ARTIST PROFILE
Christina Rogers
Christina was born in Sydney and is a classically trained artist who works with oil, acrylic and drawing mediums. She was educated in Australia and London and her works combine her technical proficiency with imagination to create works that flow between genres and themes. These works include portrait and figure, landscape and floral, incorporating both traditional and contemporary techniques. She enjoys the feeling and process of working both from life and the imagination, with the natural environment a constant and predominant muse.
Her works are found in collections, both locally and abroad and she has been a finalist in numerous art prizes and a winner of the Singleton Art Prize. She currently works from her home studio in Turramurra.
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Practice
While her strong technical foundation anchors her practice, she often departs from direct observation to explore imagination, abstraction, and expressive interpretation. Moving fluidly between traditional and contemporary approaches, Christina embraces variation to give each body of work its distinction. Therefore, her practice often produces series, each exploring specific themes, moods, or methods. Christina delves into allegory and, at times, spiritual reflection—inviting viewers to consider layered meanings. Influenced by her own neurodivergence, her creative process is guided by curiosity, intuition, and a touch of humour, allowing her art to balance depth and playfulness while remaining connected to the subject.
Christina’s current arts practice is moving towards centring around the creation of large oil-painted room dividers that feature flowers, landscapes and vibrant birds, joining both beauty and functionality to enhance living spaces and foster a connection to nature within the home.
Prizes
2018 – Finalist Percival Portrait Prize, Townsville
2018 – Finalist Hunters Hill Art Prize
2018 – Finalist Willoughby Council Archipaws Pet Portrait Prize
2018 – Finalist Percival Portrait Prize 2018
2017 – Finalist National Equine Art Prize, Mansfield
2016 – Finalist Glencore Percival Portrait Prize, Townsville
2016 - Finalist Singleton Art Prize, Singleton
2015 – Finalist Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize, Lismore
2015 - Finalist Cliftons Art Prize, Sydney
2015 - Winner Singleton Art Prize (Acquisitive), Singleton
2015 - Winner Singleton Art Prize - Centenary of Anzac Prize, Singleton
2015 - Finalist Waverley Art Prize, Sydney
2015 - Finalist Hunters Hill Art Prize, Sydney
2015 - Finalist Gallipoli Art Prize, Sydney
2015 - Finalist Cambridge Studio Gallery Portrait Prize, Melbourne
2014 - Semi Finalist Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Sydney
2014 - Finalist Hunters Hill Art Prize, Sydney
Group Exhibitions
2019 – PLC AlumNow Exhibition
2018 – Every Boardroom Needs an Artist , YSC Event – MCA
2018 – Royal Art Society of NSW Summer Exhibition
2017 - Medley, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney
2017 - Every Board Room Needs an Artist, YSC Event
2016 - Uncovered: Making a Work of Art, Project 504, Sydney
2016 – Every Boardroom Needs an Artist YSC - Live Painting Event
2016 – Medley, Dank St Gallery, Sydney
2015 – Royal Art Society of NSW Exhibition
2015 - Every Boardroom Needs an Artist YSC 25th Anniversary Event - MCA
2015 - History Week War, Nationalism and Identity - Singleton Public Library
2015 - Grand Little Pictures 9x5”, Mosman
2014 – JAAS Students and Teachers Exhibition
2014 - My Summer of Art group exhibition 9”x5”, Mosman
2012 – JAAS Students and Teachers Exhibition
Collections and Memberships
Singleton Art Collection
Private Art Collections - Australia, UK and Hong Kong.
Member of The Royal Art Society NSW
Education
2015 – Diploma of Fine Art, JAAS
2015 - John Olsen Scholarship, JAAS
2014 - 2015 JAAS
2013 - Mentored by British portrait artist Nick Bashall, London
2013 - Lavender Hill Studios (London Fine Art Studios), London
2012- 2015- Julian Ashton Art School, Sydney (JAAS)
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