Amanta Christina is a South African born in Cape Town who lives in Canada.  She attended art school from the age of 12, where her focus was on fine art and printmaking.  Her technique in oil painting was defined, and her focus was contemporary portraiture.  At the age of 17, she performed in front of a live audience (1000+ people), completing a 2.5m x 4m painting. 

In 2019, she moved away from her business career to focus solely on her art again – this time exploring acrylic paint.  She spent over a year working with this medium to shape, bend and mould it to her own liking.  Since then, she has participated in group exhibitions in real time and virtual in South Africa, London, Rome and British Columbia.  She was recently invited to showcase her work in London at the Truman Brewery venue.  Amanta commissioned pieces where the biggest was 3m x 1m. Silk-screen techniques are used in most of her work.

A time, a place, the personas – this is my work.

The emotional climate of the TIME series engages with a specific year in time.  Historical events, textiles, fashion, colour trends, and art movements are captured and embraced.  The series reflects the story that is long lost, remembering the things that are forgotten.

Whether from memory, fantasy, or longing, my ‘PLACE’ works remind you of a space that needs envisioning, a place that needs to be revisited in memory, or a place that calls upon a personal encounter.

THE PERSONAS: The ones that were there could have, should have, must have been there.

Why mostly Blooms?

They represent a beginning and an end.  They allow us to ponder new possibilities, what is hidden, or what is yet to come.  Blooms speak a language of sensuality.  They have been present in all moments throughout time.  They have been burdened or blessed while silently gathering the stories of the fleeting happenings.