Cynthia Imogen Hammond

Between the moon and me, 2023-24

Facing a serious illness in 2023, I started a series of self-portraits collectively titled “Between the Moon and Me.” These drawings and paintings explore moon rites, animal familiars, matrilineal ties, […]

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The Gardens of Marie Clews, 2023

In 2023 I spent a joyful April as artist-in-residence at La Napoule Art Foundation in Mandelieu-La Napoule, in the south of France. Funded by the David Graham Foundation, my residency […]

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Wintersweet, 2021-22

In Winter 2021-2022 I began a series of small paintings on cardboard called “Wintersweet”. I had been thinking about the way that winter, despite being a time of dormancy, or […]

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The Lipstick Caryatids, April 2019

At the centre of Shaughnessy Village in Montreal, Canada, is a mansion, from which the district gets its name. Once home to some of Canada’s most powerful and wealthy families, […]

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Promenade parlante: episodes in a changing neighbourhood, 2018-19

Promenade parlante: Episodes in a Changing Neighbourhood was an intergenerational, […]

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Illuminated from Within: The Notman Garden series, 2019

In 2019 I was artist in residence at the Association […]

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Abundant with Bloom – L’univers floral des femmes de la famille Colby, 2018

Abundant with Bloom – L’univers floral des femmes de la […]

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The edge of her garden, 2017

In April 2017 I was artist in residence at the Caetani Cultural Centre in Vernon, British Columbia. The Centre is named after Sveva Caetani (1917-1994), who was born in Italy […]

Collaborations

Safety Strategies: Gender, Space, and the City

(Le français suit) Safety Strategies is a collaborative drawing project by Montreal-based artists, Caroline Alexander and Cynthia Hammond. In spring 2016 Alexander approached Hammond with the idea to use drawing […]

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Giardino dell’Eden, 2016-

In 2016-17 I am working on a series of acrylic paintings on unprimed, unstretched canvas. My inspiration is the Giardino dell’Eden – quite literally a walled, locked garden named Eden, […]

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Un Paradis sans pommiers: Le jardin des Soeurs Grises

On June 3rd, 2016, we welcomed visitors to an ‘evening […]

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Love in a Cold Climate, 2015

Friday, February 13th, 5:30pm. Downtown is mildly frantic with preparations for valentine’s day. Stores and restaurants have trotted out multitudes of pink and red velvet, tulle, sparkles, bows, special deals. […]

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The Possible, 2014

Above: Le Champs des Possibles, a post-industrial landscape in the Mile End neighbourhood of Montreal. Photo by Cynthia Hammond, 2011. The Possible was a creative collaboration with a protected, post-industrial landscape in […]

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Points de vue

[The following collectively-written text also appears on the website of the gallery Darling Foundry, Montreal] In November 2013 the City of Montreal announced a call for proposals to repurpose the […]

Collaborations

parallax: landscape in translation, 2014

Cynthia Hammond, Kelly Thompson, and Kathleen Vaughan present parallax: landscape in translation at the fofa gallery, Concordia University, Montreal. The exhibition includes paintings of acrylic on canvas (Hammond), hand-woven digital jacquard […]

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all between, 2014

The Pool – Transnational Creatives is a group of creatives, writers, artists, musicians, and cultural agents from around the world. We met in Djurönäset, Sweden in August 2014 to begin […]

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