Biography
Christine Sajecki is an artist practicing in Baltimore, Maryland. She mostly works in encaustic, a malleable and sculptural paint made of beeswax, pigment, damar resin, and other materials harvested from her environment. She works the surfaces with brushes, torches, gouges and blades. Sajecki carries this process of excavation and accretion across other media through her drawings and illustrations.
Her paintings have been included in many juried and solo exhibitions throughout the United States and Europe. Her work appears in print in albums, periodicals, and several books of poetry and fiction. She has been a guest lecturer, teacher, or resident artist at many institutions and community centers nationally and internationally, including the American Visionary Art Museum, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Clayton State University, the Creative Alliance at the Patterson, The Providence Center for Adults with Disabilities, Maryland Institute College of Art, Savannah College of Art and Design, and FundAHrte in Panama City, Panama.
Solo Exhibitions:
2021 Revival: A Call For Radical Care Sulphur Studios, Savannah GA
2021 Everyone Quarterly: Issue 2: Architecture The Art Of Everyone, A Publishing Genius Project
2019 Haley Fine Art
2018 Into The Blue Blue Spiral 1; Asheville NC
2017 Country/No Country, Roots Up Gallery, Savannah GA
2015 Televisions, Rocket to Venus, Baltimore MD (with Joseph Young)
2014 New Work, Haley Fine Art, Sperryville,VA
2012 American Villages, 1704Lincoln Gallery, Savannah, GA
2011 LOCAL, Local 1110, Savannah GA
2010 Covers, Minas Gallery; Baltimore MD (with Joseph Young)
2009 The Rumors Are True, Creative Alliance Main Gallery, Baltimore MD (with Megan Hildebrandt)
2008 Deep Falls, Antreasian Gallery, Baltimore, MD (with Joseph Young)
2007 New Encaustic Paintings & Book Swap, 2nd Floor Gallery, Baltimore MD
2006 The Works, Greenbelt Community Center, Greenbelt MD
2005 Work, Creative Alliance at the Patterson, Baltimore MD
2003 Telescapes; Atwell’s Art and Frame, Savannah GA
Selected Juried and Invitational Exhibitions:
2021 You/Lift Me Up Roots Up Gallery, Savannah GA (with Mike Henderson)
2017 Artists For Truth Benefit Exhibition Space Camp Gallery, Baltimore MD
2016 Other Words For Nature Cowell Family Cancer Center; Traverse City MI
2016 Paperwork Jordan Faye Contemporary; Baltimore MD
2015 Crankie Fest Creative Alliance at the Patterson; Baltimore MD
2015 Patrons for Provisions The Block; Hudson OH
2015 The Light By Which We See Andalusia Farm; Milledgeville GA
2015 <500 MAP Gallery; Baltimore MD
2015 Fresh 1704 Lincoln; Savannah GA
2014 Practical Feminism Radiator Gallery; Queens NY
2014 Into That Darkness Peering Edgar Allan Poe Museum; Richmond VA
2013 Content, An Exhibition Athens Center for Contemporary Art; Athens GA
2013 Eyesplice: Traces HEREarts; New York, NY
2013 About Face S.P.A.C.E. Gallery; Savannah GA
2013 Preserving A Sense Of Place Ships of the Sea Museum; Savannah GA
2013 Telfair Art Ball Jepson Center for the Arts; Savannah GA
2012 Man in State of Cohen’s Retreat; Savannah GA
2012 Eye to Eye: The Making of We Indigo Sky Gallery; Savannah GA
2012 Southern Discomfort 1704LincolnGallery; Savannah GA
2011 Unreliable Narrators Creative Alliance; Baltimore MD
2010 Celestial Fragments Primo Piano LivinGallery; Lecce, Italy
2009 Common Ground; 11 Americans in Lisbon: Galleria 9 Arte; Lisbon, Portugal
2009 Local Color: Towson University; Towson, MD
2009 SCAD Painting Alumni Exhibition: Pei Ling Chan Gallery; Savannah, GA
2009 Encaustic Works 2009: The Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle; New Rochelle, NY
