Bio
Through site installations Christina Hodge’s work explores her own fears through imagined spaces she creates.
Christina Hodge was born in Brampton on March 13, 1990. Growing up her time was divided, either being spent outdoors with her grandparents or inside with building blocks and LEGO. Creating sculptures and other works of art out of different kinds of materials continued to be a focus as she grew and was able to apply that creativity into an audition to Mayfield Secondary School (diploma 2008).
After graduating Christina took two years of Visual and Creative Arts (certificate 2011) and was able to finally find her love of building in the Crafts and Design – Ceramics Program (certificate 2014)
Through site installations Christina Hodge’s work explores her own fears through imagined spaces she creates.
Christina Hodge was born in Brampton on March 13, 1990. Growing up her time was divided, either being spent outdoors with her grandparents or inside with building blocks and LEGO. Creating sculptures and other works of art out of different kinds of materials continued to be a focus as she grew and was able to apply that creativity into an audition to Mayfield Secondary School (diploma 2008).
After graduating Christina took two years of Visual and Creative Arts (certificate 2011) and was able to finally find her love of building in the Crafts and Design – Ceramics Program (certificate 2014)
Statement
Through ceramics I attempt to confront my own fears. Giving a shape to fear makes things more known to me. I draw forms from my imagination and from virtual space; it’s frustrating to know something is there, and to be unable to see it. I want what’s inside my head to be out here in front of me. I want to walk through it; I want to see it in the round. I want to know what my fears are – Inside-out. I want to know how to build them, and how to unravel them. Throughout my life, I took much of my influence from the different video game environments of my adolescence.
Being able to explore these worlds allow me to create ceramics that satisfy my need for these experiences in the real world. I work towards a balance between the imagined world and my lived experience. Through sculpture, I invite the shapes, forms and spaces from my imagined world to grow, invade and infect in three dimensions.
email: [email protected]
Through ceramics I attempt to confront my own fears. Giving a shape to fear makes things more known to me. I draw forms from my imagination and from virtual space; it’s frustrating to know something is there, and to be unable to see it. I want what’s inside my head to be out here in front of me. I want to walk through it; I want to see it in the round. I want to know what my fears are – Inside-out. I want to know how to build them, and how to unravel them. Throughout my life, I took much of my influence from the different video game environments of my adolescence.
Being able to explore these worlds allow me to create ceramics that satisfy my need for these experiences in the real world. I work towards a balance between the imagined world and my lived experience. Through sculpture, I invite the shapes, forms and spaces from my imagined world to grow, invade and infect in three dimensions.
email: [email protected]