Christina Rateau was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She has lived in the USA, China and is currently based in Amsterdam. She graduated from Donghua University in Shanghai, China with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics specializing in International Trade.

In her career, the artist has explored several different avenues before eventually landing on photography as a storytelling outlet. From being in front of the camera as a model, to being behind the scenes working several roles in public relations and creative direction.

All of these different paths have led to her picking up film photography and exploring storytelling through what she calls ‘Occhio del Ciclone’ or ‘the Eye of the Storm’. This project has been heavily influenced by commonalities and differences between cultures she encountered during her childhood and early teenage years in Haiti, her teenage years in the US, her early adulthood in China for almost 5 years and her travels around the world.

Experiencing different cultures on both a massive scale such as language and more abstract aspects of culture to a smaller scale such as the mundanity of everyday life has pinpointed for her a sweet spot which is ‘The Eye of the Storm’. The calm side of culture and life which often goes unnoticed. With Occhio del Ciclone, she brings several stories to life with concepts such as self-portraits and portraiture with bold colors and sometimes unusual props. Thus, creating an inclusive artistic vision of the beauty of the mundane.

Christina is currently a freelance photographer for The New York Times. In 2022, she had her first solo exhibition at Studio Baboun in New York. Her work has been featured in Photovogue and has been in several exhibitions around the city of Indianapolis.