CYNTHIA WAGNER- VISUAL NARRATOR, PAINTER, MIXED MEDIA ARTIST, PHOTOGRAPHER
Cynthia is a graduate of Herron School of Art and Design, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, holding a BFA in Painting, with minors in Art History and Anthropology as well as an AS in Visual Communications/Photography from Ivy Tech Community College. She spent ten years as a wedding photographer with a specialty in South Asian weddings capturing memories for clients all over the United States before she returned to the studio to engage in painting and mixed media art making. Cynthia is a Colorado born native and currently making art in her studio at the historic Lowe Mill in the beautiful Tennessee Valley city of Huntsville, Alabama.
“I believe fiction is a shortcut to truth. I'm compelled to manufacture fictional vignettes from vintage and contemporary photographs, digital images, hand marbled paper, bee’s wax/dammar resin (encaustic medium), paint, ink, and other mixed media materials. This allows me to investigate and attempt some understanding of the absurdity and complexity of the world we live in. I am especially interested in exploring the socio and physiological aspects of humanity, including issues of gender role and the transitory nature of life. Additionally, I'm fascinated by the similarities in the way that both the human brain and computer technology create fictional worlds. I consider myself a visual narrator telling stories through several artistic mediums.”