2009 To The Teeth: Amalie Rothschild Gallery, Baltimore, MD, Curator: Lauren Boilini
2009 Seven From Savannah: 2 Car Garage Gallery; Savannah, GA
2009-2006 Marqee Ball & Silent Auction: Annual Invitational Benefit; Creative Alliance; Baltimore, MD
2008 My __ Other: Amalie Rothschild Gallery, Baltimore, MD, Curator: Erin Cluley
2007 Conflict & Peace; Columbia Art Center, MD
2007 Nudes: Annual Benefit Gala; Maryland Art Place; Baltimore, MD
2006 Toys; Museo Gallery; Langley, WA
2005 Alumni Painting Show; Alexander Gallery; Savannah, GA
2005-2001 Carry On Drawing..: Travelling international multimedia exhibition; Curator: Avantika Bawa
2003 74th Annual Connecticut Women Artists Juried Show; Davis Gallery; Mystic, CT; Curator: Fereshteh Daftari
2003 Flow; AquaSpace Gallery; Savannah, GA
Grants and Awards:
2016 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Grant Recipient
2012 Citizen Advocacy Eye To Eye Artist Fellowship, Savannah GA
Publications:
2017 Contributing Visual Artist Daniel Hope: For Seasons Duetsche Grammaphon GmbH, Berlin
2016 Cover Artist Fiscal Year 2016 Annual Report Maryland State Arts Council. Print.
2016 Illustrator Amanda by Amanda McCormick. (Baltimore, Ink Press Productions)
2014 Contributing Visual Artist Parallax Issue Two. Brooklyn, Singing Saw Press. Print.
2014 Cover ArtistWashington Square Review, Summer/Fall. NYU Creative Writing Program. Print.
2014 Cover Artist Forgiveness, Forgiveness by Shane McCrae (North Amherst, Factory Hollow Press)
2012 Cover Artist Easter Rabbit by Joseph Young, second edition (Baltimore, Publishing Genius)
2010 Cover Artist Easter Rabbit by Joseph Young (Baltimore, Publishing Genius)
Professional Experience:
2015 Workshop Instructor; The Studios at Key West; Key West FL
2014-13 President; Board of Directors, Flannery O’Connor Home Foundation, Inc
2014-12 Board of Directors, Flannery O’Connor Home Foundation, Inc
2012 Co-founder; Flannery O’Connor Annual Parade, Savannah GA
2013-11 Treasurer, Creative Forces Artist Collective
2012 Visual Art Curator: Savannah Stopover Music Festival
2012 Art Teacher: Salvation Army CAPA Program
2011 Curator: Ossabaw Works On Paper and Wood; Atwell’s Art & Frame
2010 Visiting Artist Program, Ossabaw Island, GA
2010-2009 Encaustic Workshop Instructor, Armstrong Atlantic State University
2010-2009 Encaustic Workshop Instructor, SCAD, Savannah, GA
2010-09 Visiting Artist Lecture; Maryland Institute College of Art; Baltimore, MD
2009 Co-Curator: Wax Actual Juried Show; Amalie Rothschild Gallery; Baltimore, MD
2009-2007 Artist-In-Residence; Creative Alliance At The Patterson; Baltimore MD
2009-2007 Encaustic Workshop Instructor: Creative Alliance; Baltimore MD
2008 Encaustic Workshop Instructor: Columbia Art Association; Columbia, MD
2008 Resident Artist Instructor: Providence Center for Adults with Disabilities; Annapolis, MD
2008-2006 Bright StArts Program; Resident Art Instructor in Baltimore City Public Schools
2008 Resident Artist Instructor: American Visionary Art Museum Summer Camp; Baltimore MD
2007 Visiting Artist, Harford Community College; Bel Air MD
2006 Visiting Artist, Clayton College State University; Atlanta GA
2006 Visiting Artist, Greenbelt Community Center; Greenbelt MD
Public Collections:
Dulany Industries, Savannah, GA
Sui Generis Arts, Whidbey Island, WA
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Clayton College and State University, Atlanta, GA
Education:
2001 Savannah College of Art and Design; Bachelor of Fine Arts: Painting
2012-2013 UMASS Arts Extension Service; Non-Profit Arts Management