| 2004 | Oregon Arts Commision Individual Artist Fellowship |
| 2003 | Caldera Arts Residency, Sisters, OR |
| 1983 | BFA, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA, cum laude |
| 1977 | B.S. Entomology, UC Berkeley, cum laude |
| 2007 | City of Portland Portable Works |
| 2009 | Cynthia Nawalinski: Altered Maps, Anchor Gallery, Anacortes, WA
Winter Light, Beppu Wiarda Gallery, Portland, OR |
| 2008 | Impressions: Celebrating the North Cascades Through Printmaking, Stehekin, WA |
| 2007 | Mapped Places, Missing Pieces, Rogue CC, Grants Pass, OR
It's All About maps, Beppu Wiarda Gallery, Portland, OR |
| 2006 | Art in the Governor's Office, Salem, OR
Parts and Pieces, ArtCentric, Corvallis, OR Paper Trail, Nine Gallery, Portland, OR |
| 2005 | The Map / Not The Territory, solo show, Ogle Gallery, Portland, OR |
| 2003 | 10 Years: One Foot After Another, Mark Wooley Gallery, Portland, OR Mountain Life, Golden West Gallery, Stehekin, WA |
| 2002 | The Big Picture: Landscape, Stehekin, WA |
| 2001 | Little Things, Guardino Gallery Stehekin Community Show, Stehekin WA |
| 2000 | Paper Products, Blackfish Gallery Open Walls, PICA |
| 1999 | ABOPBWLTIT: an installation, Cornish Alumni Gallery, Seattle, WA Notebooks, L & B Viewing Room |
| 1998 | Eye Candy Invitational, Mark Wooley Gallery Hazards: A National Mail Art Show, Campbell Hall Gallery, Western Oregon Univ. |
| 1996 | Waterfalls, Golden West Lodge, Stehekin, WA |
| 1995 | Oregon Biennial Wild Oregonians Window Exhibition, ORLO Boxes, D.O.T. Northwest |
| 1992 | OSAC Centrum Gallery |
| 1989 | University of Portland Buckley Center Gallery |
| 1988 | NW Pearl District Arts Festival Open Studios 3rd Annual Exhibition of Art by Women, Linda Meier Gallery, Seattle, WA |
| 1987 | NW Pearl District Art Exhibition, Hoyt St. Lofts Bldg. ART/AIDS, Northwest Artists Workshop All Oregon Art Annual, juried exhibition, Salem |
| 1986 | On the Job, Northwest Artists Workshop |
| 1985 | Sculpture/Drawing, Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle, WA |
| 1984 | Mercer Island Visual Arts League, juried show, Mercer Is., WA |
| 1983 | Mercer Island Visual Arts League, juried show, drawing 3rd prize Senior Thesis Show, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA |