Chris Christion

Fieldnotes: Califia, 2021 included in the Public Art CA new collection of Digital Media Art! You can see the work in person at the California Natural Resource Agency in Sacramento
Fieldnotes: Califia, 2021
video collage
32.5' x 24'
Exhibition History solo exhibitions *
2022
Reclamation*
C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts:
Caestecker Gallery, Ripon College
Home Edition
The Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art
The Land of Milk and Honey
Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History
2021
Ramparts & Restoration A Contemplation of the American Divide,
curated by Max King Cap
Coastline Art Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
Virtual Exhibition
2020
Every day Epic, a Juneteenth Film Program
Film Program Organized by Crystal Z. Campbell for Juneteenth
with Queer Film Continuum, Plaza District, & Nappy Roots
CALAFIA: Manifesting the Terrestrial Paradise
Steppling Art Gallery, SDSU, Imperial Valley Campus, Calexico, CA
2019
CALAFIA: Manifesting the Terrestrial Paradise
Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
Curated by Ed Gomez, Luis G. Hernandez, and Daniela Lieja Quintanar
On the Way to the Moon Film Program, True Turn Festival & Tulsa Arts Fellowship,
Tulsa, OK. curated by Crystal Campbell
2018
CALAFIA: Manifesting the Terrestrial Paradise
Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art, California State University, San Bernardino CA.
Curated by Ed Gomez, Luis G. Hernandez, and Daniela Lieja Quintanar
A Context for Transcendence*
Eastside International ESXLA, Los Angeles, CA
Manifesto, Nicolas Gallery
Pitzer College Claremont, CA Curated by Ciara Ennis and Jennifer Vanderpool
2017
Biomythography: Axis of Ego: When and Where I Enter*
FAR Bazaar Alternative Art Fair & Art Collective Festival, Cerritos, CA
2016
SKIN, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (LAMAG)
Barnsdall Art Park Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Isabelle Lutterodt
2015
A Continuum of Impact, College of Law Art Gallery
University of La Verne College of Law La Verne, CA. Curated by Conchi Sanford
State of Emergency: Big Brother Is Watching,
Winslow Garage, Los Angeles, CA, Curated by Thinh Nguyen
Vertigo at Midnight: New Visual Afrofuturisms and Speculative Migrations,
Clark Humanities Museum/Chan Gallery Scripps College and Pomona College,
Claremont, CA, Curated by Dr. Valorie Thomas
Biomythography: Secret Poetry and Hidden Angers, William Rolland Gallery of Fine Art
California Lutheran University Thousand Oaks, CA
LA n CV 2, Coachella Valley Art Center
Coachella Valley Art Center, Indio, CA, Curated by Mike McLain
2014
Biomythography: Secret Poetry and Hidden Angers, East & Peggy Phelps Galleries
Claremont Graduate University Claremont CA
The Beautiful: Contemporary Art Featuring America, William Rolland Gallery of Fine Art
California Lutheran University Thousand Oaks, CA. Curated by Rachel Schmid
LA Heat: Taste Changing Condiments
Chinese American Museum Los Angeles CA. Curated by Steve Wong
2012
Daylight Saving Time, East and Peggy Phelps Galleries
Claremont Graduate University, Curated by David Pagel
2010
Haute, Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art,
Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, Ca. Curated by Roman Stollenwerk
Publications
CALAFIA: Manifesting the Terrestrial Paradise Exhibition Catalog, 2019
Bienal de MexiCali 2018: CALAFIA, California, USA, Oct. 27, 2018,
by Arden Decker
Art and Cake, Aug. 28, 2018, What’s Hot in L.A.? Art Events You Should
Check Out by Kristine Schomaker
The Washington Post, June 7, 2018, In Los Angeles, Sriracha fans line
up for the hottest tour in town. by Laura Randall
Art and Cake, Jan. 16, 2017, A Breath of Fresh Air in the Season of Art
Fairs: The FAR Bazaar by Evan Senn
Art and Cake, Sept. 17, 2016, Biomythography: Currency Exchange
Opens at Claremont by Jackie Bell Johnson
Hyperallergic, Oct. 10, 2015, Crafting Alternative Histories Through
Memory and Myth by Abe Ahn
Medium, Jan. 29, 2017, Biomythography explores social constructs in
the old Cerritos College newsroom. by Karla Enrique
KCET.ORG, Mar. 18, 2014, Hot Stuff: L.A.'s Cross-Cultural Condiments
by Carron Jao
AFROPUNK.COM, Feb 10, 2015, Feature: Artist Chris Christion and
The Blunt and Relevant Sermons of Dr. Vernon Johns
The Bllk Grrl Show, Jan 19, 2015 radio interview Artist/curators Chris
Christion and Jessica Wimbley discuss Biomythography
“Under My Skin” interview with artists of color regarding race in the art
world, 2013, under production directed by Leonel Peña Reyes
The Flame Magazine, Spring, 2010 Volume 10 Number 3, 2010, A Studio
of Ones Own
Immaculate: Contemporary Images of Jesus and the Virgin Mary
Exhibition Catalog, 2009, Drudis Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Flash Art, Oct. 2004, Supersonic” at Art Center College of Art and Design
by Carrie Paterson
Supersonic The Wind Tunnel Exhibition Catalog, 2004, Art Center
Pasadena
Education
Northwestern University
Certificate in Leadership
Association of Academic Museums and Galleries
FELLOW, Certificate in Leadership, 2012
AAMG Academic Museum and Gallery Leadership Seminar In
partnership with the Kellogg School of Management Center for
Nonprofit Management at
Northwestern University
University of California, Irvine
MFA Visual Art, 2004
University of Oklahoma
BFA Painting, 2002