MARIA CRISTINA JADICK
  • Maria Cristina "Cristy" Jadick
  • Exhibitions
    • Artist Statement / Into Resilience >
      • Into Resilience
    • Artist Statement- Exitium >
      • Furious Flow, Drought and Fire >
        • Furious Flow etc.-Details
        • Furious Flow, Drought and Fire-Video
      • Requiem for a Toxic Deluge >
        • Requiem for a Toxic Deluge-Details
        • Requiem for a Toxic Flow-Video
    • Artist Statement-Wall-installation >
      • Wall
    • Artist Statement/ Extreme Water Mystery Sand >
      • Installations/ Extreme Water Mystery Sand
      • Sculpture-installation/ Photography/ Video
    • Artist Statement/ Coming Home Leaving >
      • Sculptures/ Coming Home Leaving
      • Mixed Media/ Coming Home Leaving
      • Installations/ Coming Home Leaving
      • Artist Book/ Coming Home Leaving
      • Prints/ Coming Home Leaving
    • Artist Statement/ Intervals >
      • Balseros: Freedom Flotilla installation/ Intervals
      • Woeful Wake installation/ Intervals
      • Stocked Motivation: Now and Later installation/ Intervals
      • Hope and a Prayer installation / Intervals
    • Artist Statement/ Fourteen >
      • The Price of Oil $94.375 How Many More? instalation/ FOURTEEN
    • Artist Statement/ Ready to Rumble? >
      • Ready to Rumble? installation/ Ready to Rumble?
      • Sovereign installation/ Ready to Rumble?
      • Steak Night: Marinate, Tenderize and Grill installation/ Ready to Rumble?
      • Jerry's Butcher's Coat or U.S.D.A. Prime, INSP'D & P'S'D installation/ Ready to Rumble?
      • Strategic Toss installation/ Ready to Rumble?
      • Mixed Media Drawings/ Ready to Rumble?
      • Football Sculpture Series/ Ready to Rumble?
      • Grilling Meat/ Ready to Rumble?
      • Iraq Steak/ Ready to Rumble?
      • Prints/ Ready To Rumble?
    • Artist Statement/ Irrevocable >
      • Irrevocable installation/ Irrevocable
    • Artist Statement/ Audible Silence/Silencio Sonoroso >
      • Audible Silence installation/ Audible Silence Silencio Sonoroso
      • Artist Book/ Audible Silence
    • Artist Statement/ Connection Disconnection >
      • Connection Disconnection installation/ Connection Disconnection
    • Review/ Cultural Bodies >
      • Mixed Media Paintings/ Cultural Bodies
      • Mixed Media/ Cultural Bodies
      • Prints/ Cultural Bodies
  • Projects
    • Warning Arctic Freeze, Power Grid Fail / Artist Statement >
      • Warning: Arctic Freeze , Power Grid Fail, 2022
    • Compenetrate/ Artist Statement >
      • Compenetrate/ Compenetrate
    • Backdrop- Ilium / Artist Statement
    • Artist Statement/ As American As Mom and Apple Pie >
      • As American As Mom and Apple Pie
      • Installation/ As American As Mom And Apple Pie
    • Artist Statement/ Play Ball >
      • Play Ball - Installation
    • Displacement
    • Retablos
    • Prints: Bosnia: Soul Survivor Series
  • PHOTOGRAPHY
    • India: Arches, Pillars, Monuments and Doorways, 2011
    • India: Patterns, Textures and Details, 2011
    • Skyscraper Abstractions Houston 2000
    • Ruby's Wigs
    • American Apple Pies
    • Taos, NM: Twilight, Sunset, Landscape and Abstraction, 2013
    • Bare Trees
    • Looming Weather Front 2013
    • Cloud Seeding?
    • San Antonio Mini Twilightscapes 2013
    • Houston Twilightscapes
  • ABOUT
    • ARTIST STATEMENT
    • BIO
    • COLLECTORS
    • CV-RESUME
    • PRESS/PUBLICATIONS >
      • Glasstire Top 5 in TX / Feb 3, 2022
      • Glasstire Online Texas Art Magazine Glasstire Counts down the top five art events in Texas this week.
      • Slow Art: Surpik Angelini’s Serene Privte Kunsthalle in Montrose Offers a Temple to Contemplation and Activism (PDF) | Paper City
      • The IUPLR and History of Houston's Latin Art Now! Conference/ Houston History Magazine
      • Latino Art Now! Shines Light on Talent. Houston Chronicle 3/3/2019
      • Texas Sculpture Group-2012 Interior Exhibition, Curated by Phillip King, San Antonio Art Magazine by Haydee Munoz
      • 2012 Texas Sculpture Group Interior Exhibition Curated by Phillip King
  • News/Contact info
MARIA CRISTINA “CRISTY” JADICK / ARTIST STATEMENT
Blue Norther Exhibition, Site Gallery-Sawyer Yards Silos

Jadick is compelled to build bridges that connect people. She affirms that her art’s main purpose is to evoke compassion while creating a space for dialogue. Her research-based, conceptual art often integrates combinations of photography, video/audio, painting, printmaking, performance and installation while reflecting an authentic, rather than a traditional beauty aesthetic.

