Cyndra MacDowall (born April 20, 1953) is a Canadian visual artist known for her photography and writing. Biography Cyndra MacDowall was born April 20, 1953, in Toronto, Ontario. She has lived and worked in Toronto, Montreal, and currently Windsor, Ontario. She maintains studios in Toronto and Windsor, Ontario. Her work has been exhibited since 1987. Career MacDowall received a Bachelor of Art Education from Queen's University in 1977 and a Master of Fine Arts in Photography from Concordia University in 1995. She is a photography professor at the University of Windsor's School of Creative Arts (SoCA). Her work is included in various public and private collections, including the Art Gallery of Windsor and the Ryerson Image Centre. Style, technique, and reception MacDowall's work focuses on questions related to relationships of space (architectural and/or geographical), history, memory, gender, and identity. Her work often combines sculptural forms with photography. Significant works Eclipse (1991) was acquired by the National Gallery of Canada for the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography's collection. References Further reading Road Trip Diary/Journal de Route: An Extract from the Installation Art and the Cosmos: Eclipses and Aurora pg. 4, Cyndra MacDowall, Eclipse (1991) External links Official Website 1953 births Living people 20th-century Canadian women artists 21st-century Canadian women artists Canadian photographers 20th-century Canadian non-fiction writers 21st-century Canadian non-fiction writers Artists from Toronto 20th-century Canadian women writers 21st-century Canadian women writers Writers from Toronto 20th-century Canadian photographers 21st-century Canadian photographers Queen's University at Kingston alumni Concordia University alumni