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PORTRAITS OF A PERFORMER

EXPERIMENTAL· AMSTERDAM

Fine Art portrait Dichotomy by Christina Diebel showing visibility and concealment in dialogue, exploring identity through contrast and balance.

DICHOTOMY
Fine Art Portrait, 2025

A fine art portrait by Christina Diebel. A woman stands with her arms behind her back. A yellow circle behind her head resembles a halo. One eye rolls upward and her mouth is slightly twisted. The pose is bold and ironic.

SAINT MAYBE

Fine Art Portrait, 2025

A fine art portrait by Christina Diebel. A triptych shows a woman in white textile fabric. Her expression changes in each image, from composed to surprised to amused. The poses are controlled and performative, referencing religious iconography and theatrical gesture. Part 2

A fine art portrait by Christina Diebel. A triptych shows a woman in white textile fabric. Her expression changes in each image, from composed to surprised to amused. The poses are controlled and performative, referencing religious iconography and theatrical gesture. Part 2

THREE ACTS

Fine Art Portraits, 2025

A fine art portrait by Christina Diebel. A triptych shows a woman in white textile fabric. Her expression changes in each image, from composed to surprised to amused. The poses are controlled and performative, referencing religious iconography and theatrical gesture. Part 1

A fine art portrait by Christina Diebel. A woman stands with arms crossed in self-embrace. Her head is partially covered by a tilted paper structure resembling a crown, marked with sewing pattern lines. One eye remains visible. The image explores identity, role, and resistance through gesture, gaze, and material.

Fine Art Portrait, 2025

A person stands wearing an oversized sweater that covers most of their body. The sleeves are long, the face is hidden by the high collar, and the feet are inside bird-like shoes. Only the eyes are faintly visible. The pose is upright, playful, and ambiguous, like a costume that conceals and reveals at the same time.

PIP SHOW

Fine Art Portrait, 2025

A portrait from the series “Portraits of a Performer” by Christina Diebel A figure stands upright, arms set in the hips. The face is fully hidden behind a mirrored visor, unreadable, yet observing. The cropped jacket is made from a pair of jeans. What was below becomes a top. The image reflects ideas of control, transformation and self-staging. Who is constructing whom? Who sees whom?

PORTRAIT OF A PERFORMER

Fine Art Portrait, 2025

A bare-skinned figure with the back facing the viewer. The head is lowered, arms folded behind the neck. The skin is covered in patchy white pigment. The pose is quiet and grounded. The image explores the body as a neutral surface for meaning and identity.

CANVAS

Fine Art Portrait, 2025

CREDITS

MODEL SPECIAL THANKS TO JACQUELINE H.

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