Ohio resident Christine Deemer holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Colorado (Colorado Springs), a Master of Business Administration from Regis University (Denver, Colorado), and a Master of Arts in Museum Studies from Western Illinois University (Davenport, OH and Macomb, IL). Raised in Southern California, her appreciation for the ocean, continues to shape her practice. Deemer’s encaustic and mixed media paintings explore themes of environmental awareness and the beauty and vulnerability in natural landscapes. 

Deemer’s founding medium was in oil and acrylic with minimal time spend with ceramics. It was in 2016 when she found her passion in the encaustic medium aka hot wax painting. Deemer has consistently exhibited her work since 2008, from juried regional exhibitions across Iowa, Michigan, Illinois and Ohio, to international exhibitions in The Netherlands. She has enjoyed solo exhibitions at the Art Supply Depō (Toledo, Ohio), American Frame (Maumee, Ohio) and most recently at Schedel Arboretum and Gardens (Elmore, Ohio) in 2024. Deemer is a frequent participant in competitive local art fairs, having been juried into Bowling Green, Ohio’s Wood County Invitational Art Show at Blackswamp Arts Festival Sylvania, Ohio’s Maple & Main and the Crosby Festival of the Arts at Toledo Botanical Garden (Ohio). In 2025 she exhibited in a two-person encaustic art exhibition at 20 North Gallery in Toledo, Ohio. 

Deemer’s artwork is held in private collections across the United States, including Ohio, Michigan, Oregon, New York, Indiana, Colorado, and California, and is part of the permanent collection of the Encaustic Art Institute of Santa Fe, New Mexico. In addition to her studio practice, she coordinates exhibitions for academic, nonprofit, and community-based institutions. She currently serves as Art and Rare Book Curator and Archivist for the Sisters of St. Francis of Sylvania, Ohio and Lourdes University.