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Biography Christina was born in Ipswich, Australia into a creative family. Her mother instilled the love of drawing from an early age. After completing one year of a BA in Animation, she deferred to concentrate on highly detailed, Surrealistic work. 'Groovy Gravy', an independent comic, fostered her first attempt at drawing comics. The exposure led to exhibitions and commissioned work in portraits, tattoo design and illustration. She moved to London in 1999. Commissions, freelance and volunteer work include theatre set painting and construction, storyboards, comic panels, logos, caricatures, album covers and portraits. Her exhibition in Covent Garden led to painting in the Lyceum Theatre's Puppetry Department for 'The Lion King', and to the commission, 'Celtic Deities'. Her work has been exhibited in King Street, Lauderdale House, the Giger Museum in Switzerland, and the Mall Galleries, London. Christina has reverted to her maiden name, "Williams", after divorcing in 2007. Some of her paintings still bear the name "Hawkes" but this cannot be helped and is not a deliberate attempt to confuse anyone! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October 2009 Art contributions to The Abattoir Pages in collaboration with Foolish People and Guerrilla Zoo November 2008 Exhibition at the Brick Lane Gallery, London – Group Exhibition May 2007 Pre-Production Visualisation Artist for the Telectroscope, produced by Artichoke April 2007 Exhibition at Mall Galleries, London - group exhibition with Society for Art of the Imagination September 2006 Began BSc Computer Animation June - October 2006 Exhibition at Giger Museum, Chateaux St. Germain, Gruyeres, Switzerland - group exhibition with Society for Art of the Imagination December - January 2006 Exhibition at Clarion Contemporary Arts, King Street, London May 2005 Lauderdale House exhibition with Society for Art of the Imagination January 2005 Star Tracks Studio art exhibition - Solo Exhibition. Folio of work permanently on display December 2004 'Katze' album cover for Marco Minnemann (due for later release & publication) March 2002 Walt Disney Theatrical (UK) Ltd - 'The Lion King' - The Lyceum Theatre, London. Painting gazelles in puppetry department February - March 2002 Exhibition at London Graphic Centre - solo exhibition Freelance artwork - 'Celtic Deities' depicting pagan gods - private commission 1999 Contributing to artwork stock for Golden Dawn Research Pty Ltd, creation of original artwork for multimedia projects, training in Worldcraft programme and Photoshop Freelance Artwork - Drawing portraits at Southbank Markets, Queensland, Australia 1998 Computer icon design of kangaroos and koalas for Queensland Tourism Logo design for Results Homecare - Logo character design of Dalmation puppy for letterhead and company vehicles Solo art exhibition - 'Portraits, Illustrations and Comic Book Surrealism' held at The Hub, Brisbane, Australia Session music for Big Toe Theatre/Youth Action Inc Video; percussion, vocal harmony and improvisation Commission; original cartoon characters painted onto electric guitar 1992 - 1996 Contributing comic book artist to 'Groovy Gravy' comic, including front covers and logo design Freelance article for the Queensland Writers' Centre Newsletter February 1997 - 'Groovy Gravy': Portrait of an Independent Brisbane Comic Groovy Gravy - group exhibition with fellow artistic contributors to Comic Abomination - group exhibition with animation collective
VOLUNTARY/WORK EXPERIENCE 2001 Demon, London - storyboarding techniques 1999 - 2000 Scenery construction and painting - Tower Theatre, London; 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', 'Don't Dress for Dinner', 'The Talented Mr Ripley', 'The Steward of Christendom' July - August 1996 Graphic design - Dot Dash Pty Ltd April 1995 Illustration - Queensland Newspapers The Courier Mail art department April - September 1994 Animal Liberation - flier design MEMBERSHIPS Drumtech, Society for Art of the Imagination |