Bio
Christina Kerns is a photographer working with alternative printed materials, gifs, net art and artist books. She received her BFA in photography with a minor in art history from Pratt Institute and an MFA in interdisciplinary art from the University of Pennsylvania, PennDesign. Her work incorporates ideas of individuality, the influence of the internet on the physical world and archiving individual and cultural history. She is an Associate Professor at Lincoln University, of PA and lives and works in Philadelphia, PA. She has exhibited nationally and internationally.

Statement
My artistic work is rooted in a Post-Internet practice and explores the translation of a virtual identity to a physical one, through the use of photography. My projects investigate the idea of American culture while considering the continued influence of global visual culture from social media and other digital platforms. Concepts like distortion, translation and ephemerality influence my practice through the impermanent nature of material culture and the temporary nature of pictures on the Internet.