I recently was commissioned to produce a piece at Cr8net, a one-day conference for the creative and cultural industries. Bringing together industry practitioners, policy makers and senior management, the organizer CIDA commissioned the artist Jane Core and myself to enhance the event with some live work.
I took the opportunity to work on a couple of new sculptures, exploring reflections. See more of what came up on the day of work here
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These are my most recent drawings + some text about them written by the talented Will Furtado: They are introspective exercises that portray my emotions as if they were snapshots of my own psyche…
More drawings and text here
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The Healthcare Advertising agency McCann Healthcare asked me to create a symbolic artwork of what the agency stands for: Creative, Science and Conectivity.
I created an A1 inked illustration that was then blown up to fill 6 m of wall space in their offices in Sydney.
Art direction: Thomas Dirnberger
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There are still some available to buy! If you are interested contact: mail@cristinaguitian.com
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Ghosts of Gone Birds are raising a creative army for conservation through a series of multimedia exhibitions and events that will breathe artistic life back into extinct birds species.
I am delighted to take part in their next group exhibition in Brighton along many other artists, from upcoming ones to iconic figures like Sir Peter Blake or Margaret Atwood. Some of the money raised will be donated to BirdLife International’s Preventing Extinctions programme.
The exhibition will be on for 3 months from 1 November – 31 January. Find the details about the gallery here
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The Jaws of Chance will be on display as part of a fashion exhibition at the Covent Garden Piazza from 18 – 28 October 2012 (open everyday from 9am – 7pm).
The curator Tony Turk invited me to exhibit my customized Nikies next to the most iconic trainers from the history of fashion: including Vivienne Westwood ‘Tracey’ heeled sneakers, Nike ‘Studio 54′ Discos, Kill Bill Onitsuka Tigers, 1960s custom made Vans, and many more.
The exhibition explores how trainers have become part of the fabric of our culture and showcases rare pairs. Read The Guardian’s article of the exhibition here.
And find out more about the piece here.
Photography: Manuel Vázquez.
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The last month of August Marie Claire Spain published an article about my home/studio and its inhabitants!
It was about alternative ways of living and the story of each of us.. It was titled ‘The New Commune’, check out the full article here (in Spanish only, sorry!)
Written by – Verónica Ramírez Muro
Photography - Manuel Vázquez
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Quintessentially Magazine recently asked me to illustrate a piece by Lucia van der Post on British sartorial eccentricity. It was great fun and I also learned some very interesting cultural facts (read them here).
The article was published in the latest issue of Quintessentially Magazine – a global magazine, published quarterly, covering arts, culture, academia, travel, fashion, leisure and lifestyle for its exclusive audience.
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The talented Marcelo Pena Costa & Denis Kakazu recently commissioned me to create a poster for Brainstorm Shop. The artwork has been awarded with a Slice D&DA Award and will be included in their 2012 Annual.
Art / Creative direction: Marcelo Pena Costa & Denis Kakazu
Photography: Manuel Vázquez
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I recently had the honour of creating some installations for one of the rooms in Victoria Revealed, a permanent exhibition at Kensington Palace that was part of the reopening of the Palace last 26th of March.
Victoria Revealed is an exhibition about the life and reign of Queen Victoria (1819 – 1901). Reminisces is the last room, acting as a closure and a Summary of the highlights of her memories.
I was asked to come up with a way of displaying the selected objects inside 7 cabinets emphasizing the story-telling without being too obvious while dealing with very strong conservation restrictions to protect the objects from being damaged.
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This season Anthropologie and other selected international boutiques are selling my first jewellery collection –a collaboration with the brand La Jara.
Our creations for the collection Olvidando Volar (‘Forgetting Flying’) are based on the concept of impermanence and renewal, symbolised by birds and bones…
Our choice of materials is brass plated pieces, ebony and bone, pheasant feathers and old handwritten music sheets. (Which were found in the streets of Hackney and kindly donated by Andrew Fairhurst – thanks!)
I worked closely with the designer Eva Ruíz to create the jewellery and also produced a limited edition of screen-print cards used as a bespoke packaging for the collection.
La Jara has boutiques in the UK, Japan, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Morocco and Spain, where they also create limited edition collections for museums like Thyssen Bornemisza Museum and Carmen Thyssen Museum.
See the whole collection here and for sale enquires please contact La Jara.
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My limited edition series of my ‘There is No Santa’ card is ready to go!
If you are in London you can purchase them by popping in to my studio in London Fields (to arrange a time email me) or by coming to a Christmas Salon in Stoke Newington next weekend.
