About the Artist

Christine Abigaíl Meinders is an emerging interdisciplinary artist born and raised in Chicago working primarily in ceramics and fiber art. Christine recently received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio with a focus in Fiber and Material Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago after receiving a full ride through multiple scholarships. She has also had the opportunity of studying ceramics at Ox-Bow School of Art & Artists’ Residency the past two summers (2024 & 2025). Growing up in an unconventional and matriarchal Puerto Rican household, she faced many challenges and estrangement that led her to use artmaking and craft as an escape. She is invested in autobiographical and emotional research, commonly using familial archives in her work.

Through the use of fiber, print, ceramics, and archival imagery, Christine expresses the complexities of control and lack of control in one’s life. She explores themes of childhood and generational trauma, innocence, identity, and coming of age for the sake of understanding her past experiences and healing from them. While working with great details and intention, Christine utilizes vulnerability with the intent of creating human connection. She reveals herself and her life willingly and strategically, with the hope that others can relate, play, and heal with her and her work. Since recieving a BFA as a First Generation Fellow, a Chicago Scholar, and a First-Year Scholar, Christine has been working towards continuing her studio practice and material exploration at the beginning of her career as a working artist.