Christina Fernandez (photographer)

Biography

Fernandez earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1989 and an MFA from California Institute of the Arts in 1996.

Based in Los Angeles, her works deal with social and political commentary. Social consciousness and her Mexican heritage often influence her photography and collages, along with themes of space, migration, immigration, labor, gender, and her own relationship to the city of Los Angeles.

Fernandez has received many awards and fellowships, including a Fellowship for Visual Arts in 2011 from the California Community Foundation.

Her photographs are held in numerous museum collections including the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Since 2007, Fernandez's work has frequently been featured in exhibits at Gallery Luisotti in Santa Monica.

Christina’s work examines the intersections between private and public space, personal and historical narratives, ex-urban and city spaces and the cultural border and historical relationships between the United States and Mexico.

Some of her work depicting mythical and historical figures are part of the oeuvre of her early works (Maria’s Great Expedition (1995 -1996) and the Ruin (1999 – 2000) series).

In 2024, her work was on view at the Pérez Art Museum Miami, Florida, as part of Xican-a.o.x. Body, a comprehensive group exhibition on the contributions by Chicano artists to contemporary culture with artworks from the 1960s to the present time. An accompanying publication of same title was released by Chicago University Press.