Artist Statement
Cynthia Morgan Batmanis is a visual artist based in Houston, Texas, who employs historical photographic processes in her creative practice. After a number of years in which she created and exhibited drawings and lithographs, these mediums are less of a focus but still relevant in her work. Her love of drawing, an important means of expression since childhood, is evident in her photography. Her 3-dimensional works include drawings as well as lithographic and photographic images.
Process Statement
Cynthia Morgan Batmanis is a visual artist who explores issues of memory and personal histories in her work. Although educated in the sciences, beginning in 1980 she has created and widely exhibited artworks in a variety of media including lithography and drawing. For the past 10 years elements of photography, including historical processes including ziatypes, salt prints, cyanotypes, bromiol prints, lith/amidol prints, tintypes and ambrotypes have become a vital part of her creative practice. Batmanis is currently preparing an installation of "Iconic Women" that features her 3-dimensional multi-media works including drawing, as well as lithographic and photographic images on fabric constructions.
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