I am continuously reflecting on generative ways I can honour the land on which I work, and accountably enact my role as guest on the unceded territories of šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmaɁɬ təməxʷ (Musqueam), səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waaututh), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), and S’ólh Téméxw (Stó:lō) nations that some refer to as Vancouver. The first generation of European immigrants, I spent my childhood as a guest on Haudenosaunee, Anishinabewaki and Mississaugas of the Credit First Nations, and attended York University for my BFA. I completed an MFA at the University of British Columbia where I am currently an Associate Professor of Teaching - yet still and always learning.
- Select Solo Exhibitions
2013 cat cat cat Alternator Gallery Curator: Lorna McParland, Kelowna BC
2018 Intuition Commons White Water Gallery Curator: Anyse Ducharme, North Bay ON
2018 Real Tears deluge Gallery Curator: Wil Aballe, Victoria BC
2011 Falling Woman La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse Curator: Roxanne Arsenault, Montreal QC
2011 Falling Woman Eyelevel Gallery Curator: Michael McCormack, Halifax NS
2009 Flare (Contact Photography Festival) Soho Gallery Curator: Phil McCrum, Toronto ON
2008 Falling Woman Republic Gallery Vancouver BC
2007 Nudes Republic Gallery Vancouver BC
2005 Panties, Polish, Candy WARC Gallery Toronto ON - Select Group Exhibitions + Events
2020 good Wil Aballe Art Projects Curated by Wil Aballe, Vancouver BC
2020 Leaning Out of Windows: Emergence Emily Carr University of Art and Design Curated by Randy Lee Cutler and Ingrid Koenig, Vancouver BC
2018 Collective Acts Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery Curated by Lorna Brown, Vancouver BC
2018 (con)text Hatch Art Gallery Curated by Simranpreet Kaur Anand, Vancouver BC
2017 Feminist Art Conference Exhibition OCAD University Toronto ON
2014 The Incubator black & yellow Curated by Allison Mander-Wionzek, Vancouver BC
2013 Haphazard (Part of Swarm 2013) Acme Studios Vancouver BC
2013 Flares Not Sent Letters Curated by Jeremy Todd, Vancouver BC
2011 Picturing Intuition AMS Gallery Vancouver BC
2010 Alphabet City Festival Toronto Free Gallery Curated by John Knechtel, Toronto ON
2010 Falling Woman Remix Instant Coffee Light Bar Vancouver BC
2008 Infra-Ordinary Modern Fuel Gallery Curated by Michael Davidge, Kingston ON
2008 Trust in Me Libby Leshgold Gallery Curated by Cate Rimmer, Vancouver BC
2007 Food Dave Mirvish Toronto ON
2006 Prologue Republic Gallery Vancouver BC
2006 Diachronic Thames Art Gallery Chatham ON
2004 Strange Agencies Helen Pitt GalleryCurated by Jeremy Todd, Vancouver BC
2004 Proof 11 Gallery 44 Toronto ON
2003 Belkin Invitational Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery Vancouver BC - Publications + Media
2023 Claire Geddes Bailey "Glamour" Alternator Gallery Kelowna BC
2020 Lorna Brown "Collective Acts: Degrees of Attachment from Beginning with the Seventies" Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery Vancouver BC
2019 Rebecca Watson "Persistence and Permanence of Memory in the Digital Realm" "White Water Gallery North Bay ON
2019 H. M. Parnell Legitimizing knowledge: Christine D’Onofrio traces the tacit links of creative output with rhizomatic archive ‘Intuition Commons’ AQNB.com London UK
2018 John Luna Real Tears Exhibition Review exhibit-v Victoria BC
2018 Deniz Unsal Contemporary artist provokes to rethink feminism's potential Nexus Magazine Victoria BC
2018 Christine Clark Real Tears: Christine D'Onofrio Preview Magazine
2018 Must-Sees This Week: January 18 to 24, 2018 Canadian Art
2014 Allison Mander What the heck is The Incubator? Vancouver is Awesome, Vancouver BC
2011 Allison Saunders Feast your eyes on the Falling Woman The Coast, Halifax NS
2008 Riva Symko Nothing is Ordinary. Everything is Ordinary Infra-Ordinary, Modern Fuel Gallery Kingston ON
2004 Marina Roy "make money to have candy” Strange Agencies Helen Pitt Gallery Vancouver BC
2004 Sara Angelucci Proof11 Gallery 44 Toronto, ON
2003 Lara Tomaszewska Looking at Desire: Christine D’Onofrio’s Panties and Nail Polish Series Belkin Invitational, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery Vancouver BC - Curatorial + Editorial
2019 Curator ...we can know more than we can tell... AHVA Gallery, Vancouver BC
