Cindy Magee

Cindy Magee: Artist BioCindy Magee is a dynamic visual artist based in Shreveport and Bossier City, Louisiana, where she draws inspiration from the raw edges of human experience. A passionate creator with a background in mixed media and painting, Magee channels her surroundings—veterans' resilience, the addictive pull of social media, and the soul-stirring rhythms of music—into bold, thought-provoking works that blend personal narrative with broader cultural commentary. Magee's practice spans oil and acrylic paintings, intricate mixed-media collages, immersive installations, and large-scale murals. Her signature style fuses everyday ephemera with symbolic intensity: magazine clippings, printed photographs, latex paint, glue, spent bullets and casings, and even tattoo motifs become vessels for exploring themes of loss, identity, and defiance. What unites her oeuvre is a fearless layering of textures and stories, inviting viewers to peel back the surface and confront the chaos beneath. Among her standout pieces is This One Is Mine (2019), a monumental mixed-media tribute to her husband and fellow veterans. Spanning months of labor, it reimagines a Marine's form from desert camouflage, rifles, and ammunition, with piercing eyes borrowed from R. Lee Ermey and a heart guarded by a squad of soldiers—a visceral homage to sacrifice and unbreakable bonds. In the Obsolete Series, Someone's Ex (2019) dissects the digital age, mosaicking over 1,200 tiny Facebook profile squares (sourced from friends, strangers, and even herself) into a hypnotic "black hole" centered on Mark Zuckerberg's image, critiquing the commodification of connection. Music ignites her Music Muse phase, as seen in Just To See Him Die (2019), an acrylic rendering of Johnny Cash gripping a gun, evoking the gritty fatalism of Folsom Prison Blues. Magee's exhibition history reflects her deep ties to the Shreveport arts scene. In 2019 alone, she mounted a solo show, The Night We Met, at Red River Brewing Company, alongside group presentations like Critical Mass 7 at ArtSpace—where This One Is Mine anchored the upstairs gallery—and the Artist Up Entrepreneurial Class Graduate Exhibit at the Shreveport Regional Arts Council. As a curator, she amplifies emerging voices, fostering community through collaborative projects that echo her own ethos of bold, unfiltered expression. Her newest collection is Naturally Abstract on view at the South Arkansas Arts Center. It is a look into the intricacies that makes up in nature. Using microscopic photos of pieces of nature such as butterfly wings, beetles, flowers and more. What God has given us through building blocks of life is amazing. Today, Cindy Magee continues to evolve, her work a testament to art's power to heal, provoke, and connect. Whether adorning urban walls with murals or dissecting societal fractures in the studio, she remains a vital force in contemporary Southern art, reminding us that every layer tells a story worth uncovering. For commissions, inquiries, or to view her portfolio, visit https://www.instagram.com/CindyMageeart.