ABOUT
Born in Bilbao (Spain), Cristina Sáez took up photography after graduating in Psychology and moving to London in 2001. In 2006 she completed an MA in Photography and Urban Cultures (2006) from Goldsmiths, University of London and she was a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Visual Anthropology, Goldsmiths, between 2009 and 2010.
Cristina's work investigates the ways in which humans perceive and relate to the environment, with a particular concern for the alienation between man and nature in industrialized societies. Her current practice explores photography in its widest sense, combining traditional and new technologies of vision with camera obscura installations, animation, videoart and VJing.
Cristina has exhibited internationally and taken part in festivals and residencies worldwide, as well as collaborating on a regular basis with other visual artists and musicians. Her work is in private and corporate collections including Religare Arts in India and the Photomedia Centre in US, and collectors in Europe, US, India and Morocco.
Her portfolios of creative imagery are licensed through Gallery Stock and Arcangel Images.
Cristina works as a freelance facilitator in outreach and community projects with London-based organizations such as Photofusion and as a digital photography tutor for Photography Course London.
Born in Bilbao (Spain), Cristina Sáez took up photography after graduating in Psychology and moving to London in 2001. In 2006 she completed an MA in Photography and Urban Cultures (2006) from Goldsmiths, University of London and she was a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Visual Anthropology, Goldsmiths, between 2009 and 2010.
Cristina's work investigates the ways in which humans perceive and relate to the environment, with a particular concern for the alienation between man and nature in industrialized societies. Her current practice explores photography in its widest sense, combining traditional and new technologies of vision with camera obscura installations, animation, videoart and VJing.
Cristina has exhibited internationally and taken part in festivals and residencies worldwide, as well as collaborating on a regular basis with other visual artists and musicians. Her work is in private and corporate collections including Religare Arts in India and the Photomedia Centre in US, and collectors in Europe, US, India and Morocco.
Her portfolios of creative imagery are licensed through Gallery Stock and Arcangel Images.
Cristina works as a freelance facilitator in outreach and community projects with London-based organizations such as Photofusion and as a digital photography tutor for Photography Course London.
EDUCATION
2006 MA Photography and Urban Cultures (Distinction for Final Visual Project and Dissertation) Goldsmiths
2011 BA Psychology (Distinction) Universidad de Deusto, Spain
SELECTED RESIDENCIES and AWARDS
2011 THE WHY NOT PLACE International Artists Residency, Religare Arts, New Delhi, India
2010 ZAAT MOSTRA 010 International Festival Commission, Lisbon, Portugal
AND'ART International Artists Residency, Marrakech, Morocco, Terre Sans Frontiere
JOYA Artist Residency, Cortijada Los Gazquez, Spain
2009 AND'ART International Artists Residency, Tangier, Morocco, Terre Sans Frontiere
2007 ORANGE CALLS EUROPE European Emerging Artists Encounter, Bergamo, Italy
LIZ CHAPPELL/PHOTOFUSION Bursary Award, London
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS and SCREENINGS
2011 THE WHY NOT PLACE International Artists Residency, Religare Arts, New Delhi, India
FOR JAPAN Charity Print Sale, Hotshoe Gallery, London
inCINEracion, Screening of Lost in Marrakech, Fundación Euroárabe, Granada, Spain
iPARK LISBOA 2011, Itinerant Camera Obscura Installation, Lisbon, Portugal
2010 ZAAT MOSTRA 010 Itinerant Camera Obscura Installation and Screening of Tojimbo, Lisbon, Portugal
AND'ART 2010 CONCERT, Live VJ set, Thêatre Royal Marrakech, Morocco
AND'ART 2010 EXHIBITION, Photography Installation, RempArt Gallery, Marrakech, Morocco
