Biography
Largely self-taught, Cristina completed a year-long postgraduate course with the Royal Drawing School in 2022. Over the last few years, Celestini has regularly exhibited at the Mall Galleries in London; she has had work selected for major group shows and national competitions, including the Derwent Art Prize, the Royal West of England Academy’s juried exhibition and the ING Discerning Eye.
Recently featured on Sky Portrait Artist of the Year, Celestini has had work acquired by the New Art Gallery in Walsall for their permanent collection and was selected for the Women in Art Fair 2024. She has also completed numerous private commissions, including portraits, and enjoys working with a range of clients.
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CURRICULUM VITAE
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Cristina Celestini
Rome, Italy 1962
Education:
Rome University, Modern Languages MA, 1986
Part time Foundation degree, Birmingham School of Art, Bournville Campus (unfinished)1999
Royal Drawing School Postgraduate course 2022
Group and Solo Exhibitions:
2025 Selected exhibitions
Summer Exhibition Royal west of England Academy, Bristol
Ruth Borchard self-portrait prize, long-listed
Society of Women Artists at mall Galleries, London
Drawing (paper) show Bridewell galleries for Liverpool Biennale, Liverpool
Drawing Prize Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Birmingham
Long-listed Jackson’s Art prize
Pastel Society, Mall Gallery London
Works on Paper Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Society of Fine and Graphic art, Mall Galleries, London
2024
Guilford House Open, Guilford
Invited to Platform Project with Studio22 group, Athens
Selected for the Women in Art Fair during London Frieze week
Society of Women Artists at mall Galleries, London
Group Exhibition Courtney Gallery, Ashbourne, Derbyshire
Society of Women Artists at Mall Galleries, London
Equal&Able. Ableism in Art: Project working with The New Art Gallery Walsall
Drawing Open at No format Gallery, London
Derwent Art prize at OXO Tower, London
Society of Graphic and Fine art at Mall Galleries London
Pastel Society at Mall Galleries London,
2023
Group exhibition the Gallery at Holt
Royal West of England Academy Juried exhibition, Bristol
Well Art Contemporary, Wells Cathedral
Juried Exhibition "Drawing paper Show" at Bridewell Studios, Liverpool
Pastel Society at mall Galleries, London
Society of Women Artists at mall Galleries, London
Group exhibition with Studio22 and The Royal Drawing School at the Gallery at Green and Stone
Society of Graphic and Fine art at Mall Galleries London
2022
Completed Royal Drawing School Postgraduate Course
Shortlisted for the ING Discerning Eye Drawing Bursary
Participant in Sky Art Portrait Artist of the Year - portrait selected by model, guitarist Phil Manzanera
Leamington SPA Museum and Art Gallery
Frontier art fair with the Studio_22 Artist Cooperative
Summer show at The Gallery at Green and Stone, London
Pastel Society at Mall Gallery London
Society of Fine and Graphic Art at Mall Gallery London
West Midlands Open Exhibition at New Art Gallery Walsall
‘Twenty Twenty’ permanent collection exhibited at the New Art Gallery Walsall
2021
ING Discerning eye Exhibition, Mall galleries London
Society Colour Pencil UK, OXO tower London.
Society of Women Artists - On line
Drawing acquired by the New Art Gallery Walsall for their permanent collection
Society of Graphic Fine Art at Mall galleries
Pastel Society at Mall Galleries London,
Call to Artists IKON Gallery, Birmingham
2020
Elected Associate member at Society of Graphic Fine Art
Prize exhibition Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
Society of Graphic Fine Art at Mall Galleries London
(Exhibition cancelled due to Covid-19)
2019
Society of Graphic Fine Art. Mernier Gallery London
Society of Women Artists Mall Gallery London
Bath Society of Artists, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath
Solo exhibition ground floor at Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Birmingham
Leamington SPA Art Gallery and Museum, Leamington. Judges’ commendation
Pastel Society, Mall Gallery, London
The Herbert, Coventry Museum and Art Gallery, Coventry
Rugby Museum and Art Gallery, Rugby
2018 Selected exhibitions
Elected full member of Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
Selected Exhibitions
Birmingham Circle Art Society, Birmingham. President Prize winner
Society of Graphic Fine Art, Mernier Gallery, London
Society of Women Artists Mall Gallery, London
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Birmingham
2017- 2016 Selected Exhibitions
Group exhibition, Rye Gallery, Rye
Group Exhibition, Artist Workhouse Gallery, Studley. Featured artist
Portrait Prize Exhibition,
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Birmingham
Coventry OPEN at the Herbert Gallery, Coventry Museum and Art Gallery, Coventry. Visitors’ choice