christina battle

Biography

Originally from Edmonton, Alberta (Canada), Christina holds a B.Sc. in Environmental Biology from the University of Alberta and an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. For the past 10 years, she has worked within Toronto’s vibrant artist-run culture as jury member, arts administrator, technical coordinator, committee member, board member, curator and educator for various organizations including the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto, Gallery 44, The Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre, The Images Festival, and the Ontario College of Art and Design. Working with film, video and installation, her works explore themes of history and counter-memory, political mythology and environmental catastrophe. Supported by the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT), the National Film Board of Canada, the Canada Council for the Arts, The Ontario Arts Council and the Toronto Arts Council, her artworks have exhibited internationally in festivals and galleries including: The Images Festival (Toronto), The London Film Festival (England); The International Film Festival Rotterdam (The Netherlands); YYZ Artists’ Outlet (Toronto); White Box (New York); 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).

Christina currently lives in Denver, Colorado and is an Assistant Professor in the Film Studies Department at the University of Colorado, Boulder.