360ο RECLAIMING INDEPENDENT MUSIC Live VJ set, The Roundhouse, London
TEMPORARY AUTONOMOUS ART Camera Obscura Installation, Random Artists, London
FILM/VIDEO/PERFORMANCE Screening of Tojimbo, Wimbledon Space, Wimbledon College of Arts, London
KINETICA ARTS FAIR Musion screening of Machine Heart, P3, London
2009 SALON 2009, Four Corners Gallery, London (Part of Photomonth 2009)
AND’ART 2009 Video Screening, Théâtre Mohammad Haddad, Tangier, Morocco
PHOTOMEDIA CENTRE OPEN JURIED EXHIBITION, Bruce Gallery, Edinboro PA, US
2008 IN THE SOIL OF THE SENSIBLE Photofusion Gallery, London (solo)
IN THE SOIL OF THE SENSIBLE London Photographic Association Featured Exhibition
THE HOLGA SHOW SAANS Downtown Gallery, Salt Lake City, US
2007 ORANGE CALLS EUROPE Photography Installation, Spazio Polaresco, Bergamo, Italy
BRIXTON WEEDS Ritzy Cinema Brixton, London (solo)
BRIXTON WEEDS Clapham Leisure Centre, London
2006 RIGA ARCHITEXTURE Viewfinder Gallery London
NO RIGHT TURN Village Underground, London
RESEARCH, LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
2011 DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY and PINHOLE TUTOR / PORTFOLIO REVIEWER, Photography Course London
2010 FACILITATOR MediaBox Bronze Arts Award for Young People, Photofusion
VISITING RESEARCH FELLOW Centre for Visual Anthropology, Goldsmiths
TUTOR Summer Arts College Arts Award for Young Offenders, Photofusion
TUTOR Open the Shutters AQA Award SLR Photography and Digital Imaging for Young People, Photofusion
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE TALK Cortijada Los Gazquez, Spain
SPEAKER Careers in Photography Talk, Photo Finish project, Four Corners Film
TUTOR Camera Skills and Studio Lighting, Photo Finish project, Fours Corners Film
2009 TUTOR Visual Voices Photography Workshop for artists with learning disabilities Photofusion/Corali
FACILITATOR Easter Youth Photography Project, London Transport Museum/OneKX
TUTOR Introduction to DSLR and Photoshop Training for London Transport Museum Staff
PROJECT LEADER Multimedia 14+ Saturday Club at The Norwood School
VISITING ARTIST TALK, MA in Visual Anthropology Goldsmiths, University of London
2008 FACILITATOR Pinholes in the Park for the elderly, Photoworks Westminster
VOLUNTEER FACILITATOR Portraiture Workshop for adults with learning disabilities, Generate/Zoom-In
TUTOR Fashion Photography Workshop, Harlington Community School 6th form,Trapmedia
VISITING ARTIST TALK, MA in Visual Anthropology Goldsmiths, University of London
GALLERY TALK for MA Photography and Urban Cultures students from Goldsmiths, Photofusion Gallery
2007 VOLUNTEER FACILITATOR Digital Photography Project, Alford House Youth Club, Zoom-In/Dulwich Picture House
TUTOR Medium Format Photography Workshop, Zoom-In Volunteers Skillshare
PROJECT LEADER Victorians Light and Shadows Photography and Arts Project, Richard Atkins Primary School
ASSISTANT Filmaking Project, Richard Atkins Primary School
VOLUNTEER FACILITATOR Slade Adventure Playground Newspaper Project, Zoom-In
LICENSING
Represented by Gallery Stock Represented by Arcangel Images
COLLECTIONS
Religare Arts Collection, India
ZAAT Collection, Portugal
Photomedia Centre Collection, US
Joya Artists Collection, Spain
Terre Sans Frontiere Collection, Morocco/UK
Private collections in Spain, Italy, UK, Portugal, India and US
2006 MA Photography and Urban Cultures (Distinction for Final Visual Project and Dissertation) Goldsmiths
2011 BA Psychology (Distinction) Universidad de Deusto, Spain
SELECTED RESIDENCIES and AWARDS
2011 THE WHY NOT PLACE International Artists Residency, Religare Arts, New Delhi, India
2010 ZAAT MOSTRA 010 International Festival Commission, Lisbon, Portugal
AND'ART International Artists Residency, Marrakech, Morocco, Terre Sans Frontiere
JOYA Artist Residency, Cortijada Los Gazquez, Spain
2009 AND'ART International Artists Residency, Tangier, Morocco, Terre Sans Frontiere
2007 ORANGE CALLS EUROPE European Emerging Artists Encounter, Bergamo, Italy
