Christina Rice’s work has been shown in galleries, juried shows and festivals in the United States. For 30 years, she created hyperrealist portraits that were often mistaken for photos but were really done in dry media like charcoal, graphite and pastel. Then she started craving color & texture, and started working in mixed media using fabric, hand-made papers, beads, hair, anything that contributes texture & brilliant color, concentrating on one color per piece. Her themes are based on mythology and historical characters & she seeks to beautify the ordinary and express it as an enduring myth. Her artistic influences include Klimt, Hiroshige, Henri Rousseau, Erte, Rauschenberg, the pre-Raphaelites, and late 19th/early 20th century fairy tale illustrators.
JURIED EXHIBITIONS & AWARDS
Portrait Society of Atlanta
Fall Juried Exhibition 2021, Atlanta, Georgia
Fall Juried Exhibition 2016 , Stone Mountain, Georgia
Fall Juried Exhibition 2007, Canton, Georgia - Honorable Mention
Fall Juried Exhibition 2006, Mableton, Georgia
"Drawings Only" Exhibition 2005, Kennesaw, Georgia - Honorable Mention
North Augusta Arts & Cultural Center, North Augusta , South Carolina
2023 Open Session - Best in Show
SpringFest Exhibit 2022 - Honorable Mention
2021 Open Session - Third Place
2020 Open Session - First Place and Honorable Mention
SpringFest Exhibit 2020 - First Place
Exhibition of Juried Artists - January-February 2014
Portraiture Exhibit - 2011
Artists Collective, Spartanburg, South Carolina
Annual Juried Exhibition - 2023
McCormick Arts Council, McCormick, South Carolina
Annual Juried Exhibition -2007, 2011, 2013, 2020
Best of Show, 2019
Palm Beach Community College, Lake Worth, Florida
3rd Annual National Painting, Drawing & Printmaking Competition - 2007
Visual Arts Alliance, Houston, Texas
23rd Juried Open Exhibition - 2006
Art Center of Estes Park, Estes Park, Colorado
Lines into Shapes National Juried Art Show - Founder's Award, 2005
Aiken Artist Guild, Aiken, South Carolina
Spring Show - Third Place , 2005
Thomasville Cultural Center, Thomasville, Georgia
Summer Showcase, 2004
Art & Renaissance Festival, Evans, Georgia
Art Show, 2004, 2005
Best of Show, 2003
Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, Georgia
A Sense of Place: Juried Fine Art Competition, 2000
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