ABOUT
Christina Eve is an interdisciplinary artist based in North America. A rare neurological condition, synesthesia, entwines her sensory pathways, allowing auditory stimuli to produce a corresponding visual component. Combined with her academic background in classical music performance, she possesses a unique relationship with sound, informing her perspective on the deep connectivity of music, visual art, and human experience.
Christina’s work initially focused on making the hidden dimensions of sound visible, but quickly expanded to exploring even more alternative modes of perception. Seeking the transcendent insight found just beyond consciousness, her work has involved listening to music in the hypnagogic state, a liminal area between wakefulness and sleep where the mind is particularly receptive to rich subconscious experiences.
Through these experiments, Christina has developed a distinctive approach to creating her synesthetic art, forging collaborations across a diverse range of disciplines, from science and technology to record labels and symphony orchestras.
Imbued with a mystic and ethereal dimension, Christina’s art translates the unseen, inviting viewers to delve into the invisible aspects of reality to find meaning and solace within the ineffable.
As a “visual musician,” Christina's work has garnered critical acclaim, recognized by publications such as NPR Music, Cool Hunting, Ekstasis Magazine, and Mogul, which named her one of "15 Female Artists You Need To Know From Miami Art Week."
CONTACT
email : christinaeveartist@gmail.com
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND INTERVIEWS
“Painting the music of fellow synesthete Messiaen is a delight because the rich colors and textures so integral to his compositions give me beautiful visual material with which to work.”
UTAH SYMPHONY / “Messiaen’s Des canyons aux étoiles...” / 2022
“I still struggle to identify as an artist sometimes because I feel I'm still just wholly a musician who takes sound and puts it on canvas with paint.”
INGE FLINTE JOURNAL / ”Creative Conversations with Christina Eve” / 2020
“Christina as an artist exemplifies living as a wounded healer. To paraphrase Christina, art can translate what people do not have words for. It translates what it unseen. It brings to the front what we were too afraid to seek ourselves—making the back of the mind visible.”
“Some of us may experience the world differently than most, but we all have ways to express and share beauty.”
”What I'm seeing is invisible to most people, but it's really there. If you're a person of faith, you're believing in something you can't see. It's all about seeing these invisible things.”
CROSSING CREATIVE / “Seeing the Unseen with Christina Eve” / 2019
“You can watch her paint the music of Moses Sumney and Bleachers in the videos below and read her describe what her brain is like on music.”
“Your story adds an incredible depth of beauty and understanding to your work. With a background in classical music, I'm thankful to see that time has put paint in your hands, which, looking at your pieces, seems to be such an organic answer and practice. Your ability to take sound and translate that through colour, pattern and texture is hypnotizing.”
MAKER’S MOVEMENT / “Seeing Sound and Emotion Through Art” / 2017
”With the industry of art growing rapidly and becoming more accessible, we came across few works from a few females, whose works are inspiring, visual pleasing, and are starting the conversations.”
MOGUL / “15 Female Artists You Need To Know From Miami Art Week” / 2017
"In many ways, the paintings offered as much insight as possible on what it could be like to feel one's senses activate each other."
COOL HUNTING / “Miami Art Week: All the Colors of the Rainbow” / 2017
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