CHRISTINA HURT SMITH IS AN ARTIST BASED IN CENTRAL TEXAS.

FOR NEARLY A DECADE CHRISTINA WORKED AS A LEAD DESIGNER FOR AUSTIN BASED CHAINSTITCH EMBROIDERY COMPANY, FORT LONESOME, WHERE SHE DESIGNED AND EMBROIDERED CUSTOM STAGE WEAR FOR VARIOUS PERFORMING ARTISTS AS WELL AS WESTERN-INSPIRED PIECES FROM CUSTOM SUITS AND WEDDING DRESSES, TO LARGE-SCALE WALL HANGINGS, BRANDED PRODUCTS, AND MORE. HER WORK HAS BEEN SHOWN IN SPACES SUCH AS THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE AND CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART IN BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS.

SINCE DEPARTING FTL IN MARCH OF 2024, CHRISTINA HAS MOVED TO FOCUSING ON ORIGINAL CHAINSTITCH EMBROIDERED PIECES AS WELL AS EXPANDING TO WORKING WITH DIFFERENT MEDIUMS.  

BORN AND RAISED WHERE THE EAST TEXAS PINES TRANSITION TO PRAIRIE GRASS AND OAKS, ENDLESSLY DRAWN TO THE VAST LANDSCAPES OF THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST, AND CURRENTLY RESIDING IN THE MAGICAL SPRING FED RIVER TOWN OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS.