Fine Artist: Paintings for galleries and exhibits nationwide. 1984 - present.
Architectural Color Consulting Specialist: Residential, commercial, institutional. 1998 - present.
Landscape Design: residential and light commercial - 2010 - present
Cristina Acosta Signature Decor (Ceramic Tile Business): - Designed, manufactured, marketed, sold the Cristina Acosta Signature Line of ceramic tile. 1991– 2001.
National distribution - Ann Sacks Tile & Stone, Home Depot, etc.
Acosta transitioned her 6 year artisan art tile process into a manufacturing process and aligned with Westminster Tile in California, for production and fulfillment. Acosta created and managed national distribution of her signature tile line: 1991-2002
Licensed Art Images - Images for greeting cards and home décor items; floor mats, greeting cards, etc: 1993 – 2000.
Author and writer and illustrator- Wrote and illustrated, Paint Happy.
Columnist for Latina Style magazine's design column, "Su Casa". Contributor to various books, blogs and periodicals over the years: 1991-present.
Sign and mural painter – Holiday and promotional signs on store windows. Central Oregon, Springfield, and Eugene, Oregon: 1984 –1994.
Consistently exhibited fine art in juried and invitational shows: 1984-present.
UCR University California Riverside - Usher program: Drawing Meditation classes taught on Zoom per COVID pandemic. Fall 2021
Central Oregon Community College - Adjunct Art Instructor, Bend, Oregon: Figure Drawing, Drawing, Painting. Sept. 1990 -1995.
Billboard Lettering and Mural artist – Outdoor advertising billboard painter, Carlson Sign Company, Bend, Oregon 1988 -1990.
Lettering artist - Safeway Stores, Bend, Eugene, Oregon – show card and display signs. Taught sign makers 1987, 1988.
Community Positions:
UO University of Oregon School of Architecture and Allied Arts: Board of Visitors - Member 2008-2011
Bend, Oregon: Assorted years of board and membership activity in various community ventures including: Central Oregon Arts Association, Atelier 6000, etc. 1998 - 2013.
Selected Exhibits & Gallery Representation – 2004 to Present
The High Desert Museum -Art in The West juried fundraiser. Bend, Oregon. Summer 2023.
Eadington Gallery, Tahoe City, CA - Gallery artist 2020 - Present.
Gallery 5830, Truckee, CA - Gallery artist 2016 - Present.
Angela Ivy Gallery, Big Bear Lake, CA - Exhibit May, June 2023.
Intersect 2023 Palm Springs - Juried painting in Intersect booth via Desert Open Studios, February 2023
Northwest by Northwest Gallery, Cannon Beach, Oregon - Gallery artist 2016 - 2020
The Grand, Jackson, WY - Gallery Artist 2016-2019 Terzian Gallery, Park City, UT - Gallery Artist 2016-2018
Alpine Home Gallery, Tahoe City, CA - Gallery artist 2016-2017
Martis Camp, Family Barn, Truckee, CA solo exhibit, 2018 summer
Various art festival exhibits: 2013-2022 including (selected) --
South Lake Tahoe, La Quinta, Palm Springs, Indian Wells, CA
Old Town San Diego Art Festival – Oct. 2012, San Diego, CA
Balloon Fiesta and Rio Grande Arts Festival – Oct. 2011 , Albuquerque, New Mexico Tahoe Arts Council – July 2011,
Art in the Park, Lake Tahoe, California
Westfest Art Fair – March 2011, Palm Springs,
California High Desert Gallery, Bend, Sisters and Redmond, OR – 2008 - 2010 Gallery Representation.
Chimaya Gallery – Los Angeles, CA 2009-2010.
Portland City Hall, Latino Latina American Heritage Exhibit, Portland, OR – Sept./Oct. 2008.
Jacobs Gallery, Hult Center, Eugene, OR – April/May 2008. Latino Visions.
Hood River Arts Association, Hood River, OR, Oct. 2005 –
Invitational Group Exhibit. includes Artist Talk Mirror Pond Art Gallery – Bend, OR, Celebracion! Invitational exhibit of Latino artists. May 2005
Belinki & Duprey Gallery -- Portland, OR: Arte Vivo –12 regional Latino artists. Oct 2004
Larson Gallery -- Yakima Community College, Yakima, WA. Sept. 12, 2004-Oct. 9,2004. “Artistas de La Raza Cosmica. 30 National Latino artists. Five oils.
Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, Summer, 2004, Portland, OR. Paintings
Selected Listings: Instructor – Speaker – Curator — Artist in Residence
Artist in Residence:
2019 Tallac Historic Site, South Lake Tahoe, CA., Painter in the historic Pope Studio -- 3 months, July, Aug, Sept.
2018 Tallac Historic Site, South Lake Tahoe, CA., Painter in Residence 6 weeks, July-Sept.
Instructor: College, Museum, Library and School courses - Art Workshops: nationwide. Available at Present.
Oregon Historical Society, Oregon Folklife Program, Las Artes Tradicionales en las Comunidad, 4 week class: Retablos Ex-votos, a traditional Latino arts March 2002.
