ALEXANDER VAINDORF

CURRICULUM VITAE

ALEXANDER VAINDORF

Born 1965 in Odessa, f. CCCP. Lives and works in Stockholm.

Education

2001-2002 Royal Art Academy, Stockholm. Postgraduate.
1998-2000 Columbia University, New York. Visual Arts, Master of Fine Arts.
1999-2000 Columbia University, New York. Sociology Department.
1995-1998 Konstfack University College, Stockholm, BA of Fine Arts.

Public Collections

Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade, Serbia
Gyumri Art Collection, Armenia
e-flux video rental (EVR)
Czech National Film Archive, Prague
Graz Kunstverein, Video-archive “Es ist schwer das Reale zu berühren”

Grants, Residencies & Awards

The Arts Grants Committee, Sweden. Two year grant, 2009
Swedish nominee for Swedbank Art Award 2008. Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn
IASPIS studio residence award, Stockholm April 2007 - October 2007
NIFCA West Balkan AiR 2005 residency at the Centre for Contemporary Arts
Belgrade, Serbia. Nov-Dec 2005
Residency at Kunstlerhaus Buchsenhausen Innsbruck, Austria. Aug-Oct 2005
Helge Ax:son Johnsons Foundation grant, 2005
The Arts Grants Committee, Sweden. One year grant, 2004
Nominee for Diesel New Art award, 2004
Residency at Scandinavian Artists Collegiums in Rome, Italy. 2004
Helge Ax:son Johnsons Foundation grant, 2003
Art Academy Stockholm Award, 2003
Recipient of the American-Scandinavian Foundation grant, 1999-2000
Merit Scholarship Awards, Columbia University, 1998 and 1999

Teaching & Lecturing

"The Saloon – Artistic processes in dialogue" Public lecture and conversation
with Fredrik Svensk and Tone Hansen, Gothenburg, Sweden 2009
The Renaming Machine Conference, Gallery Miroslav Kraljevic, Zagreb, Croatia
Participatory observation. An obligation to construct a fair account of the social experience, Public Lecture and Conversation with Boris Buden.
at Kunstraum Lakeside Klagenfurt, Austria.
The Royal University College of Fine Arts (KKH) Stockholm,
Examination MFA show.
The Royal University College of Fine Arts (KKH) Stockholm, Seminar “New Communities” with N.Möntmann. Spring 2008
Stockholm University, History of Art Dept. International Curating
Management, MFA tutor. Spring 2008
Trondheim University, Art Academy Department, Norway. Fall 2007
Valand University, Gothenburg. Spring 2007
Konstfack University College, Stockholm. “Observational mode + - ethics”
lecture for Radical Thinking Film Seminars, Spring 2007
Trondheim University, Art Academy Department, Norway. Fall 2005
Royal School of Architecture/Memory Games field studies. Stockholm’03
Royal School of Architecture/Memory Games field studies. Belgrade’02
The Royal University College of Fine Arts (KKH) Stockholm, Video dept. 2002
Columbia University, TA Visual Arts, 2000

contact@alexandervaindorf.com