C H R I S T I N A    M O O R E was born in Wainwright, Alberta, where her father, a member of Royal Canadian Mounted Police, was stationed at the time. Her family transferred several more times throughout Alberta, before settling in the Ottawa area, where she completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honors and her Bachelor of Education at the University of Ottawa. She currently resides in Ottawa, where she is a practicing artist and teacher. 

As a painter and sculptor who comes from Huron-Wendat ancestry, Christina’s art is inspired by the traditional worldview of her people, which she strives to bring to life through her creative use of layering, symbol, mixed media and colour. Her use of mixed media including clay, broken glass, leaves and feathers are symbolic of her own personal journey, involving reconnecting with nature and putting the pieces together of a history swept under the rug. She states, “our history has affected where and how we live but it has not determined how we think or what we believe.”

In 2005, Christina was awarded the Suzanne Rivard Le Moyne Award’s Honorable Mention- in recognition for her installation, which spoke of the haunting effects of residential schools. Overall, she believes that the arts provide avenues to understand ourselves, make meaning of the world, and create empathy for others different for ourselves.

Christina’s current body of artwork is done in collaboration with an artist by the name of Brad Henry, who comes from Tlingit and Vuntut Gwitchin descent.  They work together, learn from each other, and share a strong sense of importance of keeping traditional culture and knowledge alive.  Together, they to try to find a middle ground between traditional ways and the modern world.

Their work has been featured at venues such as the Vancouver Aboriginal Art and Culture Festival, and will be featured on this season of APTN’s Cooking with the Wolfman.   In 2007, their collaborative artwork earned the pair an honorable mention at Streetsville Gallery’s “Treasures of Aboriginal Artists” show. Their collaborations, which combine Northwest Coast iconography with the expressionistic beauty of scrapings and feathers, are described as melding together two distinct styles with harmonious rhythm. 

They believe that "To live in harmony, we all must work together to gain an understanding and appreciation of the valuable contributions of each culture. One source for such understanding is the arts.”