This lifesize sculpture named "PLAY" was created by Cynthia Jimenez is on display at the University of Central Florida's College of Medicine.
Cynthia Jimenez was born in Kansas and began drawing and painting at a very young age. Intrigued by the challenge of working in three dimensions, she began sculpting and received her BFA in Sculpture from the University of Kansas. She sold her first commissioned artwork when she was 17 years old.
This lifesize sculpture named "BALANCE" created by Cynthia Jimenez is actually balancing in the scorpion yoga pose. It is on display at the University of Central Florida's College of Medicine.
"Knightro, Bad to the Bone", is in the Wayne Dench Athletic Center at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, FL. If you look carefully you can see that Cynthia created this with a full skeleton inside the armor!
After graduation, she traveled and studied in South America for several years, living with missionaries and Quechua Indians in secluded regions of the Andes Mountains. On return to the United States, she settled in Orlando, FL to produce architectural stained glass and stone mosaics for churches and corporations throughout the southeast United States.
"Florida Bobcat" is on display in the anatomy department at the University of Central Florida's College of Medicine.
"GUARDIAN" is one of a series of horse sculptures that Cynthia created by cold-bending bronze rod to capture the essence of the horse's structure and personality.
This MOOSE was created for the Flower and Garden Show at Epcot. It is about 12 feet tall and Cynthia made it from oak branches.
Shortly after her return to the USA, she was in a serious car accident and her path changed again. Her recovery from the injuries, especially the head injury, led her into the study of the healing arts. She began an intensive study of human anatomy that involved human dissection at the University of South Florida in Tampa, osteological preparation and certification in Kinesthetic Anatomy, Licensed Massage Therapy, and Certified Personal Training. This infusion of education and knowledge heavily influenced her artwork.
TIME is a lifesize sculpture made from copper. All the bones of the human skeleton are made individually and then Cynthia articulates them into an expressive pose. This sculpture is in a private collection.
This lifesize human sculpture stands at a metal stomp shear. It is formed from perforated copper one bone at a time at then assembled into the pose. This sculpture is in a private collection.
She began teaching human and horse anatomy nationally by leading classrooms of healthcare professionals and artists through a process of forming all the muscles in clay on a skeletal model. She traveled to major cities teaching these 3-dimensional classes for 10 years and also taught anatomy locally at massage and acupuncture schools. At this point in her art career, she began to sculpt more human and animal forms like the ones you see on this page.
Installation day at UCF! From left to right; Jennifer, anatomy lab manager, Cynthia Jimenez, sculptor, Dr. Andrew Payer, anatomy professor at the UCF College of Medicine in Orlando, FL.
Cynthia is still sculpting...her clients! She utilizes all her education and experience about healthcare and personal training to provide the best re-generative exercise to her women clients and uses all her expertise to help them reach their health, fitness and physique goals.
