It is not an overstatement to say, that the woman in this particular painting is a portrait of an artist; still in the very height of a crisis in the mid of her art career as she faces all the passions and emotions that go within creativity and life itself. Not withstanding the psyche that just lies within the core of intellectuality.

Cristina “Kitty”  Sollesta Taniguchi was born in the Philippines where she studied mass communication and literature, and currently resides. Her solo exhibitions include Wrong Horizon, Cultural Center of the Philippines (2005) and Anthology of Myths and Muses, NOVA Gallery, Makati, Philippines (2008). Her group participations include 11th Asia Arts Festival and Permanent Exhibit, Ordos, China (2009), Bloodline group exhibit at the Art Center, Philippines (2016), Tenggara Art Exhibit by at Novahs Gallery, Contemporary Urban Center, Liverpool, England (2008) and Beijing International Art Biennale (2006, 2008, 2010).

She currently lives and works in Dumaguete City, Philippines.