Adrienne Christian
ARTIST STATEMENT
As a photographer, I am primarily interested in the healing power of color: Nature’s colors — the way blue can calm and red can ignite passion, for example. And People of Color, the way depicting us as multifaceted individuals, who have rich inner and outer lives, can undermine the one-dimensional caricatures and stereotypes commonly associated with us. This can function as a major antidote to prejudice and racism, and heal the wounds both have caused, in people of color and in the world.
GALLERY
Adrienne Christian
Dr. Adrienne Christian is a Writer and Photographer who teaches Writing and Photography online. She is the author of two poetry books: Worn (2021), and A Proper Lover (2017). WORN was one of the Rumpus’ Most Anticipated Books of 2021.
Adrienne’s poetry has been featured in Hayden’s Ferry Review, World Literature Today, American Life in Poetry, and others. Her nonfiction has been featured in, BUST, Next Avenue, phoebe, and more.
In 2020, Adrienne earned her PhD in English with a concentration in Creative Writing from the University of Nebraska. In 2011, she earned her MFA in English with a concentration in Contemporary Poetics from Pacific University. And in 2001, she earned her BA in English with a concentration in 19th Century British Literature from the University of Michigan. She’s taught at Bennet College, The University of New Haven, and the University of Nebraska.
In 2020, Adrienne was nominated for two Pushcart Prizes. Also in 2020, she won the Common Ground poetry award. In 2016, she was a finalist for the Rita Dove International Poetry Award. In 2007, she won the University of Michigan’s Five Under Five Ten Young Alumni Recognition Award.
Adrienne is an Associate Editor at Backbone Press.
She lives in San Antonio, Texas with her husband.
Twitter: @adrienne.christian
Instagram: @adrienne_evelyn
Facebook: facebook.com/adriennechristian.writer.photographer