2013 Curator The Idiot of Nature AHVA Gallery, Vancouver BC
2011 Curator Marijke Nap: Life Works AHVA Gallery, Vancouver BC
2010 Foreward To the Institution of my Faculties UBC, Vancouver BC
2010 Curator Initials AHVA Gallery, Vancouver BC
2009 Designer What Matter Catalogue AHVA Gallery, Vancouver BC - Academic Positions + Education
2019-Present University of British Columbia Associate Professor of Teaching Vancouver BC
2014-2019 University of British Columbia Instructor Vancouver BC
2008-14 University of British Columbia Lecturer Vancouver BC
2007-08 Emily Carr University of Art and Design Sessional Lecturer Vancouver BC
2007-08 University of British Columbia Sessional Lecturer Vancouver BC
2006-07 University of Toledo Visiting Assistant Professor Toledo OH
2005 University of Windsor Sessional Lecturer Windsor ONMFA Department of Art History, Visual Art, and Theory, University of British Columbia Vancouver BC
BFA Specialized Honours Department of Visual Arts, York University Toronto ON - Published Works + Broadcast
2023 Queuejumping Marina Roy, Information Office
2023 Leaning Out of Windows: An Art and Physics CollaborationRandy Lee Cutler and Ingrid Koenig, Occasional Press
2014 Food & Wine Magazine Kitchen Art
2008 Behind the Lens No Bull Television Spot Broadcast on BRAVO!
2007 Alphabet City Food Cover and Insert MIT Press
2007 Vancouver Review Arts Centerfold
2004 The Walrus Barbara Nichol Some Common Questions about Sex and Ageing October 2004 - Select Artist Talks + Events
2023 University of Victoria Artist Talk, Victoria BC
2022 Critical Image Forum "Groundless in the Archive: Luis Jacob and Ambient Immersiveness in Photography" Producer & Interviewer Vancouver BC
2019 White Water Gallery Artist Talk, North Bay ON
2018 Morris & Helen Belkin Art Gallery Intuition Commons Artist Talk, Vancouver, BC
2018 Vancouver Independent Archives Week Recollective: Archival Intuitions and Annotations with Cindy Mochizuki, Elizabeth MacKenzie, and Laiwan in response to Christine D'Onofrio's project Intuition Commons and the Belkin Gallery Archives
2017 New Media Gallery, Anvil Centre Fresh Talk: Children New Westminster BC
2016 MOA Visual and Material Culture Research Seminar Series That’s not Funny Vancouver BC
2016 Vancouver Art Gallery MASH UP Exhibition: Flash Talk Vancouver BC
2014 The Incubator Feminist Dialogues: Panel Presentation Vancouver BC
2014 University of the Arts Artist Talk Phildelphia PEN
2014 Skidmore College Artist & Teaching Talk Saratoga Springs, NY
2011 La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse Artist Talk Montreal QC
2011 Eyelevel Gallery Artist Talk Halifax NS
2010 Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery Conversations Series: Faces Vancouver BC
2009 University of Lethbridge Art Now Artist Talk Lethbridge AB
2009 Emily Carr on North Island College Artist Talk Comox Valley BC
2008 University of the Fraser Valley Artist Talk Abbotsford BC
2008 Vancouver Art Gallery Feminisms Panel Vancouver BC
2008 University of British Columbia Artist Talk Vancouver BC
2008 Victoria University of Wellington, School of Design Artist Talk Wellington, New Zealand
2005 Women’s Artist Resource Center Panel Discussion Toronto ON
2004 Helen Pitt Gallery Artist Talk Vancouver BC - Publications + Conferences
2024 (Forthcoming) Author "Scattered in Existence: The Role of Community in Arts Research"in Disruption and Convergence: Generating New Conversations Through Arts Research Brill Publishing Leiden, Netherlands
2024 (Forthcoming) Co-Author "Tending Paths"in Disruption and Convergence: Generating New Conversations Through Arts Research Brill Publishing Leiden, Netherlands
2023 2023 University Art Association Conference"Reimaginging Critique in the Visual Art Classroom" Panel Speaker, Banff AB
2023 111th Annual CAA Conference"Decolonizing the Studio Critique: Exercises to Promote Commjunity in the Visual Art Classroom" Panel Speaker, New York NY USA
2022 Transcultural Exchange International Conference "Missing Clues, Mining Archives, Ensuring the Truth" Conference Paper, Boston MA USA
2020 Lilly Conference: Evidence Based Teaching and Learning "Students as Emerging Artists in Society" Conference Paper, Austin, TX USA
2018 2018 University Arts Association Conference "Artistic Research Revealed" Panel Organizer, Guelph ON
