Works

Executive Dysfunction | Neural plasticity

executive dysfunction | Neural Plasticity

Oil pastel on paper

Executive dysfunction: “a disruption of the brain's management system, causing trouble with task initiation, time management, and emotional regulation for people with ADHD”

Neural Plasticity: “the brain’s ability to change, grow and reorganize its structure and connections throughout life.”

Iridogorgia | Neural connectome

Tissue, Wire, Thread

Iridogorgia: A deep sea soft coral characterized by its large spiral shape with longs and relatable branches attached to it.

Neural Connectome: A map of neural connections in the brain, and may be thought of as its "wiring diagram" of brain fibre tracks.

“Forever searching and exploring the connections in the deep sea.”

- Christina Brouwer

I Refuse To Be Numbed Into Submission

OSB, offcut material, Spray paint

“If you can’t eliminate justice, at least tell everyone about it.”

Iranian Nobel laureate lawyer and writer. Founder of the Defenders of human rights in Iran.

— Shirin Ebadi

“I always remember my grandmother telling me the one who lost the home knows better than anyone else what does it mean having a home, then losing it...”

Palestinian Journalist and activist. Peabody Awards winner.

— Bisan Owda

“This is a shocking time and the darkest time for women, women’s future and women’s education...”

Judge in Afghanistan and former chair of the Women’s Committee of the Afghan NGO’s Coordination Bureu.

— Marzia Babakarkhail

1 in 4

installation - paper clay - wood shelving unit

Inspired by Refuge’s No bad apples campaign, and activist artist Elina Chauvet, Christina created the 1 in 4 installation to highlight statistics surrounding crimes against women.

The Pomegranates

2 women are killed every week by a current or former partner in the UK.

The Snake s

1 in 4 women are raped or sexually assaulted in the UK.

The feathers

1 in 3 women will experience domestic abuse in the UK.

My Safe Space

cotton bedsheets, fishing wire, elastic bands, video

“The depth cradles me. The silence… teaches me to truly hear myself.”

Alessia Zecchini (World record Freediver)

My Safe Space video

Sea inspired sketches

A collection of sea inspired safe spaces and clay sketches.

The Ferris Wheel

“Art might be seen as an intellectual thing, but I don’t think it always is. It can be emotional, it can be sensory, it can be funny, it can be playful, it can be entertaining.”

Harold Offeh

Searching for Safety

Meditation, Memory and Destruction

Developmental projects and workshops

St Hilarion

(Drawing workshop)
Re-imagined church named after a Palestinian Saint in Cyprus to honour Palestinians on World Strike Day.
Mapping memory

Rewiring our neural synapses.
Mapping childhood memories

Part 1 - Home
Mapping childhood memories

Part 2 - Cypriot Sea
The Boxing Gym
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