Cynthia Bevan is a French/American artist engraver whose works capture the poetic je ne sais quoi of French culture in the simplest of moments: a young woman daydreaming as she gazes out over the Paris rooftops, an old man reading in his favorite Parisian café, a woman in her Haussmann-style apartment with a good book, a roaring fire, and a cat curled at her feet. Cynthia revels in the bold, solid surfaces of lino engraving, its striking contrasts and the subtly embossed texture obtained from printing on a press.
Originally from Los Angeles, she has lived in the Paris region for three decades. Her love of drawing and art in all its forms dates back to her earliest years, fed by art workshops and frequent visits to Los Angeles’ Norton Simon, LACMA and the Getty. As her world expanded, so did her appreciation for museums—in New York, Washington DC, but also London, Madrid, Paris—as did her appetence for sketching and painting. A major turning point was her introduction to the techniques of engraving, and particularly relief printing on lino, under the guidance of internationally acclaimed Catherine Gillet.
Her linocuts have been exhibited in France, the United States, and Japan.
Exhibitions
- Gallery&Links81, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan, April 2024
- Expo4Art, Halle des Blancs Manteaux, Paris 4e, December 2023
- American Embassy, Paris, December 2023
- Salon des Créateurs, L'Etang-la-Ville, November 2023
- Marché de l'Art, Saint Germain-en-Laye, France, June 2023
- Vill'Art Biennal, Conflans Sainte Honorine, June 2023
- Expo4Art - Halle des Blancs Manteaux, Paris 4e, May 2023
- Galerie Le Colibri - Orsay, May-June 2023
- Expo4Art - Halle des Blancs Manteaux, Paris, June 2022
- Marché des Peintres et de la Création - Rueil-Malmaison, May 2022
- Expo4Art - Halle des Blancs Manteaux, Paris, December 2021
- Marché de l'Art - Saint Germain-en-Laye, France June 2021
- arTalents - City of Guyancourt, France, May - June 2020
- Fête de l'Estampe - Manifestampe, Open Atelier Mareil Marly, France, May 2021
- arTalents - City of Guyancourt, France, April - May 2020
- Ateliernovo - 96 Grand Street, SoHo, New York, May 2019
- Biennale de l'Estampe - Dreux, France, April - June 2018