I'm Cristina, an Italian illustrator and public artist based in London.

Before illustration, I trained as a landscape architect. That's where I learned to think in scale, in context and in how people move through a space, and it's why so much of my work now lives on walls and in public places.

My practice today moves between public art and illustration: large-scale murals, sculpture trails, packaging, book covers, editorial illustration and original paintings on paper, canvas and walls. The work is figurative, hand-painted and always drawn from life and stories.

I compose in layers: each piece carries quieter figures and small scenes hidden inside the larger image, so the work rewards a closer look. It aims to do two things at once: hold a room from a distance and give you something new to find when you come back.

I work with brands, publishers, councils, festivals and private clients across the UK and Europe. My studio is in London, and I travel for murals, installations and public-art projects wherever the brief needs me.