Cristina is a Namibian born sculptor and fabricator based in Cape Town whose work moves seamlessly between the intimate and the monumental. Self taught and deeply process driven, she approaches sculpture with a craftswoman’s devotion, building form patiently by hand in plasticine clay before casting in bronze. Her practice is grounded in staying with a body long enough for its specific truth to emerge.

For Cristina, sculpture is an act of faithful attention. Whether shaping a small child caught mid gesture or realising a monumental public figure for collective memory, the task remains the same. She renders the human form with such care that something essential is transmitted. This is not interpretation or abstraction but devoted seeing, rooted in the belief that physical truth, honestly observed, carries its own meaning.

Her work spans an extraordinary range of scale. Small bronze editions invite quiet, private encounters, often depicting children whose bodies have not yet learned to perform. These works feel unguarded, alive, awkward, and deeply human. At the opposite extreme, Cristina has realised large scale public sculptures reaching up to nine metres in height, commanding civic space with presence and dignity. Yet the quality of attention never shifts. The same fidelity shapes a child’s hand as it does a liberation hero’s posture.

Bronze is a medium that endures for centuries, and Cristina uses it to hold what is fleeting. Childhood, historical memory, animals long extinct. There is an elegiac quality to her work, a quiet insistence that what passes still matters and deserves to be held in time. Permanence meets impermanence, and something fragile is preserved.

Drawing on a background in film industry fabrication, Cristina approaches commissions as visual narratives, translating briefs into carefully constructed forms. Her professional portfolio ranges from miniature sets to monumental bronzes, museum displays, and architectural structures. Collaboration is central to her process, and she actively mentors and trains emerging talent during large projects, finding purpose in shared creation.

Her personal sculpting practice remains rooted in realism. Children and pets recur as subjects, celebrated for their honesty, humour, and humbling presence. These figures act as mirrors, inviting viewers to reconnect with vulnerability, authenticity, and quiet observation. More recently, her work has turned toward contemplative and inward looking themes, yet the method remains unchanged. A willingness to stay with a form until something true reveals itself.

For collectors, Cristina Salvoldi’s work offers lasting presence. Sculptures that hold fleeting moments with integrity, grounding a space in honesty, quiet emotion, and enduring human connection.