About the Artist

Born and raised in Boston, Cynthia Maurice attended Pratt Institute before graduating with a BFA and MFA in painting from Boston University. Later, she attended the School of Visual Arts in New York and earned a second MFA in illustration. In 1986, Maurice helped co-found the Brickbottom Artists Association, a Somerville, MA, cooperative live/work environment of 120 artists near Union Square, where she maintained a studio for thirty-eight years.
Cynthia Maurice’s work has been exhibited in numerous solo and group shows at venues including Concord Art Center, Concord, MA; Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA; Fitchburg Museum of Art, Fitchburg, MA; Mills Gallery at the Boston Center for the Arts, Boston; The National Arts Club, New York City; and Brickbottom Artists Gallery, Somerville, MA.
In 2023, Maurice had a retrospective solo exhibit A Different Kind of Knowing at Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA. In 2003, a retrospective of Maurice’s work appeared at the Freeman Gallery of Albright College in Reading, PA. Other notable solo shows include Fresh Cut at the Newton Free Library, Newton, MA, and Fresh Cut-New Work at the New England Currents Gallery of the Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA. The Danforth Museum added two of her works: Hot Peppers, (48 x 58 in., charcoal, and gouache on gessoed paper) and La Boheme, (34 x 27 in., charcoal, and paint on gessoed paper) to their permanent collection in 2019.
Throughout her career, Cynthia Maurice has received several distinguished awards and honors. After being named a finalist in Painting and Drawing by the Massachusetts Council on Arts and Humanities early in her career, she was granted a Massachusetts Cultural Council Award in Drawing/Prints/Book Arts in 2002. In 2010, her drawing “Almost” was selected by co-jurors Jen Mergel of the MFA and Helen Molesworth of the ICA as First Prize winner in the Danforth Museum of Art’s annual juried exhibition Off the Wall. Additionally, she was awarded membership to The Boston Printmakers at Lesley University College of Art and Design. Maurice has served as art ambassador to Somerville’s sister city of Tiznit, Morocco, accompanying Somerville’s mayor there in 2009 and 2011. In addition to her work as a painter, her editorial illustrations have been published in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The National Law Journal, and The Washington Post.
Cynthia Maurice’s work has been exhibited in numerous solo and group shows at venues including Concord Art Center, Concord, MA; Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA; Fitchburg Museum of Art, Fitchburg, MA; Mills Gallery at the Boston Center for the Arts, Boston; The National Arts Club, New York City; and Brickbottom Artists Gallery, Somerville, MA.
In 2023, Maurice had a retrospective solo exhibit A Different Kind of Knowing at Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA. In 2003, a retrospective of Maurice’s work appeared at the Freeman Gallery of Albright College in Reading, PA. Other notable solo shows include Fresh Cut at the Newton Free Library, Newton, MA, and Fresh Cut-New Work at the New England Currents Gallery of the Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA. The Danforth Museum added two of her works: Hot Peppers, (48 x 58 in., charcoal, and gouache on gessoed paper) and La Boheme, (34 x 27 in., charcoal, and paint on gessoed paper) to their permanent collection in 2019.
Throughout her career, Cynthia Maurice has received several distinguished awards and honors. After being named a finalist in Painting and Drawing by the Massachusetts Council on Arts and Humanities early in her career, she was granted a Massachusetts Cultural Council Award in Drawing/Prints/Book Arts in 2002. In 2010, her drawing “Almost” was selected by co-jurors Jen Mergel of the MFA and Helen Molesworth of the ICA as First Prize winner in the Danforth Museum of Art’s annual juried exhibition Off the Wall. Additionally, she was awarded membership to The Boston Printmakers at Lesley University College of Art and Design. Maurice has served as art ambassador to Somerville’s sister city of Tiznit, Morocco, accompanying Somerville’s mayor there in 2009 and 2011. In addition to her work as a painter, her editorial illustrations have been published in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The National Law Journal, and The Washington Post.