SATURDAY 10TH – SUNDAY 11TH DECEMBER 2011
10-6PM
18 GIBSON GARDENS, STOKE NEWINGTON.
More info here
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No comments‘Once upon a time’ is an exhibition of work by a selection of up and coming artists on the theme of childhood curated by Paul Robinson
Join us for the opening night and meet the artists on Wednesday, December 7, 2011 from 6:00pm until 9:00pm
@ Radcliffe & Newlands, 14 Bonhill Street, London
The exhibition will run from 7 December to 18 February.
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Last October each of the 12 rooms in the Hostal Delvi in Plaza Santa Ana were transformed by a group of international artists as part of Capetown II, a collaborative art event curated by Capetona.
‘Bed 1′ was the main piece I exhibited at the collective show. See bellow the text Will Furtado wrote about it:
Cristina Guitian’s installation piece ‘Bed 1′ presents an eerie world behind a veil of hazy memories transporting the viewer back to subdued broken dreams and interrupted life events.
Part installation, part sculpture, this enigmatic construction reflects Cristina’s current experimentation and fascination with the hybrid: the transformation of disparate and obsolete found objects into reborn creatures with a new purpose. The dismembered dolls lie around the bed and hang from the ceiling, but at the same time their once defunct parts are given a new life and form when merged with elements from a different context.
This rebirth also extends beyond this ‘room’, suggesting that life transcends itself when given a chance to be reinterpreted, eventually being revived by one’s thought and creative desire.
Text: Will Furtado
Video editing: Ewa Cognie
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The talented photographer Cat Gacia recently took portraits of her favorite illustrators and then passed them on to us so to embellish with our imaginary worlds!
The result is a beautiful series of portraits that have been featured in the Escape issue of 125 Magazine.
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This coming Friday, 30th September I’ve been invited to take part in a Tattoo Parlour at the V&A along with the talented illustrators Elvia Vasconcelos , Gerda Razmaite and Nick Alston.
Each of us will have our own tent in the John Madejski Garden from 18.30 to 21.30.
Find more info on the event here and hope to see you there!
Tattoo lag photography: Andrew Fairhurst
Event photography: Alex Pielak
See the photos of the event bellow
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I’m proud to announce that I’ve recently illustrated an ad for fnac, a massive French book and technology store who also have shops in Spain and Italy. The advertising agency Y&R Madrid recently approached me to create some characters for the ad to launch their new building in Nuevos Ministerios, Madrid.
The ad has been published in all media – online, press and billboards. At the moment the train/metro station Nuevos Ministerios is full of my characters!
If you are in Madrid you might bump into them, otherwise see few more photos and the original illustrations here.
Thanks for the post to Color Sandia
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This year I am taking part in the London Design Week in a very different way to previous years. For the first time I have created a brooch that will be on sale at The Poundshop in Whitechapel this weekend! It will be shown amongst the work of 40 other designers in a bespoke interior by Fabien Cappello.
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No commentsI would like to invite everyone to another group show next week!
Closing Private View: 6.30pm-9.30pm 12th January 2012
Open by Appointment till 15th January 2012
Studio 180, 180 Lambeth Road, SE1 7JY
Visitors will be given a map on entry, a welcome guide to navigate the plethora of still and moving imagery, installation and performance art. Superimposed on the quirky, intimate backdrop of Studio 180 itself, Bottom Less is a multi-disiplinary spectacle that will bombard the senses.
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Will Nash recently invited me and 4 other artists to customize a Table Tennis table for the Vintage festival @ the Southbank Centre!
The Exhibition Match Tournament will take place just outside the Hayward Gallery during the festival on the 29th, 30th and 31st of July. The Tables will be open for visitors to play on over the three days.
Artwork photography: Manuel Vázquez
Event photography: Eva Cognie
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For some time, snails have been a strong reoccurring symbol within my work. Over the past couple of years, any visit to the countryside has been an excuse to collect their shells.
‘The bird that couldn’tt fly’ is my latest piece form the series ‘Snails’. Check out the rest of this series here.
Photography: Drew Cox
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The photographer and film director Drew Cox recently photographed Yunus and Eliza jewellery combined with some my sculptures and other bits and pieces. It was a great opportunity to be introduced to the amazing work of both the photographer and the jewelers. Thanks Drew!
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SAGA magazine commissioned me to illustrate an article explaining the different phases of relationships. The top of the U represents the most passionate times of any relationship. Interestingly, passion doesn’t diminish but actually gets reinforced after around 25 years of being together… so be patient!
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‘Animal Furniture Hybrids’ are the result of carving animal parts in wood and combining them with found furniture objects.
The duck foot was created after finding the top of a bed pole; the horns are created from a broken chair leg; the duck head is not hand carved but part of an umbrella while its body is the leg of a table…
Photography: Manuel Vázquez
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1 commentThis little film explaining what Headspace is all about is the last project I worked on with the talented animator Ewen Stenhouse.
Hope you enjoy it! And if you want to see more, watch the 3 previous ones here.
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