Axel Straschnoy
Born in Buenos Aires, 1978.
Lives and works in Helsinki.
Education
2008-2009 Le Pavillon, Palais de Tokyo.
2005 Visual Art Seminar. Centro Cultural Rojas/UBA.
2005 Kuvataideakatemia, Helsinki.
2001-2003 Contemporary Art Seminar by Mónica Girón.
2002-2003 Sculpture Workshop by Miguel Harte.
2000-2005 BA in Art History, Universidad de Buenos Aires.
Workshops, residencies and seminars
2011
Finnish Bio Art Society, Kilpisjärvi.
Circolo Scandinavo per Artisti e Scienziati, Rome.
URRA, Buenos Aires.
2008
Le Pavillon, Palais de Tokyo, Paris.
2007
Eindhoven caucus, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven.
Urban Pedestals, HIAP, Helsinki.
Unknown City, Kuvataideakatemia, Helsinki.
2005
Fabian Marcaccio Seminar, Malba, Buenos Aires.
Solo exhibitions
2015
Neomylodon Listai Ameghino, Galleria Augusta, Helsinki.
Neomylodon Listai Ameghino, Evolutionsmuseet, Uppsala.
La Figure de la Terre, Museo del Cine, Buenos Aires
2014
La Figure de la Terre, Del Infinito Arte, Buenos Aires.
2013
Kilpisjärvellä, Mirta Demare Gallery, Rotterdam.
Opening Archive, Ateneum Museum Library, Helsinki.
2012
Kilpisjärvellä, Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires.
2011
How to Build a Dishwasher, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo.
Boxes, Muu, Helsinki.
2010
How to Build a Dishwasher, Kerava Art Museum, Kerava.
Opening / Prints, Koh-i-noor, Copenhagen
How to Build a Dishwasher, Kaiku Galleria, Helsinki.
2009
Axel Straschnoy, Galerie Xippas, Paris
Opening, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki.
Opening, Salon Light/SP, Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo.
2007
Camera, MAA-TILA, Helsinki.
2006
Los Proyectos Medley Taller Boceto, Galería Dabbah Torrejón, Buenos Aires.
Group exhibitions
2015
Del Infinito Arte, arteBA, Buenos Aires.
Hermano del medio, Mite, Buenos Aires.
Consideraciones sobre el paisaje, SODA, Buenos Aires
Art Fair Suomi, Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki
2014
Del Infinito Arte, arteBA, Buenos Aires.
Del Infinito Arte, ARTBO, Bogotá.
Un espacio para la obra que no tuvo lugar, Fondo Nacional de las Artes, Buenos Aires. (catalogue)
Emerging Media Artists 2014, Edith-Russ-Haus, Oldenburg.
2013
Valon Houkutus, Lahti Art Museum, Lahti. (catalogue)
The Spring Exhibition, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen. (catalogue)
GALAAC Fotografía Contemporánea, artexarte, Buenos Aires.
Del Infinito Arte, arteBA, Buenos Aires.
Del Infinito Arte, Lima Photo, Lima.
Del Infinito Arte, Buenos Aires Photo, Buenos Aires.
Historico-Vagabond, Galerie Alberta Pane, Paris. (catalogue)
Art Fair Suomi, Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki.
Aquella mañana fue como si recuperara si no la felicidad, sí la energía, una energía que se parecía mucho al humor, un humor que se parecía mucho a la memoria, Parque de la Memoria, Buenos Aires. (catalogue)
Universum, Galería del Infinito, Buenos Aires.
2012
Reality Bites, Kiasma, Helsinki (catalogue).
This & There, Fondation Ricard, Paris (catalogue).
Últimas Tendencias II, Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires (catalogue).
Art Fair Suomi, Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki.
2011
URRA, Galería del Infinito , Buenos Aires.
Galería Zavaleta Lab, arteBA, Buenos Aires.
Itinerarios del Paisaje, Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires.
Q.E.D Quod Erat Demonstrandum, AND Festival, Liverpool.
Suomi Art Fair, Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki.
2010
Arte y Nuevas Tecnologías. Permio MAMba – Fundación Telefónica. 6ta Edición (with The New Artist team), Espacio Fundación Telefónica, Buenos Aires (catalogue).
