Bio

Born in Tillsonburg, Ontario, Cindy Riach now lives in Gibsons, British Columbia.

She is a graduate of Queens University (BA-BPHE 71, Bed 72, MSc 78) and University of Waterloo (PhD 85) and was a professor of Kinesiology at McMaster University for 25 years (78-03).

While in the Hamilton area, Cindy attended many courses and workshops at the Dundas Valley School of Art. Her development and fascination for art was nurtured by Lorne Toews, Catherine Gibbon, Marla Panko and Jody Joseph among other excellent teachers.

 Now, retired from her “day job” and living on the coast Cindy is free to paint full time and develop her own style. 

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ART EDUCATION:

Dundas Valley School of Art (DVSA), Hamilton, ON

Loyalist College

Red Deer College

EXHIBITIONS:

solo

“Sgraffito: Colour and Texture” Gibsons Public Art Gallery, May, 2020.

“Places and Spaces” Sunshine Coast Art Centre” Sechelt, BC 2015.

“Cindy Riach” Westwnd Gallery, Gibsons BC, 2008.

small group

“Connecting Lines”, LGBTQ Sunshine Coast Art Centre, Sechelt, BC. 2017.

“Drawn Together” Group show, GPAG, Gibsons BC. 2017

“Guest Artist”, The Landing Gallery, Gibsons BC. 2015

“Figures on the Coast”, Gibsons Public Art Gallery, Gibsons BC. 2013

group participant

“Power of Paint” “11= Artists” Seaside Centre, Sechelt, BC 2012- 18

“Our Forest”, Gibsons Public Art Gallery, Gibsons BC. 2014

open studio

“Sunshine Coast Art Crawl” 2018, 2019.

“Jazz Open Studios” 2018

BOOKS:

“Artists of British Columbia” vol 4

RESIDENCY:

“International School of Painting, Drawing and Sculpture”, Umbria, Italy. 2003

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:

Ronald McDonald House Hamilton ON

Scarfone Hawkins LLP, Hamilton ON

and numerous private collections.

RECENT DONATIONS:

Refugee Fund Auction

Salmon Hatchery Fund Auction

Tsunami Recovery Fund Auction