Christiane Pedros was born in Germany, were she has spent 14 year of her life. She emigarted to the United Kingdom to pursuit her career in the media, and formal education to University level. With a keen interest in researching the phenomena of human consciousness and the social sciences the artist received training in a whole variety of complementary therapies, establishing a second career path. Graduating with a BA (hon) in Photography at the London Colleg of Communication, London 2006 the artists professional career commenced. Pursuing the photojournalistic and editorial path she worked as staff photographer for a arts and cultural magazine in London.
With a keen interest in creative humanitarian activity she worked for London based Charities, Art Galleries and Non for Profit Organisations fusing social work with visual media communication. The aritst developed a body of work knowen as the ' The Divine Feminine in Bavarian Myth and Folklore' which became her signature piece encapsulating more then 6 years of research, documentary work and resulted in her famous visual methapors that she had created on the subject. From 2007 her artowrk was exhibited all accross Europe. This body of work became a grand inspiration to the artist and led to the founding of a German arts and cultural festival in the mountains, celebrating the feminine aspect of early germanic and pagan culture. www.RauhnachtKulturFest.com
Quantum Leap Media ...
With a keen interest in the development of the social angle to entrepreneurship and years of experience in the charity and media industry, the artist founded her own media enterprise, 'Quantum Leap Studios' www.QuantumLeapStudios.com
Fusing her passions for personal development, humanitarian activity and media communicaition, the artist created a new angle to media communicaiton, 'conscious media' to support and address individual entrepreneurs with a vision to give back to society. Quantum Leap provides media, consulting and coaching services for the charity, non for profit and personal development industries. The artist is currently working on a campaign that explores feminine identity in the 21st Century and has launched her project 'Herstory making' in 2010. www.Herstorymaking.com
'Herstory making' ...
The 'herstory making' portraiture project celebrates the manifold faces of womanhood. It is a journey and a tale of the many faces of feminine identity. Christiane Pedros artwork follows the lifeline of the great goddess and her many cultural representations throughout time and 'herstory'. 'Herstory making' is a fascinating photographic / video documentary adventure which captures the 21st century woman in the search of her own identity. A honest account of female diaries on what it means to be a woman in todays world. A captivating protrait that allows an uncensored perspective into a 'real' story of womanhood.