Ecce Homo Ludens, Musée Régional d’Art Contemporain Languedoc-Roussillon, Sérignan.
Mano/Mundo/Corazón: Artist Interpret la Lotería. Center for Books and Paper Arts, Chicago.
2009
Le Plan Méthodique de F. le Play, Palais de Tokyo, Paris.
Ange Leccia et Le Pavillon, Musée Bourdelle, Paris (catalogue).
Fase 1, Expotrastiendas, Buenos Aires.
Art Fair Suomi ’09, Cable Factory, Helsinki.
2008
Todella siistiä, Rauma Taidemuseo, Rauma.
Colección Metropolitana Contemporánea, Casa de la Cultura, Buenos Aires.
Art Fair Suomi ’08, Cable Factory, Helsinki.
Muun Joulupuu, Muu, Helsinki.
2007
Duchamp en Buenos Aires, Fondo Nacional de las Artes, Buenos Aires
Urban Pedestals, Copenhagen.
Bola de Lodo, Rosa Chancho in CCEBA, Buenos Aires.
2006
Galería Dabbah Torrejón, arteBA, Buenos Aires.
Galería Dabbah Torrejón, Buenos Aires Foto, Buenos Aires.
Cultural Chandon, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Salta, Salta.
2005
10, Kaiku Galleria, Helsinki.
LIX Salón Nacional de Rosario, Museo J. B. Castagnino, Rosario.
2004
Territorios Ocupados, Espacio Fundación Telefónica, Buenos Aires (catalogue).
Arte Contemporaneo Argentino (Contemporary Argentinean Art), ACA, Buenos Aires.
LVIII Salón Nacional de Rosario, Museo J. B. Castagnino, Rosario.
Proyectos para ProyectoRED, Orígenes Stand, ArteBA, Buenos Aires.
2002
Nefelibatas, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo.
Naturaleza Artificial (in collaboration with Juan Biderman), La Casona de los Olivera, Buenos Aires
Salón Wipe de Primavera, Million, Buenos Aires.
2001
4 Fotógrafos Jóvenes (4 Young Photographers), Del Infinito Arte, Buenos Aires.
LV Salón Nacional de Rosario, Museo J. B. Castagnino, Rosario.
Prizes, grants and scholarships
2016
Exhibition Grant, FRAME
2015
Working Grant, Suomen Kulttuuri Rahasto
Project Grant, TAIKE
Travel Grant, TAIKE
Mobility Funding, Norden
Exhibition Grant, FRAME
2014
Project Grant, Arts Council of Finland.
Edith-Russ-Haus Award for Emerging Media Artists of the Sparda Bank.
Mobility Funding, Norden.
Mobility Funding, Norden.
Project Grant, AVEK.
Project Grant, Oskar Öflunds Stiftelse
Honourable Mention, Fulldome Festival, Jena.
2013
Grant for Young Artists, Finnish Art Society.
Travel Grant, Arts Council of Finland.
Scriptwriting grant, AVEK
2012
International Exchange Grant, Arts Council of Finland.
Production Grant, VISEK.
Exhibition & Catalogue Grant, FRAME.
Travel Grant, Arts Council of Finland.
2011
Three-year State Grant for Artists, Arts Council of Finland
Visitors Program (FI), FRAME.
Exhibition Grant, FRAME.
Exhibition Grant, Arts Council of Finland.
Exhibition Grant, Arts Council of Helsinki Metropolitan Region.
Public Display Grant, Arts Council of Finland.
Scriptwriting grant, AVEK
2010
Postproduction Grant, AVEK.
Scriptwriting grant, AVEK.
Travel Grant, Arts Council of Finland.
Travel Grant, Arts Council of Finland.
Photography Production Grant, Arts Council of Finland.
Residency Grant, Arts Council of Finland.
Exhibition Grant, Alfred Kordelin Foundation.
Exhibition Grant, FRAME.
Mobility Funding, Norden.
2009
Honorable Mention, MAMba – Fundación Telefonica Prize
Media Art Production Grant, Arts Council of Finland.
