennial: Soft Water Hard Stone, New Museum, New York, NY
How Do We Know the World? , The Baltimore Museum of Art, contemporary wing, Baltimore, MD
and I will wear you in my heart of heart, Flag Art Foundation, New York, NY
2020
Landscape Art and Virtual Travel: Highlights from the Collections of the HRM and Art Bridges, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
Majeure Force, Part One & Part Two, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019
A Photograph by Jack Pierson and Paintings by Cynthia Daignault and Chason Matthams, Tyler Wood Gallery, New York, NY
Ancient History of the Distant Future, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA), Philadelphia, PA
The Land That I Live In, Matthew Brown Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018
The Beyond: Georgia O’Keeffe and Contemporary Art, Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, Bentonville, AR
Blue State, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Taking Pictures, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
True Lies, curated by Simon Cole, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Cynthia Daignault, Dan Fischer, Ellen Lesperance, Derek Eller, New York, NY
American Genre, ICA at MECA, Portland, MA
Melancholic Love, Mass Moca, North Adams, MA
Post-Election, September Gallery, Hudson, NY
2016
Ekphrastic, Yours, Mine and Ours, New York, NY
Walk Artisanal, organized by Peter Harkawik and Miles Huston, Los Angeles, CA
Postcard from New York, Anna Marra Contemporanea, Rome, Italy
Unstructured Merriment, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2015
Social Ecologies, curated by Greg Lindquist, Rail Curatorial Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Rural Violence, curated by Brandon Stosuy, Woodside Church, Troy, NY
Wayfarers, The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA
Thief Among Thieves, The Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Denver, CO
Touch the Spindle, CAPITAL, San Francisco, CA
2014
50 years of the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Matthew Marks, New York, NY
spectral haze event horizon, Blackston Gallery, New York, NY
Crossing Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Don’t Look Now, Zach Feuer, New York, NY
Help Is on the Way, Wasserman Projects, Birmingham, MI
2013
You Must Stand This/While Reading There, curated by Nathan Coutts, David Petersen Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Watching You, 10011, New York, NY
Something about a Tree, curated by Linda Yablonsky, FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
Catcamp, Helper Project, Brooklyn, NY
semicolon hyphen bracket, MKG127, Toronto, Ontario
Yes I Will Yes, American Contemporary, New York, NY
The Cat Show, curated by Rhonda Lieberman, White Columns, New York, NY
Wassup Painters, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
Montsalvat, a Merkx & Gwynne project, organized with Maliea Croy and Allison Branham, Bureau, New York, NY
The White Album, Louis B. James, New York, NY
2012
The Fifth Season of the Artist’s Institute, The Artist’s Institute, New York, NY
Can’t Stop Rock Lobster, a Merkx & Gwynne project, Martos Gallery, New York, NY
Today, Lisa Cooley, New York, NY
2011
Masters of Reality, Brooklyn Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Six Decades Books, New York, NY
2008
Group Show, Glen Horowitz, East Hampton, NY
Gangbusters, Plane Space, New York, NY
2007
Group Show, Glen Horowitz, East Hampton, New York, NY
2005
New Batch a.k.a loudiamondphillips, Plane Space, New York, NY
2004
Painting, Plane Space, New York, NY
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023
Brandy McDonnell, “A Baltimore Artist's Painting of the Oklahoma City Bombing Comes Home to Downtown OKC,” The Oklahoman, April 19
2020
Nadja Sayej, “Greta, crude oil, and animal farming: behind a climate-conscious Armory Show,” The Guardian, March 5
Alina Cohen, “The 10 Best Booths at the Armory Show 2020,” Artsy, March 5
Katerine McGrath, “Hightlights from the Armory Show,” Arhitectural Digest, March 6
Annabel Osberg, “Cynthia Daignault at Night Gallery,” Artillery, January 7
2019
Lindsay Preston Zappas, “Cynthia Daignault at Night Gallery,” KCRW Art Insider, September 24
Ashton Cooper, “Critic’s Pick: Cynthia Daignault, Elegy at Night Gallery,” Artforum, November
Dunne, Susan, “37 Georgia O’Keeffe Works Hang Next to Contemporary Artists at NBMAA,”Hartford Courant, February 26
Jen, Alex, “The Lure of the Dark: Contemporary Painters Conjure the Night,” The Brooklyn Rail, February 14
Jen, Alex, “The Lure of the Dark: Contemporary Painters Conjure the Night,” The Brooklyn Rail, February
Funderburk, Amy, “How Georgia O’Kee e’s Themes and Style Have Flowered in Contemporary Art,” Hyperallergic, January 18
2018
Menconi, David, “At the NC Museum of Art, Georgia O’Keeffe’s influence goes beyond flowers,” The Art & Observer, October 11
“9 Art Events to Attend in New York City,” ArtNews, September 17
Martin, Philip, “Georgia on my mind: O’Keefe’s Influence on art world is subject of Crystal Bridges Exhibit,” Northwest Arkansas Democratic Gazette, June 17
