about

christopher cobillas-ottinger (he/him) is an artist and educator currently residing in oakland, ca. he earned his mfa in visual arts from washington university in st. louis and his ba at columbia college chicago in film/video directing. cobillas-ottinger's artistic interests include moving image, sound, analog media, interactive media, media theory + history. his art has been exhibited internationally, at galleries + institutions such as the mildred lane kemper art museum, laumeier sculpture park, the museum london in ontario, canada, ucla's cnsi gallery in collaboration with patricia olynyk, bert green fine art, acre projects in chicago, and the chicago artists coalition. he has taught moving image, digital art, and sound at such institutions as the school of the art institute of chicago, college of dupage, and san josé state university. he is currently a tenure-track assistant professor of digital media art at st. mary's college of california. when he is not teaching or making art, christopher enjoys cooking, playing music, and rigorously maintaining his entirely monochromatic wardrobe.