About the artist:
Christl Stringer is a Black surrealist figurative painter, writer, and filmmaker
whose work has shown at SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Rivalry Projects, and more.
Through her art and writing she explores the interiority of the Black millennial
womanhood and childhood experiences. Her films and scripts have been accepted into
NFFTY, Thuh Film Festival, New Haven International Film Festival, and more. She is a
graduate of Montclair State University’s Theatre Studies program.
Artist Statement:
My figurative surrealist paintings investigate the themes surrounding the
deteriorating effects of capitalism on the human psyche. While using domestic and
nostalgic items as motifs—I invite the viewer to understand the constant spite, anger,
and reluctant humor I find in my experience of being a Black woman and former child. I
incorporate childlike and jovial colors that can resemble pop art and commerciality, at
first glance. The color choices illustrate a facade of what it takes to get through the day
as a Millennial Black woman and child. In the twenty-first century, society is always
meme-ifying Black emotions and expression for comedy, dehumanization, or capitalist
gain. As an antithesis of that, my work forces the viewer to immerse themselves in the
thoughts and experiences of Black people.
