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



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


SELECTED EXHIBITION RECORD
2021   The Receivers, Irenic Projects, Pasadena, CA**
2021    Semi-Tropic Spiritualist Apocalypse, Irenic Projects, Pasadena CA*
2021    Parasocial, curated by Lion Eyes, Other Places Art Fair, San Pedro, CA*
2021   Faculty Meeting, Earl and Virginia Green Gallery, Biola University, La Mirada, CA
2019   Welcome Home, curated by Soyoung Shin, AALA, Los Angeles, CA*
2018   What Can the Semi-Tropic Spiritualists Do For You? General Projects, Los Angeles, CA* **
2018   Totenpass, curated by Anthony Bodlović, Visitor Welcome Center**
2018  
Manifesto: A Moderate Proposal, curated by Ciara Ennis, Pitzer College Art Galleries, Claremont, CA
2017   More Light, curated by Gladys-Katherina Hernando, JOAN, Los Angeles, CA
2017    Shady Rest, curated by Betsy Hunt and Zach Moser, Prove Gallery, Duluth, MN
2017    Unconfirmed Makeshift Museum, Klowden Mann Gallery, Los Angeles, CA**
2017    Untested Address, Unconfirmed Makeshift Museum, Irvine, CA**
2017    Faculty Meeting, Earl and Virginia Green Gallery, Biola University, La Mirada, CA
2016    Bad Religion, curated by Akina Cox, Lyeberry HQ, Brooklyn, NY
2016    Unseen, Summercamp Project Project, Los Angeles, CA**

2016    (En)Gendered (In)Equity: The Gallery Tally Project, LACE, Los Angeles, CA
2016    Our Prime Property, curated by Diana-Sofia Estrada, www.ourprimeproperty.org**
2016    Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition, Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, CA
2016    Monster Drawing Rally, The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
2015    Shangri-La, curated by Michelle Chong, Joshua Tree, CA**  
2014    God Will Not Have His Work Made Manifest By Cowards, curated by Astri Swendsrud and Quinn Gomez-Heitzeberg, The Hatchery, Badger, CA
             and Light & Wire Gallery (www.lightandwiregallery.com)**
2014    The White Album, curated by Gladys-Katherina Hernando, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA**

2014    Picnic Invitational, organized by Steven Bankhead, Eagle Rock Recreation Center, Los Angeles, CA
2014    Monster Drawing Rally, The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
2014    Have Your Cake, curated by Short House, Monk Space, Los Angeles, CA
2014    Squaring the Circle, curated by Craftswomanhouse and Hinterculture, Llano del Rio, CA**

2014    Gallery Tally, Area: Lugar de Projectos, Caguas, Puerto Rico 
2014    Gallery Tally Poster Project, organized by Micol Hebron, For Your Art, Los Angeles, CA
2014    Impact 2014, Earl and Virginia Green Gallery, Biola University, La Mirada, CA
2013    Haunted, curated by Cindy Rehm, Cultural Alliance of Long Beach, Long Beach, CA **
2013    Shangrila: Burrito Deluxe, organized by Steven Bankhead and Jesse Benson, Shangri-La, Joshua Tree, CA**
2013    Sanctified: Spirituality in Contemporary Art, performance program curated by Mary Anna Pomonis and Adriana Yugovich, Vincent Price Art
            Museum, Monterey Park, CA**

2013    Turbulent Times: First It's the Afterparty, curated by Megan Lindeman, Chime and Co., Los Angeles, CA**
2012    The Subterraneans, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2012    LA Road Concerts: Mulholland Dérive, Los Angeles, CA**
2011    Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010    Entr’acte, curated by Samuel W. Kho, All Things Project, New York, NY*
2010    Summertime Frolics, Corridor 2122, Fresno, CA
2010    Sam’s Book of Martyrs, curated by Sam Kho, All Things Project, New York, NY
2009    Rant, curated by Dan Callis, The Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
2009    Objet Petit A, curated by Dayton Castleman and Matthew Dupont, Spoke Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009    While It Lasted, The Suburban at the Hyde Park Art Center – Artists Run Chicago, Chicago, IL*
2008    Domestic Utensils, curated by Diana-Sofia Estrada, COMA Alternative Space, Los Angeles, CA
2008    We Want a New Object, curated by Malik Gaines and Christine Kim, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA
2008    The Graduation, curated by Guan Rong, Velaslavasay Panorama, Los Angeles, CA
2008    shhh, Gallery A402, Valencia, CA*                               
2008    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
2007    Astri Swendsrud: MFA 1 Exhibition; L-Shape Gallery, Valencia, CA*
2007    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