Production Grant, Arts Council of Helsinki Metropolitan Region, Finland
Fellow, Studio for Creative Inquiry, Carnegie Mellon University
Project Grant, Kone Foundation.
Mobility Funding, Norden
2008
Associate Fellow, Studio for Creative Inquiry, Carnegie Mellon University.
Le Pavillion, Palais de Tokyo
Production Grant, AVEK
Production Grant, Alfred Kordelin Foundation.
Mobility Funding, Norden.
Travel Grant, Arts Council of Finland.
Artist’s Grant, Helsinki City.
2007
Artist of the Month (April), FRAME Finnish Fund for Art Exchange.
Production Grant, AVEK
2005
First Prize. 2º ArteBA-Petrobras Visual Art Prize, ArteBA, Buenos Aires. (catalogue)
Visual Art Seminar. Centro Cultural Rojas/UBA.
Fabian Marcaccio Seminar, Malba, Buenos Aires
Projections, broadcasts, presentations
2016
GAM #5, HIAP, Helsinki.
2015
DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, Helsinki.
La Figure de la Terre, Institut Finlandais, Paris.
La Figure de la Terre, Vanha Ylioppilastalo, Helsinki.
Säätiöpäivän minileffafestari, Kansallismuseo, Helsinki
2014
Notes on the Double Agent, New Shelter Plan, Copenhagen
Kilpisjärvellä, Heureka, The Finnish Science Centre, Vantaa
Fulldome Festival, Zeiss Planetarium, Jena.
REC Festival, La Plata.
Flaherty Seminar, Colgate University, Hamilton.
2013
Melbourne International Film Festival, Melbourne.
Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival, Buenos Aires.
Currents 2013 – The Santa Fe International New Media Festival, Santa Fe (USA).
Lima Photo, Planetarium and Observatory Morro Solar, Lima.
2012
Kilpisjärvellä Première, Heureka, The Finnish Science Centre, Vantaa.
Kilpisjärvellä, Planetario Galileo Galilei, Buenos Aires.
2010
Opening Lottery Drawing, Musée Régional d’Art Contemporain-Languedoc Rousillon, Sérignan
Les Dix-Mille, Unlimited Store, Marseille. (Writer. Edited by Pierre Leguillon)
Symposium Sense of the Political, Jyväskyla University.
2009
Opening, Knowing Photographs Symposium, Helsinki Photography Festival.
Scudo (with Le Pavillon), Atelier de Création Radiophonique, Radio France Culture.
The Taste of Metal, The Robotics Institute, Pittsburgh
2008
Camera, Overgaden – Institute for Contemporary Art, Copenhagen.
2007
Camera, MAA-TILA, Helsinki.
Camera, Rosa Chancho, Buenos Aires.
Public collections
Kiasma, Helsinki.
Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires.
Rauma Art Museum, Rauma.
Fundación arteBA, Buenos Aires.
National Art Archive, Helsinki.
Bibliography
2015
SPRINGER, Anna-Sophie & TURPIN, Etienne (eds.) Land & Animal & Noanimal. Intercalations 2. Berlin: K. Verlag & Haus der Kulturen der Welt.
HERMANNSTÄDTER, Anita, HEUMANN, Ina & PANNHORST, Kerstin (eds.) Wissensdinge. Geschichten aud dem Naturkundemuseum. Berlin: Nikolai Verlag.
STRASCHNOY, Axel. “Exhibiting Elsewhere,” Noema.lab, 8 February. http://noemalab.eu/ideas/article/exhibiting-elsewhere/.
STRASCHNOY, Axel. “Packing my Studio” Mustekala Blog, 16 October. http://mustekala.info/node/37562.
STRASCHNOY, Axel. “Tocar lo intocable” Radar, 8 November. Buenos Aires, p. 24.
2014
HACKLIN, SAARA. “Despite all the difficulties: On Axel Straschnoy’s La Figure de la Terre” Exhibition handout, La Figure de la Terre, Del Infinito Arte.
STRASCHNOY, Axel. “A Different Solution to the Same Problem.” Mustekala Blog, 27 January, 2014. http://www.mustekala.info/node/36033.
