AWARDS & HONOURS (selected)

2023 — OMNE - Osservatorio Mobile Nord Est. Land. Artist in Residence Award. (IT) forthcoming
2023 — Urbanautica Institute Awards. Winner. Nature, Environment and Perspectives. (IT)
2023 — Getxophoto. Pause! Open Call 2023. Shortlisted. (ES)
2022 — Canada Council for the Arts. Arts Abroad, Travel Grant. (CA)
2022 — Ontario Arts Council. Exhibition Assistance Grant: 2022-2023. (CA)
2022 — Leica Oskar Barnack Award, Nominee. (GE)
2022 — Ontario Arts Council. Exhibition Assistance Grant: 2021-2022. (CA)
2021 — Burtynsky Grant. Winner. Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival (CA)
2021 — Urbanautica Institute Awards. Winner. Representations of Space, Architecture, and Conflicts. (IT)
2020 — Urbanautica Institute. Extinction. Shortlisted (IT)

ARTIST PUBLICATIONS (selected)

2023 — Frequency, ISBN: 978-1-7750281-4-7
2023 — Displace. Another Earth.
2022 — On Trial. acb press.
2021 — Notes (On Trial) 01, 02, and 03. 
2019 — Other Voices, ISBN: 978-1-7750281-3-0
2018 — Time Regrets its Passing, ISBN: 978-1-7750281-0-9
2018 — Sink After the Sun, ISBN: 978-1-7750281-1-6
2017 — A Way to Disconnect and Connect. Ediciones Daga, ISBN: 978-956-9234-09-5

EXHIBITIONS & INSTALLATIONS (selected)

2023 — Valle. (solo show) Rencontres de la photographie en Gaspésie (CA)
2023 — Photobook Exhibition and Panel Talk. (group show) Rencontres de la photographie en Gaspésie (CA)
2023 — A Sense of Place. (group show) PEP - Photographic Exploration Project, Berlin (Germany)
2023 — Salon 44. (group show) Gallery 44 (Toronto, Canada)
2023 — Espacio Migrante. (group show) Museo de la Ciudad, Santiago de Querétaro (México)
2023 — The People United. (group show) Workers Arts and Heritage Centre (Hamilton, Canada)
2023 — Displace. (solo show) Project 107 Gallery (Toronto, Canada)
2022 — Les livres du vécu. (group show) Les Photaumnales. Faïencerie (Allée Nelson, Creil, France)
2022 — Frecuencia. (solo show) Galería Animal (Santiago, Chile) 
2022 — The People United. (group show) Sur Gallery (Toronto, Canada)
2022 — The Artist as Author: Recent Canadian Photobooks. (group show) ARoS Aarhus Art Museum (Aarhus, Denmark)
2022 — Les livres du vécu. (group show) Bibliothèque Gabrielle-Bernard-Dubé (Carleton, Canada )
2022 — Salon 44. (group show) Gallery 44 (Toronto, Canada)
2021 — Read the Room. (group show) Serchia Gallery (Bristol, UK) 
2020 — Sink After the Sun. (solo show) Museum of Fine Arts (Nizhny Tagil, Russia) 
2019 — Photobook Exhibition. (group show) Benaki Museum. Athens Photo Festival (Athens, Greece) 
2019 — Sink After the Sun. (solo show) Space Place Gallery (Nizhny Tagil, Russia) 
2018 — The Vernacular of Landscape. (group show) Usagi Gallery (Brooklyn, New York) 
2018 — The Vernacular of Landscape. (group show) Subjectively Objective Gallery (Detroit, Michigan)
2018 — The Print Swap. (group show) Feature Shoot. Month of Photography Festival (Los Angeles, California)
2016 — The Night. (group show) Biennale De L’image Possible (Maastricht, Netherlands)

COLLECTIONS

2023 — National Gallery of Canada, Library & Archives Collection (CA)
2023 — Art Gallery of Ontario, Edward P. Taylor Library & Archives Collection (CA)
2023 — San Telmo Museum. Gabriela Cendoya Bergareche Collection (ES)
2022 — National Gallery of Canada, Library & Archives Collection (CA)
2022 — National Library of Australia (AU)
2022 — State Library of Victoria (AU)
2022 — San Telmo Museum. Gabriela Cendoya Bergareche Collection (ES)
2019 — Art Gallery of Ontario, Edward P. Taylor Library & Archives Collection (CA)

