[ B i o g r a p h y ]
S. Christine Brink is an Australian-American artist from small-town Ohio. As a child Christine showed a passion for art, creating non-stop, and teaching herself with the guidance of supportive family and teachers. In 2014 she gained a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Bowling Green State University, where she primarily studied traditional painting and drawing. She went on to teach fine art before leaving to to focus on her art career.
Christine's work is protean in nature, taking on many styles and techniques, adapting to each body of work. In her work, Christine blends the influences of modern and traditional to create visual narratives. The Romantic, Baroque, and Neoclassical periods have influenced her work as much as illustration, editorial photography, and film. Embracing these contrasting influences, she often translates photography's shallow depth of field and film's composition into the techniques she uses in traditional media to create illustrative narratives. The culmination creates a detailed focal point with gestural and implied backgrounds.
Her experiences and observations also influence her work. Much of her subject matter centralizes around the human story, particularly through the scope of the female narrative. While often displayed in a romanticized nature, Christine gives a glimpse into a moment to which we can relate or come to understand. They are often simple, everyday moments—some public, some private.
Christine currently lives west of Cleveland working on a number of large scale bodies of work.
[ A r t i s t S t a t e m e n t ]
Primarily my work focuses on the concept of visual narratives—telling a story through visual depiction. I pull from both traditional fine art and illustration sensibilities to tell my stories. Some are truths, some are fictions, and some are fictions to bring out the truth.
My work ranges from naturalistic to stylized. This spectrum includes classical painting, three-dimensional, to contemporary illustrative drawing. The story I need to tell is what drives my decision on style and media. Iconography, art history, and film influence how I chose to depict the visual narrative. Photography was strongly rooted in my formative years. It's shallow depths of field and compositional decisions are alluded to in my work. This technique comes through in my traditional media in the way I lay the paint on the canvas and the gestural lines I use, creating a definite focal point on my subject.
In my art I aim to provide a story while blending the worlds of painting, drawing, photography, and illustration. It is up to my viewer to take their experiences and derive their own narrative.
[ C u r r i c u l u m V i t a e ]
Education:
2014
Bowling Green State University, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bowing Green, OH
Fine Art & Art Education, Cum Laude with Honors
Work History:
2018 - Present
Custom Frame Designer, Cleveland Area, OH
2009- Present
Freelance Artist, S. Christine Brink Studios, Northwest/North Cental OH
2015 - 2018
High School Art Educator, Tiffin Columbian High School, Tiffin OH
Advanced Art, Ceramics, Design, Drawing, Painting, Commercial Art, Art Appreciation
2015
Visual Art Relief Educator, Otsego Schools, Tontogony, OH
6th Grade Art, High School Art I
Relief Educator, Renhill, Northwest OH
2013 - 2014
Student Educator, Liberty Benton Schools, Findlay, OH
6th - 8th Grade Art, High School: Art I, Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, Photography
2013
Student Educator, BGSU Saturday Art, Bowling Green, OH
6th - 8th Grade Group, Visual Literacy
Co-Artist/Owner. Sisters Crim Studios, Northwest, OH
Exhibitions & Galleries:
2018:
Member of the Month, Tiffin Art Guild, Tiffin, OH
2017 - 2018:
Member Collection, Tiffin Art Guild, Tiffin, OH
2017:
Black & White Show, Tiffin Art Guild, Tiffin, OH
2017 Tiffin Art Guild Photo Show, Tiffin Art Guild, Tiffin, OH
Alumni Alley, Van Buren High School, Van Buren, OH
2016
