Cindy

Egoroff

Alexander

Artist's Bio
I was born in Elgin, Illinois, but lived the first twelve years in Waukegan, Illinois, birthplace of author Ray Bradbury and comedian Jack Benny. We moved back to Elgin, where I graduated from Elgin High School in 1972. The next four years were spent at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois, where I studied art and graduated with a BFA degree in 1976. While at IWU, I also spent a great deal of time in the music building, playing my oboe in the orchestra and various ensembles. In the art department, I studied painting, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture, drawing, live figure drawing, and art history. The humanities courses were interesting because we took a look at how the creative impulse can be found in art, music, drama, architecture, literature, and dance. One of my favorite courses was anthropology, where the workings and early development of man can be pondered and appreciated.

In those first years after college, I went on three archeological digs (in Illinois, Tennessee and Ohio). My first appreciation for the anthropological was sparked by my mentor at IWU, Mr. Fred Brian. He taught a class in ancient art, introduced us to the native American pottery bequeathed to IWU by John Wesley Powell, and sent me over to Illinois State University in neighboring Normal, IL, to draw profiles of potsherds for a researcher there. These experiences all had an impact on the way I think and the way I appreciate art.

From 1977 to 1979, I worked at Landfall Press, Inc. in Chicago, where Jack and Ethel Lemon worked closely with artists such as Ed Paschke, Claes Oldenburg, William T. Wiley, Robert Cottingham, Philip Pearlstein, and Jeanette Pasin Sloan to create original, limited-edition lithographs and etchings. I have substitute taught art in public schools K-12; coordinated an “Art Volunteers in the Classroom” program (associated with the Art Institute of Chicago) in two elementary schools; worked as a graphic designer for Arthur Andersen & Co. at their training center in St. Charles; and freelanced as a graphic designer for companies in the Chicago area. I have also taken protrait commissions from time-to-time. The website cindyart.com was designed and is maintained by me.

At Elgin Community College, I studied black-and-white photography in the late John Grady’s renowned photography program. At The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois, I have taken a variety of botanical art classes exploring watercolor, graphite pencil, and colored pencil.

A list of my participation in art shows can be viewed through my Art Exhibitions link.

Memberships include: The Nature Artist's Guild of the Morton Arboretum, The Northwest Area Arts Council, The Fox Valley Arts Council, The Art Institute of Chicago.

Website designed and maintained by Cindy Egoroff Alexander. Last updated 11/11/2009.