Cynthia Winika is a mixed-media artist/teacher who has shown her work and taught in museums, galleries, and libraries in the US and abroad. She has received grants from the Women's Studio Workshop and the New York Foundation for the Arts. She was granted residencies at the Vermont Studio Center and at Haystack. She received: the La Vendeen Award for best encaustic teacher of 2015 by the International Encaustic Artists Association and has been granted mentorships for college and high school art students. Some interesting projects featuring her work have included: John Cage Mycological Celebration at Cooper Union, Accidental Mycologist at A.I.R. Gallery in NYC, and Book of the Dead at MoMA.
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She has work in many collections including The Museum of Modern Art in NYC, Harvard, Yale, The Library of Congress and other university and private collections. Her artwork is featured in books and catalogs. Recent examples include: Wax and Paper by Catherine Nash, Abstract Art by Dean Nimmer, The Art of Encaustic Painting by Joanne Mattera, and Experimental Printmaking and Installations by Alexa Tala. Cynthia has taught thousands of people encaustic painting—from college and high school art students to professional artists, conservators, and art teachers—both privately and through her workshops at R&F Handmade Paints. She is represented by A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (www.airgallery.org/artists/cynthia-winika).

Credit: Wired Gallery, High Falls, NY