"Untitled (Tropical) II"
Inkjet Print, Signed
2017
Edition 1 of 3
40" x 26" (unframed)
43" x 29" (framed)

About the Piece

My work is rooted in materiality. I explore objects and processes that are the result of energy, often in the form of light and color, translated through material. They exist in stasis, paused between what they were and what they will become. These objects describe not only themselves, but the actants responsible for their current state, marking them both as out of place and the result of larger forces. The materials that I use are often charged, playing with the tension between their natural state and the state created through a form of intervention. These systems are reorganized into materials that are preserved but no longer distinct and no longer what they were. Moving between sculpture, installation, and photography, I use the language of color and the object and materials of Los Angeles to piece together a sense of place, both pre-Columbian and manufactured.

About the Artist

Christine Atkinson received her undergraduate degree from the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara and her M.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2013. Atkinson was born and raised in Northern California. Her works have been part of various shows across the United States, including The Aviary Gallery in Boston, SOIL in Seattle, Monte Vista Projects in Los Angeles, and Focus Photo LA, curated by Charlotte Cotton, Nicholas Fahey, and Wendy Posner. Atkinson's work will also be featured in the upcoming fall edition of Vellum. She lives and works in Los Angeles.

http://catkinson.com/