EDUCATION
1997
Received scholarship to participate in the class Bas-Relief Sculpture at The Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington.

1994
Selected to participate in the class Creating a Story Through Lost Wax Casting at the Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood Washington.

1992
Oregon School of Art and Craft, Portland, Oregon

1989
Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon

1985
Bachelors of Fine arts, Illustration Department, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

RESIDENCIES & PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2011
Lecture, Adelphi University, Art Department, Garden City, NY

2007
Residency, Caldera Arts Center, Sisters, Oregon.
Senior Residency in Ceramics, Oregon College of Arts & Crafts, Portland, Oregon.

2004
Intersection, October 2003- October 2004, selected to observe and create artwork about life within five fire stations located in Portland, Oregon.

2002
August 16 – August 26, Iron Rodeo at Maryhill Museum, Selected to participate in a ten-day iron casting residency program held at the Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, Washington.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
"NURSE," PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR

2009
"SMILE," PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR

2007
"Daughter," PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR

2005
"New Found Land," PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR

2004
"A Secret History," Hauser Memorial Library, Reed College, Portland, OR

2002
"Sculpture and Drawings," The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR

2000
"New Works," The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR

1997
"New Views," The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR

1997
Marylhurst Art Gym, Lake Oswego, OR

1994
"Heads," A Site-Specific Installation, Nine Gallery, Portland, OR

1993
"Dresses," Nine Gallery, Portland, OR

1990
Blue Gallery, Portland, OR

1989
Northwest Artist Workshop, Portland, OR

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
"Portland2012: A Biennial of Contemporary Art", Marylhurst Art Gym, Portland, OR

2011
"The Return of the Native," two-person show, Kala@Hipfish Monthly, Astoria, OR
"2011," PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR

2010
"Forget Me Not," Reading Frenzy, Portland, OR
"Bellevue Arts Museum Biennial 2010," juried exhibition, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
"Summer Group Show," PDX Across the Hall, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
"Texas National," Juried by Judy Pfaff, Nacogdoches, TX
"Group Show," PDX Across the Hall, Portland, OR

2009
"Portland Comes to Astoria," Astoria, Oregon

2008
"Kinda Like a Buffet," PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
"Works in glass," PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
"OCAC Studio School Instructor Show," Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR

2006
"Portrait Show," Hall Gallery, Portland OR

2005
"Next," PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR.

2003
"Sculptural Invitational," Campbell Hall Gallery, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR
"Iron Rodeo," Spokane Falls Community College Art Gallery, Spokane, WA
"Core Sample, An Exhibition of Exhibitions of Portland Art Now," Portland, OR (Included in the shows "Crafty," "The Hunt," and "Draw")
"Bibliocosmos," Douglas Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College.
"Iron Rodeo," Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
"Eighteen Women," The Art Center Gallery, curated by Prudence Roberts and Bill Ittman, Clatsop Community College, Astoria, OR

2002
"7th Outdoor Sculpture Invitational," Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, WA
Common Code, Littman Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR
"Art About Agriculture Tour," Corvallis, Bend, Klamath Falls, OR

2001
"Art Objects: PDX, Portland International Airport," Portland, OR

1998
"Way In: An Exhibition of Glass Doors," The Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland, OR (commissioned to create cast glass relief panels, which were incorporated into a door)

AWARDS
2010
Finalist, Contemporary Northwest Art Awards, Portland, OR

2009
Nominee, The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Awards in Painting, Sculpture, Printmaking, Photography, Video and Craft Media

2008
Career Opportunity Grand for Artists, Oregon Arts Commission

2006
Artist Fellowship, Oregon Arts Commission, Salem, OR

1997
Art Slate ‘97, Condon, OR

1993
Willamette Valley Exhibition, Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis OR

INSTALLATIONS
2004
A Secret History, Reed College Library Cases, Portland, Oregon. A site specific installation containing drawn and sculpted elements.

1998
Portland Building Installation Space, Portland, Oregon. Diorama, a site-specific installation shown.

1994
Heads, Nine Gallery, Portland, Oregon

1993
Dresses, Nine Gallery, Portland, Oregon

COMMISSIONS
2008
SNOW: an interactive, site-specific installation, Portland, OR

2004
Interstate Max Public Art, TriMet, Portland OR; drawing reproduced in enamel on steel

2003
Intersection, residency to create artwork about life in five fire stations in Portland, OR

2002
The Drawing Center, New York, NY; drawings accepted into Registry

2002
Iron Rodeo, Maryhill Museum, Goldendale, WA; residency to create two cast iron sculptures

1998
August 6 – September 12, Way In: An Exhibition of Glass Doors, The Bullseye Connection, Portland Oregon, Commissioned to create cast glass relief panels, which were incorporated into a door.

1995
Visual Chronicle of Portland. Drawing commissioned for inclusion into the Visual Chronicle of Portland art collection.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2011
Lechner, Jenna, “Commanding Compassion: The Intimate Sculptures of Cynthia Lahti,” The Portland Mercury, Sept. 15, 2011.
"First Thursday Picks September 2011," PORT, Sept. 9, 2011.
“Cynthia Lahti,” Plazm, no. 30, 2011.
Hesa Inprint, issue #7, August 2011.
Kangas, Matthew, “Bellevue Arts Museum Biennial 2010: Clay Throwdown,” Ceramics Monthly, April 2011.
"Cynthia Lahti," Ceramics Now Magazine, March 2011.

2009
"First Thursday Picks," PORT, April 2009

2008
Shapton, Leanne, "Style Dispatch, Portland, OR," Elle, December, p. 96
“You Need Art,” photo credit, Portland Monthly Magazine, March

2007
Raymond, Jon, "Cynthia Lahti at PDX Contemporary Art," ArtForum, September
Norris, T.K., "Mayday, Mayday," TJNORRIS.NET, May 5th
"First Thursday Picks: May 2007," PORT, May 2007

2006
Raymond, Jon, "Schims: Less Gloom in Doom Town," Modern Painters, November
Roberts, Prudence, "Cynthia Lahti at PDX Contemporary Art," Artweek

2005
Kendellen, Peggy, Artits + Firefighters + Memorable Experiences, Art Notes, The Regional Arts & Culture Council, Vol. 10 No. 6, May/June, p.1
Peterson, Isaac, New Found Land – Cynthia Lahti at PDX Contemporary Art, PORT, December 21

2004
Gragg, Randy, and Matthew Stadler, ed. Core Sample: Portland Art Now, Clear Cut Press, Astoria, OR
Raymond, Camela, Art Diary, The Organ Review of Arts, Portland Or. Jan/Feb, p.4

2003
The Organ Review of Arts. Portland Or. Feb/March, p.6 (drawing)
2002
Hall, Stan, Ten Day Planner, The Oregonian, May 31, p. A&E 31.

2000
Row, D.K., Critics Picks, The Oregonian, February 3,

1997
Row, D.K. The Gothic Images, Willamette Week, July 16
Gragg, Randy, Images in Plaster, The Oregonian, August 1
Caldwell, Frances, Portland Women Make it in the Gallery Scene, The Woman’s Journal. July p.10
Cynthia Lahti, Small Plaster Relief Sculptures, The Art Gym. Maryhurst University, OR. February

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Reed College, Portland, OR
King County Public Art Collection, Harborview Medical Center Collection, Seattle, WA
Oregon Health Sciences, Portland, OR