David B. Smith Gallery

Artist Statement:

Christina Empedocles was born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She earned her BA in Studio Art and Geology from Oberlin College and her MFA in painting from California College of the Arts, San Francisco. In 2008, Empedocles completed a public commission at the University of California, San Francisco Mission Bay Campus Community Center, and the City of San Francisco has commissioned a series of drawings to be displayed in downtown San Francisco in December 2012 as part of the Art on Market Street Program. Christina Empedocles’ work has been featured in and on the cover of International Drawing Annual 5 published by Manifest Gallery, New American Paintings, Studio Visit Magazine, Color & Color, and American Art Collector, among others. Her work is included in a number of very important contemporary art collections.