About

Cindy Hinant lives in Harlem, New York City, she holds a BFA from the Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis and a MFA from the School of Visual Arts, New York. Her work has been exhibited at the Egyptian Museum of Modern Art, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MassMoCA), the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, the Palais de Tokyo, and the Lenbachhaus Munich, among others. Her work is held in public collection including the Museum of Modern Art Library (MoMA), the Kunsthaus Biel Centre d’art Bienne, the Arts Council of Indianapolis, and University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. She has been the recipient of the Robert D. Beckman Jr. Emerging Artist Fellowship, the Edward Albee Visual Artist-in-Residence Fellowship and the Sheffield International Artist Book Prize.

For the last several years, Hinant has been working collaboratively with performance artist Violet Housewife on a series of audio, video, and multimedia projects utilizing modular synthesizers. Her solo exhibition Figures opens October, 2026 at Georgian Court University in Lakewood NJ and forthcoming two-person exhibition Paintings for Ponies with RJ Supa opens April 2027 at Cheerleader Gallery in Dallas, TX.