Christine is an abstract painter based in Washington DC. Her paintings explore the intersection of art and music. Specifically, Christine focuses on how music can be used as a true medium in creative expression. She starts her paintings with a music selection that informs her feeling, brings forward her life experiences connected to a music genre, and colors palette which is a direct reaction to the musical inspiration. Christine is open to also painting and creating to the music chosen by potential and current collectors. The paintings are created in her studio, where they evolve through intuitive abstraction. Her work is as varied in color, texture, and composition as the wide range of music that she explores as a medium
About the Artist
I am an abstract painter who enjoys painting larger pieces on canvas. I use acrylic paints, pastels, charcoal, and occasionally spray paint to bring my music-inspired paintings to life. I will occasionally create artwork on paper largely for art studies. My creative process starts first and foremost with the music which informs my palette selection and sets the tone for the energy in the work ahead. After this foundation is established, my work is created through intuitive responses and reactions to music, a love of life, and all its experiences. My love of music started at a young age. My parents played music often in our home As a young child and teenager, we relocated as a family often to follow my Dad’s career. Music became my first friend in every new town. Even today, my soul deep connection to music drives how I am wired as a human being and an artist. The impact and variety of music used to inspire comes out on canvas. As I listen to jazz, you will see more blues and cool colors, hard rock shows up in reds, blacks, and darker blues while alternative music often presents itself with pinks and neutral palettes. What emerges on the canvas is highly emotional and personal, energetic, and universally uplifting. I believe this is a direct and natural extension of my state of being as I am painting. My optimism and love of life are active and present on my completed work. Collectors connect with that feeling and regularly share that my paintings are joyful, upbeat, and have a positive vibe. Influences that you may see threaded through my work include abstract painters like Helen Frankenthaler. Richard Diebenkorn, and Joan Mitchell. In addition to my artist life, I enjoy a full-time career as a technology executive at Microsoft. I am a member of Women in Technology and Executive Sponsor of the Creative Conscious Community which is a joint initiative between Microsoft and LinkedIn to feed and nurture creativity in the arts for its over 150,000 employees. I have a BA in Economics and Social Science from Michigan State University and an MBA in Marketing from American University. I am also an active board member on the Ted Rullo Foundation (tedrullofoundation.org) an organization dedicated to providing college scholarship to future leaders.Christine Zmuda website View Website Christine Zmuda website View Gallery Christine Zmuda website Purchase Art
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SK Artspace, Brooklyn, NY - August 2018 Fridge DC, Washington DC - September 2018 Artcho , Charlottesville, VA, - October 2018 Yellow Barn Gallery, Glen Echo, MD - January, 2019 L2 @Cady's Alley, Georgetown, DC - January, 2019 Hill Center Gallery, Washington DC - February, 2019 Delaplane Art Gallery, Frederick, MD. - May 2019 MD Hall for Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD (solo) - Aug 2019 Potomac French Market, Potomac, MD - September 2019 Delaplane Art Gallery, Frederick, MD - May 2020 Cerulean Art Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa - July, 2020 Art Museum of SW Texas, Corpus Christi TX - July 2020 Athenaeum Gallery, Alexandria, VA August 2020 Sonia Monti Gallery, Paris, France December 2020 Women's Caucus of Art, March 2021 Stola Contemporary Art, May 2021Featured Work
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