Central Oregon Community College, Bend,OR: Figure Drawing, Drawing, Painting. Sept. 1990 -1995.
The High Desert Museum, Central OR Community College, painting. Bend Metro Parks & Recreation; 1995-2005 occasionally - painting and drawing classes.
Central Oregon Arts Assoc. -- Occasional classes 1988 to 2013.
Oregon Historical Society, Oregon Folklife Program, Las Artes Tradicionales en las Comunidad, 4 week class: Retablos Ex-votos, a traditional Latino art form. March 2002.
Speaker: Library, Education and Gallery Talks.
Including: Central Oregon Community College, Bend, OR. Nordstrom Store, Salem, OR. Yakima Allied Arts Gallery, Yakima, WA.
Female Spirituality Conference. Forest Grove, OR, Pacific University, Feminist Studies Program & Central Pacific Conference of the United Church of Christ
Curator: Mirror Pond Art Gallery – Bend, OR, Celebracion! Invitational exhibit of Latino artists.
Books -- Authored
Paint Happy, authored and paintings by Cristina Acosta. Published, North Light Books, F&W Publications, Cincinnati, Ohio. August, 2002, reprinted Sept. 2004. 119 page art book.
Books -- Illustrated
Jane and the Giant Poop, written by Steve Hodges, M.D., and Suzanne Schlosberg, illustrated by Cristina Acosta. O’Reagan Press, 2019.
Bedwetting and Accidents Aren’t Your Fault, written by Steve Hodges, M.D., and Suzanne Schlosberg, illustrated by Cristina Acosta. O’Reagan Press, 2015.
Triumph of Our Communities – Four Decades of Mexican American Art, by Gary D. Keller and Amy Phillips, Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingue, Arizona State University. Page 16 featuring Acosta’s paintings.
Finding Your Visual Voice: A Painter's Guide to Developing an Artistic Style, by Dakota Mitchell and Lee Haroun, North Light Books, Feb. 2007,featuring four of Cristina's images.
The Desert Sun - Palm Springs, CA 2016. Interview print and video. The Oregonian – Portland, OR, Dec. 22, 2005. Home & Garden insert. Cover, 4 p. interview, p. 7-10
El Hispanic News -- Oregon and Southwest WA Bilingual Newspaper, August 11,205, Vol. XXIV No. 32. Interview and Cover of “Mas” insert
Paint Décor -- Better Homes and Gardens Special Interest Publication, Winter Issue October 2004 to Jan 18, 2005, pages 20 through 31. – For the Fun of It! Artist Cristina Acosta offers a fairy-tale guide to painting ceramics “as if you own the paint store.” Feature article showcasing Acosta’s designs on tableware.
Good Housekeeping – Do it Yourself, Winter 2002, page 65. “Contain Yourself – Create a fiesta of living color by growing your plants in containers”. Article featured 5 pages of Cristina’s mosaic pots.
Decorate with Paint, Country Sampler Decorating Ideas, Nov. 2002, page 45, “Waves of Inspiration”. Eleven page interview with pictures of my home. Describing the painted walls of artist’s home and pictures of fine art paintings.
Good Housekeeping Do it Yourself, Fall 1988, Hearst Publications. “Tips from a tile artist,” by Allison Kyle Leopold. Page 14,15,105. Three page interview , pictures of paintings and ceramics.
Latina Magazine, “lo nuevo/news” dept. “Tiles with style.” Short interview and pictures .Page 35, December/January 1997.
Reviews Paint Happy
Artist’s Sketchbook, “Brain Food” on page 54, April, 2003 issue.
The Artist’s Magazine, December 2002, “Season’s Readings”, page 55, by Allison Rost.
Today’s Books, “Best Reads”, Public News Service, November 11, 2002.
Orange County Home, “The Bookshelf”, October, 2002. page 30
When Woman Became the Sea: Reviews of Cristina’s illustrations in children’s picture book:
Bookman’s Weekly, November 1998
Booklist, October 1998
Kirkus Reviews, September 1998
School Library Journal, February 1998
Awards
Habitat for Humanity - Bend, OR Branch: 2004/05/06 Garnered $20,000. Grant from Benjamin Moore Corporate for paint for Silverlake subdivision Habitat clients to be used for paint product. Donated consulting services to the clients over 2 years.
Latina Magazine annual award listing: February 2004, “What We Love: 47 People, Places, & Cositas every mujer must know.” Page 105, #33
ASW- Art Supply Warehouse “cover contest”, $1,000. Prize plus featured cover artist “Winter Sale” catalog. The painting – “Juggling Stars”. Feb 2003.
Solo Exhibits
Angela Ivy Gallery, Big Bear Lake, CA - Painting, May/June 2023.
St. Charles Hospital, Bend, OR – Paintings, Spring 2008.
Onda Arte Latina, Portland, OR – Paintings, June 2006.
Pettibone Art Gallery, Bend, OR – Paintings, April 2006.
University of Washington, Vancouver, WA – Library Exhibit. May 2005 – Oct. 2005. Artist Talk.
