Biography
b. 1979, Ft Lauderdale, Florida, lives/works Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Christina Fisher is a contemporary artist who draws from a long-standing practice based in painting, drawing, and sculpture, supported by an exploration into research, materials, and process carried out through years of working in art conservation, specializing in objects and architecture in Los Angeles.
She has a Master of Fine Art degree in Sculpture from Virginia Commonwealth University. Sculpture is the cornerstone of her practice; one that incorporates drawing, installation, video, performance, and text. Current work connects through the thread of experimentation and bears the influence of her recent years spent working as a conservator.
Her eight years in California were spent working under two of the most influential members of the art conservation community, John Griswold, owner and principal conservator of private practice objects and architectural firm, Griswold Conservation Associates, and renown conservation scientist Dr. Frank Preusser, who served as Program Director of Scientific Research at the Getty Conservation Institute, Andrew W. Mellon Senior Conservation Scientist at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and owner of Frank Preusser and Associates, a company that worked on cultural heritage preservation projects for museums, libraries and archives as well as scientific investigations and authentication of individual artworks.
At Griswold Conservation Associates, Christina worked on conservation projects both in a lab and onsite for clients including the Gamble House, the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens, and the Morse Museum of American Art. She worked on the restoration of the Japanese Tea House at the Huntington Library, a project that won the Los Angeles Conservancy Preservation Award. She led the restore a 10,000 lb., 11 ft. tall, cast and carved concrete elephant created by Italian sculptor Carlo Romanelli for the Selig Zoo between 1912-1914.
As Assistant Conservator for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, she spent three years working with Dr. Preusser and a team of conservators, scientists, and engineers from the LA County Museum of Art and the UCLA Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The project goal was the development of a plan for an upcoming, full-scale restoration and an over-arching preservation and maintenance plan for the Watts Towers, a national historic landmark in South Central Los Angeles.
Her work draws its content from the steam of current events and culture. It communicates the object-ness of human-made artifacts, the nature of materials, and the efforts of an individual.
b. 1979, Ft Lauderdale, Florida, lives/works Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Christina Fisher is a contemporary artist who draws from a long-standing practice based in painting, drawing, and sculpture, supported by an exploration into research, materials, and process carried out through years of working in art conservation, specializing in objects and architecture in Los Angeles.
She has a Master of Fine Art degree in Sculpture from Virginia Commonwealth University. Sculpture is the cornerstone of her practice; one that incorporates drawing, installation, video, performance, and text. Current work connects through the thread of experimentation and bears the influence of her recent years spent working as a conservator.
Her eight years in California were spent working under two of the most influential members of the art conservation community, John Griswold, owner and principal conservator of private practice objects and architectural firm, Griswold Conservation Associates, and renown conservation scientist Dr. Frank Preusser, who served as Program Director of Scientific Research at the Getty Conservation Institute, Andrew W. Mellon Senior Conservation Scientist at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and owner of Frank Preusser and Associates, a company that worked on cultural heritage preservation projects for museums, libraries and archives as well as scientific investigations and authentication of individual artworks.
At Griswold Conservation Associates, Christina worked on conservation projects both in a lab and onsite for clients including the Gamble House, the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens, and the Morse Museum of American Art. She worked on the restoration of the Japanese Tea House at the Huntington Library, a project that won the Los Angeles Conservancy Preservation Award. She led the restore a 10,000 lb., 11 ft. tall, cast and carved concrete elephant created by Italian sculptor Carlo Romanelli for the Selig Zoo between 1912-1914.
As Assistant Conservator for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, she spent three years working with Dr. Preusser and a team of conservators, scientists, and engineers from the LA County Museum of Art and the UCLA Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The project goal was the development of a plan for an upcoming, full-scale restoration and an over-arching preservation and maintenance plan for the Watts Towers, a national historic landmark in South Central Los Angeles.
Her work draws its content from the steam of current events and culture. It communicates the object-ness of human-made artifacts, the nature of materials, and the efforts of an individual.