BIO:
Christine Cortes (they/them) is a first generation Colombian-American artist born in Miami, FL, and raised between Miami and Colombia. As a photo-based artist, they are interested in exploring Post-Documentary Photography through alternative and non-traditional processes of image-making, image-printing, book-making, print-making, and installing images. Christine's community efforts are fundamental to their artist practices, using photography, art education and workshops, and music to make engaging and positive changes in their community in grassroots and DIY spaces. Their work has been featured in The 2026 Klima Biennial Wien, The Institute of Queer Ecology, The WOPHA, Greenspace Gallery, Miami Dade Public Library System, The Frost Art Museum, Cumulus Photo, The Bakehouse Art Complex Miami, Void Projects Miami, and The Library of Congress. Christine holds a Bachelors in Fine Arts Photography with a minor in art history from New World School of The Arts (2020).
Currently, Christine is an associate artist at Bakehouse Art Complex and the Digital Lab Manager for the space.
The Bakehouse Digital Print Lab is the first Bakehouse facility accessible to Non-Bakehouse Artists.
Click Here For more information about The Digital Print Lab.
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EDUCATION:
2020
BFA in Photography, New World School of the Arts, University of Florida, Miami, FL.
Minor in Art History. New World School of the Arts, University of Florida, Miami, FL.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2026
Affective Archives, Curated by Amanda Morgan, WOPHA x Greenspace Gallery, Miami, FL [ May 30 - August 28, 2026 ]
I Wish We Had More Time, The Institute of Queer Ecology x 2026 Klima Biennial Wien, Museum Hundertwasser, Vienna, Austria
[ April 08 - October 4, 2026 ]
The WOPHA Community Exhibition, Curated Remijin Camping, WOPHA x Andy Gato Gallery at Barry University, Miami, FL
2025
Strange Natures, Curated by Krys Ortega, featuring Christine Cortes, Lee Pivnik, and Zoe Schweiger, The Swenson Gallery,
The Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, FL [ Apr. 10 - Jul. 10, 2025 ]
Documenting Goombay & Little Bahamas, Sanctuary of The Arts & FIU Wolfsonian Public Humanities Lab [ June 1, 2025 ]
2024
What They Saw: Historical Photobooks by Women Reading room, Curated by Amanda Bradley and Zonia Zena,
The Miami-Dade Public Library System, Presented by the Women Photographers International Archive (WOPHA)
in collaboration with 10x10 Photobooks [ November 11, 2024 - January 03, 2025 ]
PALM ANNAL No. 1, Curated by Peter Betancourt of Palm Film Lab, The Betancourt Gallery [ April 26 - September 10, 2024 ]
No Soy Eterno, Curated by Jon Millan, Tactile Studios, Miami Florida [ March 29 - July 31, 2024 ]
2023
How We Remember, Curated by Amy Galpin, featuring Ruth Orkin, Joel Meyerowitz, Roscoe B. Thicke III, and Christine Cortes,
The Patricia and Philip Frost Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami, FL [ May 10— September 12, 2023 ]
2022
Art To Save Lives Gallery, Group Exhibition, curated by Luba Kladienko-Ramirez, Miami Shores, Miami, FL, [ December 2022 ]
Hô Lô, collaborative performance exhibition, curated by selected artist Vũ (Khánh Nguyên Hoàng Vũ), Season 4 Commissioner,
The Deering Estate, Miami, Florida [ May, 2022 ]
2020
Housefire- Where Do We Go From Here?, Curated by Nick Drain, Cumulus Photo, Online
Untitled, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL [ May 1 - July 31, 2020 ]
| EQUILIBRIA, BFA thesis exhibition, New World School of The Arts, Miami, FL
Rising Stars, a spring group exhibition, New World School of The Arts, Miami, FL [ January 1, 2020 - March 31, 2020 ]
