Christina Thomas
Creating healing portals through art. I specialize in murals and art installations, often combining the two. With a multidisciplinary background, I've produced 3D murals, store window displays, sets, and immersive art events.
Category: Artist/Individual
Discipline: Public Art
Program Affiliations: Artist Roster | Open Studio Tours Artist
About Christina Thomas
Christina Thomas, a California native, is a multi media artist who creates 2 and 3D murals, permanent and temporary art installations, which also translate into store window displays, set designs and props for photoshoots. She is a grant recipient and has produced multi sensory immersive art events. With her background in Fine Art, Interior Design, and Fashion she brings her vast knowledge of mediums, materials, and techniques together to create innovative works.
Christina Thomas
Preferred Pronouns: She/Her
divinesparkle@me.com
(520) 302-7867
10' x 10' x 8' mixed media art installation
Secret Door
An Art Installation created for & Gallery in Tucson, Arizona.
At 10′ x 10′ x 8′ this piece can be walked through by the viewer.
Every element was fabricated, constructed, sewn, etc., and then suspended with clear wire on a custom made clear grid.
30' x 10' mural
Always
Using a unique approach of layering spray paint and airbrush to create an ethereal effect
13' x 9' mixed media 3D mural
Portal to where
Using a combination of techniques and mediums, part palette knife painting and part airbrush with a 3 dimensional hand crafted resin portal. Located in a hotel room, (bed will be added) the viewer will be enveloped in and sleep in this scene.
Public Artist Art Roster
The enveloping and immersive aspect of public art allows me to create an alternate universe that takes the viewer out of the mundane and into possibility and wonder, one where people can stumble upon it without entering a gallery - That is my love and my passion. With recurring themes of parallel dimensions, magic and whimsy, but with deeper meaning and undertones, my pieces invoke self reflection. I look forward to bringing a unique vision to street art and to other public spaces for my community.
One of my favorite things to do is to reverse engineer a design, problem solve, and think of innovative ways to bring a vision to life. Integrating the client’s or community’s vision with mine, deep consideration is given to environmental factors and how the piece will be interacted with and used from day to day. All of these come together to shape the design. Thorough research is done for every material used, that includes consulting with colleagues such as engineers, architects, or other public artists. I fabricate my own pieces and/or work closely with local fabricators when necessary.
I have created 2 and 3 dimensional murals, using many techniques and mediums, temporary and permanent art installations, worked with local businesses, and shop owners to create store window displays and other permanent fixtures. I have also collaborated with artists and organizations doing prop and set design, and various art directing projects.
A highlight of my career was when I received the Artist Opportunity Grant from The Arizona Commission on the Arts, I produced an immersive art event for the community called Lucid Bloom. I worked with local artists and musicians, coordinated with multiple venues and vendors, and did the creative direction for the entire event, while also performing in it as a live meditative mural painter. The goal was to create a reprieve from the intensity of our current world and also from the mundane of the everyday and it was made accessible to everyone in the community as a free event.
Public Art Mediums
Mural, Sculpture, Performance, Festival
Public Art Commission Ranges
- $2,000-$10,000
- $10,000-$20,000
- $20,000-$30,000
- $30,000-$40,000
- $40,000-$50,000
