Abigail Cipar

Abby Cipar is a multidisciplinary artist, arts advocate, curator, educator, and wage laborer with roots in Northeast Ohio. Cipar received a BFA from The University of Akron (2021) and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art (2024). In addition to other notable honors, Cipar was a 2023 recipient of the Stewart Thomson Fellowship at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and 2019 Folk Charitable Foundation Venice Biennale Travel Award. They have led workshops at FAVA Gallery (Oberlin, Ohio) and Cranbrook Academy of Art (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan), collaborated with Downtown Cuyahoga Falls Partnership to bring art to Front Street, and worked as an assistant on murals alongside Akron's Art Bomb Brigade. Cipar currently serves as a Community Member on Summit Artspace's (Akron, Ohio) Artist Programs Committee. Their work was included in Cleveland’s 2022 CAN Triennial, and they have exhibited widely in both institutional settings and local, artist-run spaces. In addition to numerous private collections, their work is in the care of Emily Davis Gallery (Akron, Ohio) and Akron Children’s Hospital (Akron, Ohio). Projects for 2025 include co-curating "FRESH: Soft Offerings" at Summit Artspace (Akron, Ohio), solo shows with The McDonough Museum of Art (Youngstown, Ohio) and 934 Gallery (Columbus, Ohio), and a residency at Akron Soul Train (Akron, Ohio).