CHRISTINA NAFZIGER

Create! Magazine • 15th February 2022

Say It Loud with Fashion! An Interview with Celine Gabrielle

The clothes say it all! Canadian artist Celine Gabrielle captures the endless variety of personality and personal expression embedded within our clothing. For her, fashion holds memories, traditions, beliefs, opinions, and presence. They can be a way...

Create! Magazine • 25th January 2022

The Importance of Putting Yourself Out There: An interview with Katty Huertas

In this interview, Katty Huertas tells us about how she fuses together analog and digital processes, the work that makes her most proud, and the importance of putting your art out there—even if it isn’t perfect!

Create! Magazine • 24th January 2022

Chains, Links, & Connection: Interview with Adi Avidani

Adi Avidani is an Israeli artist and designer based in the UK. Fascinated by the clear connection she finds between clay and people, Adi uses clay to portray human relations. You can usually find her working on her pieces in the studio, around the...

Create! Magazine • 19th January 2022

The Answers Found in Nature: An Interview with Jodi Kitto-Ward

Jodi Kitto-Ward paints mainly in acrylic and derives inspiration from nature, the city ,and everyday life. Strongly influenced by line, color, and expression, Jodi has a style that is representational, vibrant, and simplified in form, evoking...

Create! Magazine • 1st December 2021

Finding Special Moments in Ordinary Situations: Interview with Joanna Pilarczyk

Arriving 10 years ago in London from her native Poland, a country she describes as "grey and non-multicultural", Joanna Pilarczyk fell in love with the city immediately. Amazed and entranced by the many cultures and the vibrant life of the city, she...

Create! Magazine • 17th November 2021

Wondering into the Unknown: A Conversation with Jennifer Cronin

Chicago-based painter Jennifer Cronin paints worlds full of magic and mystery, filled with moments of familiarity with something askew. Eerie and uncanny, Jennifer masterfully finds that specific place that is right on the border, and in between place...

Create! Magazine • 14th November 2021

Exploring Life's Mysteries: Interview with Nuno Serrão

Join us in conversation as we talk to Nuno Serrão, who captures cinematic moments in time. Each photograph he creates hold an intense air of mystery, a fog that is wrapped in the never-ending eerie. Recently featured in Issue #27, Nuno tells us about...

Create! Magazine • 9th November 2021

Becoming An Artist & Savoring the Process: A Conversation with Megan Elizabeth

Obsessed with light and shadow, artist Megan Elizabeth fully gives herself up to nature, to growth, and to continuously becoming who she truly is: an artist. Join me in conversation as Megan tells me about her brand new solo exhibition Water, opening...

Create! Magazine • 3rd August 2021

Repave Magazine: Connecting Art & Mental Health

I am thrilled to introduce Repave Magazine, which not only promotes ways of healing and coping, but does so by connecting it to art. Based in Portland, OR, editor and founder Emmi Greer explains that art has been her greatest healer. Launched during...

Create! Magazine • 6th July 2021

Sasha-Loriene of BLACK GIRLS WHO PAINT: Always Tell Your Story

Sasha-Loriene is a Maryland based contemporary artist who captures her thoughts, feelings, and interpretation of the world in every piece. The goal of her art practice is to tell a story and create a personal experience that encourages viewer...

Create! Magazine • 25th May 2021

The Color of Nostalgia: Interview with Rachel Gregor

Each of Rachel Gregor’s portraits is a soft, warm breath. They are light to the touch and delicate in nature. Her palette reminds you of a childhood story, her use of paint brings to mind the sensation of blushing, her rendering of light like sun...

Create! Magazine • 19th May 2021

Using Glass to Explore Strength & Fragility: Interview with Silvia Levenson

Join us in conversation the artist tells us about the hardships of her past, her experience emigrating, and why using glass as a material is the perfect way to convey her message in her art. Plus, the Silvia shares with us a meaningful encounter with...

Create! Magazine • 4th May 2021

Forever Focused on Growth: Interview with Hannah Webb (The Obanoth)

My work focuses on technique in application and dynamic color stories, usually with a focus on organic subjects such as animals or body parts. My paintings are layers of independent shapes, stacked with precision to imply light, texture, and form....

Create! Magazine • 22nd April 2021

Finding Your Medium: Interview With Sandra Apperloo

I create all my ceramics by hand from my studio located in Utrecht, The Netherlands. I love colors and patterns. I have a weak spot for pastel shades, I like to sculpt tiny eyes, paint weird freckles, and I challenge myself to try out new fun things...

Create! Magazine • 20th April 2021

Exploring Strength & Fragility: Interview with Annette Bukovinsky

Annette Bukovinsky is an artist based in Sydney, Australia. Her practice explores the intricacies of humanity’s relationship with nature with the aim of searching for a new ecological philosophy that can address the challenges threatening the vitality...

Create! Magazine • 6th April 2021

The Slippery Skin We're In: Interview with Mariah Ferrari

Mariah Ferrari’s subject matter and glossy painting technique is specific and exacting, creating a style that is all her own. Using her unbelievable talent in painting, the artist renders arms and legs that are slippery and slick, twisting and bending...

Create! Magazine • 30th March 2021

Using Play to Create Immersive Installations: Interview with Dana Lynn Harper

Dana Lynn Harper uses the power of play and experimentation to create immersive installations that transform space and state of mind. Leaning into her distaste for rules, she unleashes her creativity by breaking barriers and using non-traditional materials.

Create! Magazine • 25th March 2021

Guest Curator Gita Joshi Discusses "Springing Forward"

Recently, Gita Joshi curated our virtual exhibition Springing Forward! Join us in conversation as Joshi discusses her curatorial process and the artwork included in Springing Forward.

Create! Magazine • 23rd March 2021

Making Tangible Images: Interview with Cécile Davidovici

After her mother's death, Davidovici felt a need to replace images and sound with tangible, touchable materials. She found that a new medium allowed her to anchor herself in the moment: textiles.

Create! Magazine • 17th March 2021

Infusing the Soul of the Neighborhood into Murals: Interview with Jeffrey Zimmerman —

Chicago native Jeff Zimmermann has exhibited and created large scale murals internationally. Commissioned artwork includes Fortune 500 companies, the E.P.A, museums and universities. His work has been featured on the Today Show and in the New York Times.