Astri Swendsrud

Born 1981 in Fergus Falls, Minnesota
Lives and works in Los Angeles


EDUCATION
2008    MFA, Art, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2004    BS, Art, Northwestern College, St. Paul, MN


SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
Entr'acte, curated by Samuel W. Kho, All Things Project, New York, NY
2009
While It Lasted, The Suburban at the Hyde Park Art Center – Artists Run Chicago, Chicago, IL
2008
shhh, Gallery A402, Valencia, CA
2007
Astri Swendsrud: MFA1 Exhibition, L-Shape Gallery, Valencia, CA*


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
Summertime Frolics, Corridor 2122, Fresno, CA
Sam's Book of Martyrs, curated by Samuel W. Kho, All Things Project, New York, NY
2009
Rant, curated by Dan Callis, The Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
Objet Petit A, curated by Dayton Castleman and Matthew Dupont, Spoke Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008
Domestic Utensils, curated by Diana-Sofia Estrada, COMA Alternative Space, Los Angeles, CA
We Want A New Object, curated by Malik Gaines and Christine Kim, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA
The Graduation, curated by Guan Rong, Velaslavasy Panorama, Los Angeles, CA
Proposition 29025, 29025 Eveningside, Val Verde, CA
2007
It Could All Be So Simple But I'd Rather Make It Hard, Gallery D300, Valencia, CA
Eveningside 5, 29025 Eveningside, Val Verde, CA
2004
The End of the End of the Line, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN, curated by Jo del Pesco and Jeneé Misraje,
intervention curated by Aaron Van Dyke
Senior Thesis Exhibition, Denler Gallery, St. Paul, MN
2003
4x4 Denler Gallery, Saint Paul, MN, juror Chris Larson


LECTURES
2010    All Things Project, New York, NY
2009    Art Institute of California, Los Angeles, CA
            Biola University Art Department, La Mirada, CA
2006    Northwestern College Art Department, St. Paul, MN


BIBLIOGRAPHY
2010    Online review by Jess Wheaton, http://blog.littlepaperplanes.com/astri-swendsrud/
2009    "Post-Freudian Piñata, You Complete Me", exhibition review by Gretchen Holmes for Art Talk Chicago
2008    Beyond the Valley of the Ultra CalArts, Benjamin Weissman and Thomas Lawson contributors,
            publication concurrent with the exhibition We Want A New Object
2007    29025 Eveningside Drive, Stine Marie Jacobsen and Ina Viola Blasius, contributors,
            publication concurrent with 2007 exhibitions at 29025 Eveningside
2004    The End of the End of the Line exhibition catalog, The Soap Factory and Occasional Art, Minneapolis MN


AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS
2007    Harvey Fellowship
            Ahmenson Graduate Fellowship
2006    CalArts Graduate Fellowship
2004    Who's Who Among American College & University Students


CURATORIAL
Co-Director of Elephant, artist-run exhibition space in Los Angeles, CA