Artist Statement
Light and shadow define a space and capture both a moment in time and timelessness itself. When taking photographs, painting, or drawing, I use light and shadow to share the feelings these combinations form through their combination of contrast, gradation, and shape. Presently, I have been combining these mediums through collage, layering my own drawings and photographs to create surreal imagery.
Often, I am drawn to the built environment or industrial structures. When I include the human figure I aim to tell a story or add further metaphor, some personal and some more universal. Most importantly, each image is the outcome of some sort of connection; often it is between a place and myself, between the forms within the image itself, between something specific to something universal.
Finding these connections while creating images leads me to more curiosity. This is why I have been continuing to explore different mediums and work both abstractly and representationally. I hope the viewers of my work can find their entry point to their own moments of wonder at the many relationships that are possible.
Biography
Cynthia Egle creates in a variety of mediums and styles within the visual arts including photography, painting, drawing and collage. The industrial waterfronts of Brooklyn, Queens, Jersey City, and Bayonne NJ have become points of inspiration for much of her drawing and photography, sometimes becoming incorporated into imagined combinations.
She works in Brooklyn, NY where she grew up and raised her now adult daughter, but has been frequently capturing imagery in New Jersey as well as in NYC in recent years. She enjoys the energy of Jersey City and its commitment to supporting the arts.
Cynthia holds a BFA in Illustration from Parsons School of Design and an MA in Urban Education from Adelphi University. She also studied dance education at the Harkness Center while studying Chinese Martial Arts for several years. As an educator since 2005, she has focused on implementing strategies to develop student’s creativity, critical thinking and metacognition in the elementary classroom and primarily teaches gifted and talented students.
Cynthia has been included in several juried shows.
–Photography: Included in the APA NY 3rd Annual Exhibition at Soho Photo Gallery, Soho Photo’s National 2025 competition, as well as groups shows at Atlantic Gallery, LICA, Artlab, Pro Arts JC, Culture Lab, BWAC.
–Drawings & Paintings: 440 Gallery, Drawing Rooms JC, Pro Arts JC, Arthouse JC, Artlab Gallery, Culture Lab, LICA -Long Island City Artists, Atlantic Gallery, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition.
E-mail: c.egle.visualart@gmail.com
Website: https://linktr.ee/c.egle.visualart
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Pro Arts https://www.proartsjerseycity.org/artist/cynthia-egle/