Cristin Hand (b. 1987) is an artist and educator living in Rochester, NY. Her interdisciplinary practice, rooted in photography, extends to collage, performance, video, and sculptural constructions. Her work examines the relationship between the body, the image, and the act of looking.

Through processes of fragmentation, disassembly, and reconfiguration, Cristin constructs images that treat the body as material and a site of inquiry, exploring how identity is formed through slow observation and image-making. Grounded in play and iterative making, her work considers how bodies and identities are constructed through images.

Cristin is currently an MFA candidate in Photography at Rochester Institute of Technology (2026) and holds a BS in Elementary Education from Juniata College.