Christina Ondrus

Born: Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

Education:

M.F.A., Program in Art,  California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, 2009
B.F.A.,  Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, 2000
AICAD New York Studio Program, New York, NY, 1999

Exhibition Record: (*solo shows marked by asterisk)

2012
Neoteric. M. Edmunds Associates, Los Angles, CA, Curator: Melanie Edmunds

2011
Library of Sacred Technologies (L.o.S.T.), Public Fiction, Highland Park, CA
The Open Daybook Project. Los Angeles Contemporaray Exhibitions (LACE), Los Angeles, CA

2010
Inscription. Cerritos College Art Gallery, Norwalk, CA, Curator: James MacDevitt
Ateliers Portes Ouvertes. Terra Foundation, Giverny, France
10 Summer Hits. Blythe Projects. Culver City, CA, Curator: Ben White

2009
Shock and Awe: A Conversation Between the Sublime and Abject. Gatov Galleries, California State University, Long Beach, CA
Under the Auspices: New Works by Kiki Johnson & Christina Ondrus. Gallery 1927, Los Angeles, CA
Greater Los Angeles MFA Exhibition. CSULB Galleries, Long Beach, CA
MFA Conversations II.  I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Curator: Marla Koosed
Why Theory. Spring Arts Tower, Los Angeles, CA,  Curators: Anat Ebgi and Rita Gonzalez
Taphomancy. Artist Curated Projects,  Los Angeles, CA,  Curator: Kiki Johnson
*Receptive Visualizations. D-301 Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
CAA Los Angeles MFA Exhibition. USC  Roski Gallery, Los Angeles, CA,  Curator: Alex Klein
Back in the Discourse. California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

2008
Mid-Residence Exhibition. California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA 
Painting’s Edge 2008. Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA,  Curator: Peter Frank	
Group Exhibition: Painting’s Edge 2008. Parks Exhibition Center, Idyllwild, CA 
*The Receptive Perspective. Mint Gallery, California Institute of the Arts. Valencia, CA

2007	
The Juice Is Loose…A   Big Painting Show. 507 Rose, Venice, CA,  Curator: Rosha Yaghmai

2006		
Chain Letter. High Energy Constructs, Los Angeles, CA,  Curator: Doug Harvey

2005		
K-48 is an Animal. Sundown Salon, Los Angeles, CA

2004		
RHZ Radio. Leefahsalung. New Chinatown Barbershop, Los Angeles,  CA 

2003		
Cadre. 2244 W. 23rd, Chicago, IL 
What An Art Life! Stadtgalerie Bern, Bern, Switzerland,  Curator: Kristen Vandeventer
Fresh Art Fair. K-D-P Productions, London, England
Soundscrape II. (Collaboration with Backbreakerneckbrace) Flux Factory, Queens, NY 
New No York. Tonic, New York, NY 

2002
Result: A Video Magazine Release. Landing, Brooklyn, NY
New No York. (Collaboration with Backbreakerneckbrace) Tonic,  New York,  NY
The French Kiss of Death, video screening organized by K-D-P Productions,  Chicago, IL
Open. Landing, Brooklyn, NY
Ocularis Openzone. Galapagos, Brooklyn, NY

2001		
The Stray Show.  SoGo, Chicago, IL

2000		
Sense Laboratory. 18 E. Cross St., Baltimore, MD

1999
Still Time for a Quickie. New York Studio Program, New York,  NY
Out of Order IV. Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD 
Juried Undergraduate Exhibition.  Meyerhoff Gallery, Baltimore,  MD,  Curator: Gary Sangster

Bibliography:

Zak Stone, "Community Arts Organizers Get Their Bailout Money", GOOD Magazine, December 2011.
Rebecca Leib, “10 Summer Hits,” Art Ltd. Magazine, September/October, 2010, 22.
New American Paintings, Volume 85, Dec. 2009 / Jan. 2010,  Juror: Dominic Molon, MCA, Chicago.
Bryan Allen Moore, “The Reverie of Evaluation.” Greater Los Angeles MFA Exhibition, Catalogue, August 2009, 20-23.
Fette, “CalArts MFA Open Studios.” The Flog, Los Angeles, CA, April 13, 2008, online.


Publications:

David P. Earle, (ed.) The Open Daybook Project, Mark Batty Publisher, 2010, December 21.
Why Theory, Catalogue, Los Angeles, CA, June 2009, 90.
“Iceberg As Signifier of the Environmental Epoch.” Mystical Materialist. 2008, online.
“Implications of Art, Creativity, and Object in a Capitalistic Society.”  Mystical Materialist. 2007, online.
K-D-P Productions, Result, Premier issue of VHS magazine, Chicago, IL, May 2001.

Awards, Fellowships and Grants:

Terra Foundation for American Art, 2010
California Institute of the Arts Alumni Association Grant, 2009
Project  Grant, Student Council, California Institute of the Arts, 2009
Dean’s Fund Grant, School of Art, California Institute of the Arts, 2008, 2009
CalArts Scholarship, California Institute of the Arts, 2008-09
Rchard C. Seaver Scholarship, California Institute of the Arts, 2007-08
MICA Achievement Award, Maryland Institute College of Art, 1999-2000
Academic Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art, 1996-2000
Pesidential   Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art, 1996-2000

Artist Lectures and Symposia:

Cérisy, Les Colloquies, Cerisy-la-Salle, France, 2010
Glendale Community College, Glendale, CA, 2009
I-5 Gallery,  Los Angeles, CA, 2009

Residencies:

Terra Summer Residency Fellow, Giverny, France, June-August 2010
Painting’s Edge, Idyllwild, CA, Summer 2008

Collaborations and Contributions:

“Self Soothery” (2010) hosted by Anna Mayer, incantation performance

“Heretics Lost” (2009) Written by John P. Hogan, Produced by John P. Hogan and David Reich
Narrator voice for audio-play broadcast on WFMU‘s Acousmatic Theatre Hour

“12_16” (2003)
“The Crystal Mountain.” (2002)
Digital video collaborations with Backbreakerneckbrace (Dawn Bendick, Mike Haleta)

"The French Kiss of Death." (2001) 
Digital video collaboration with John Hogan (writing/direction), A.J. Pyatak (editing)