Cindy Derby is a cross-disciplined artist from the Bay area of California.  Her work utilizes a mixture of mediums including painting, digital media, puppetry, animation, and installation.  She loves to dabble with paint, weave yarn, read children's books, and tidy up small spaces.  She sleeps during the day and at night she lives in a world of objects paint and color that transform into puppets.

Her favorite part of the story is when all the loose ends tie together.         

Cindy spent the past three years creating visual theatre shows in Glasgow where she also received her Master of Arts in theatre from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.  This is where she discovered her love for puppetry and was graciously awarded funding by Puppet Animation Scotland to create a show that premiered at the annual Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival in Edinburgh.  Cindy recently received an honorarium and performed Edward's House of String at the REDCAT - Walt Disney Concert Hall for the NOW 2011 festival.  She is currently living and working in Los Angeles as a puppeteer, stop-motion animator and set designer.