Opaque, Curated by Reginald O’Neale, Void Projects, Miami, FL [January 1, 2020 - April 1, 2020 ]
2019
The Future Ain’t What It Used to Be, Curated by Don Lambert, in collaborative association with New World School of The Arts,
The Kampong Gardens, Coconut Grove, FL, [ December 5, 2019 ] (click here for more)
PROJECTO, a collaborative group installation with visiting artist Patricia Meneses, New World School of The Arts Gallery, Miami, FL
[ January 2019 ]
Where The Land Is Free, Poetry For The People, Curated by Aja Monet, Bakehouse Art Complex, Wynwood Miami, FL
2018
Diaspora, Curated by Don Lambert, in collaborative association with New World School of The Arts,
The Kampong Gardens, Coconut Grove, FL, [ December 5 2018 ] (click here for more)
2016
Locust Art Builders 2016, Curated by Monica Lopez De Victoria and Francesco Locastro, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
ARTIST RESIDENCIES AND AWARDED GRANTS:
Current Bakehouse Art Complex, Associate Artist, Miami, FL
2025-26 Individual Artist Grant, Miami Dade County Cultural Affairs Department
2022-23 Individual Artist Grant, Miami Dade County Cultural Affairs Department
2021 Bakehouse Art Complex, Summer Open Residency, Miami, FL
2018-2020 ArtSeen Studios x Mana Contemporary, 777 Building Downtown Miami, FL
2019-2020 Void Projects, Associate Artist Resident and organizer of Void Photo Collective, Miami, FL
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WORKSHOPS, PUBLICATIONS AND ARTIST COLLABORATIONS:
2026 BAZART Fundraiser, for NEXOS Venezuela’s Earthquale Mutual Aid, Ocisly Ceramics, curated by Paola Moreno
“Image Readings”, Photo workshop, WOPHA Foundation, WOPHA x Greenspace Gallery, Miami, FL [ July 31, 2026 ]
2025 “On The Strange & The Familiar”, Artist Panel with Christine Cortes, Lee Pivnik, and Zoe Schweiger,
Moderated by curator Krys Ortega, The Bakehouse Art Complex [ May 29th, 2025 ]
“Artist Image Transfer and Zine Making Workshop and Collaboration, “Skate Nymphs At Bakehouse” [June 28, 2025 ]
“FACE FOR THE ALGO II ”, 2025 calendar project for Miami organizations, organized by Agua Dulce,
All proceeds donated to Miami Workers Center and WeCount Miami
2024 “Library of Congress”, Images from The 2024 Goombay Fest in Coconut Grove in collaboration
with The FIU Humanities Lab and Archival African Diaspora department
“Tertulia Nights”, a public artist workshop hosted by The FIU Frost Museum
“Clay Club Mud Brawl (I & II) a volunteer mud wrestling event organized by Christine Cortes & Jon Millan
All proceeds donated to The Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund [January 2023] and Medical Aid Palestine [March 2023]
“FACE FOR THE ALGO”, 2024 calendar project for Miami organizations, organized by Agua Dulce and Sabrina Diaz
2022
“A little Pop Up”, Artist fundraiser pop up for Indigenous Women Rising, at The Bakehouse Art Complex
During The Artist Studio Open curated by Christine Cortes and Khánh Nguyên Hoàng Vũ
“powGUAO with Flor & Lil’Brat” podcast on Verge.FM (collaborative discussions with artist Gabriela Fernandez)
Hô Lô” collaborative performance exhibition”, curated by artist Vũ (Khánh Nguyên Hoàng Vũ),
Season 4 Commissioner organization The Deering Estate, Miami, Florida
2020 “Housefire- Where Do We Go From Here?” publication by Cumulus Photo, Curated by Nick Drain
PRESS, ARTICLES, AND FEATURES:
The Klima Biennal Contrasts Chaos With Hope, The New York Times, May 2026
The Best Miami Art Shows To See In Miami, Miami New Times June 2025
Social Distance Gallery, 2020
Christine Cortes - Artist Highlight, Always Lunes, 2020
Physical Work In a Digital World, Mana Contemporary
Life and Work with Christine Cortes, Voyage MIA, 2018