The pandemic and other calamities that we faced may have put the world on hold but for visual artist Kristine Lim, the mission goes. She comes back transformed and renewed after a 10-year hiatus from the scene.
Surpassing her failures, battles with her mental health issues and challenges; as being clinically diagnosed with Paranoid Personality Disorder, and the death of her son, John, Kristine Lim is now a celebrated missionary visual artist armed with a mission to evangelize through her works and all her projects and programs, as well as to champion sustainable living, Edenic living, mental health, and patriotism.
She founded and spearheaded the Artists on a Mission workshop and with the guidance and direction of NGOs like, Christian + Collective, JKL Foundation, Operation Mobilization Philippines and Sustainable PH, Artists on a Mission Workshop moves around the Philippines and even in other parts of the globe to teach new generations of artists by sharing the gospel and conducting art workshops. The project is also dedicated in creating art centers in partnership with the local communities and churches.
“We are here so we can leave a legacy for generations beyond our own through artists who make art that’s able to do something beyond art; beyond their canvas, themselves, and the exhibit halls; all done lovingly and passionately for our God and for our country to better the world,” Kristine Lim said.
Currently, Artists on a Mission Workshop is using Art to do Trauma Debriefing Seminars to children and families who got devastated by the recent typhoons, and those who are experiencing challenges brought by the pandemic, and other calamities that we are facing.
Kristine, though has been described by the art community to be the most prolific and ahead of her contemporaries, remains focused on what she believes her mission as an artist is. With consecutive sold out shows, she uses the proceeds from her exhibit and masterpieces to support and sustain small community churches, missionaries, like herself, and NGOs in the country who have been moving with her in different centers, marginalized communities and tribes, in and outside the country.
