ABOUT
TERIE CHRISTMAS
704.264.9774
teriechristmas@me.com
Assemblage & Mixed Media Artist as well as a Photographer/Digital Artist
Assemblage work is a 3D medium using rusted, neglected or vintage items to make a cohesive art piece. It allows me to express myself, through my love of rusted and eroded items, in a more tactile way. You will also see pieces of nature including bones which are usually found in my work.
Mixed Media includes my love for assemblage work but incorporates papers, textiles
Encaustic, which is using Bees Wax to layer over my photographs, is a new approach I am working on allow me a new medium to present certain work. It has a dreamy, etherial quality that plays well off abandoned objects or my cemetery work.
Area of interest in photography is abandoned places or objects that are in stages of decay, as well as capturing people in places I visit. My second area of interest is in old cemeteries, especially found in Louisiana. My purpose as a photographer to to find beauty in the often discarded and abandoned places or items and present that to the viewer through my “wabi sabi” eyes. I use textures and layers to achieve the final results in some of my photography work. I also do photographic collage work using a portrait and layering in photos and memorabilia to show a snap shot of a person’s life or specific accomplishment.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Co-Leader and Past Board Member of Charlotte Photography Meet-up Group.
Co Founder of The Civic & Cultural Arts Center in Pineville NC
Past Board Member for Charlotte Arts & Science Council, Charlotte NC (5 years)
EDUCATION
CPCC Graphic Arts Charlotte NC
Workshops in Assemblage Michael DeMeng Vancouver Canada
Bobbie Polizzi Saluda NC
Michael DeMeng Oaxaca Mexico
Keith LoBue, Australia
Deryn Boyd Mendock, Oregon
Workshops in Encaustics Nancy Crawford Vancouver Canada
Erin Kane Asheville NC
Workshop in Mixed media Kate Thompson Castle Rock, CO
Roxanne Stout Oregon
Jeanne Oliver Castle Rock, CO
Lyn Belisle San Antonio TX
AWARDS
2010 Corel World Wide Creativity Contest. 2nd place from thousands of entries worldwide.
EXHIBITIONS
“ I AM” Fine Art Digital Photography Circa 1857 Baton Rouge LA 2015
“Blessed” Fine Art Digital Photography Circa 1857 Baton Rouge LA 2015“Joseph Jilbert” Fine Art Digital Photography Capital Studios Baton Rouge LA 2015
“I AM” Fine Art Digital Photography The Light Factory Charlotte NC 2015
“I AM” Fine Art Digital Photography Hart Witizen Gallery Charlotte NC 2015
“Blessed” Fine Art Digital Photography Renovatus Charlotte NC 2016
“Sunshine Angel” Fine Art Digital Photography Renovatus Charlotte NC 2016
“The Weeping Angel” Photography The Light Factory Charlotte NC 2016
“Wabi Sabi Seeker” Assemblage Art Ciel Gallery Charlotte NC 2017
“Primrose” Assemblage Art Hart Witzen Gallery, Charlotte NC 2018
Current Work is at Independence Gallery Loveland CO