Cristina Călinoiu is a mixed-media visual artist from Romania. She lives in Bucharest, Romania, and Chamonix, France, where she works, rock climbs and skis. 

She's been painting since 2022, and during this time her art was acknowledged among others by Arts to Hearts Project, in their Emerging Women Artist Award & Exhibit 2024, and, most recently, by Festival 4 Arts, Romania in their @7th International Visual Arts Competition 2026. 

Cristina's art aesthetics is abundant and excessive in colour, layers and textures, as she explores the limits of each medium that she works with - charcoal, graphite, collage, inks, sprays, markers, oils.

Her stories blend fantasy with reality, and she is particularly interested in illustrating the close relationship that exists between the animal and human worlds and the way in which they influence one another. Her main characters come from the animal kingdom, but they are always surrounded by elements of human life. She personifies them, transforming them into symbols of humanity, and they often become fantastical beings, representing hope, perseverance and inner strength. Sometimes she uses humour to allude to serious issues such as beliefs, customs or social behaviours that have affected our lives and the world around us.

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