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

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

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