About

Zachary Ordonez is a visual artist and educator. He received his B.S.C. from the University of Miami double majoring in
Motion Pictures and Studio Art Photography, and he received his M.F.A. in Creative Photography from the University of Florida. 

He is a member of the exclusive Adobe Education Leader program, which has 266 international participants. Zachary is an 
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Artist Statement

Zachary works with the mediums of photography and digital video to explore the subtleties as well
as overt expressions of human behavior. His work is primarily based on ephemeral moments
and chance encounters with people in public spaces that he can observe and record. Some
projects require him to give an introduction and collaborate with the subject, while other projects
demand that the subject remain unaware of his presence. His most recent works 3000+ MilesHotel Rooms focus on the
absence of people and documenting places and spaces in a transient state. 

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EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts - M.F.A. - University of Florida

Bachelor of Science in Communication - B.S.C. - University of Miami

EXHIBITION RECORD

2022

Mesa Community College Biennial Faculty & Staff Art Show, The Art Gallery, Mesa, AZ

2021

Department of Visual Art & Design Biennial Faculty Exhibition, Shaw Gallery, Weber State University, Ogden, UT

2020

A Figural Exhibition, The In Art Gallery, https://theinartgallery.com/septembershow

2018

Department of Visual Art & Design Biennial Faculty Exhibition, Shaw Gallery, Weber State University, Ogden, UT

2016

9th Annual Faculty Exhibition, Gallery 217, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

2015

Regarding Leisure, UNF Gallery, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL
8th Annual Faculty Exhibition, Gallery 217, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

2014

18th Annual No Dead Artists International Exhibition, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA
7th Annual Faculty Exhibition, Gallery 217, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Present Company Excluded or The Disposability of the Decisive Moment, Santa Fe Gallery, Santa Fe College, Gainesville, FL

2013

6th Annual Faculty Exhibition, Gallery 217, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

2012

New Beginnings: 5th Annual Faculty Exhibition, Gallery 217, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Annual Faculty Exhibition, C.A.S. Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
A Delicate Balance: 4th Annual Faculty Exhibition, Gallery 217, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

2011

Envision, Awarehouse, Miami, FL
Optic Nerve XIII, Video Art Exhibition, Big Screen Plaza, New York, NY
Optic Nerve XIII, Video Art Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL Optic Nerve XIII, Video Art Exhibition, de la Cruz Collection, Miami, FL
Annual Faculty Exhibition, C.A.S. Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Visual Art Faculty and Alumni Invitational, Gato Gallery, Barry University, Miami Shores, FL

ONE: 3rd Annual Faculty Exhibition, Gallery 217, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

2010

RE-U-NI-FY, C.A.S. Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL SOLO Art Miami, Barry University Exhibition, Miami, FL
Pencil Scar Memories, Garage Gallery, San Diego, CA
The Artful Scriptorium, Climate/Gallery, Long Island City, NY

2009

Florida International University Masters’ Mystery Art Show, Ritz Carlton Hotel, Miami Beach, FL The Thin Tissue of Likeness, SCA Contemporary Art, Albuquerque, NM
Riders*, Pierpont Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

2008

The Nuts & Bolts of Male Friendship*, University Gallery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Let’s Get Physical, I Heart Photograph, www.iheartphotograph.blogspot.com, October 31(online) Unscene Photography Tour, SET, Miami Beach, FL

2007

A Place Called Home, S.P.E. Conference, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA Here Today Gone Tomorrow, International Video Art Festival, Antwerp, Belgium
Hard Looks Soft Sells, Studio 17 Gallery, Miami, FL
2Y, M.F.A. Exhibition, W.A.R.P. haus Gallery, Gainesville, FL

Addressing Iraq, Reitz Union Gallery, University of Florida travels to University of South Florida Student Juried Show, University Gallery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

2006

Graduate Zoo, M.F.A. Exhibition, W.A.R.P. haus Gallery, Gainesville, FL Grad Photo Seminar Show, Atlantic Gallery, Gainesville, FL

2005

Mortality and Other Dirty Jokes, Performance Art Exhibition, W.A.R.P. haus Gallery, Gainesville, FL 7/8th Of An Acre, Performance Art Exhibition, Gainesville, FL
Annual Art Exhibition, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA

2004

One Foot, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA

2003

Student Juried Show, Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL Made In Miami Film Festival, Miami, FL

AWARDS & GRANTS

2020

Juried Selection, A Figural Exhibition, The In Art Gallery, https://theinartgallery.com/septembershow

2015

Juried Selection, Regarding Leisure, UNF Gallery, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL

2014

Juried Selection, 18th Annual No Dead Artists International Exhibition, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2011

Juried Selection, Optic Nerve XIII, Video Art Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL

2005 - 2008

Graduate Teaching Assistantship, School of Art and Art History, University of Florida

2007

Juried Selection, Here Today Gone Tomorrow, International Video Art Festival, Antwerp, Belgium Video Rodeo Award, School of Art and Art History, University of Florida

2006

School of Art and Art History Travel Grant, University of Florida

2005

University of Florida Graduate Grant

2003

College Photographer of the Year, Honorable Mention in Illustration, University of Missouri

2003

Dean’s List, School of Communication, University of Miami
Michelle Edelson Photography Award, Department of Art and Art History, University of Miami Outstanding Undergraduate Student, Faculty of Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, CZ

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2013

Daniel R. Reimold, “Journalism of Ideas: Brainstorming, Developing, and Selling Stories in the Digital Age”, Routledge Media

2008

Fraction Magazine, “Typologies”, www.fractionmag.com, November Issue #4

2006

D.B. Clark, “This Garden Earth”, Lulu Books

PUBLICATIONS AS AUTHOR

2008

“The Nuts & Bolts of Male Friendship: Photographs and Interviews”, Lulu Books

2007

“Ethan”, Lulu Books

COLLECTIONS

University of Miami Department of International Studies

SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY

2012

Juror, School of International Studies Photography Exhibition, University of Miami

2010

Organizer, SOLO ART Miami Exhibition, Barry University

RESIDENCIES

2010

Harold Arts Residency, Chesterhill, OH

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