FAIRS

2023 — CONTACT Photobook Fair. Stephen Bulger Gallery. (CA)
2021 — Latin American Galleries Now. Artsy + Galería Animal.
2019 — CONTACT Photobook Fair. Stephen Bulger Gallery. (CA)
2018 — Vancouver Art Book Fair. Emily Carr University. (CA)  
2018 — CONTACT Photobook Fair. Stephen Bulger Gallery. (CA)
2018 — Toronto Art Book Fair. Chinatown Centre (CA)
2017 — Toronto Art Book Fair. Artscape Youngplace (CA)

CONTRIBUTIONS TO PUBLICATIONS

2023 — Multinacionales y Comunidades. Edited by Eduardo Ordonez-Ponce and Cristian Ordóñez (CA)
2021 — Nothing Special. Edited by Marlo Onilla (CA)
2020 — Extinction. The World Without Us. Curated by Steve Bisson. ISBN: 978-88-32108-10-1 (IT)
2020 — 100 x 100 Diseño. Curated by Patricio Pozo. (CL)
2018 — Colección del Metalibro N°2. Edited by Javiera Novoa, Text by Mónica Salinero. ISBN: 978-1-7750281-2-3 (CL)
2018 — The Vernacular of Landscape. Curated by Noah Waldeck, Subjectively Objective. ISBN: 978-0-9996596-0-1 (US)
2016 — Night. Biennale De L’image Possible. Self-Published. (NL + BE)
2015 — Interval Mag N°1. Edited by Sebastián Rodríguez, Ediciones Daga (CL)

ART DIRECTION, EDITION

2023 — Untitled, by Alan Huck and Jonas Feige. Published by Another Earth (US+CA) forthcoming
2023 — How to Understand a Rock, by Kate Schneider. Supported by Penumbra Foundation (US) forthcoming
2023 — What Makes a Lake?. Published by Another Earth (US+CA)
2023 — Trick Not Telos by Katherine McKittrick. Self-Published (CA) 
2022 — Signals. Published by Another Earth (US+CA)
2022 — S*x, P*rn & Feminism, by Mónica Muñoz and Pol Rodríguez. Published by Metalibro (CL)
2021 — Land Chapters. Published by Another Earth (US)
2021 — La montagne qui hurle, by Betty Bogaert. Self-Published (CA)
2018 — Diamond Schmitt Architects, with Frontier. Text by Paddy Harrington. Self-Published (CA)
2018 — The Deepest Lake, by Brian W. Ferry. Published by Paripé Books (AR)
2018 — Farm Book, by Andrew Blake McGill. Self-Published (CA)
2017 — Spring Tide, by Andrew Querner. Text by Brent Comber. Self-Published (CA)
2016 — Street Art Exhibition. XXI Triennale di Milano: City After the City Pavilion. BMD, with Curation by Nina Bassoli (IT)
2016 — New Aging, by Matthias Hollwich with Bruce Mau Design. Penguin Books (US)

PUBLICATIONS STOCKLIST

Tokyo Museum of Photography, Tokyo (JP)
Printed Matter, New York (US)
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal (CA)
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo (JP)
Vyon Lambert, Paris (FR)
The PhotoBook Lab, Toronto (CA) 
Books and Sons, Tokyo, (JP)
Perimeter Distribution, Melbourne (AU)
Book Obscure, Tokyo (JP)
Queensland Art Gallery, Queensland (AU)
Flotsam, Tokyo (JP)
FLaCH Tienda Galería, Santiago (CL)
Post Books, Tokyo (JP)
Books Cairn, Tokyo (JP)
Kinokuniya, Sydney (AU)
Nadiff A/P/A/R/T, Tokyo (JP)
Art Metropole, Toronto (CA)
Arcana Books, Los Angeles (US)
So Books, Tokyo (JP)
On Sunday's, Tokyo (JP)

CV (English)

Along with his artistic practice, Cristian runs a Studio Cristian Ordóñez collaborating on books, editorial, design, educational and photographic projects, and is part of the independent art publisher Another Earth.