About Christine
Baltimore County
Working across media Christine Buckton Tillman makes work stemming from collected imagery and objects. She counts advertising, algorithms, color, celebrations, display, parties, print media, and Natural History Museums as her main influences.
She has Midwest roots- earning her BA at Coe College and her MFA from the University of Iowa. She lives and works in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Chroma
Chroma is an ongoing collaboration between myself and Oakland Artist Lisa Solomon. We crowd source small colorful objects and arrange them by color.
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Chroma(in collaboration with Lisa Solomon) Thousands of crowd sourced colorful objects installed by color at Gallery CA 2015
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Chroma (detail)(in collaboration with Lisa Solomon) Thousands of crowd sourced colorful objects installed by color at Gallery CA 2015
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Chroma (detail)(in collaboration with Lisa Solomon) Thousands of crowd sourced colorful objects installed by color at Gallery CA 2015
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Chroma(in collaboration with Lisa Solomon) Thousands of crowd sourced colorful objects installed by color at Rare Device in San Franscisco 2016
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Chroma (detail)(in collaboration with Lisa Solomon) Thousands of crowd sourced colorful objects installed by color at Rare Device in San Francisco 2016
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Chroma (detail)(in collaboration with Lisa Solomon) Thousands of crowd sourced colorful objects installed by color at Rare Device in San Francisco 2016
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Chroma24" x 24" found objects on acrylic (comission)
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Chroma(in collaboration with Lisa Solomon) Hundreds of crowd sourced colorful objects installed by color in a private collection 2019
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Chroma (detail)(in collaboration with Lisa Solomon) Hundreds of crowd sourced colorful objects installed by color in a private collection 2019
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Chroma(in collaboration with Lisa Solomon) Thousands of crowd sourced colorful objects installed by color at The Wharf in Washington DC 2017
Fabric Clusters
Large clusters made of fabric. These refrece domestic textile patterning and household fabric useage.
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coverlet 7dye sublimation on fabric and vintage napkin, safety pins 46” x 56”
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coverlet 8vintage handkerchief, dye sublimation print, fabric dye on velvet, and safety pins, 54” x 48”.
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coverlet 4silkscreen, dye sublimation on fabric, fabric dye on velvet, and safety pins 50” x 42”
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coverlet 3dye sublimation on fabric, ink, gouache, and dye on vintage napkins, and vintage handkerchiefs, safety pins 56” x 52”
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coverlet 5dye sublimation on fabric, vintage napkin, fabric dye on velvet, and safety pins 36” x 36”
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coverlet 2dye sublimation on fabric and vintage napkin, safety pins 62” x 42”
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coverlet 1silkscreen, dye sublimation on fabric, gouache and ink on vintage napkin, safety pins 50” x 42”
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coverlet 6dye sublimation on fabric, fabric dye on velvet, vintage handkerchief, safety pins 54” x 42”
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coverlet 9vintage handkerchief, dye sublimation print, embroidery on vintage napkin, fabric dye on velvet, and safety pins, 37” x 38”
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coverlet 10dye sublimation print, fabric dye on velvet, embroidery on vintage napkin, and safety pins, 34” x 36”
Collages
Small photo collages made from Walgreens photo prints from my Instagram.
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rings and confetti4" x 4" Photographic collage
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snowglobe and silkscreen4" x 4" Photographic collage
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tote bag and test tile4" x 4" Photographic collage
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hand and thread4" x 4" photographic collage
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thread and fabric4" x 4" Photographic collage
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confetti and pencils4" x 4" Photographic collage
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balloons and bookshelf4" x 4" Photographic collage
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balloons and mold a rama4" x 4" Photographic collage
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tiger and terrarium4" x 4" Photographic collage
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zinnias and zig zags4" x 4" collaged photographs
Collage Paintings
Small scale square gouache drawings based on photographic collages based on my Instagram Photos
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tote bag and test tile8" x 8" gouache on paper
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bunting and betty cooke8" x 8" gouache on paper
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zinnias and zig zags8" x 8" gouache on paper
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stripes and streamers8" x 8" gouache on paper
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pencils and confetti8" x 8" gouache on paper
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petals and pedestal8" x 8" gouache on paper
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bricks and sky lines8" x 8" gouache on paper
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balloons and box8" x 8" gouache on paper
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greenhouse and gradient8" x 8" gouache on paper
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magnets and array8" x 8" gouache on paper
Drawing Clusters
I organize and exhibit my drawings in clusters so they have conversations with eachother.
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Drawing Cluster 22various drawing materials 62" x 65"
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Drawing Cluster 21various drawing materials 62" x 68"
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Drawing Cluster 20various drawing materials 67" x 62"
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Drawing Cluster 19various drawing materials 70" x 68"
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Drawing Cluster 18various drawing materials 58" x 60"
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Drawing Cluster 16various drawing materials 51" x 52"
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Drawing Cluster 13various drawing materials and photograph 40" x 48"
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Drawing Cluster 11various drawing materials 44" x 30"
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Drawing Cluster 10various drawing materials 40" x 48"
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Drawing Cluster 9
Party Drawings
In my drawings I play with color, and imagery relating to pattern, fake nature, and celebrations.
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kaleidoscope party12" x 16" gouache on paper
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blue streamers18" x 24" gouache and ink on paper
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kaleidoscope partygouache on paper 18" x 24"
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kaleidoscope partygouache on paper 18" x 24"
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kaleidoscope partygouache on paper 8" x 8"
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kaleidoscope partygouache on paper 7" x 10"
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kaleidoscope partygouache on paper 11" x 14"
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five gloomy balloonsink on paper 18" x 24"
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gloomy balloon18" x 24" ink on paper
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gloomy balloon18" x 24" ink on paper
Sculpture
My sculptural work uses shifts in materials to explore celebrations and our relationship to the natural world.
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natural color (detail)hand painted found natural objects
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natural colorhand painted found natural objects 30" x 70"
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natural colorhandpainted found natural objects 30" x 70" x 40"
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patchwork plaid (detail)handwoven mylar party streamers and magnets
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patchwork plaidhandwoven mylar party streamers on woodgrain folding table 30" x 70" x 36"
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clay paper chainceramic life sized
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clay paper chain (detail)ceramic life sized
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party hatceramic life sized
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party hatceramic life sized
Prints
The Tillmans keep a silkscreen studio in our basement. Printmaking has and will continue to be a part of my studio practice.
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confetti print bluesilkscreen monoprint 13" x 19"
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confetti print redsilkscreen monoprint 13" x 19"
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confetti print greensilkscreen monoprint 13" x 19"
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confetti print CMYsilkscreen monoprint 13" x 19"
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confetti print olivesilkscreen monoprint 13" x 19"
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chroma poster lime green blue purplesilkscreen posters made for Chroma San Francisco
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chroma poster red pink orangesilkscreen posters made for Chroma San Francisco
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chroma poster monoprintsilkscreen posters made for Chroma San Francisco
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chroma poster monoprintsilkscreen posters made for Chroma San Francisco