Art Talks at Brand invites contemporary artists to discuss their work and the issues surrounding it. This talk features Christina Ballantyne.
Art Talks at Brand invites contemporary artists to discuss their work and the issues surrounding it, followed by a moderated Q&A with Brand staff member, artist, and writer Jennifer Remenchik. Artists are selected to reflect the diversity of the art scene of the greater Los Angeles area.
Christina Ballantyne (b.1990, Houston, TX) is a Los Angeles-based artist. Ballantyne’s work, encompassing both painting and small-scale sculpture, is deeply rooted in her personal experiences, particularly her experience with temporal lobe epilepsy, which has fueled her interest in examining the role of feelings and sensory experience in the inner life of herself and others. Her paintings often feature figures, animals, and cultural iconography, utilizing deep colors, strong symbolism, and specific layering techniques to evoke a powerful sense of emotion and spirituality. The layering of images, allowing old images to inform new ones, mirrors how past experiences shape our present ways of acting and seeing the world. Ballantyne emphasizes her process of free association and a lack of preliminary drawings, viewing the painting itself as a mirror reflecting her inner life and recurrent existential questions. She received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2021, where she was a recipient of the Helen Frankenthaler award. Ballantyne has participated in solo and two-person exhibitions in Los Angeles galleries and across the US.
The series is sponsored by the Brand Associates and is free and open to the public.
For more information on Art Talks at Brand and the other programs in the 2025 Fall series, please visit our website: BrandLibrary.org/Art-Talks
Images: Christina Ballantyne, No Respite (detail), oil on canvas, 40 x 60 in., 2025; Artist portrait. Images courtesy of the artist.
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Free parking is available in Brand Park. An accessible entrance and accessible parking for cars with a disabled parking placard or license plate is located on the East side of Brand Library.
For additional information about this event, please contact Brand Library & Art Center at (818) 548-2051 or send us an email at Info@BrandLibrary.org.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Lecture | Interview |
TAGS: | Brand Program | Brand Library | Brand Associates | Art Talk |
