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Cynthia Imogen Hammond

Cynthia Imogen Hammond is a writer and visual artist based in Montréal/Tiohtià:ke, unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory in Québec, Canada. She has been writing and making art about women, landscapes, cities, animals, and dreams for over 30 years.

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Fleurir, 2026

An exhibition of new paintings by Cynthia Imogen Hammond will be on view at La Boîte Ludique, 86 Av. Laurier Ouest, Montréal, QC H2T 2N4 from 30 May to 30 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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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