Cyndra MacDowall (born April 20, 1953) is a Canadian visual artist known for her photography and writing.

Biography

Cyndra MacDowall was born on April 20, 1953, in

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. She has lived and worked in Toronto,

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, and currently

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, Ontario. She maintains studios in Toronto and Windsor, Ontario. Her work has been exhibited since 1987.

Career

MacDowall received a Bachelor of Art Education from Queen's University in 1977 and a Master of Fine Arts in Photography from

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in 1995. She was a photography professor at the

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School of Creative Arts (SoCA)
Her work is included in various public and private collections, including the

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and the

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Style, technique, and reception

MacDowall's work focuses on questions related to relationships of space (architectural and/or geographical), history, memory, gender, and identity. Her work often combines sculptural forms with photography.

Significant works

* ''Eclipse'' (1991) was acquired by the

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for the

Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography The Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography (CMCP) ( (MCPC)) was a gallery of Canadian contemporary art and documentary photography. Founded in 1985 and affiliated to the National Gallery of Canada (NGC), it was housed at the National Gallery ...

's collection.

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* 1953 births Living people 20th-century Canadian women artists 21st-century Canadian women artists 20th-century Canadian non-fiction writers 21st-century Canadian non-fiction writers Photographers from Toronto 20th-century Canadian women writers 21st-century Canadian women writers Writers from Toronto 20th-century Canadian photographers 21st-century Canadian photographers Queen's University at Kingston alumni Concordia University alumni {{Canada-photographer-stub