ABOUT

Cristi López
b. 1993

Cristi López is an artist, mental health advocate, and first-generation American of Dominican, Spanish, and Cuban descent. She graduated from Ringling College of Art and Design in 2016 with a BFA in Illustration.

Her work illustrates the often invisible journeys of navigating mental illness, femininity, and faith. She aims to remind others that their unique, complex journeys deserve to be acknowledged without judgment. To be portrayed is to be seen. The neurodivergent mind is not to be relegated to the shadows; it is to be explored in full color.

She hosts the Queer Contours figure drawing series in collaboration with Queer Expression St. Pete, and teach yoga at SukhaLife. In all of her endeavors, she aims to cultivate environments that connect people with themselves and each other, whether that be through creative expression, perceptual drawing, education and awareness, or mindful movement.

Cristi is currently based in St. Petersburg, Florida.