LIZ CHAPPELL/PHOTOFUSION Bursary Award, London
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS and SCREENINGS
2011 THE WHY NOT PLACE International Artists Residency, Religare Arts, New Delhi, India
FOR JAPAN Charity Print Sale, Hotshoe Gallery, London
inCINEracion, Screening of Lost in Marrakech, Fundación Euroárabe, Granada, Spain
iPARK LISBOA 2011, Itinerant Camera Obscura Installation, Lisbon, Portugal
2010 ZAAT MOSTRA 010 Itinerant Camera Obscura Installation and Screening of Tojimbo, Lisbon, Portugal
AND'ART 2010 CONCERT, Live VJ set, Thêatre Royal Marrakech, Morocco
AND'ART 2010 EXHIBITION, Photography Installation, RempArt Gallery, Marrakech, Morocco
360ο RECLAIMING INDEPENDENT MUSIC Live VJ set, The Roundhouse, London
TEMPORARY AUTONOMOUS ART Camera Obscura Installation, Random Artists, London
FILM/VIDEO/PERFORMANCE Screening of Tojimbo, Wimbledon Space, Wimbledon College of Arts, London
KINETICA ARTS FAIR Musion screening of Machine Heart, P3, London
2009 SALON 2009, Four Corners Gallery, London (Part of Photomonth 2009)
AND’ART 2009 Video Screening, Théâtre Mohammad Haddad, Tangier, Morocco
PHOTOMEDIA CENTRE OPEN JURIED EXHIBITION, Bruce Gallery, Edinboro PA, US
2008 IN THE SOIL OF THE SENSIBLE Photofusion Gallery, London (solo)
IN THE SOIL OF THE SENSIBLE London Photographic Association Featured Exhibition
THE HOLGA SHOW SAANS Downtown Gallery, Salt Lake City, US
2007 ORANGE CALLS EUROPE Photography Installation, Spazio Polaresco, Bergamo, Italy
BRIXTON WEEDS Ritzy Cinema Brixton, London (solo)
BRIXTON WEEDS Clapham Leisure Centre, London
2006 RIGA ARCHITEXTURE Viewfinder Gallery London
NO RIGHT TURN Village Underground, London
RESEARCH, LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
2011 DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY and PINHOLE TUTOR / PORTFOLIO REVIEWER, Photography Course London
2010 FACILITATOR MediaBox Bronze Arts Award for Young People, Photofusion
VISITING RESEARCH FELLOW Centre for Visual Anthropology, Goldsmiths
TUTOR Summer Arts College Arts Award for Young Offenders, Photofusion
TUTOR Open the Shutters AQA Award SLR Photography and Digital Imaging for Young People, Photofusion
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE TALK Cortijada Los Gazquez, Spain
SPEAKER Careers in Photography Talk, Photo Finish project, Four Corners Film
TUTOR Camera Skills and Studio Lighting, Photo Finish project, Fours Corners Film
2009 TUTOR Visual Voices Photography Workshop for artists with learning disabilities Photofusion/Corali
FACILITATOR Easter Youth Photography Project, London Transport Museum/OneKX
TUTOR Introduction to DSLR and Photoshop Training for London Transport Museum Staff
PROJECT LEADER Multimedia 14+ Saturday Club at The Norwood School
VISITING ARTIST TALK, MA in Visual Anthropology Goldsmiths, University of London
2008 FACILITATOR Pinholes in the Park for the elderly, Photoworks Westminster
VOLUNTEER FACILITATOR Portraiture Workshop for adults with learning disabilities, Generate/Zoom-In
TUTOR Fashion Photography Workshop, Harlington Community School 6th form,Trapmedia
VISITING ARTIST TALK, MA in Visual Anthropology Goldsmiths, University of London
GALLERY TALK for MA Photography and Urban Cultures students from Goldsmiths, Photofusion Gallery
2007 VOLUNTEER FACILITATOR Digital Photography Project, Alford House Youth Club, Zoom-In/Dulwich Picture House
TUTOR Medium Format Photography Workshop, Zoom-In Volunteers Skillshare
PROJECT LEADER Victorians Light and Shadows Photography and Arts Project, Richard Atkins Primary School
ASSISTANT Filmaking Project, Richard Atkins Primary School
VOLUNTEER FACILITATOR Slade Adventure Playground Newspaper Project, Zoom-In
LICENSING
Represented by Gallery Stock Represented by Arcangel Images
COLLECTIONS
Religare Arts Collection, India
ZAAT Collection, Portugal
Photomedia Centre Collection, US
Joya Artists Collection, Spain
Terre Sans Frontiere Collection, Morocco/UK
Private collections in Spain, Italy, UK, Portugal, India and US
