Meet Against the Odds Artist, Cynthia Roberts!

Cynthia Roberts is a visual artist based whose primary interests are painting and drawing, as well as extended painting in the form of performance and video projection. Roberts is a 2012 laureate of the program Le Havre – New York // Regards Croisés, supported by the French Institute and the city of Le Havre. The award included a production grant, studio, and 3-month residency in the city of Le Havre, France. In December of 2012, Roberts' work from the residency including The Diver, a performance featuring live painting and dance by the French company La BaZooKa was premiered at the André Malraux Museum of Modern Art. Roberts holds an MFA in Painting from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. Her website is: www.cynthiaroberts.us.