Christina Ayer

I create contemporary paintings and mixed-media works that investigate the patterns and connections found throughout nature, human experience and the universe. I am inspired by the recurring structures and rhythms shared by each of these, suggesting an underlying order that connects all things. Through an experimental process using paint, plaster, cement, fabric, resin and other materials, I explore the expressive possibilities of texture and movement, allowing the materials themselves to shape the final work. I hope my work encourages people to pause, look more deeply, and rediscover a sense of connection, curiosity and wonder.

Originally from Canada, I studied Arts at McGill University in Montreal before making Italy my home more than twenty-five years ago. For over two decades, I have worked professionally as a mosaic artist. Alongside mosaic, I have always written, sculpted and painted, but only in recent years have I given myself permission to share this more personal side of my creative practice. I now live near Lake Garda with my family, where tending my vegetable garden and spending time at my cabin in the woods gives me the quiet and perspective to notice the structures, rhythms and connections in nature that inspire my w...

Christina has a Bachelor of Arts degree (1st class Hons) from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and has studied mosaic under master Luciana Notturni in Ravenna.

2026 – Fluire (Solo Exhibition), Vestone, Italy
2025 – Artemida Art Expo (Collective Exhibition), Milan Cultural Center, Milan, Italy
2024 – Natura (Juried Exhibition), Golden Duck Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2024 – Abstractum (Juried Exhibition), Golden Duck Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2024 – Art & Fashion Week (Collective Exhibition), Passepartout Gallery, Milan, Italy
2024 – RomArte International (Collective Exhibition), Passepartout Gallery, Rome, Italy
2023 – Ricognizione (Collective Exhibition), AAB Gallery, Brescia, Italy
2023 – Art Beyond Borders (Collective Exhibition), Passepartout Gallery, Milan, Italy
2008 – Waterways, British Association for Modern Mosaic, Canal Museum, London, UK
2007 – Breakout (Juried Exhibition), Bilston Gallery, Wolverhampton, UK
2007 – Symbols of Faith, British Association for Modern Mosaic, York Minster, York, UK
2005 – A More Perfect Union: Mosaic Aspirations (Juried Exhibition), Society of American Mosaic Artists (SAMA), Washington DC, USA – Family Portrait selected for the exhibition catalogue cover and promotional poster.
2004 – 5th Rencontres Internationales de Mosaïque – Prix Picassiette (Juried Exhibition), Chartres, France