Abby Cipar is a multidisciplinary artist, arts advocate, curator, educator, and wage laborer with roots in Northeast Ohio. Cipar received a BFA from The University of Akron (2021) and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art (2024). Their work employs abstraction and euphemism as essential tactics for navigating censorship and safeguarding Queer art objects and histories amidst tumultuous sociopolitical realities. In addition to other notable honors, Cipar was a 2023 recipient of the Stewart Thomson Fellowship to attend a workshop at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and the 2019 Folk Charitable Foundation Venice Biennale Travel Award. Their work was included in Cleveland’s 2022 CAN Triennial, and they have exhibited widely in both institutional settings and local, artist-run spaces — most recently The Ohio Arts Council's Riffe Gallery (Columbus, OH) and Asterisk Coffee Bar (Cuyahoga Falls, OH). Their work is in the care of Emily Davis Gallery (Akron, OH) and Akron Children’s Hospital, as well as numerous private collections throughout the country. Cipar has led workshops at Firelands Association for the Visual Arts (Oberlin, OH) and Cranbrook Academy of Art (Bloomfield Hills, MI), collaborated with Downtown Cuyahoga Falls Partnership to bring art to Front Street, and frequently assists local, lead artists with installing murals throughout Northeast Ohio neighborhoods. They have additionally served as a Community Member on Summit Artspace’s (Akron, OH) Artist Programs Committee since 2021 and remain dedicated to making art accessible to all.