Jadick’s multi-media, photo-essay installation, “Warning: Arctic Freeze, Power Grid Fail,” addresses from a personal perspective as she experienced it, the extreme weather event, Winter Storm Uri, which took place between Feb. 12-17, 2021. It caused 75% of the United States to be covered in snow and damaging ice while incurring between $86 billion and $129 billion dollars in economic damages, making it one of the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history.
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In Texas, millions of Texans were left without power, heat and water, when rolling, electricity grid blackouts occurred during multiple days of subzero temperatures. Hundreds of Texans died of hypothermia, exacerbation of existing conditions, carbon monoxide poisoning, motor vehicle accidents, fires and falls, while millions more, having been inadequately prepared, suffered through the trying ordeal. 

​Jadick’s installation is intended to be a clarion call for concerned citizens, policymakers and legislators to come together urgently and make the necessary fixes to our energy power grid; making it resilient, affordable and stable, so it effectively meets the future energy needs of citizens. It is imperative to avoid a repeat of the tragic and unnecessary deaths that occurred during and after Winter Storm Uri caused by denial, poor planning and a lack of preparedness. Climate Change is real. It is causing more frequent and intense extreme weather and we all have to be ready when it comes.

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  • Maria Cristina "Cristy" Jadick
  • Exhibitions
    • Artist Statement / Into Resilience >
      • Into Resilience
    • Artist Statement- Exitium >
      • Furious Flow, Drought and Fire >
        • Furious Flow etc.-Details
        • Furious Flow, Drought and Fire-Video
      • Requiem for a Toxic Deluge >
        • Requiem for a Toxic Deluge-Details
        • Requiem for a Toxic Flow-Video
    • Artist Statement-Wall-installation >
      • Wall
    • Artist Statement/ Extreme Water Mystery Sand >
      • Installations/ Extreme Water Mystery Sand
      • Sculpture-installation/ Photography/ Video
    • Artist Statement/ Coming Home Leaving >
      • Sculptures/ Coming Home Leaving
      • Mixed Media/ Coming Home Leaving
      • Installations/ Coming Home Leaving
      • Artist Book/ Coming Home Leaving
      • Prints/ Coming Home Leaving
    • Artist Statement/ Intervals >
      • Balseros: Freedom Flotilla installation/ Intervals
      • Woeful Wake installation/ Intervals
      • Stocked Motivation: Now and Later installation/ Intervals
      • Hope and a Prayer installation / Intervals
    • Artist Statement/ Fourteen >
      • The Price of Oil $94.375 How Many More? instalation/ FOURTEEN
    • Artist Statement/ Ready to Rumble? >
      • Ready to Rumble? installation/ Ready to Rumble?
      • Sovereign installation/ Ready to Rumble?
      • Steak Night: Marinate, Tenderize and Grill installation/ Ready to Rumble?
      • Jerry's Butcher's Coat or U.S.D.A. Prime, INSP'D & P'S'D installation/ Ready to Rumble?
      • Strategic Toss installation/ Ready to Rumble?
      • Mixed Media Drawings/ Ready to Rumble?
      • Football Sculpture Series/ Ready to Rumble?
      • Grilling Meat/ Ready to Rumble?
      • Iraq Steak/ Ready to Rumble?
      • Prints/ Ready To Rumble?
    • Artist Statement/ Irrevocable >
      • Irrevocable installation/ Irrevocable
    • Artist Statement/ Audible Silence/Silencio Sonoroso >
      • Audible Silence installation/ Audible Silence Silencio Sonoroso
      • Artist Book/ Audible Silence
    • Artist Statement/ Connection Disconnection >
      • Connection Disconnection installation/ Connection Disconnection
    • Review/ Cultural Bodies >
      • Mixed Media Paintings/ Cultural Bodies
      • Mixed Media/ Cultural Bodies
      • Prints/ Cultural Bodies
  • Projects
    • Warning Arctic Freeze, Power Grid Fail / Artist Statement >
      • Warning: Arctic Freeze , Power Grid Fail, 2022
    • Compenetrate/ Artist Statement >
      • Compenetrate/ Compenetrate
    • Backdrop- Ilium / Artist Statement
    • Artist Statement/ As American As Mom and Apple Pie >
      • As American As Mom and Apple Pie
      • Installation/ As American As Mom And Apple Pie
    • Artist Statement/ Play Ball >
      • Play Ball - Installation
    • Displacement
    • Retablos
    • Prints: Bosnia: Soul Survivor Series
  • PHOTOGRAPHY
    • India: Arches, Pillars, Monuments and Doorways, 2011
    • India: Patterns, Textures and Details, 2011
    • Skyscraper Abstractions Houston 2000
    • Ruby's Wigs
    • American Apple Pies
    • Taos, NM: Twilight, Sunset, Landscape and Abstraction, 2013
    • Bare Trees
    • Looming Weather Front 2013
    • Cloud Seeding?
    • San Antonio Mini Twilightscapes 2013
    • Houston Twilightscapes
  • ABOUT
    • ARTIST STATEMENT
    • BIO
    • COLLECTORS
    • CV-RESUME
    • PRESS/PUBLICATIONS >
      • Glasstire Top 5 in TX / Feb 3, 2022
      • Glasstire Online Texas Art Magazine Glasstire Counts down the top five art events in Texas this week.
      • Slow Art: Surpik Angelini’s Serene Privte Kunsthalle in Montrose Offers a Temple to Contemplation and Activism (PDF) | Paper City
      • The IUPLR and History of Houston's Latin Art Now! Conference/ Houston History Magazine
      • Latino Art Now! Shines Light on Talent. Houston Chronicle 3/3/2019
      • Texas Sculpture Group-2012 Interior Exhibition, Curated by Phillip King, San Antonio Art Magazine by Haydee Munoz
      • 2012 Texas Sculpture Group Interior Exhibition Curated by Phillip King
  • News/Contact info