LISA CRISTINZO (she/her/beast) is a queer painter, installation artist, facilitator, and mystic, a first-generation Canadian residing in Tkarónto on Turtle Island. Cristinzo’s work explores myth, materialism, and earth-based spiritual practices, that result in subversive paintings and spaces, fueled by the desire of queering the monolithic, entangling hierarchies, and diversifying systems of care. She re-emerged as an artist, after working many years in the arts and cultural sector, including managing the artist residency program at Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts on Mnisiing/Toronto Island. In 2022, she completed an MFA at York University, receiving Graduate Scholarship, SSHRC funding for her research into fire and climate change, along with the Samuel Sarick Purchase Prize. Funded by a Canada Council for the Arts grant, Lisa spent 60 days at four artist residencies after her MFA, where she explored the tradition of “plein air” painting through the lens of climate change. Cristinzo then facilitated a thematic artist residency based on her experience that brought together Indigenous, settler and newcomer land-based artists for a collective contemplation around “plein air” painting and climate-disasters. The residency called, “i made it through the wilderness”, is now in its 3rd iteration and has emerged as a collective, working together across Canada. Currently, Cristinzo’s work focuses on ecological cycles and working in co-authorship, creating work “about” and “with” plants. After completing the Doris McCarthy Artist-in-Residence Program in 2023, she participated in a local bio-based materials international program, “The Material Way” based in Denmark, where she made apple-based bioplastics from Doris McCarthy’s apple trees. Most recently, her work was included in a three-person show, "Red, Yellow, Blue," at Xpace Cultural Centre, curated by the Gas Collective. She is currently an adjunct professor, teaching painting and drawing at the Marilyn Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, Brock University.