Cristina Casiano is an artist dealing with the self-expression of cultural identity and body image. She celebrates photographic expressions found in unique individuals while collaborating with diverse and local artists who embrace their true authentic selves.
EDUCATION
Savannah College of Art & Design, MFA, Photography, 2021
Master’s Thesis title: “Her House: Self-Portraiture and Reframing Memories of Body Image and Self-worth,”
Thesis Committee Chair, Professor Jenny Kuhla
The Art Institute of Tampa, BFA, Digital Photography, 2013
RECOGNITIONS & AWARDS
2022 Finalist, Women, All About Photo, Online
2021 Third Place Conceptual, Annual Members Show, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa
2021 Finalist, Communications Arts 2021 Photography, Online
2021 Achievement Honor Scholarship, Savannah College of Art and Design Graduate Scholarship, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2020 Achievement Honor Scholarship, Savannah College of Art and Design Graduate Scholarship, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Sterling Presence Redux, Patch & Remington, Marcellus, MI
Synesthesia (Music As Inspiration), The Brooksville Art Gallery at 201, Brooksville, FL
Files & Film 8, Gallery 221, Tampa, FL
Auto Focus: A Portrait of the Self, Millepiani, Rome, Italy
Androgyny, House of Shadows, Tampa, FL
2021 Annual Members Show, Florida Photographic Museum of Arts, Tampa, FL
2020 Imagine, Stirling Art Studios & Gallery, Dunedin, FL
Annual Members Show, Florida Photographic Museum of Arts, Tampa, FL
Black Light Art Show, Safety Harbor Museum, Tampa, FL
2019 Sidewalk Arts Festival, Savannah College of Art & Design, Virtual tour
2015 Files & Film 3rd Annual Juried Photographic Art Show, Creative Soul Studio, St. Petersburg, FL
2012 Raw Exposure, International Boba House, Tampa, FL
F8 Annual Student Showcase, The Art Institute of Tampa Gallery, Tampa, FL
Art in the Park, Hernando County Arts Council, Spring Hill, FL
MUSE Art & Body Art, Art Pool, St. Petersburg, FL
The Art of Heartache, West Tampa Center for the Arts, Tampa, FL
24-Hour Challenge, The Art Institute of Tampa Gallery, Tampa, FL
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Photographic Artists APA
Florida Museum of Photographic Arts FMoPA
Professional Photographers of America PPA
Society for Photographic Education SPE
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES & VOLUNTEER WORK
Hernando County Fine Arts Council (HCFAC)
Florida Museum of Photographic Arts (FMoPA)