About
CHRISTINA JUSTIZ ROUSH (b. 1986, New York) is a sculptor and interdisciplinary artist whose work explores ritual and material transformation. Engaging themes of spiritual guardianship and transmutation as both subject and method, her practice treats process as a form of enactment rather than representation.
She studied visual arts and religious philosophy at Sarah Lawrence College, where her artistic language began to intertwine with a sustained engagement in esoteric traditions, including astrology, tarot, numerology, and alchemical texts. These systems continue to inform the symbolic structure and internal logic of her work.
Practice
Her process is methodical and accumulative, rooted in plaster casting, drawing, painting, and shellac sealing. Through repetition and structure, channeled intuition is grounded into form. Crystals and gemstones function not as embellishment but as conduits, material presences that mediate between the visible and the unseen.
Within this framework, themes of protection, guidance and transmutation emerge as generative forces, opening charged pathways to the archetypal planes.
Recognition & Studio
Justiz's work has been exhibited nationally at museums and galleries including solo presentations at the Paul Mellon Arts Center, CT; Eleventh Hour Gallery, NY; and Deanna Grant Gallery, East Hampton.
Justiz has been included in group exhibitions at the Medici Museum of Art, Ohio; Lotusland, Santa Barbara–curated by Johanna Burton (Director, ICA Philadelphia); Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC), NY; and Dacia Gallery, NY. Public installations and private collections include works at the I.M. Pei Science Center, CT; LMCC, NY; and Brooklyn Fire Proof, NY. Her work has been featured in publications such as Hyperallergic, Atmos Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and MTV Voices, among others.