*denotes solo exhibition
**denotes exhibition as Semi-Tropic Spiritualists


CURATORIAL
2010-present    Co-Director of Elephant, an artist-run exhibition space in Los Angeles, CA
2021    In Search of the Miraculous, Earl and Virginia Green Gallery, Biola University, La Mirada, CA
2021    Re:connections, Bardwell Project Space, Biola University, La Mirada, CA
2016    Modern Arts and Crafts, Eastside International, Los Angeles, CA
2014    God Will Not Have His Work Made Manifest By Cowards, co-curated with Quinn Gomez-Heitzeberg, The Hatchery, Badger, CA and Light & Wire
            Gallery (www.lightandwiregallery.com)

2011    Summertime Frolics, co-curated with Quinn Gomez-Heitzeberg, Corridor 2122, Fresno, CA


LECTURES
2021    Artist Talk, Irenic Projects, Pasadena, CA
2019    Panel Discussion, "Countercultural Positions, Motherhood, and Reclaiming Craft as a Feminist Practice," Pitzer College, Claremont, CA
2017    Artist-Run Space Panel Discussion, FAR Bazaar, Cerritos, CA
2013    Artist-Run Space and Studio Visit with Foundation Class – California Institute of the Arts
2011     Panel Discussion, “Matter and Spirit” conference –  Biola University, La Mirada, CA
2010     Contemporary Art Topics Class – California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2010     All Things Project gallery, New York, NY
2009     Contemporary Art Topics Class – Art Institute of California, Los Angeles, CA
2009     Biola University Art Department (studio visits included) –  La Mirada, CA
2006     Advanced Painting Class – Northwestern College Art Department, St. Paul, MN


BIBLOGRAPHY

2019   Cathy Akers, Countercultural Positions, Motherhood, and Reclaiming Craft as a Feminist Practice, East of Borneo
2018   Astri Swendsrud and Quinn Gomez-Heitzeberg, The Semi-Tropic Spiritualist Guidebook, Insert Blanc Press
2018   Sydney Walters, Art Influencer: Astri Swendsrud, artandcakela.com
2018   Meet Astri Swendsrud, Voyagela.com
2017   Catherine Wagley, Five Free Art Shows to See in LA This Week, LA Weekly, September 27, 2017
2017   Annie Lloyd, Ten Things You May Not Know About Echo Park, LAist.com, April 5, 2017
2017   GYST Do It! With the Artists of Elephant, www.blogtalkradio.com/gystradio
2016   Wendy Gilmartin for KCET Artbound, Cults. Mystical Sites. Divine Rituals. An Artist Duo Traces the the Occult in California.
2016    Hadley Holliday for www.hadleyholliday.com, Studio Visit With Astri Swendsrud
2016    Matthew Stromberg for Hyperallergic, Art RxLA, March 1, 2016
2015    Artists Find Shangrila at Joshua Tree, Otis College of Fine Art blog, blogs.otis.edu
2014    Gladys-Katherina Hernando, The White Album, exhibition catalog, 2014
2014    Donald Munro for Fresno Beehive, Art and Ghosts at The Hatchery
2014    Donald Munro for Fresno Beehive, Weekend Picks: Performance Pieces at The Hatchery
2013    Interview with Mary Anna Pomonis, artslant.com
2013    Review by Adriana Yugovich, "Sanctified"
2012    Review by Carol Cheh, "Mulholland Dérive"
2010    Review by Jess Wheaton, http://blog.littlepaperplanes.com/astri-swendsrud/
2009    Post-Freudian Piñata, You Complete Me, exhibition review by Gretchen Holmes
2008    Beyond the Valley of the Ultra CalArts, Benjamin Weissman and Thomas Lawson contributors, publication concurrent with 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, Minneapolis, MN



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