Cristina Saavedra
b. 1984, Peru ∙ CE artist from 2008 - 2015
Collage, pastel, colored pencil, and printmaking made up Cristina Saavedra’s diverse art practice. Saavedra’s portraits are loose and relaxed like candid snapshots. But what seems accidental is actually deceptively organized, creating balanced composition. She is a supreme colorist, unlimited in her choice of palette, able to temper whatever is dominant in the piece with either delicate or contrasting hues. Color accentuates the stability inherent in her line: the curve of a figure is countered by its gaze; an enlarged hind leg levels and extends the square of a cat’s head; a face weighted to the left is steadied by its hair sweeping to the right.
Select Exhibitions & Projects
2014
Shoerageous, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
A Curious Menagerie, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA