Jill Christian

Jill Christian is a visual artist working in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She holds an MFA from The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University as well as an MBA from the University of New Mexico.

Having spent time on the water growing up, she finds parallels between the ocean and the great expanses of distance and sky in New Mexico. Drawing inspiration from rhythms and patterns in the landscape, her current work is about the expressive potential of repeated handmade marks. These process-driven, meditative paintings create rhythmic patterns that invite quiet contemplation of their surfaces.

MFA, The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Boston, MA

MBA, Marketing, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

BFA, Painting, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

Solo exhibitions

2014
Impressions, The Jonathan Abrams MD Art Gallery, University of New Mexico Hospital, Albuquerque, NM

2012
"Rise|Set", The Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM

"Intervals", Inpost Artspace/Outpost Performance Center, Albuquerque, NM

Group exhibitions

2017
TONDO, Exhibit 208, Albuquerque, NM

Iteration, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA

2016
Third Annual Regional, Artspace111, Fort Worth, TX. Juried by Eric M. Lee.

The Thing of it Is, Washington Art Association, Port Washington, CT. Curated by Eric Aho.

Paintings by Jill Christian, Marilyn Dillard, and Raul Dorn, Matrix Fine Art, Albuquerque, NM

2015
Miniatures & More, The Albuquerque Museum of Art & History, Albuquerque, NM

Affordable Art Fair New York, Matrix Fine Art, Albuquerque, NM

Wild+Life, Page Coleman Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

Art on the Edge Biennial, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM. Curated by Nora Burnett Abrams

Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, Matrix Fine Art, Albuquerque, NM

(s)and: An Introduction, Exhibit 208, Albuquerque, NM

Building the Image: Work by The Lady Minimalists Tea Society, Smink, Dallas, TX

New: Works by Matrix Artists, Matrix Fine Art, Albuquerque, NM

2014
Miniatures & More, The...