Columbian's August Feature: "Works In Progress," Solo Show, Columbian, Tiffin OH
It's About Time, Tiffin Art Guild, Tiffin, OH
2014
Allegory of Sarah (Solo show), Van Buren, OH
BGSU Undergraduate Exhibition, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
2013
Arts-X, "Art Educators Group Show," Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
BGSU Undergraduate Exhibition, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
2012
Arts-X, Painting Studio, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
From the City of Angels to the City of Flags, Findlay-Hancock County Convention and Visitors
Bureau, Findlay, OH
Our Best Yet, Owens Community College, Findlay, OH
2011
Our Best Yet, Owens Community College, Findlay, OH
Home in Tasmania (Solo Show), Schey Salon, Findlay, OH
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Early Years
Van Buren Schools Art Show, Van Buren Schools, Van Buren, OH (2010)
Hancock County Fair Art Show, Findlay Fair Grounds, Findlay, OH (2009)
Van Buren Schools Art Show, Van Buren Schools, Van Buren, OH (2009)
Hancock County Fair Art Show, Findlay Fair Grounds, Findlay, OH (2008)
Van Buren Schools Art Show, Van Buren Schools, Van Buren, OH (20008)
Van Buren Schools Art Show, Van Buren Schools, Van Buren, OH (2007)
Curatorial:
2017
Tiffin Art & Music Festival, Columbian High School , Tiffin, OH
Co-Director
2017
Student Show Art show, Tiffin-Seneca Public Library, Tiffin, OH
Assistant
Tiffin Arts Festival, Columbian High School, Tiffin, OH
Co-Director
2016
Objects In Space, Dian Kid Gallery, Tiffin University, Tiffin, OH
Assistant Director
Tiffin Art Walk: "Student Works," Old Fort Bank, Tiffin, OH
Director
Exquisite Exhibit, Tiffin Seneca Public Library, Tiffin, OH
Director
2015
Tiffin Art Show, Columbian High school, Tiffin, OH
Co-Director
2014
Colors of the Wind, Diane Kid Gallery, Tiffin University, Tiffin, OH
Assistant Director
Student Show, Tiffin-Seneca Public Library, Tiffin, OH
Director
2013
BGSU Saturday Art Show, Art Building, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
Awards & Honors:
2016 - 2018
Effective Educator (Ohio)
2017
"Best of Color," for Fallen 338 in Tiff Art Guild Photo Show
2014
Cum Laude with Honors, Bowling Green Sate University
2010
"Rieck's Gallery Award" for Ich Liebe Dich, scholarship award
Early Years
Van Buren Schools Art Show (2010):
Best of Pencil & Ink, 2nd in Pencil & Ink, 1st in Varied & Mixed media, 2nd in Chalk & Printing,
2nd in Painting, "Rock Star" Award
Van Buren School Art Show (2009):
Best of Pencil & Ink, 2nd in Pencil & Ink, 3rd in Pencil & Ink, 1st Varied & Mixed Media, Honorable
Mention in Chalks & Printing, "Rock Star" Award
Hancock County Fair (2008):
1st Place in Pencil, 1st Place in Digital Arts
Van Buren School Art Show (2008):
Best of Pencil & Ink, Best of Varied & Mixed Media, 3rd in Varied & Mixed Media, 1st Place in Pencil
& Ink, 1st Place in Varied & Mixed Media,
Van Buren School Art Show (2007):
Honorable Mention in Pencil & Ink
Memberships:
Current:
Tiffin Art Guild
Past:
Ohio Art Education Association
National Education Association
Student Art Education Assoiciation, BGSU
OH! Art, Owens Community College
Conferences, Workshops, & Seminars:
2017
RESA Workshop, NCOESC, Tiffin, OH
Understanding RESA, NCOESC, Tiffin, OH
2014
Harry Wong Seminar, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
Ohio Art Education Association Conference, Columbus, OH
2013
Copic Workshop, Bowing Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
Ohio Art Education Association Conference, Toledo, OH
Strathmore Workshop, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
Gamblin Workshop, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
2012
Jennet Canyon Workshop, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
Ohio Art Education Association Conference, Covington, KY
College Art Association Conference, Los Angeles, CA
2011
Filming Workshop, Owens Community College, Findlay, OH
Graffiti Workshop, Owens Community College, Findlay, OH