Cristina Getson is an abstract expressionist painter based in Toronto, Canada. Working with acrylics, Cristina’s work is imbued with vibrant colors and influenced by the pull of opposites - smooth and rough, light and dark, indefinite and detailed. It is a dialogue between past and present in order to capture not the physical aspects of a moment in time, but rather the feeling of it. The application of paint is made visible through the brushstrokes and marks left behind; it is a joyful reveling in the materiality of the paint itself. Cristina has exhibited in Canada and across the United States, and was accepted as an Artist-in-Residence at Palazzo Monti in Italy, in 2018.

Education

2009​​​ ​Anne​ ​Tanenbaum​ ​Gallery​ ​School.​ ​Art​ ​Gallery​ ​of​ ​Ontario,​ ​Toronto,​ ​Canada.
1998​​​ ​Bachelor​ ​of​ ​Applied​ ​Science,​ ​Electrical​ ​and​ ​Biomedical​ ​Engineering.​ ​University​ ​of​ ​                 Toronto, Canada.

Selected Exhibitions

2019 ​Arta Gallery. Toronto, Canada (October 24 - November 12)
         Toronto Outdoor Art Fair. Toronto, Canada (July 12 - 14)
         Best of New Submissions,​ Elaine Fleck Gallery. Toronto, Canada (July 1 - 14) 2019​ ​                   Summer Exhibition​, Blue Crow Gallery. Toronto (July - August)
2018​​ Aqua Art Miami, Stella Ripley Gallery. Miami, Florida (Dec. 5 - 9)
         Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Stella Ripley Gallery. Houston, Texas (Oct. 4 - 7) 2018​​                 Queen West Art Crawl. Toronto, Canada (September 22 - 23)
         Summer Exhibition​​, Blue Crow Gallery. Toronto (July - August)
         The Other Art Fair. Brooklyn, New York (May 3 - 6)
         Stripes​,​ ​​​bG​ ​Gallery.​ ​Santa​ ​Monica,​ ​California​ ​(May)
         Wondrous Ways​,​ ​Arta Gallery. Toronto, Canada (March 22 - April 2)
2017​​​ ​The​ ​Other​ ​Art​ ​Fair.​ ​Brooklyn,​ ​New​ ​York​ ​(November​ ​9​ ​-​ ​12)
         ​Queen​ ​West​ ​Art​ ​Crawl.​ ​Toronto,​ ​Canada​ ​(September​ ​23​ ​-​ ​24)
2016​​​ ​​​Group​​​ ​​​Show​​​,​ ​Art​ ​Square​ ​Gallery.​ ​Toronto,​ ​Canada​ ​(December)
         ​​​5th​​​ ​​​Annual​​​ ​​​Group​​​ ​​​Show​​​,​ ​Project:​ ​Art​ ​Studio.​ ​Toronto,​ ​Canada​ ​(June)
2015​​​ ​​​Eclectic​​​ ​​​Journey​,​ ​​​Art​ ​Square​ ​Gallery.​ ​Toronto,​ ​Canada​ ​(December)
         Pop-Up​​​ ​​​Show​​​,​ ​Project:​ ​Art​ ​Studio.​ ​Toronto,​ ​Canada​ ​(December)
 

Publications
2019 ​Odd One Out Magazine
2018 ​​House & Garden, featured in ​​The Art Edit​​ (July - September)
2017​​​ Art​ ​Maze​ ​Magazine,​ ​Anniversary​ ​edition​ (​October​)
 

Residencies

2018​​​ Artist residency, Palazzo Monti. Brescia, Italy (August)

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