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about cynthia
writing a bio is always a strange task. until i write a more complete blurb for myself, here are a few different versions:
ART
Cynthia Gould is a Toronto painter, performance poet, & coffee junkie, who was voted Best Local Visual Artist in the 2004 NOW Readers Poll, and Best Visual Artist in the 2004 and 2005 Eye Weekly Readers' Choice Awards. In the four years she has been concentrating on painting, she has sold over 60 pieces, and had over 8 solo shows at various funky venues. Her first book is available at somewordsspoken.com, her paintings are on display at cynthiagould.com, she plans wild parties at funkless.com, and her mailing list & art diary is at http://cynthiagould.coffeehouse.ca Apparently Cynthia lives online.
WRITING
Cynthia Gould is a performance poet, artist and instigator. Her co-poeted book "Some Words Spoken" and her chapbook/zine "Life So Far" are available online, or from her knapsack. Cynthia lives in artistic bliss at cynthiagould.com. She's been on two spoken word tours with The Perpetual Motion Roadshow, appeared on TV, radio, was shortlisted in the 2004 Three Day Novel Contest (she's a nine-time survivor!), and had one of those short funny bits published in the back of Reader's Digest. She throws wild parties such as Bridesmaidmania and The Tinfoil Hat Contest - check out funkless.com for info & invitations.
MISCELLANEOUS
Cynthia Gould: Poet, painter, candlestick maker. She puts punch into poetry and slapstick into satire. Her paintings are mystical, magical and modern. She performs spoken word with a spiked sense of wit and humour . . . . and yet can be as gentle and graceful as eider down quilt.
- Norm Cristofoli
points of interest
- have performed in Toronto, Montreal, Boston, Brooklyn, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Jose, Seattle and Vancouver through two tours with The Perpetual Motion Roadshow
- feature performer at 2004 Word on the Street, the gigantic Toronto outdoor book fair, where i made a woman in the front row cry with one of my poems. performed again in 2006 at the LiveWithCulture.ca tent
- ten time survivor of the infamous Three Day Novel Contest
- creator of Bridesmaidmania, the pub crawl involving participants dressed as tacky bridesmaids, 2007 will be the fourth year
- creator of the Toronto Tinfoil Hat Contest, the third annual celebration of creative foiling. (as seen on CTV news) (photos at funkless.com)
- member of the Art Bar Team
- have appeared on Muchmusic's Much On Demand, The New Music, and was a frequent guest on TalkTV's The Chatroom
- was labeled "an off-colour feminist rant poet" by The Globe and Mail, but prefer to be called "conversational and slightly confrontational", and dislike the term "feminist"
- a very big fan of socks with monkeys on them
- a knitter since i was nine
- have been employed as a graphic designer, webmistress, television segment producer, studio manager, bartender, assistant librarian, baker's assistant, clerk at a small art gallery, and nanny.
- panelist at Webzine 2002 in San Francisco, California, discussing print vs. webzines
- panelist at Canzine 2001 in Toronto, Ontario, discussing how to create your own webzine on a tight budget.
- speaker at an internet media class at the Bell Centre for Creative Communication in Toronto, discussing website interactivity and creating online communities.
- have hosted many shows, both in the spoken word circle, and the goth & rock genre.
- nearly had a heart attack one Monday morning, when I was handed a copy of The Globe and Mail with my face on the cover between Johnny Depp and Katherine Hepburn. I enjoyed the article very much.
- i love interviewing people! i've interviewed Cub, Pansy Division, Shadwell's Jacket, Age of Electric, and Treble Charger for my old zine The Violet Circle. Funk band Zuul's Evil Disco, and breakdancers Shebang! were interviewed for ihaveasecret.com. I interviewed R&B/pop singer Pink for canoe.ca
- i recently married my bestest friend & darling Mike, the brilliant comedy writer and
guitarist from Nanochrist
Thank you Toronto, for choosing me as Best Local Visual Artist in the 2004 NOW Readers Poll!
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Thank you Toronto, for choosing me as Best Visual Artist in the 2004 and 2005 eye weekly Readers' Choice Awards!
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More importantly, I got monkey socks for my birthday...
Photo by Brian Tao of luxography.ca
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