ABOUT:
Christina Dietz (1994) is a sculptor/multidisciplinary artist from Central Pennsylvania. Dietz earned a BFA in Sculpture and a BA in psychology in 2017 from The Pennsylvania State University. In 2017, Dietz was awarded the Center for Craft, Creativity, and Design’s Windgate Fellowship. She has exhibited both nationally and internationally and participated in residencies including the International Sculpture Center Residency at Mana Contemporary, the Idea Furnace Residency at Pittsburgh Glass, and the Food Studio Residency at The Meet Factory in Prague.
With sculpture, installation, performance, and video, I explore how humans relate to one another and to the environments we inhabit. I question prescribed roles and value systems, examining overlooked subjects that populate both science based fields and imaginative speculation. My interests range from microbial communities that drive fermentation to commercially hybridized Sea Monkeys. With humor and material play, I seek moments of permeability, relational transformation, and reactive change within both natural and post-industrialized systems.
To question the arbitrary physical and metaphorical boundaries imposed by late-stage capitalism, I respond with intimacy and connection, creating embodied works that resist passive spectatorship. With scent, sound, and objects that demand the navigation of space, I activate audiences beyond viewership and ask; Where do you end and I begin? What moves me, you, and us? and How might our bodies be retrained for responsive action?
Dietz is currently pursuing her MFA at The Ohio State University.
