I make work that holds its ground.
Multidisciplinary artist and designer. Illustration, apparel, and painting.
Bold, defiant, and embodied are for people who are done blending in.
BFA + MA
School of Visual Arts, NYC · Art Education
15+ years
Making art professionally across fine art, design, and education
Screen printing
Equipment owned. Print-ready files. No outsourcing.
Artist Statement
I've been making art my whole life. Not as a hobby. As a survival mechanism.
I work in illustration, graphic design, painting, and screen printing. Not because I can't commit to one thing, but because real creative problems don't fit in one box, and neither do I.
My illustration work is pen-and-ink and digital. It is bold, detailed, and built to hold up at any scale. My painting practice is physical and excavational: I work with my whole body, building layers, scraping them back, finding what's underneath. My apparel and merch design bridges both.
Everything I make is rooted in the same question: what does this actually need to say, and does it have the nerve to say it?
Artist Bio
Cristina Link is an American artist whose work serves as a kinetic dialogue between the primal self and the physical world. Born in Guatemala and raised in New Jersey, Link’s practice is rooted in a lifelong investigation of displacement, identity, and the reconstruction of the self.
A tension between rebellion and discipline defines Link’s background. As an adoptee navigating a complex identity, she spent her early years seeking an outlet for a grief that had no words. This journey took her from the wilderness of Vermont to the rigorous physical demands of athleticism. Today, that energy is transmuted onto the canvas, into her graphic designs, and through creation. Her paintings are characterized by visceral mark-making and unapologetic color, functioning not just as images, but as evidence of resilience.
This intuitive, emotional approach is grounded in a strong academic foundation, holding a BFA from The School of Visual Arts (NYC) and a Master's degree in Art Education. Drawing on her history as a competitive athlete and licensed educator, Link infuses her studio process with a rigorous physicality, allowing each piece to emerge as an anchor of strength. Her work invites viewers to confront their own inner landscapes and embrace the power of radical authenticity.
“Presence as resistance. Bold, defiant, embodied. For people done blending in.”