Cindy Wagner Resume
Cindy Wagner acquired her love and skills for painting as a teen while working with her dad creating sets for the movies, the NYC ballet and theater. The Artists at Variety Scenic Studios were her first teachers and mentors. Her Dancing Through Life series was inspired by her time at Variety. Cindy’s paintings depict life’s moments, real people and places. She graduated SUNY at Buffalo with knowledge of human anatomy and a degree in Physical Therapy. She continued studying art at Silvermine School of Art and with individual master artists. She is Past Chairman of the Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists, Juried Member of the Salmagundi Club, Juried member of Oil Painters of America, and The Westport Artist Collective. Cindy is on the Board of Directors of the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Arts Club. Cindy is a member of the Board Town of Weston Commission for the Arts. She currently teaches painting and drawing at several locations in Connecticut. Her work has been exhibited in galleries, museums and universities. She is the recipient of several awards including 2022 Connecticut Society of Portrait Artist Faces and Figures, 2020 Mixmaster at the Mattatuck Museum CT Visitor Award, 2017 Southport Portrait Festival Painting Award and Jurors Award, and Honorable Mention 2019 Dreams Juried Exhibition Rene Soto Gallery CT.
Publicity and Press
2022 Close To Home And Heart Works of Cindy Wagner Hamlet Hub
2013 February Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine Article “In The Chair: Sitting for a Portrait”
2009 Winter Edition Norwalk Plus Faces of Fairfield At Lockwood Mansion Museum
2009 March The Lyme Times The Art of the Portrait
Exhibits and Events
2024 CLWAC Small Works Exhibit
2024 Salmagundi Small Works Exhibit
2023 CLWAC Juried Open Exhibit
2022 CT Society of Portrait Artist Faces and Figures Exhibit Honorable Mention Award
2022 Catharine Lorillard Wolfe 125 Juried Exhibit Salmagundi Club
2022 ArtWalk Ridgefield Guild of Artists at the Dance Conservatory of Ridgefield
2022 Featured Artist RPAC Gallery Ridgefield CT
2021 International Guild Of Realism Spring Salon
2021 77Th Annual CT Juried Show Slater Museum
2020 Mixmaster Juried Exhibition at the Mattatuck Museum, CT Visitor Award
2020 Catharine Lorillard Wolf 123 Annual Open Juried Exhibition
2019 Dreams Juried Exhibition Rene Soto Gallery, CT Honorable Mention Award
2019 CT Women Artist Open Juried Show at The Slater Museum, CT
2019 Face Time Bendheim Gallery Greenwich CT
2019 Catharine Lorillard Wolfe 122 Annual Juried exhibition at New York Arts Club
2019 Westport Artist Collective Studio Tour
2018 Salmagundi 40th Annual Painting, Sculpting and Graphic Open Exhibition NYC
2017 Southport Portrait Festival - CT Society of Portrait Artist Painting Award and S. Wakeen Award
2017 Westport Art Center Pop Up Show
2017 Weston Open Studio Tour
2016 Tribute to Mother's Cos Cob Greenwich
2015 Childhood Portraits Stepping Stones Museum
2014 UConn Gallery Faces of Winter Exhibit
2013 February Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine “In The Chair:Sitting for a Portrait”
2013 Max’s Art Supply Westport CT
2012 Faces of Winter UConn Gallery
2011 Lyme Art Association Faces of Spring
2010 New Haven Open Studio Tour
2010 UnConn Art Gallery Stamford Faces of Winter
2009 Lockwood Mansion Museum Faces of Fairfield County
2008 Crest Gallery Solo Art Show
2008 Bendheim Gallery Greenwich CT
2007 Connecticut Pastel Society National Exhibit
2007 Westport Fine Art Show
2006 Crest Gallery Solo Art Show
2006 Lyme Art Association The Art of the Portrait
2006 Weston Public Library
2003 Geary Gallery