Painter and photographer Jan Cunningham earned a B.F.A. in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design and an M.F.A. from the Yale University School of Art. Her work as an artist grows out of a close reading of her surroundings, bringing attention to juxtapositions of light, color, and shape in the natural world. Through her art, Cunningham seeks to present these compelling tensions to the viewer.
Cunningham has completed residencies at MacDowell, Yaddo, Yale University, and in Praiano, Italy. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. In 2005, the Museum of East Texas in Lufkin, Texas, held a generous survey exhibition of her paintings and drawings from the previous decade. She has taught and lectured at Yale University, Rhode Island School of Design, Cleveland Institute of Art, The New York Studio School, and Trinity College, among other places, and is an associate Fellow at Berkeley College and Yale University. Cunningham lives and works in New Haven, Connecticut. She is represented by the Anita Rogers Gallery in New York.
