Christina Rothe was born in Hamburg, Germany and raised from infancy in Lagos, Nigeria. After years of travel, studies and a short career working in the shipping industry, she finally allowed her life's true passion to unfold pursuing a career in fine art. Christina moved to the United States and studied at the Kansas City Art Institute in Missouri, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fiber.
She is predominantly known to paint with threads layering thousands of individual threads of various weights and colors one-at-a-time onto surfaces. Inspired by the African artist FAB her own technique of working with threads evolved over the years creating the illusion of an intricately textured woven cloth. Life experiences taught Rothe that there is no such thing that does not exist; Life is intricate, complex and fragile. Christina became a United States Citizen in 2016.
Upcoming Exhibits/Events 2020 - 2021
June 11th, 2021 OneHeart Call project and the performing arts, one night event at Gonzaga's Magnuson Theatre, Spokane Washington
May 7, 2021 OneHeart Call project at The Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, Washington
Selected Exhibits/Events
October 2nd, 2020 - Awakening and the OneHeart Call Project_building community through the voices of our hearts through the arts at the Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, Montana, a multimedia and multicultural art outreach project
Launch of the One Heart Call website
June 5th OneHeart Call Project and the performing arts, one night event at Gonzaga's Magnuson Theatre, Spokane Washington
postponed due to Covid-19 virus
May 1st - The Kolva Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, Washington
postponed to 2021 due to Covid-19 virus
April 3rd - Four- Group Exhibit - The Saranac Art Projects, Spokane, Washington
postponed due to Covid-19 virus
Ongoing Exhibits/Permanent Art Installation
Thrivent Financial, Liberty Lake, Washington
Forza Coffee Company, Hamilton Location, Spokane, Washington
Meadowwood Technologoy Campus, Liberty Lake, Washington
Selected Exhibitions
2018
Rooted in Fiber, Pend d'Oreille Arts Council Invitational Fiber Art Exhibit at The Sandpoint Center, Sandpoint, Idaho
Community Benefit: Hearts for the Arts, Liberty Lake Community Theater, Liberty Lake, Washington
2017
The Art Spirit Gallery’s 20th Anniversary Exhibit, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
Marmot Art Space, Spokane, Washington
Community Benefit: Leadership Lights the Way Gala, Leadership Spokane, Washington
Community Benefit: Team Child, Jewett House in St. John’s Cathedral, Spokane, Washington
KSPS Public Television, Northwest Profiles, May 2017, Guiding Threads
2016
First Friday Spokane, William Grant Gallery, Spokane, Washington
Just the Bridge, William Grant Gallery, Spokane, Washington
Exquisite Woman, Little Dog Art Gallery, Spokane, Washington
Mixed Media, Little Dog Art Gallery, Spokane, Washington
Opening Show, Little Dog Art Gallery, Spokane, Washington
Community Benefit: Palouse Arts Councils’s 12th Annual Artists’ Showcase 2016, Palouse, Washington
Community Benefit: Team Child, Jewett House in St. John’s Cathedral, Spokane, Washington
The Artist Catalogue, Cover artist for the Spring edition 2016, Twelve featured emerging artists
2015
Craftsman Cellars, Spokane, Washington, December 2015 through February 2016
Embodied, Repertoire Art & Design Gallery, Missoula, Montana
Edges Soften, William Grant Gallery, Kendall Yards, Spokane, Washington
Umpqua Valley Arts Association, Artworks Northwest Exhibit, Roseburg, Oregon
Mixed Media Show, Repertoire Art & Design, Missoula, Montana
Women’s Works 2015, Woodstock, Illinois
Community Benefit: Team Child, Jewett House in St. John’s Cathedral, Spokane, Washington
2014
Permanent Installation at Meadowwood Technologoy Campus, Liberty Lake, Washington
Free Flow, Dodson's, Spokane, Washington
Community Benefit: Team Child, Jewett House in St. John’s Cathedral, Spokane, Washington
2013
Textile Art Show, Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center, Postfalls, Idaho
2012
Small Artworks Invitational, The Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
William Grant Gallery, Spokane Washington
The Works of Christina Rothe, Dodson's, Spokane, Washington
Moxi, Spokane Arts Commission, Spokane, Washington
2011
Italia Trattoria, Spokane Arts Commission, Spokane, Washington
2010
Small Artworks Invitational, The Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur dʼAlene, Idaho
Performances
1993
Of Bones And Of Edges-Living In-Inside Out-Turn-Outside-In, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
1992
3000 Eggs-Public No.1 Or Silence And Creation, Kansas City Art Institute, KansasCity, Missouri
300 Eggs-Public No.1, Plaza, Kansas City, Missouri
Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Cafe Javagaia, Body Painting for Hot Water Mermaids music band, Kansas City, Missouri
Arc to Microchip, by Dwight Frizell and Jay Mandeville, Radio Performance on K.C.U.R. 89.3, Kansas City, Missouri
1991
Silence, Dance Performance and Body Painting, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
Public Art Display
Safeco Liberty Mutual Group, Liberty Lake, Washington
Meadowwood Technologoy Campus, Liberty Lake, Washington
Glen Dow Academy of Hair Design, Spokane, Washington
pʼFino Gourmet Market, Clarkston, Michigan
URBANʼS Interior General Contractors, Northville, Michigan
Reviews/Publications/TV
KSPS Public Television, Northwest Profiles, May 2017, Guiding Thread
http://video.ksps.org/video/3001173778/
LaRue, Jennifer, The Threads that Bind, in: Spokane Coeur d’Alene Living, November 2012, page 176
Regalado-Hertel, Stephanie, Christina Rothe Fine Art, in: Woman Spokane Coeur d’Alene Living, Nov/Dec 2012, Vol 1 issue 6, page 9
Howes, Susan, Threads of experience, in: HOUR DETROIT, June 2001, page 54-55
Kansas City and Lawrence, A Survey of Exhibitions during SDAʼs Material Culture Conference, in: Surface Design Journal, Winter 1998, page 46-49
Alterations - Exploring Material and Memory, in: Fiberarts Magazine, Nov/Dec 1997, Vol. 24, No. 3, page 56-57
Kansas City Art Institute Catalogue, 1992
K.C.A.I. View Book 1995-1997
Die Kunst der Koerperkunst, in: Maxi, Nov 11/1991 Schirmacher, Renate, Neugier und Leidenschaft, in: Hamburger Abendblatt, 7/91 Nr. 159, S.15
10 Stunden, in: Hamburger Abendblatt, 7/91 Nr. 154, S. 14 Dogan, Kemal, Boeyle Boyacilik Dostlar Basina, in: Huerriyet, 7/24
Halbrock, Rosmarie, Die Bauchbilder der Christina Rothe, in: Hamburger Kloenschnack 1991, Nr. 6, S.15
Education
2016 Tig Welding certified
2005 Associate Polarity Therapist, American Polarity Therapy Association, The Polarity Center, Dearborn, Michigan
1995 Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, BFA
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