Cynthia Ona Innis Artist Talk

Cynthia Ona Innis’s upcoming exhibition, Seams, is a collection of abstract pieces where pigments and textiles “meet at the seams” and have a conversation. Innis’s approach to abstraction is rooted in a physical, process-driven practice. The dialogue between the pigments and the textiles are uncovered through the way they respond to each other; pigments poured directly onto the fabric, bleach used to remove color, materials cut, stitched, assembled and reassembled. Engaging with the textures and weights of these materials, Innis allows her surfaces to transform organically, reflecting the ongoing evolution of this process.

“Across these works, stitching, knitting, layering, and suspension become meditations on connection and fracture - memory and material, permanence and impermanence. The resulting surfaces reflect the layered experiences that shape how we see and move through the natural world,” Innis explains.

This event gives you the opportunity to meet the artist and learn more about her and her work, while viewing the artist's current exhibition at the Triton Museum of Art.

This event is free and open to the public (including free parking).

Cynthia Ona Innis is a visual artist based in Berkeley, California. She holds a BA from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MFA from Rutgers University. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the San Jose Museum of Art, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Crocker Art Museum, and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, among others. Innis has been recognized with numerous awards, including a 2025 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, a James D. Phelan Award, a MacDowell Fellowship and a Sustainable Arts Foundation Award. She is represented by Walter Maciel Gallery in Los Angeles.

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