cristina acle*

          * artist, designer, general cool girl who makes stuff
             * based in sunny los angeles, california
             * open to long term or short term projects
             * love for bunnies and the world around me

art direction    ⟡    illustration     ⟡    multimedia work  
graphic design    ⟡     resume/contact







multimedia       work

welcome to my multimedia palace

new multimedia pieces are always available for commission & existing ones are open for purchase

please find here:



              1. Girl Unknown (2023)
→             a mixed media piece of gouache, acrylic, pastels, magazine collage, and marker.

→             this piece exists somewhere in between the spaces of inheriting womanhood, the cruelty of losing value just by continuing to exist under an inescapable gaze, and coming to know one’s place in the world, whether that understanding is thrust onto you or gently guided. everything about this piece was intentional for me, from the selection of repurposing 1950’s LIFE magazines – the era of white picket suburban bliss, cigarettes for your health, and war bonds for patriotism - creating and building a space divided by two mediums, and maximizing the story i could tell and the subtext i could implement in every corner, every detail, and every first glance. GIRL unknown comes from a place of losing, from a place of having your story and every stage of it prewritten, pinned up, and bled out.

                      2. Soft Inside (2023)


→            gouache, ribbon, oil pastel, and colored pencil

→            something about beauty and softness and pinkness and trust

                      3. Please Keep Watching Over Me
              (2022-23)


→            charcoal, acrylic, cardboard, marker, pastel, thread

→            this multimedia project crafted from 2022 to 2023 investigates themes of the self, dreams, reality, and fantasy.

this piece aims to contest both the division and the blending of memory and present, and to explore the span of  human emotional experience. the title alludes to my emergence as an artist in the world outside of my studies, along with being a plea to my guardian angels (depicted as red bunnies).

→            exhibited at the Multimedia Exhibition at the Thomas P. Kelly gallery of Los Angeles in March 2023.

                      4. I Will Always Grow (2022)


(only some of the works from this collection featured here)

→            photo collage + digital illustration

→            this collection of works was created as a homage to my past self, a nod to my future self, and a warm hug to my present self.

→            these artworks act as capsules in time, with collages of what I have experienced mentally, emotionally, and physically, to further propel me forward as an artist and human. in these works are real cutouts of journal entries from 2019 - 2022, collaged with original photos and drawings to create atmospheres of my past. I aimed for these pieces to bring up feelings of reminiscence, longing for another time, and to remind us of the wishful thinking only a child could have.

I hope to invite my audience to think softly of their own memories and experiences, and relate that back to their present selves with love, appreciation, and gratitude.





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