CV
Born: Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
Education:
M.F.A. 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
Solo Exhibitions:
2017
1/1/1 (No Beginning No End), AWHRHWAR, Los Angeles, CA
2014
In the Shadow of the Invisible, Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2009
Receptive Visualizations, D-301 Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2020
A Message to Space, SUPERCOLLIDER, Los Angels, CA
2018
Manifesto: A Modest Proposal, Pitzer College Galleries, Claremont, CA
2017
More Light, JOAN, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Modern Oracles, Trestle Project, Brooklyn, NY
2015
Peak Experiences, Shangri-La, Joshua Tree, CA
2014
God Will Not Have His Work Made Manifest By Cowards, Light & Wire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Out of Sight, Out of Mind, Machine Project, Los Angeles, CA
2013
Tapping the Third Realm, Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
Intertextual States, PØST, Los Angeles, CA
The Archaic Revival, Zic Zerp Galerie, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2012
Big City Forum: The Hub: Soo Kim, Siri Kaur and Christina Ondrus, WUHO Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
KNOWLEDGES at Mount Wilson Observatory, Los Angeles, CA
Neoteric. M. Edmunds Associates, Los Angeles, CA
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
Ateliers Portes Ouvertes. Terra Foundation, Giverny, France
10 Summer Hits. Blythe Projects. Culver City, CA
2009
Shock and Awe, 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
Why Theory, Spring Arts Tower, Los Angeles, CA
Taphomancy, Artist Curated Projects, Los Angeles, CA
CAA Los Angeles MFA Exhibition, USC Roski Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Mid-Residence Exhibition, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
Painting’s Edge 2008, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
Group Exhibition: Painting’s Edge 2008, Parks Exhibition Center, Idyllwild, CA
The Receptive Perspective, Mint Gallery, California Institute of the Arts. Valencia, CA
Awards, Fellowships and Grants:
Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, 2016
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
Richard 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
Presidential Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art, 1996-2000
Collections:
Cerritos College, in conjunction with the Cerritos College Art Gallery and the Committee on Art in Public Spaces
Bibliography:
”Check Out Christina Ondrus’ Artwork,” Voyage LA, April 1, 2019.
"Bad and Good Times in LA: A Year of Protest and Performance in Los Angeles," Hedi El Kholti, Frieze, December 31, 2017.
Diehl, Travis, "Cosmic Thing," Artforum, August 4, 2017.
Stromberg, Matthew, "From Cybernetics to Museology, a Series of Talks and Performances Links Art and Science." Hyperallergic, July 5, 2017.
Miranda, Carolina A., "Where the Stars and Art Align," Los Angeles Times, June 3, 2017, p.E5 (print edition and online).
Wagley, Catherine, "5 Art Shows to See in L.A. This Week," LA Weekly, May 31, 2017 (online and in print).
Stromberg, Matthew, "Art and Astronomy Star in a Festival at Mount Wilson Observatory," Hyperallergic, May 31, 2017.
Dacheux, Stacy Elaine, "A Series of Abductions, or Motherhood As an Elsewhere Place," Pastelgram, 2017.
Mathew Timmons & Ben White, Interview, Insert Blanc Press, The People on KCHUNG, September 15, 2013.
Betty Brown, "Tapping Into the Third Realm", ArtScene, November 2013, 17.
Leslie Dick & Adriano Pedrosa (ed.), A List of Students Enrolled in Post Studio Art with Michael Asher at CalArts, 1976-2008, Golden Spike Press, 2013, 113, 131.
Leonardo Bravo, "Big City Forum: The Hub at WUHO: Soo Kim, Siri Kaur and Christina Ondrus," KCET Artbound, October 22, 2012.
Steffie Nelson, “Seeing Stars: Knowledges Brought a New Form of Observation to Mount Wilson,” Pasadena Magazine, August 2012, 77-80.
Jonathan Griffin, “KNOWLEDGES at Mount Wilson Observatory,” Frieze Magazine Blog, July 6, 2012.
Aparna Bakhle-Ellis, “Cosmic Knowledges: Site-Specific Art at Mount Wilson Observatory,” Fabrik Magazine, Issue 17, Summer 2012, 76-85.
Armando Aceves, “KNOWLEDGES Exhibit to Explore New Frontiers Around Mount Wilson Observatory This Weekend,” 89.3 KPCC, Jun 23, 2012.
Margaret Wappler, “Astral Oriented Art Installations Expand 'Knowledges' at Mt. Wilson Observatory,” KCET Artbound, June 22, 2012.
Christine N. Ziemba, “CalArts Alumni, Faculty Make Art at Mount Wilson Observatory this Weekend,” 24700 Blog, June 22, 2012.
Shana Nys Dambrot, “Knowledges Is Power,” LA Weekly, Jun 21 2012, 27.
Catherine Wagley, “Five Artsy Things to Do This Week,” LA Weekly, June 20, 2012, 34.
Monica Elayne, Interview, GYST Radio, Christina Ondrus and Elleni Sclavenitis, May 22, 2012.
John Hogan, “Eyes In the Sky,” Art 21 Blog, May 18, 2012.
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.
Publications:
Artist Project: All-Encompassing, X-TRA, Volume/Issue 17.2, Los Angeles, CA, Winter 2015.
An Invisible Way: A Synchronous Journey, Knoweth, Los Angeles, CA, 2013.
The Archaic Revival Review, Dani Tull and Ewould van Rijn, (ed), PrintRoom, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2013.
Adrift in a Sea of Stars, Sneaky Snake, Invisible Solid Publishing Corp., Los Angeles, CA, 2012/13 *edition of 25 handmade album covers.
The Open Daybook Project, David P. Earle, (ed.), Mark Batty Publisher, NYC, 2010, December 21.
Why Theory, Catalogue, Los Angeles, CA, June 2009, 90.
“Iceberg As Signifier of the Environmental Epoch.” Mystical Materialist, 2008.
“Implications of Art, Creativity, and Object in a Capitalistic Society.” Mystical Materialist, 2007.
Result, K-D-P Productions, Chicago, IL, May 2001.
Artist Lectures and Symposia:
Free Radicals, ArtCenter College of Design, 2017
Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (MCASB), 2014
Center for Integrated Media at CalArts, 2012
Cérisy, Les Colloquies, Cerisy-la-Salle, France, 2010
Terra Foundatation, Giverny, 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
Professional Experience:
KNOWLEDGES, Founder, Director, 2011-present
Society for the Activation of Social Space through Art and Sound (SASSAS), Associate Director, 2013-2017
Teaching:
Painting Beyond Sight: Becoming Visionary, California Institute of the Arts, 2012
California State Summer School for the Arts (CSSSA), Valencia, CA, 2008, 2009