CINDY RIZZA
b. 1984 Waltham, MA
EDUCATION
2007 Bachelor of Fine Arts, summa cum laude, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH
AWARDS & HONORS
2018 Best in Show Prize, 2nd Annual National Juried Exhibition, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau, WI
2017 Second Prize, 9th Annual Figurative Drawing and Painting Competition, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA
2016 Art Renewal Center Finalist, Figurative Category
Jerry’s Artarama Self Portrait Competition, Honorable Mention
2013 38th Annual Mount Dora, Florida Arts Festival, Award of Excellence in 2-D
Best in Show, 100 Market Street, Portsmouth, NH
2011 Outstanding Representational Artist Award, 17th Annual Spotlight Awards, Portsmouth, NH
Artist Grant Recipient, Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnson, VT
2009 Still Point I: Inaugural Exhibition, Artist of Distinction
2006 First Place, Interpretation of a Portrait, New Hampshire Institute of Art
2005 Presidential Scholarship, New Hampshire Institute of Art
2003 Congressional District Art Award, State of Maine, Congressional Hall, Washington, DC
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2022 Cindy Rizza & Stijn Rietman, Galerie Mokum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2021 Tenera, Speedwell Projects, Portland, ME
Stonebreakers, Launch F18 Online Viewing Room, New York, NY
The Female Gaze, Galerie Mokum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2020 SOLO Nesting, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2019 New York Cool, Bernarducci Gallery, New York, NY
2018 2nd Annual National Juried Exhibition, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau, WI (Best in Show)
Cindy Rizza + Leah Giberson, Nahcotta, Portsmouth, NH
2017 18th Annual Joan L. Dunfey Open Juried Exhibition, Robert Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
9th Annual Figurative Drawing and Painting Competition, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Selinsgrove PA (Second Prize)
2016 SOLO Remains, New Works by Cindy Rizza, Apotheca, Goffstown, NH
What Goes Around… Nahcotta, Portsmouth, NH
2015 3rd Annual Women Painting Women Juried Exhibition, RJD Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
2013 Jenny Brillhart, Amanda Kavanagh, Cindy Rizza, Nahcotta, Portsmouth, NH
Déjà Vu, Bowersock Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2012 Boston International Fine Art Show, Bowersock Gallery, Booth 3, Boston, MA
Cognitive Narrative, Bowersock Gallery, Provincetown, MA
SOLO What the Shadows Say: New Works by Cindy Rizza, Three Graces Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
Recounted Narratives, Bowersock Gallery, Mount Dora, FL
2011 SOLO Quiet Memory, Three Graces Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
Single Fare II: Please Swipe Again, Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY
SOLO Suburban Memory; University of New Hampshire, Manchester, NH
2010 Taking Flight, Soo Rye Gallery, Rye, NH
10 for 2010: Ten Emerging Painters to Watch, Robert M. Larsen Gallery, Concord, NH
2009 Suburban Views, Cindy Rizza and Heather Hilton, LAUNCHART, Peterborough, NH
New Hampshire Biennial, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester NH
artKudos International Juried Art Competition & Exhibition, Exhibition Finalist, artkudos.com
Still Point I, Inaugural Exhibition, Still Point Gallery
2008 Look6: An Exhibition of Contemporary New Hampshire Artists, LAUNCHART, Peterborough, NH
2007 Split, Drawing Room, Portland, ME
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
John O’Hern, “Recorded History,” American Art Collector, January 2021, Issue 183, Pg. 68-71.
Lee Nowell-Wilson, Milked, May 2020, Issue 2, Pg. 14, 18, 36.
Chris Muyres, “Troost Schilderijen,” Flow Magazine Netherlands, April 2020, Number 3, Pg. 74-77.
Allison Malafronte, “Three to Watch,” Fine Art Connoisseur, July/August 2019, Volume 16, Issue 4, Pg. 44.
Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, 2nd Annual National Juried Exhibition 2018 Catalog, October 2018, cover image.
Michelle Aldredge, “Cindy Rizza + Leah Giberson,” Art New England, July/August 2018, Volume 39, Issue 4, Pg. 83.
Didi Menendez, “Fifty Great Figurative Artworks 2017,” Poets & Artists, November 2017, Issue 89, Pg. 21.
Seasons Project, Seasons Magazine, Moscow, Russia, March/April 2017, Issue 38, cover image.
Yankee Publishing, “Mama Rose” illustration, Yankee Magazine, January/February 2017, Volume 81, Issue 1, Pg. 116- 117.
Frankie Press, “All Decked Out,” Frankie Magazine, Queensland, Australia, May/June 2013, Pg. 102-103.
Danielle Krysa, “I’m Jealous of Cindy Rizza,“ The Jealous Curator (blog), February 14, 2013.
Streamline Publishing, “Off the Walls,” Exhibition Listing and image, Fine Art Connoisseur, September 2012, Vol. 9, Issue 5, Pg 106.
Jeanné McCartin, “Cindy Rizza presents Quiet Memory at Three Graces,” Seacoast Online, May 28, 201.1
Amanda Mooney, “We Could Be Next: Cindy Rizza,” PAPERMAG NYC WORDUP! Blog, Oct 12, 2009.
New Hampshire Institute of Art Viewbook, September 2007, cover image.
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
MSAD 22 Percent for Art, Hampden Academy, Hampden, ME
Scarborough Surgery Center, Scarborough, ME
Windover Art Center, Newburgh, ME