Cynthia Ona Innis
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August 1969 (age 56)
Cynthia Ona Innis | |
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| Born | Cynthia Ona Innis August 1969 (age 56) San Diego, California. |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley; Rutgers University. |
| Style | Visual Artist |
| Spouse | Sascha Weiss |
| Awards | James D. Phelan Award in Printmaking (2005), MacDowell Fellowship Residency (2005), Sustainable Arts Foundation Award (2023), Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant (2025). |
| Website | https://www.cynthiaonainnis.com/ |
Cynthia Ona Innis (born 1969) is an American painter and visual artist raised in San Diego and based out of Berkeley, California.[1] Her work has been described as "paintings one doesn't look at so much as immerse oneself in",[1] as well as "sensual" and "organic."[2]
Innis graduated with a B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley and earned her M.F.A. from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. She has received the James D. Phelan Award in printmaking (2005),[3] a MacDowell Fellowship Residency (2005),[4] a Sustainable Arts Foundation Award (2023),[5] and a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant (2025)[6] among other awards and recognition.[7]
Innis has been a visiting art professor and/or faculty member at the University of California at Berkeley, San Francisco Art Institute and Boise State University.[8] Her work is represented in the collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco,[9] San Jose Museum of Art,[10] Berkeley Art Museum Pacific Film Archive,[11] Crocker Art Museum,[12] the Microsoft Art Collection and the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University.[13] Innis is represented by the Walter Maciel Gallery in Los Angeles, California.[14]