Cydra Vaux

Cydra Vaux (28 June 1962 – 13 July 2013) was a feminist sculptor and art teacher. She became a member of the Society of Sculptors in 2001 and the Pittsburgh Society of Artists in 1999.

Biography

Cydra Vaux was born June 28, 1962 in Utah. In the 1990s, she obtained a teaching degree from Seton Hill University and began teaching art. Vaux's work studies the female figure in terracotta and is rooted in traditional and feminist art history. Vaux's sculptures have also been shown at the Brooklyn Museum, American Jewish Museum, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Manchester Craftsmen's Guild and numerous galleries in Pittsburgh.

She died 13 July 2013 of breast cancer.

Awards

• Vivian Lehman Award for Portraiture, Society of Sculptors @ 75 Years, American Jewish Museum, Pittsburgh, PA 9/5-10/2, 2010
• Fulbright Hays Group Project Abroad Grant, Art and Society:Brazil/U.S. Educational Partnership; sponsored by Center for Latin American Studies/University of Pittsburgh and the Andy Warhol Museum. Rio de Janeiro and Bahia: 7/7/09-8/8/09.
• Paul G. Benedum Teaching Fellowships Program and the The Wimmer/Kamin Family, funding to visit art sites and UNESCO World Heritage sites throughout India for 17 days, including: the potters colony of Kumartuli, Kolkata; Varanasi; Khajuraho; stone carvers community, Mamallapuram; The Meenakshi-Sundareswara Temple, Madurai; Ellora Caves, Aurangabad; Elephanta Caves, Mumbai, among other sites, 11/05
• Invited panel member for Women In Art: The Tradition Continues Symposium, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA 2005
• Pittsburgh First Night: led a group of women to make a lantern for the Lantern Project, Pittsburgh, PA 2000