“Her work explores the issues of possibilities, reality and fantasy: shaping and inhabiting speculative space.”
Born in Indonesia, Christina Sandi Tjandra lives and works in Toronto, Canada.
Since a young age, she found visual representation as a good way of communicating her thinking process. Her work explores the issues of possibilities, reality and fantasy: shaping and inhabiting speculative space.
By intersecting her education in architecture and the whimsicality of dreams, her art practice explores unexpected architectural situations. Christina’s works depict her curiosity of inhabiting unfamiliar environments, roaming alone in her adventurous journey.
Christina is currently represented by #Hashtag Gallery
CREATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS
ARTISTIC PUBLICATIONS AND EDITORIALS
2015 American Illustration 34 Annual Publication, Selected Image: Limas House.
2015 ROOM Magazine. 38.1 in Translation.
2014 Applied Arts. Q & A with illustrator Christina Tjandra.
2013 The New Yorker, Spot Drawings, August Issue.
2012 American Illustration 31 Annual Publication, Selected Image: Ravine City.
2012 Transformation: Work by OCAD University First Generation Student Publication.
SOLO SHOWS
2016 “Fact and Fiction”. #Hashtag Gallery. Toronto, Canada.
2014 “Forgotten Places”. #Hashtag Gallery. Toronto, Canada.
GROUP SHOWS
2015 SURFACE. Emerging Gallery Showcase. Toronto, Canada.
2013 Society of Illustrators. Illustrators 55 Exhibition. New York City, New York.
2012 Transformation: Work by OCAD University First Generation Student Exhibition. XPACE Cultural Center. Toronto, Canada.
2012 1st Annual Emerging Artist Show. Gallery 1313. Toronto, Canada.
2012 Art by Designers, Denison Gallery. ARIDO. Toronto, Canada.
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS
2014 American Illustration 34 Selected. New York City, New York.
2012 6x8 “Best in Show”. The Paper Place. Toronto, Canada.
2012 American Illustration 31 Selected. New York City, New York.
2012 SIU Creative Environmental Design awards. OCADU. Toronto, Canada.
2012 Joan Burt Architect Award (Honorary Mention). OCADU. Toronto, Canada
2010 1st Place IIDEX Interior Design Competition. Toronto, Canada.
2006 Columbia International College “Outstanding Achievement in Arts”. Hamilton, Canada.
2006 1st Place Letter Writing to the Mayor of Malang, Indonesia.
2005 Indonesian Delegate to the UNEP: Children’s World Summit for the Environment. Aichi, Japan.
2005 Runner Up 1 Princess of Environment. Provincial Level. Surabaya, Indonesia.
2005 Indonesian Delegate to the Millennium Conference: Australian Cultural Exchange Program on the Environment. Perth, Australia.
2004 Indonesian Delegate to the UNEP: International Children’s Conference on the Environment. New London, Connecticut, USA.
2004 1st Place Scientific Writing Competition on the Environment. Surabaya Institute of Technology. Provincial Level. Surabaya, Indonesia.
2004 1st Place DuPont Indonesia Drawing Competition. National Level. Jakarta, Indonesia.
2003 Finalist of Writing Competition “Jakarta Books 2003” (Best 20 out of 2000 participants). National Level. Jakarta, Indonesia.
2003 1st Place City Speech Contest. The Municipality of Malang. Malang, Indonesia.
2003 2nd Place Story Telling Competition. Office of Education Administration of the Municipality of Malang. Malang, Indonesia.