Alexander Vaindorf

Odessa, 1965 (f. CCCP)

Lives and works in Stockholm since 1987.

www.alexandervaindorf.com

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2006
  • Fallrise. Salon of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, Serbia. Solo exhibition
  • Black: Implication Flooding.  Colony, Birmingham, UK
  • Falling Out of the Cold. Kunstlerhaus Buchsenhausen Innsbruck, Austria. Solo exhibition
2005
  • NEW ROMANTICS. 10th Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin. Paris subway station 'BONNE NOUVELLE' (line 8)
  • Narration in Swedish Contemporary Art. Nordic tour with Riksutställningar
2004
  • Vita kuben. Norrlands Operan. Umeå, Sweden
  • Definitively provisional. APPENDIKS, Copenhagen
2003
  • Narration in Swedish Contemporary Art. Norrköping Museum of Art
  • Istanbul Biennale B-fact, Modern Talking
  • Tirana Biennale B-fact, Modern Talking
2002
  • Galleri Subbau, Gothenburg
  • For you Mongolia. Mongolian National Gallery, Ulan Bator
  • Kulturhuset, Stockholm
2001
  • Galleri Axel Mörner, Stockholm
  • Prime Time de Lux.  Hamburger Kunstverien
  • LAB. Artists Space, NY
2000
  • screenlife.  Apex Art, NY
  • Tanya. Twiglet Zone, NY
  • Zero. Neiman Art Center, NY
1999
  • Neugerriemschneider gallery, Berlin Art Fair
  • Caravana, Fundaciò La Caixa, Barcelona
  • WAR Artists Bulletin Board, Postmasters gallery, NY
1998
  • Gair Building, NY
  • Stuff it. Ynglingagatan 1, Stockholm
  • stArt'98, Stockholm Culture Capital’98
1997
  • Schipper & Krome Gallery, Berlin
  • NACS, Part of ‘Cities on the Move’, Art Node, Stockholm
  • Stand clear, Project space, Stockholm Smart Show, Stockholm
  • Escapist. Atlasmuren, Stockholm
  • 1996Love all. Färgfabriken Exhibition Hall, Stockholm
  • Stockholm Smart Show, Stockholm

FILM, VIDEO SCREENINGS, PUBLIC PROJECTS

2006
  • PULSAR CARACAS - Rencontres internationales Paris/Berlin in Caracas, Venezuela
  • Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, CINEMA L'ENTREPOT Paris
  • GOOD TV, OPEN TV CHANNEL STOCKHOLM
  • It is hard to touch the real, video archive at Grazer Kunstverein
2005
  • FilmLichter 05. International Short Film Festival Detmold
  • 51st International Film Festival Oberhausen, International Competition selection.
  • Kids (group D) in It is hard to touch the real.  München Kunstverein video archive tour: Bildmuseet Umeå, Yeans Gothenburg, Sweden, UKS (The Association of Young Artists) Olso,
  • Tallinn Kunsthalle.
  • Stage design- live video mix for dance theatre performance “Lost grounds“,
  • Choreographer E. Adelöv. Jacobskirken Oslo, Norway. March 2005
2004
  • Venice Architecture Biennale, Russian pavilion.
  • Video live-mix, Swinging with neighbours. Stockholm
  • Kids (group D), Scandinavian Artists Collegiums in Rome, Italy; Dundee Contemporary Art Center.
  • It is hard to touch the real, 2nd Video Festival at Munich Kunstverein
2003
  • United Net-Works. RACA, Copenhagen
  • New Swedish identity, video and discussion series. Dieselverkstan.
  • Kids (group D), 26:e Gothenburg Film Festival
2002
  • VIP room, GASTHOF, Frankfurt am Main
  • Concept, photo For you Mongolia, Swedish group exhibition in Ulan Bator.
  • 2000nacs_destinations, CD release with J. Althoff, NY
1998
  • Gekko, Munchenbryggeriet, Stockholm
  • 1996Jeremy Ganz for Berlin, Berlin
  • 1995One Night Stand, Nordic video & performance art, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo

EDUCATION

2001
  • Royal Art Academy, Stockholm. Postgraduate.
1998
  • Columbia University, New York. SoA/Visual Arts, Master of Fine Arts.
1999
  • Columbia University, New York. Sociology Department.
1995
  • Konstfack University College, Stockholm, BA of Fine Arts.

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2007
  • IASPIS studio residence award, Stockholm
2005
  • NIFCA’s West Balkan AiR 2005 residency at the CCA in Belgrade, Serbia.
  • Residency at Kunstlerhaus Buchsenhausen Innsbruck, Austria.
  • Helge Ax:son Johnsons Foundation Grant
2004
  • The Arts Grants Committee, Sweden. One year grant.
  • Nominee for Diesel New Art award.
  • Residency at Scandinavian Artists Collegiums in Rome, Italy.
2003
  • Art Academy Stockholm Award.
  • Helge Ax:son Johnsons Foundation Grant
1999
  • Recipient of the American-Scandinavian Foundation grant.
1998
  • Merit Scholarship Awards, Columbia University.

PUBLICATIONS

 
  • LEFT COMMAS, 2006. ISBN: 91-631-8939-9

TEACHING POSITIONS AND LECTURES

 
  • Art Academy Department, Trondheim University, Norway. Fall 2005
  • Royal School of Architecture/Memory Games field studies. Belgrade’02 and Stockholm’03
  • Royal Art Academy Stockholm. Video department, 2002
  • Columbia University TA Visual Arts, 2000

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

 
  • Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade, Serbia
  • Czech National Film Archive, Prague
  • Graz Kunstverein, Video-archive “Es ist schwer das Reale zu berühren”

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2006
  • ”Short instance for the eternal flame” 12.05.06. Política, Serbia.
  • Europe weekly magazine 18 – 24.05.06 Serbia
  • B-92 TV
  • ‘Raus aus der Kälte und hinein ins kühle Leben’ 13.01.06 Die Neue, Austria
2005
  • '20er', Austria - October issue 2005
2004
  • Source 13, contemporary video magazine, Stockholm
  • ”Videokonstens väg in i vardagsrummet”, Konstperspektiv Magazine, nr 2 May 2004, Catrin Lundqvist
2003
  • ’New Swedish identity’, Catrin Lundqvist
  • Milou Allerholm, Dagens Nyheter
  • Ulrika Stahre, Aftonbladet
  • ‘Narration in Swedish Contemporary Art’, Marianne Hultman
  • ”Om, några slogans kring konstens natur”, Magnus Bärtås
2001
  • “Architecture & Art” A&D bok, Artist Space Publ. NY
2000
  • 'screenlife', Magdalena Sawon.
  • Apex Art 222. RHIZOME magazine, NY. Munro Galloway
  • SCREENLIFE. ZING magazine, issue '13, NY. Munro Galloway
1998
  • Source, contemporary video magazine, Stockholm
1997
  • Aftonbladet, Sara Arrhenius
  • Expressen, Bo Madestrand
  • Svenska Dagbladet, Dan Backman