Neiswanger, Robbie, “Georgia O’Keefe omnipresent in ‘The Beyond’ exhibition at Crystal Bridges,” the Arkansas Gazette, May 25
2017
Berfanger, Rebecca, “Two Art Exhibitions Worth a Closer Look at Herron,” Nuvo, October 6
Smith, Roberta, “An Exhibition Worth Thousands of Words,” The New York Times, July 6
Dodson, Ted, “Cynthia Daignault’s There I Nothing I Could Say That I Haven’t Thought
Before,” Bomb Magazine, May 11
Boas, Natasha, "Cynthia Daignault: The Pure Products of America Go Crazy at CAPITAL,” Daily Serving, April 13
Indrisek, Scott, “Cynthia Daignault: There I Nothing I Could Say That I Haven’t Thought Before,”. Art Review, April
Sargent, Antwaun, “Gucci Mane Logic,” Vice, February
Heinrich, Will, “Cynthia Daignault, The New Yorker, January
Isreal, Matthew, “10 must see shows in 2017,” Artsy. January
2016
Duncan, David, “Reviews: Cynthia Daignault, Light Atlas,” Art in America, March
Stosuy, Brandon, “Cynthia Daignault,” The Creative Independent, October 20
2015
Munzenrieder, Kyle, “Cynthia Daignault killed her own painting,” W Magainze, December 7
Cavalli, Lauren, “Critics’ Picks: Cynthia Daignault,” Artforum, November 20
Small, Rachel, “Cynthia Daignault: An Artist Painting America in a New Light,” Interview, November 5
Felsenthal, Julia, “On the Road With Cynthia Daignault at Lisa Cooley Gallery,” Vogue, November 2
Olber, Bibiana, “Reviews: Cynthia Daignault,” Artforum, November 2015: p. 309
Halle, Howard, “The top five New York art shows this week: Cynthia Daignault, ‘Light Atlas,’” Time Out New York, October 21
2014
Daignault, Cynthia, “Cynthia Daignault,” Poetry Project, No, 241, December/January, 6-8, 25
Johnson, Ken, “The Artist Next Door: ‘Crossing Brooklyn,’ Local Talent at Brooklyn Museum,” The New York Times, October 3, C24
Dessanay, Marguerita and Marc Valli, A Brush with the Real: Figurative Painting Today, London: Laurence King
Zuras, Matthew, “Power Grid: 29 Artists You Need to Know,” Refinery 29, July 23
Kramer, Lola, “Eye On: Cynthia Daignault,” mb! by Mercedes-Benz, February 27
“Artist of the Week: Cynthia Daignault,” LVL3, January 20
2013
Expósito, Frank, “Critics’ Picks: Cynthia Daignault,” Artforum, October 20
“The Lookout: Cynthia Daignault,” Art in America, September 27
“Goings on About Town: Cynthia Daignault,” The New Yorker, September 30, p. 8
“The Approval Matrix,” New York Magazine, September 30, p. 108
Halle, Howard, “Five Paintings Exhibits to See,” Time Out New York, September 12–18, p. 38
Peña, Arthur, “Cynthia Daignault interviewed by Arthur Peña,” ArtHaps.com, September 6
Darwin, Liza, “Artist in Residence: Cynthia Daignault,” Nylon, September 5
Valli, Marc, “Showcase: Cynthia Daignault,” Elephant, Issue #15, Summer, p. 18–23
2012
Bright! Typography between Illustration and Art, Ed, Slanted c/o MAGMA Brand Design, Cologne: Daab Media, p. 141, 404
Stosuy, Brandon, “Frieze London 2012 Takes A Look Outside,” Art Critiqued, October 14
Nelson, Karin, “The Artist is Present: Cynthia Daignault,” W Magazine, October
“Quick Sketches: The Rema Hort Mann Foundation Selects Visual Arts Grantees,” American Artist, February, p. 18–19
2011
Wilson, Michael, Exhibition Review, Artforum, September
Landers, Sean, “Artist’s Favourites,” Spike Magazine, Fall
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2019
Campany, David, Alexander Nemerov and Cynthia Daignault, Light Atlas, New York: Gregory Miller and Co., Artist Monograph
2017
Daignault, Cynthia, and Curran Hatleberg, Somewhere Someone, New York: Hassla Books
Daignault. Cynthia. A-Z Volume 4. Limited Edition Artist Book
2016
Daignault, Cynthia, A-Z Volume 3, Limited edition artist book
2015
Daignault, Cynthia, A-Z,Volume 2, Limited edition Artist Book
2013
Daignault, Cynthia, I love you more than one more day, Limited edition artist book
Daignault, Cynthia, A-Z Volume 1, Limited edition artist book
2012
Daignault, Cynthia, CCTV, Limited edition artist book
2011
Daignault, Cynthia, “Call me Ishmael,” Sean Landers: Improbable History, Ed. Cynthia Daignault, Zurich: JRP | Ringier
2009
Loiacono, Mark, Ed. Cynthia Daignault, “Haters and the Lost Arc,” Last Exit Magazine, Nov. 4
Daignault, Cynthia, “Portrait of the Artist as a Building,” Last Exit Magazine, October 2
Daignault, Cynthia, “Urban Methodology,” Last Exit Magazine, July 29
Daignault, Cynthia, “You are not Alone,” Last Exit Magazine, July 1
Daignault, Cynthia, “Time is on my Side,” Last Exit Magazine, May 20
Daignault, Cynthia, “Meet the New Boss,” Last Exit Magazine, April 15
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
The Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Aishti Foundation, Jal El Dib, Lebanon
Art Bridges at the Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, Bentonville, AR
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK
AWARDS
2019 Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant
2018 Shifting Foundation Grant
2016 Foundation for Contemporary Art Emergency Grant
2011 Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant Winner
2010 MacDowell Colony Fellow