Andrea Stanislav

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Andréa Stanislav was born in Chicago in 1968. She grew up in a family of musicians -- her father, Hank Stanley -- is a regarded jazz saxophonist. Stanislav received an MFA from Alfred University in 1997 and a BFA from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1990. She is currently a PhD candidate in New Media and Communication at the European Graduate School, Saas Fee Switzerland. She is an Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

Stanislav’s upcoming solo exhibitions for 2008 - 2009 include: Andréa Stanislav - Fogtíogarburn, Thisisnotashop Gallery, Dublin, Ireland; Andréa Stanislav - The Vanishing Points, Dean Projects at Art Dubai – Contemporary Art fair Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Andréa Stanislav, Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago, IL; Andréa Stanislav, Homeland Gallery, Portland, OR; Andréa Stanislav - Land of the Lost, GAGA Art Center, Garnersville, NY; Andréa Stanislav - Crash and Burn, Jonathan Shorr Gallery, NYC, NY.

Stanislav’s recent solo exhibitions include: River to Infinity-the Vanishing Points, at The Minneapolis Institute of Arts (2008) and Andrea Stanislav - Flashland, Jonathan Shorr Gallery, NYC (2008); Stanislav realized her major public permanent art commission -- Garden of Iron Mirrors for the Weisman Art Museum Public Art on Campus Program University of Minnesota (2007); The House of Red on White, The Municipal Workshop, York AL (2004); Andréa Stanislav - The U.F.R.O. Project, Bemis Center of Contemporary Art, Omaha, N.E (2001); 1000 Kisses, SoFA Gallery, Indiana University, (2001).

Stanislav’s recent selected exhibits include: Latitude, The Fieldgate Gallery, London, UK (2007); SAD, Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN (2007); Multiples, Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, Bennington, VT (2007); 2007 Video Exhibition, Beijing Film Academy Gallery, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China (2007); Codependent, Art Basel, Miami, FL, (2005); 2005 Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN (2005 - 2006); Perspective 2004, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland (2004); and The MOMA Coat Check Show, Museum of Modern Art, NY, (2000).

Stanislav has received numerous awards including a Jerome and McKnight Fellowship and two UMN Grant in Aid Awards 2006, and 2008. Stanislav has been an artist in residence at: The Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE; The Flax Art Studios, Belfast, Northern Ireland; Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer MN; Sculpture Space, Utica NY; and Lab-Site at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. She has lived in both the United States and Northern Ireland and Stanislav worked on Matthew Barney’s Film Cremaster 3 in design and production.

Stanislav practices a multimedia approach to art making, inspired by the language of film, architecture, and pop culture. Scientific studies in the psychology of perception inform the work as well. Her installations combine formalism, concept, and interactivity to create an experiential environment that explores worlds we can see -- and worlds we can’t see -- but that we know intuitively are real.

Stanislav is currently working on an upcoming video and sculptural installation - Holiday Inn Dubai, to be filmed on location in Dubai, December 2008. Stanislav is also working on a Research and Creative Collaborative with the Institute for Advanced Study at the University of Minnesota in conjunction with her Dubai projects.