Cristina Celestini
Rome, Italy 1962
celerrissima@googlemail.com
Education:
Rome University, Modern Languages MA, 1986
Part time Foundation degree, Birmingham School of Art, Bournville Campus (unfinished)1999
Royal Drawing School Postgraduate course (ODDY)
Group and Solo Exhibitions:
2024
Derwent Art Prize, OXO tower, London
Open Exhibition Society of Graphic and Fine art at Mall Galleries London
Open exhibition Pastel Society at Mall Galleries London,
2023
SGFA group exhibition the Gallery at Holt
Royal West of England Academy Juried exhibition
Well Art Contemporary, Wells Cathedral
Juried Exhibition "Drawing paper Show" at Bridewell Studios, Liverpool
Open Exhibition pastel Society at mall Galleries, London
Open exhibition Society of Women Artists at mall Galleries, London
Group exhibition with Studio22 and The Royal Drawing School at the Gallery at Green and Stone
Open Exhibition Society of Graphic and Fine art at Mall Galleries London
2022
Completed Royal Drawing School Postgraduate Course
Shortlisted for the ING Discerning Eye Drawing Bursary
Participant in Sky Art Portrait Artist of the Year
Open Exhibition, Leamington SPA Museum and Art Gallery
Frontier art fair with the Studio_22 Artist Cooperative
Summer show at The Gallery at Green and Stone, London
Open Exhibition Pastel Society at Mall Gallery London
Open Exhibition Society of Fine and Graphic Art at Mall Gallery London
West Midlands Open Exhibition at New Art Gallery Walsall
‘Twenty Twenty’ permanent collection exhibited at the New Art Gallery Walsall
2021
ING Discerning eye Exhibition, Mall galleries London
Open exhibition Society Colour Pencil UK, OXO tower London.
Open exhibition Society of Women Artists - On line
Drawing acquired by the New Art Gallery Walsall for their permanent collection
Open exhibition Society of Graphic Fine Art at Mall galleries
Open exhibition Pastel Society at Mall Galleries London,
Call to Artists IKON Gallery, Birmingham
2020
Elected Associate member at Society of Graphic Fine Art
Prize exhibition Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
Open exhibition Society of Women Artists - On line
Open exhibition Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
Selected for Open Exhibition Society of Graphic Fine Art at Mall Galleries London
(Exhibition cancelled due to Covid-19)
2019
Open Exhibition Society of Graphic Fine Art. Mernier Gallery London
Open exhibition Society of Women Artists Mall Gallery London
Open Exhibition Bath Society of Artists, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath
Solo exhibition ground floor at Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Birmingham
Open Exhibition, Leamington SPA Art Gallery and Museum, Leamington. Judges’ commendation
Open Exhibition, Pastel Society, Mall Gallery, London
Open Exhibition, The Herbert, Coventry Museum and Art Gallery, Coventry
Open Exhibition, Rugby Museum and Art Gallery, Rugby
2018
Elected full member of Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
Selected Exhibitions
Birmingham Circle Art Society, Birmingham. President Prize winner
Open Exhibition Society of Graphic Fine Art, Mernier Gallery, London
157th Open Exhibition Society of Women Artists Mall Gallery, London
Project “Romeo and Juliet”, Artist Workhouse Gallery, Studley. Collaboration Poetry and visual arts
Open Exhibition Broadway Art Festival, Little Buckland Gallery, Broadway. Highly Commended by John Akroyd RA
Open Exhibition Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Birmingham
2017- 2016 Selected Exhibitions
Group exhibition, Rye Gallery, Rye
Group Exhibition, Artist Workhouse Gallery, Studley. Featured artist
Portrait Prize Exhibition, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Birmingham
Coventry OPEN at the Herbert Gallery, Coventry Museum and Art Gallery, Coventry. Visitors’ choice