Cristina Cardenas

Cristina Cardenas (born 1957) is a painter, printmaker, and lithographer known for paying tribute to Mexican culture. It has been suggested the imagery of her paintings is "meant to empower women".

Early life and education Cristina Cardenas was born in Guadalajara in 1957. She moved to the United States and settled in Tucson, Arizona. Cardenas earned a Master of Fine Arts in printmaking from the University of Arizona in 1990. This lithograph is a part of the “Unapologetic: All Women, All Year” exhibition.

Her work is held in the permanent collections of the National Museum of Mexican Art, the McNay Art Museum, the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, and the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center collection, among others.