About the Artist
Christina K. Hansen was born in Kings City, California in February 1987. Her family moved around California before settling in Porterville in 1995, where Christina continues to live. She has an older brother and a younger one, making her the middle child of three. Raised by a strong-willed and endlessly loving single mother. Her family is the most important aspect of her life; her nephew is the center of her world, and her two brothers are her allies for life.
She became interested in art at the age of eighteen. Her interest in art quickly grew, and before long, she found herself drawing whenever possible. Over the years she learned traditional drawing, traditional and digital painting, photography, and photo-manipulation. Christina did not receive formal training until the spring 2015 when she enrolled in a Fundamentals of Drawing class taught by Tom Howell at Porterville College. After taking this class, she declared her major in Commercial Art.
In May 2018 she graduated with honors from Porterville College with an AA degree in Commercial Art. She was awarded Medal of Distinction in Art at graduation. Her over all GPA was 3.73 with a 4.00 GPA in her major.
Christina is a member of the Lindsay Art Association and the Kings Art Center. She was the Editor of the Porterville Art Association’s newsletter from September 2016 to June 2017. She was the Vice President of the Porterville College Art Club from February 2016 to September 2016. Christina’s art has received recognition in the Lindsay’s Orange Blossom Festival Art Show in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2024 ; as well as in the Porterville Art Association's Judged Show in 2016, and 2017.