STRASCHNOY, Axel. “Exhibiting Elsewhere,” Mustekala Blog, 11 August, 2014, http://www.mustekala.info/node/37220.
2013
KYANDER, Pontus. (Not) Making Art, and (Not) Experiencing It. Part of the work Opening Archive on permanent installation at the Finnish Art Archives.
SIEMERINK, Else. “Noorderlicht in het Planetarium” in Tuberlight #85. Amsterdam: March 2013.
VILLA, Javier (ed.). Planetarium Film. Buenos Aires, Helsinki: Kolme Perunaa.
2012
This & There (Catalogue). Paris: Fondation Ricard.
Últimas Tendencias II (Catalogue). Buenos Aires: Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires.
Reality Bites (Catalogue). Helsinki: Kiasma.
2011
PAUNU, Henna. In the Eye of the Beholder. Exhibition Handout, Boxes, Muu.
2010
Premio MAMba, Fundación Telefónica Arte y Nuevas Tecnologías Sexta Edición (catalogue). Buenos Aires: Espacio Fundación Telefónica, 2010.
RAUS, Ana-Maria, Collaborative Art in the Context of Digital Media: Trends and Issues Arising from New Artistic Practices. Maastricht: Master’s Thesis, 2010. (unpublished)
DEBATTY, Régine. “How to Build a Dishwasher” in Eikon No. 70, Summer 2010, p. 72-3
2009
DANESI, Fabien. “Au revoir Monsieur Bourdelle” in Ange Leccia et Le Pavillon. Paris: Paris Musées, 2009.
STRASCHNOY, Axel. “Otras maneras de hacer para crecer como artista” in Ramona 97. La Internacional Argentina. Buenos Aires, December ’09 pp. 41-42.
2008
JUUL PETERSEN, Lotte. Something to do with context and time. Exhibition Handout. Projection. Copenhagen.
2007
TOMIC, Milica, “Artist’s Favourites. Milica Tomic likes: Minna L. Henriksson, Albert Heta, Darinka Pop-Mitic, Axel Straschnoy, Milos Cvorovic” in Spike, Vienna, No. 13, 2007.
TALIOTIS, Constantinos. Artist of the Month. FRAME. <http://www.frame-fund.fi/aom/straschnoy/introduction.shtml>
TALIOTIS, Constantinos. A Short Comment on Camera. Exhibition Handout. Projection. Helsinki.
VILLA, Javier. Los Espectadores de Pavlov. Exhibition Handout. Projection. Buenos Aires
2006
CASANEGRA, Mercedes. “Furor Contemporáneo” in Barzón. Buenos Aires: No 1, November 2006. pp. 288-290
STRASCHNOY, Axel. “Mis obras contienen sugerencias o indicaciones que permiten reconstruir sus sentidos” in Ramona. Buenos Aires: No 60, May ’06. pp. 37-38
Bola de Nieve <http://www.espacioft.org.ar/boladenieve/>
2005
GUMIER MAIER, Jorge and KATZENSTEIN, Inés. “Inés Katzenstein” in GUMIER MAIER, Jorge Curadores. Entrevistas. Buenos Aires: Libros del Rojas, 2005. pp. 273-274.
2º ArteBA-Petrobras Visual Art Prize, ArteBA, Buenos Aires. (catalogue)
MALOSETTI COSTA, Laura. “The persistent dream of joining art and life” in Ñ. Buenos Aires: Nº 99, 08/22/2005. pp. 30-31.
STRASCHNOY, Axel. “Let’s go to the fair” in Canecalón. Buenos Aires: Nº 07. July/ August ’05. pp 16-17
STRASCHNOY, Axel. “What and how do young Argentinean artists write?” in Ramona. Buenos Aires: Nº54, September ’05. p. 86
2004
Territorios Ocupados (Occupied Territories), Espacio Fundación Telefónica, Buenos Aires (catalogue).
Teaching Experience
2010-11 & 2013-14 Lectures at Hanken School of Economics
2010-15 Workshops at the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts
2009-10 Workshops at Trondheim Art Academy
2003-2006 & 2010 Private teaching of contemporary art appreciation and history
Member of the Following Organizations
Muu Artists’ Association, Finland
AV-Arkki, Finland