Christina Wigmore is a Leicester-based printmaker and mixed-media artist whose practice brings together printmaking, collage and textile processes to explore memory, place and material culture. Rooted in a DIY and punk ethos, her work embraces experimentation, reuse and reconstruction, transforming discarded and overlooked materials into layered visual narratives.
Drawing inspiration from Leicester’s rich textile heritage, Christina explores the emotional connections we form with objects, fabrics and the places we inhabit. Her work is particularly concerned with uncovering hidden histories and celebrating the lives, labour and experiences of women whose contributions have often gone unrecognised.
Through texture, repetition and the physical act of making, she brings fragments of the past into conversation with the present, allowing materials to carry their own stories.
"I'm interested in the stories that materials hold — the traces of people, places and everyday lives that might otherwise be forgotten. Through making, I want to give those fragments a new voice."
Her practice is both intuitive and investigative, combining a playful, experimental approach with an ongoing curiosity about the relationship between personal memory, collective history and the everyday.
Director | Soft Touch Arts, Leicester
Extensive experience working in the arts, including many years as a director at Soft Touch Arts, a Leicester-based youth arts charity. Responsible for developing, fundraising for and curating participatory arts projects and exhibitions with young people.
Left Soft Touch Arts in 2023 to focus on developing an independent creative practice.
Education
MA Textile Design (Distinction)
De Montfort University, Leicester | 2023
Artistic Practice & Development
An artist working across printmaking, textiles and mixed-media, with a particular focus on developing experimental and interdisciplinary approaches.
Member of Leicester Print Workshop
Over five years developing printmaking and mixed-media skills
Continued development of an independent artistic practice through research, experimentation and exhibition opportunities
Awards & Residencies
2026–2027 | AA2A Artist Residency
Loughborough University
Year-long artist residency commencing October 2026.
2021 | Developing Your Creative Practice Award
Arts Council England
Awarded funding to undertake a research and creative practice development project.
Solo Exhibitions
2026 – Little Theatre, Leicester
2025 – LCB Print Room, Leicester
2025 – Leicester Coffee House Company, Leicester
2023 – Little Theatre, Leicester
Selected Group Exhibitions & Open Calls
2026 – Fairfield Mill Textile Competition
2025 – Ironbridge Printmakers Competition
2025 – The Sock Gallery Open
2025 – Rugby Open
2023, 2024, 2025 – Leicester Open
Artwork has been sold through a number of solo and group exhibitions.
