Cynthia Katz is an award-winning photo-based artist working in the Boston area. Her cyanotypes, one of the earliest forms of photographic technology dating back to 1842, are created in a way that is relevant and meaningful in current times. Process and discovery have been guiding forces that link all her work. This work has been described as being both mysterious and familiar, has been shown regionally and nationally, most recently at Three Stones Gallery, Jessica Hagen Gallery, The Danforth Art Museum, The Fitchburg Art Museum, and Soho Photo Gallery in NYC.

In 2024 Katz was recognized by LensCulture’s Art Photography Awards as a finalist and a juror’s pick. She was awarded the Photography Prize at the 2024 Fitchburg Art Museum’s Exhibition of Art and Craft and was the first prize recipient in Soho Photo Gallery’s 2024 Alternative Process Competition. Her work is published in journals, books and blogs, including Manifest’s International Photography Annual 3, SlowSpace.org and LensCulture. Cynthia’s recent presentations include “Handmade Photographs” at the Photographic Resource Center in Boston, Three Stones Gallery and at Concord Art. She is represented by Jessica Hagen Gallery in Newport, RI.

Her work is housed in private collections. Cynthia earned a BFA in Photography from the University of New Hampshire and an MFA in Photography from Bennington College. She maintains a studio at The Umbrella Arts Center in Concord, MA, and she lives in West Concord.

Cynthia has been around photographs and photography her whole life. Her father was a NYC free-lance advertising photographer. Pictured here, Cynthia, her brothers and her Dad, DAKA, on a shoot. Her father used family members as models whenever possible.