Cynthia Ona Innis (born 1969) is an American painter and visual artist raised in San Diego and based out of Berkeley, California. Her work has been described as "paintings one doesn't look at so much as immerse oneself in", as well as "sensual" and "organic".

Biography

Innis graduated with a B.A. degree from the University of California at Berkeley and earned her post-graduate M.F.A. degree from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. She has received the James D. Phelan Award in printmaking, a MacDowell Colony Fellowship and Residency award and a Sustainable Arts Foundation award, among other awards and recognition. Innis has been a visiting art professor and/or faculty member at several prominent universities and arts institutes. Among the institutions where Innis has taught, are the University of California at Berkeley, the San Francisco Art Institute and Boise State University in Boise, Idaho. Her work is represented in the collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Jose Museum of Art, Berkeley Art Museum Pacific Film Archive, Crocker Art Museum and the Microsoft Art Collection. Innis is represented by the Walter Maciel Gallery in Los Angeles, California.

Personal life

Innis is the daughter of architect Donald Innis and his wife Virginia, a teacher and floral designer. Cynthia Ona Innis is married to Sascha Weiss, Research Chef at Perfect Day. Innis has a daughter with Sascha Weiss and resides in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her sister is film editor Chris Innis.