Biography

With a B.Sc. in Environmental Biology from the University of Alberta and an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute, Christina currently lives and works in Toronto, Canada. An active member of the city’s arts community, she has worked within Toronto’s vibrant artist-run culture as jury member, arts administrator, technical coordinator, board member, educator and curator for various organizations including the Images Festival, the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto and the Ontario College of Art and Design. Her artworks have been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT), the National Film Board of Canada, the Ontario Arts Council and the Toronto Arts Council, and have screened internationally in festivals and galleries including: The London Film Festival (London, England); The Images Festival (Toronto), The Toronto International Film Festival (Toronto); The International Film Festival Rotterdam (The Netherlands); YYZ Artists' Outlet (Toronto); White Box (New York); Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery (Halifax, Canada); The Foreman Art Gallery at Bishops University (Sherbrooke, QB); The city of Toronto’s Nuit Blanche 2006 and in the 2006 Whitney Biennial: “Day for Night” (New York). The CFMDC recently released a DVD compiling Christina’s film works as a part of their 2007 Artist’s Spotlight series.

Current Community Involvement:
Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre - Board 2006-present (Secretary/Chair)
Gallery 44 - Exhibitions Selection Committee - 2008

View CV (PDF)

essay by Jon Davies (PDF)

Essay by Janine Marchessault (PDF)
from CFMDC's Artist's Spotlight DVD series

Program notes (PDF)
from ‘Starting in San Francisco/Going On’
curated by Charles Boone