Cynthia Hawkins (b. 1950, Queens, NY) received a BA in painting from the Queens College, City University of New York in 1977 and an MFA from Maryland Institute College of Art in 1992. She has exhibited widely in New York and the United States throughout her career, and her one-person exhibitions include Cynthia Hawkins, Just Above Midtown, New York (1981); Cynthia Hawkins, Frances Wolfson Art Center, Miami (1986); New Works: The Currency of Meaning, Cinque Gallery, New York (1989); Selected Works: 1990–1996, Queens College Art Center (1997); Clusters: Stellar and Earthly, Buffalo Science Museum, Buffalo (2009); Natural Things, 1996–99, STARS, Los Angeles (2022); Gwynfor’s Soup, or the Proximity of Matter, Ortuzar Projects, New York (2023); and Cynthia Hawkins: Maps Necessary for a Walk in 4D, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York (2025). Hawkins’s work is in numerous public collections, including The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York; The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York; Kenkeleba Gallery, New York; The La Grange Art Museum, Georgia; and the Department of State, Washington, D.C. She has received numerous awards, including the Helen Frankenthaler Award for Painting (2023); the Black Metropolis Research Consortium Fellowship (2009); The Herbert and Irene Wheeler Grant (1995); and the Brooklyn Museum Art School Scholarship (1972).
Cynthia Hawkins
Chapter 3: Maps Necessary for a Walk in 4D, #10, 2025
acrylic and oil bar
60 x 100 in. (152.4 x 254 cm)
signed recto; signed, titled, and dated verso
Cynthia Hawkins
Chapter 3: Maps Necessary for a Walk in 4D #2, 2024
acrylic and oil bar on canvas
76 x 66 in. (193 x 167.6 cm)
Cynthia Hawkins
Investigation into Green, 1986
oil on canvas
72 x 24 in. (182.9 x 61 cm)
signed and dated verso
Cynthia Hawkins
Chapter 3: Maps Necessary for a Walk in 4D #1, 2024
acrylic and oil bar on canvas
76 x 66 in. (193 x 167.6 cm).
Cynthia Hawkins
Clusters: Eta and Ecru Don't Live in the Same Neighborhood, 2004
acrylic on canvas
50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm)
Cynthia Hawkins
Gwynfor's Soup, or the Proximity of Matter #7, 2022
acrylic on canvas
48 x 48 in. (121.9 x 121.9 cm)
signed recto; signed, titled, and dated verso
Cynthia Hawkins
Untitled (Pink), 1985
oil on canvas
63 3/4 x 56 1/4 in. (161.9 x 142.9 cm)
signed, titled, and dated verso
Cynthia Hawkins
Butterfly House #2 (Through the Window), 2014
acrylic and mixed media on Arches paper
22 1/4 x 22 1/4 in. (56.5 x 56.5 cm)
signed recto
Cynthia Hawkins
Butterfly House #8 (Is that Rain), 2014
acrylic and mixed media on Arches paper
21 x 22 1/4 in. (53.3 x 56.5 cm)
signed recto
Cynthia Hawkins
A Priori Map R3, 2023
aquarelle and casein on paper
15 1/4 x 11 1/2 in. (38.7 x 29.2 cm)
frame: 21 7/8 x 18 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. (55.6 x 47 x 4.4 cm)
signed recto
