Cristina González (Chicana, b. 1971 San Antonio, Texas) is an artist and educator whose studio practice is grounded in drawing and painting. Her work explores how personal, cultural and ancestral memory shapes present identities. Cristina has artwork in the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, the Carlsbad Museum of Art, the New Mexico Capitol Art Foundation, the New Mexico Department of Transportation, the City of Santa Fe, and the National Hispanic Cultural Center. She received fellowships from Skowhegan, the Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program and theSam & Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts. Cristina was a USA Fellow Nominee in 2016.
Cristina also envisions and builds programs and projects at the intersection of studio practice, community practice and arts education. She has taught and lectured widely and currently serves as Arts Education Coordinator for Santa Fe Public Schools. In 2021, Cristina was named Arts Administrator of the Year by the New Mexico Art Education Association. She holds an M.F.A. in Painting from the University of Washington, Seattle and a B.A. in Art from Yale. Cristina lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
In Service of ARTists
Vital Spaces supports local, emerging & BIPOC artists and is inclusive of artists of all ages, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, and countries of origin. By providing affordable space, we provide venues for artists who might not otherwise know one another to come together in community and collaboration. We work to share this collaborative energy with the broader Santa Fe public through our programming.
