Christina Symes
b.1994, London
www.christinaartist.com
christina@christinaartist.com
Education
2018-2019
MA Creative Entrepreneurship (First Class Distinction) - University of East Anglia
2014-2017
BA (Hons) Fine Art: Painting (2:1) - Wimbledon College of Arts
2013-2014
University of The Arts London Foundation Diploma in Art and Design - Sussex Downs College
Courses/Programmes
2017-2018
Clyde & Co Art Award Professional Development Programme - 2017-18, Clyde & Co Law Firm, St Boloph Building, Houndsditch, London
2012
Portfolio Preparation Short Course - Chelsea College of Arts, London
Watercolour Intermediate Course - 2012-13, Tunbridge Wells Adult Education Centre, Kent
Oil Painting Intermediate Course - 2012-13, Tunbridge Wells Adult Education Centre, Kent
Solo Exhibitions
2019
Liberation Through Nature - Menier Gallery, 5th-10th August, London.
Group Exhibitions
2018
Salon des Refusés - Candid Arts Trust, 7th-10th June, Islington, London
Clyde & Co Art Award, London Collection - September 2017 - August 2018, Clyde & Co Law Firm, St Boloph Building, Houndsditch, London
2017
Wimbledon College of Arts Fine Art: Painting Degree Show - Wimbledon College of Arts, 16th-24th June, Wimbledon, London
109 Nails – Copeland Gallery, 9th-12th March, Peckham, London
2016
Creatives Gallery – July - August, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Mind Map – The Gallery on the Corner, 3rd-6th May, Battersea, London
2015
Capsticks Exhibition – Capsticks Law Firm, 2015-2016, Wimbledon, London
2014
Foundation Diploma Show - June 2014, Sussex Downs College, Eastbourne
Awards/Competitions
2020
Prize for Outstanding Performance by a MA Creative Entrepreneurship Student, University of East Anglia, Norwich
2018
Clyde & Co Scholarship Award - Clyde & Co Law Firm, St Boloph Building, Houndsditch, London
Shortlisted: Royal Academy Summer Exhibition - Royal Academy of Arts, London
2017
Staff Vote, Clyde & Co Art Award - Clyde & Co Law Firm, St Boloph Building, Houndsditch, London
2006
Art Exhibition Award - Roedean School, Brighton
Articles
Clyde & Co Art Award Winners Announced:
http://artawards.clydeco.com/art-blog/clyde-co-art-award-winners-announced-auction-launched/
Artistic Insight - Christina Kim-Symes:
http://artawards.clydeco.com/art-blog/artistic-insight-christina-kim-symes/
Wimbledon Alumni Shortlisted for Clyde & Co Art Award:
http://blogs.arts.ac.uk/wimbledon/2017/12/04/10-wimbledon-alumni-shortlisted-for-clyde-co-art-award-2017/
Christina Kim-Symes - Invest Now:
https://newbloodart.com/blog/christina-kim-symes-invest-now/
'What I can't say by talking, I can say with my paintings' - BBC Stories:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BphpO8AAD8T/
Interviews
Christina Symes - Liberation Through Nature:
https://www.winkball.com/interviews/3142/name/christina-symes
'5 Minutes With Christina Symes' - Singulart Magazine
https://blog.singulart.com/en/2020/07/30/5-minutes-with-christina-symes/
Notable Presentations of Work
A limited-edition print of my 2016 oil painting titled ‘Estonia – Before the Storm’ was presented to The Most Reverend Urmas Viilma, Archbishop of Estonia, at his visit to the Diocese of Rochester, Kent, on September 24th 2017, to mark the 2017 celebration of the special partnership that exists between these two countries churches. The painting is from a series I created during a visit to Haapsalu, Estonia in 2015 and the original currently hangs framed in the House of Commons.
