Cynthia Talmadge (b. 1989, New York, NY) is celebrated for her paintings, photographs, and installations featuring subject matter from the dark side of contemporary Americana and tabloid culture. Tinged with romanticism and desolation, Talmadge’s often interdisciplinary work exhibits a fascination with heightened emotional states, mediated portrayals of those states, and the places where both converge.

While Talmadge’s primary medium is painting, she also designs elaborate interior environments for her work, transforming private emotional experiences into spaces that demand collective examination.