Christina Poulengeris is a British Greek-Cypriot artist, born in London. After completing a Bachelors Honors degree in History at Oxford University and also attending art classes at the world-renowned John Ruskin School of Art at the same time, Christina went on to do an art course at Perugia University, Italy where she took classes in sculpture and life drawing. In Perugia one of her sculptures was chosen for a prestigious exhibition in Italy at the time.
She also received training at a Greek-Cypriot studio in Cyprus for many years and in 2018-2019 she attended a sculpture studio in Athens, Greece, where her sculptures were sold. While living in Cyprus her paintings were also sold to private collectors. This year she has been working towards a solo exhibition in Cyprus.
In 2011 Christina moved to Greece, focusing on her painting career. She is currently working from her studio in Athens, Greece while working on a new body of paintings, focusing on Greek and Cypriot landscapes and histories and preparing work for an exhibition in London.
In her practice she focuses on topographical scenes and nature patterns across borders, concentrating on the complexity of skies and land. Mainly painting in oil but also using pastel and acrylic, she concentrates on the changing nature of scenery across lands from her travels and places in which she has lived including Zimbabwe, Africa, Cyprus, Greece, and England creating new landscapes and places.
