Chrissy Angliker : See Through

Chrissy Angliker is a Brooklyn-based Swiss American artist. Her art is focused on visually translating how she perceives life itself, as seeking balance between control and chaos. At the center of Chrissy’s practice lies her unique exploration of her ever-evolving partnership with paint, which is explored in her 2016 book, PAINT/ING/S. For every intentional mark, the nature of the medium challenges that intention. The artist is searching for a sense of grace in the oscillation between these two opposing elements. The theme of her work arose from her feeling of life itself being a balance between control and chaos, which has been heightened in these extraordinary times. As people, we have intentions, but must anticipate and welcome the intervention of outside forces beyond our power.

At a young age Chrissy was fortunate to study with the Russian artist Juri Borodatchev who became her artistic mentor for several years. In 1999 at age 16, Chrissy moved to the US to study Fine Art at the Walnut Hill School in Natick, MA. Seeking to broaden her means of expression, she then pursued a degree in Industrial Design at the Pratt Institute in New York. After spending her post-graduate years working in the design field, Chrissy's creative expression shifted back to painting in 2008.

Over the past decade and a half  Chrissy has successfully exhibited her art in Europe and the US. She has been featured in several publications, amongst them Forbes online in 2017, and Interview Magazine online in 2022, and she has been commissioned to collaborate with several companies, amongst them Blick Art Materials, Utrecht Paints, AOL, Burton and Wired Magazine.