"Christine completed her training in ceramics in 1977 at Otago School of Fine Art.
In 1988 she was awarded a QE11 Arts Council grant for post graduate study which she undertook at the National Art School, east Sydney.
This was an important period in Boswijk's creative development, which saw her move away from the hand-built vessels for which she was known.
Her work is inherently about clay- how it is sourced, handled, fired and used in everyday life. Her hand-built works have a feeling of being ancient, drawn from her awareness of both the primary nature of the medium and the role it has played throughout human history.
She approaches clay intuitively rather than traditionally; building, wrapping, layering and bandaging to create multi-faceted forms which resonate "with hidden ideas and relationships". This is a significant diversion from much of New Zealand studio ceramics and has created a unique, aesthetic language synonymous with Boswijk's practice.
In 2004, Boswijk was made an Officer of Merit for services to ceramic art."
Nelson Provincial Museum, 2007

"Christine Boswijk is a pre-eminent new Zealand artist, for whom clay is the preferred medium. Her work is represented in public museums and art galleries' collections of importance nationally and internationally. For Boswijk, art must have meaning and fulfil its social purpose of direct relevance to the human condition and circumstance while also being expressive of its own materiality."
Milford Galleries, Queenstown, 2007

"There is a haunting beauty and spiritual quality in the highly acclaimed ceramics of Christine Boswijk singly or in groups, her abstract sculptural images have presence which evokes feelings rather than a specific narrative. They act as triggers for viewers who bring their own personal experiences and stories to them."
Helen Schamroth, 100 New Zealand Craft Artists, 1998