Cristina Berbece

I started painting when I was very young and still in school. I liked it and wasn't too bad at it, but I never thought much of it. Painting was just a subject I had to do. So, when I was finished with school, I was finished with painting too. The brushes and colours were neatly packed away and forgotten for a good 15 years or longer. Then, in 2017 I moved from my home in New Zealand to Germany and started pursuing an academic degree. Somewhere along the way, at the end of 2025, I started feeling incredibly burnt out. My thoughts felt dry, dull, craving something creative and expressive. This is how I rediscovered the brushes and the colours again, and it felt so delightful and so right.

I am a dreamer and, fittingly, my first few paintings explore the world of dreaming. The paintings stand alone or as part of my first collection - Dreamworks - which has been an opportunity for me to reacquaint myself with the many facets of painting, relearn the techniques, the colours and the mediums. It has been an exploration into the world of dreaming made clearer by my own exploration into the world of painting.

My inspiration comes from many different sources: music, books, walking through nature. Often it's just how the light falls on a ...

Self-taught artist. On a quest to learn, improve and grow as a painter
Currently enrolled in a Master of Science in Biology
Bachelor of Science in Biology

Mayersche Bookshop Bochum Local Art Exhibition May - July 2026