2018 Thirteenth International Conference on The Arts in Society "Students as Emerging Artists in Society" (with Paulina Semenec) Conference Paper, Vancouver BC
2017 7th World Arts Alliance for Education Conference, Engaging with Communities Conference "Students as Emerging Artists in Society" Presenter, Auckland NZ
2017 Universities Art Association Conference Panel Educational Practices: Art, Education and Research Mash-Up What’s the difference? "Activating reflective practices beyond the written" Conference Paper, Banff AB
2017 Universities Art Association Conference "Creating Cultural connections: Engaged Learning in Art Education" Panel Organizer, Banff AB
2016 Symposium on Scholarship of Teaching & Learning "Connecting Classroom to Community: Engaged Learning Across Disciplines" (with Kathryn Grafton) Conference Paper, Banff AB
2016 Universities Art Association Conference "From Skill-Building to Creative Research: Flexible Learning in Foundation Digital Arts Studio" Conference Paper, Montreal QC - Grants + Awards
2021 Canada Council for the Arts Explore and Create, Research and Creation
2018 Vancouver UX Awards UX for Good Finalist
2018 Killam Teaching Prize Teaching Award, University of British Columbia
2018 CreativeBC Interactive Grant
2017 Canada Council for the Arts Visual Arts Research/Creation Grant
2014 Canada Council for the Arts Visual Arts Research/Creation Grant
2008 Canada Council for the Arts Research/Creation Grant
2007 Ontario Arts Council Visual Artist Emerging Grant
2007 Canada Council for the Arts (Awarded but not funded) Research/Creation Grant in Visual Arts
2005 Canada Council for the Arts Research/Creation Grant in Visual Arts
Plays of power found in technology, shame, exploitation, humour, virtue, humiliation and desire drive my artistic inquiries through the trajectories and intersections of feminism(s). My work utilizes processes of artistic research, practice and history as well as the production, circulation and influence of visual artifacts and digital representations. In past work, (view Polish, Nudes, or Flares) I test capitalist values in dialogue with art historical references -critiquing the promise of both. After years of referring to the female body via commodities and synthetic substitutes, I realized it was necessary to conquer its representation and later threads of my work, (see Falling Woman, Real Tears) I exploitatively undermine and/or overtly defend in order to expose ways power works on a through a body and forms a subject. The complications of liberating female representation through canonical structures are used to the point that they might find new processes and potential. I materialize the contradiction of liberating contemporary manifestations -by enacting within them entirely. (Refer to Feminist Joke Book, Unfinished Jokes, cat cat cat)
While my work occupies feminist strategies, I am overtly critical of the results. I struggle with the notion of liberty and its limitations within structures, whether; representational, conceptual, social, economic, political or even structures of liberation itself. Rather, I am interested in the ambiguities of liberty by which 'free' is impossible within the complexities of any given situation. By revealing the deep forces of capitalism, patriarchy, imperialism and individualistic neoliberalism that ultimately direct and exploit potential fluid ‘grey zones’, I expose what further facilitates and perpetuates power. Historical examples and previous influences can help us to build and enact new ways of being, but they become subsumed by higher codes; how can one find liberation outside of them? In the wise words of Audre Lorde, "the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house" or as Barthes reminds us “a code cannot be destroyed…only played off” -if we are always working within the system, does one even know what to do with unknown potentials? How can new meaning be created, produced and organized or how can one erupt the production of meaning altogether -and still survive? If identity is truly able to not belong to something, if it could be free of titles, codes and limitations, it would need crisis to exist. In my work I may ask for some concept of liberation to be realized, but it can only exist in crisis, when it does not know its end.