Lithographer Cynthia Brinich-Langlois’ Solo Show, “Inklings” Will Enchant Grove Gallery With Ecological Fantasy

(Milwaukee)– Grove Gallery in Walker’s Point neighborhood will next display Cynthia Brinich-Langlois’ latest solo exhibit, “Inklings.” Opening 5-9pm on March 20th, “Inklings” is a show of lithographic prints and collaged forms that depict fantastical creatures and the places they inhabit. Merging the artist’s autobiographical experiences and ecological research, these works present a dreamlike view of our world, one where rocks, roots, and feathers all have faces. Geese fly in space, using starlight to navigate their migration. Time is compressed in a portrait of a caribou with all her antlers, past, present and future.

Brinich-Langlois points out how moments of wonder are created by the contradictions of science, magic, suspicion, conflict, and confusion. Unnamed ideas linger at the edge of consciousness, becoming a force of fear and disruption as faceless entities are formed from folded paper. These floral, winged, many-legged monsters are made of many worlds and meander through the spaces in between. As Brinich-Langlois says of her work, “Universes come together and break apart. Everything is in motion. Everything is alive.”

Opening Reception: March 20th, 2026 from 5-9 pm.
Gallery Open Hours: Saturdays, 12-4pm, through April 18th, 2026.

About the Artist:

Cynthia Brinich-Langlois grew up in Alaska before studying studio art and environmental biology at Kenyon College. While completing an MFA in printmaking from the University of New Mexico, she participated in Land Arts of the American West and the Tamarind Institute’s Collaborative Lithography program. She has exhibited throughout the United States and abroad, including at the Lannan Foundation in Santa Fe, NM, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Purdue University Galleries, and Creative Research Laboratory in Austin, TX. Residencies include Elsewhere Artists Collaborative, Montello Foundation, Iowa Lakeside Laboratories, and Ucross Foundation. Her work is included in the archives of the University of Iowa, Zuckerman Museum of Art, and the Nevada Museum of Art. Brinich-Langlois instructs printmaking and digital art at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

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