Exhibitions & CV

International Shows

2004

2002

2001

SOFA Chicago - Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art, Chicago

Small Expressions - Handweavers’ Guild of America International show, Denver

Convergence - Handweavers’ Guild of America, Vancouver

Fiberart International - 17th Biennial of Contemporary Fiber Art Pittsburgh

National Shows

1998 Sourcerers Gallery - group show, Toronto

1990 - 1991 A Tisket a Tasket - Alberta Crafts Council National Touring Exhibition

Solo Shows

2019

2017

2014

2013

2006

2005

2001

1999

1997

1994

1991

ANIMA-L - new sculpture & mixed media, Denman Summer Gallery, BC

look over look, Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay, BC

Reclamation, Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay, BC

Reclamation - Mixed Media Assemblages, Amelia Douglas Gallery, New Westminster, BC

The Window Gallery - Comox Valley Art Gallery

Reverie - Denman Island Art Gallery

Leapenhi Paper Designs, Courtenay, BC

The Foyer Gallery - Squamish Public Library, Squamish, BC

Out Of Bounds, Crafthouse Gallery, Vancouver, BC

Arts Alliance Gallery, Courtenay, BC

Orbit Series - Circle Craft Gallery, Vancouver, BC

Regional Shows

2017

2016

2013

2012

2009

2008

2005

2004

2003

2001

1998

1996

Berwick Oak Exhibition - Berwick Comox Valley, Comox, BC

The Tree of Life - June 23rd and 24th, Denman United Church, BC

The Square Foot Show - Art Alchemy Studio Gallery, Courtenay, BC

Body Language: Looking at the Figure - Art Alchemy Studio Gallery, Courtenay, BC

Assemblages - new mixed media, modern dance, poetry - Denman Island Arts Centre

Inner Island Images, Five Denman Artists - Hornby Island Community Hall

Merkin & Codpiece Show - Comox Valley Art Gallery

Fired Up: Contemporary Works in Clay - Metchosin Community Hall, BC

Comox Valley Invitational

Relocating the Homeless Mind - Comox Valley - Kamloops exhibition

Circle Craft 30 year exhibition - Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver

Featured Artist, BC Crafts Association - Crafthouse Gallery, Vancouver

Artropolis - CBC Studios, Vancouver

Crafts Association of BC - Bank of Hong Kong Atrium, Vancouver

To Remain at a Distance - Open Space Gallery, Victoria

Basketry - curated by Ron Kong, Canadian Crafts Museum, Vancouver

Other Exhibitions

2018

2004

2003

2002

2001

1999

1998

1997

30th Anniversary Exhibition - The Old School House Arts Centre, Qualicum Beach, BC

Fiberarts Symposium - Courtenay, BC

Stumbling Into (with Karen Wallace) - Community Arts Council Gallery of Victoria

Ephemera & Stone (with Tanja Bolenz) - Denman Island Art Gallery

Within Without (with Chai Duncan) - curated by Tony Martin, Comox Valley Art Gallery

Encounter (with Susan Russell) - The Old Schoolhouse Gallery, Qualicum Beach, BC

Evidence (with Nancy Walker) - curated by Pamela Speight, Nanaimo Public Art Gallery

Loose Connections - group show, curated by Tony Martin, Comox Valley Art Gallery

Hidden Agendas (installation with Jane Fawkes) - Denman Island Art Gallery

Denman Summer Gallery - (with Darren Waterston & Gordon Hutchens)

Selected Publications

Vie Des Arts # 255 - Summer 2019 http://viedesarts.com/article1347

Salann Magazine, First Edition 2019 http://salannmagazine.com/01-edition

Fiberarts Magazine, Jan. 2002

Media

Comox Valley Record, July 23, 2019, by Patricia Suess

Artropolis 2001,

Fiberarts International Biennial 2001,

various newspapers

CBC Radio Interview, North By Northwest with Sheryl Mackay: August 16, 2014 (listen here)

CBC Radio Interview, Morningside with Peter Gzowski, May 8, 1990 (archived)

Studio Tours

2008, 2010 - 2014, 2016, 2017

Denman Island, accessed by a 10 minute ferry crossing from Vancouver Island, is home to numerous visual artists and craftspeople. The annual summer tour is a chance to visit some of the many studios, talk with artists and purchase work.

Workshops

Cynthia Minden has taught numerous workshops for schools, guilds and art centres including at Hollyhock, Metchosin International School of the Arts, the Kootenay School of the Arts and The Creative Threads Conspiracy.