The Welcome Center – Bend, Oregon. Paintings. July/August 1992.
Central Oregon Community College, Pinkney Gallery, Bend, Oregon. Paintings, drawings, 1987.
Museum Exhibits
Arizona State University Museum of Anthropology, Tucson, AZ, October 2008 -Jan 2009, 9th Annual Dia de los Muertos Festival (Day of the Dead).
High Desert Museum, Bend, Oregon – Hispanic Culture Celebration – April 2006
Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, WA – People, Places and Perceptions: A Look at Contemporary Latino Art in the Northwest, July – Nov. 2005.
Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, WA – Dia de los Muertos event, October 2004, 2005.
Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, Oregon –Solo exhibit, North Gallery. April 1995.
Education
2020 UC Riverside County Master Gardener Program
1988 University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon -- BFA, Painting
1984 Central Oregon Community College, Bend, Oregon -- AA, Fine Art
Selected Fine Art 1984 - 2023
Figurative DRAWINGS 1984 - 2023
ReTabLo series 1988-2020
PaINT HAPPY SERIES 1991-2010
Bird Dancer - Homage to my Father - Printmaking series 2010-2015
My Grandmother in Her Canoe - Ancestor Homage series. 2016-2023
Natural World Series - 2015 - 2023
Selected Press and PUblications Over the Years
Cristina's CeRamic Art Editorial coverage
Better Homes and Gardens, Special Interest Publications, "Paint Decor" magazine, Winter 2004, multi-page article, pages 20-31, "For the Fun of it!", by Heidi Tyline King.
Cristina Acosta BEdroom 2002
Country Sampler Decorating ideas, "Decorate with Paint, Nov 2002, "Waves of Inspirations", by Eva Dienel. Pages 43-53. Cristina Acosta's hand dyed bedding, window covering; painted wall treatments, painted furnishings and ceramics.
Tabletop Ceramic Designs by Cristina
Editorial 2004 coverage of Cristina's ceramic tile and tableware available nationally from 1991 - 2002 through Anns Sacks Tile & Stone, Home Depot Expo stores and other national distributors. Square "concept boards" in stores nationwide of her "made in the USA ceramic tile.
Books featuring Cristina's art
Learn to Paint Happy written and illustrated by Cristina
North Light Books, a division of F + W Publications printed and published Cristina's 110 page art instructional book in 2002 and 2004. Inspired by the how-to-paint books of her childhood, Cristina wrote this to "give back" to others who wanted to learn to paint.
Born in Los Angeles, Cristina contributed to Mexican American Art.
Author, Gary Keller, featured Cristina Acosta on page 18, in this definitive book. Unknowingly (to both of them), he featured her great grandfather, Enrique Acosta, the Mexican movie star of both silent and spoken film in his book, "The Cisco Kid, American Hero".
Cristina illustrated "When Woman Became the Sea"
Published by Beyond Words in 1998, when Cristina's daughter, Isabella was five years old, Costa Rican creation story retold by author, Susan Strauss.
La Conquistadora as The Puebloan Corn Maiden and Dine Spider Woman.
Author Amy Remensnyder featured Cristina's ex-vote retablo on page. Painted in the tradition of her New Mexican ancestors through her personal, multi-cultural perspective.
Architectural Color Specialist
Creating color plans unique to each client is Cristina's interior design specialty. Years of creating color stories for product lines, paintings and color theory studies informed Cristina to create a highly intuitive and flowing method for her clients.
Cascade Middle School, Bend, Oregon 2005
The 1970s Bauhaus inspired architecture was in need of a contemporary color plan. In 2005, Cristina developed this plan based on historical Bauhaus color palettes crossed with the 1970s West Coast colors typical during that era.
Natural Neutrals
Pink, found in the surrounding lava rock studded landscape blends with local stones and natural wood hues in the western home.
SurfBoard Stairwell
Bright colors intersect with gold and white neutrals in this two-story residential stairwell.
Five Colors Calming
These clients LOVED color. They worked with Cristina to create an interesting color plan whose sum of hues would equal "calm". This great-room architecture's complex shapes were a pleasure to create a color placement plan.
Billboard Mural and Lettering Artist
Twenty-four feet long by twelve feet tall, Cristina hand painted each billboard in oils and /or sign paints using brushes, airguns and rollers in a warm garage studio, working on a rolling scaffold. The sign-shop crew installed her boards throughout Central Oregon. After Cristina graduated from University of Oregon (BFA 1988) in Eugene, Oregon, she returned to her ranch in Bend, Oregon. She worked at Carlson Sign as their lead and only mural and lettering artist. Billboards were either paper like the the Toyota and Dachstein advertisements, or metal sections (like the Budweiser ad). Painting was limited to no more than three ten-hour days of production time. By 1993, computers had taken over billboard painting and Cristina moved on to teach art classes at Central Oregon Community College in Bend, Oregon. Her billboard painting experience gave Cristina invaluable painting and color mixing experience she then translated into her expertise as an architectural color designer.
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