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Born in 1975 in Berlin, Germany. Lives and works in Brooklyn. SOLO EXHIBITIONS| 2008 | Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College, Winter Park, FL | | 2007 | "Incorporated Dementions," BERTRAND & GRUNER, Geneva, Switzerland |
| "Infinite Affinities," P.S.1, Long Island City, NY | | | LARISSA GOLDSTON GALLERY, New York, NY |
| "Expo," N2 GALERIA, Barcelona, Spain | | 2003 | "Son para Daedalos," MACO (Museo de Arte Comtemporaneo Oaxaca), Oaxaca, Mexico. |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS2008
| "Stable Scrawl", LARISSA GOLDSTON GALLERY, New York NY |
| "TerraUnFirma," CAREN GOLDEN FINE ART, New York, NY |
| "Cutaway," ANNA KUSTERA, New York, NY | | 2007 | CECUT, En TijuanArte Art Fair, Tiajuana, Mexico |
| "National and International Projects," P.S.1, Long Island City, NY | | 2006 | "Eo Ipso," MATCH, New York, NY |
| "Escaping New York," CURATORS WITHOUT BORDERS, Berlin, Germany |
| "Symposium II," HOTEL PUPIK, Schrattenberg, Austria |
| "Joan Mitchell MFA Grant Recipients," CUE FOUNDATION, New York, NY | | 2005 | "Curvaceous," ANDREA ROSEN GALLERY, New York, NY | | 2004 | "Merry Merry, " SIDE SHOW GALLERY, Williamsburg, NY |
| "Succeeding Where the Hippies Failed," NEIMAN GALLERY, New York |
| "FreiRaume," FREISTIL E.V., Berlin Germany |
| "Re: New Frontiers in Creativity," COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, New York, NY |
| "The Thomas Edison Project," LMCC & the Builders Association, New York |
| "Freehand," MARVELLI LABS, Brooklyn, NY |
| "Scope Circle for Emerging Artist Nomination," SCOPE ART FAIR, NewYork |
| "The Book," NEIMAN GALLERY, New York, NY |
| "Fresh," TILTON/KUSTERA GALLERY, New York, NY | | 2003 | "Peace," SIDE SHOW GALLERY, Williamsburg, NY |
| "Kingston Sculpture Biennial," Kingston, NY |
| "Out of Line," SIDE SHOW GALLERY, Williamsburg, NY | | 2002 | "Merry, Merry," SIDE SHOW GALLERY, Williamsburg, NY |
| "Bon a Tirer," THE FRONT GALLERY, DUMBO, NY | | 2001 | "Merry," SIDE SHOW GALLERY, Williamsburg, NY |
| "The Worst of Gordon Pym Continued," PRINTED MATTER, New York, NY |
| "Fantastic," GET REAL ART, New York, NY |
| "Clean," GET REAL ART, New York, NY |
| "We Love Our Customers," HUNGARIAN EMBASSY, New York, NY |
| "Symbiotic Dialogue," GOLIATH, Brooklyn, NY | | 2000 | "The Toy Show," four and a half projects, Brooklyn, NY | | 1999 | "The Window Project," Downtown Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM |
| "Muestra Pictorica Colectiva de la Sociedad de Artistas del Cusco," MUSEO DE ARTE CONTEMPORANEO,Cusco, Peru |
| "New Artists from Greenpoint," JAMES FUENTES GALLERY, New York, NY |
| "Friends," GRG ART SPACE, Brooklyn, NY | | 1998 | "GRG," GRG ART SPACE, Brooklyn, NY |
PUBLIC WORKS| 2004 | Outdoor sculpture-installation at Collegio La Salle, Oaxaca, Mexico |
AWARDS/HONORS| 2006 | Mortimer Frank Traveling Fellowship | | 2005 | Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant | | 2004 | Scope Art Fair Circle Nominee |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| 2008 | Bishop, Philip. Review, Orlando Sentinel, March 23, 2008 | | 2007 | de Looz, Pierre Alexander. "Los Angeles/New York: Ball Nogues & Gandalf Gavan -- On the threshold of art and architecture, East and West Coasts connect." PIN-UP, F/W 2007-2008
| | 2004 | Kuntz, Melissa, "Susanna Heller and Gandalf Gavan at Sideshow," Art in America, March 2004 | | 2003 | "Gandalf Gavan, Daedalus's Song," Glass, Winter 2003-04 |
| Garcia, Julio Cesar Sanchez, "Gandalf Gavan exhibe Son para Dedalos," Tiempo, July 31, 2003 |
| Avendano, Olga Rosario, "Blown-glass 'rain' suspended over Oaxaca," The Miami Herald, July 2003 |
| Rosas, Blanca Gonzalez, "La artensania mexicana en el arte contemporaneo," Proceso, July 2003 |
| Arrazola, Victor Ruiz, "Lluvia de vidrio soplado en el centro historico de Oaxaca," LaJornada, July 2003 |
| Trejo, Gabriela Lopez, "Lluvia de vidrio soplado, en Oaxaca," Tiempo, July 2003 |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE| 2004 | Adjunct Professor for Printmaking, Columbia University | | 2004-2005 | Teachers Assistant for Printmaking and Sculpture for Professors Tomas Vu, Carl Fudge, Patty Lee Becker, Ohad Meromi, Columbia University | | 1996-1998 | Teachers Assistant in Sculpture for Professors Judy Pfaff, Bill Tucker, Bard College |
EDUCATION| 2005 | MFA, Columbia University, New York, NY | | 1998 | BFA, Bard College, Annandale, NY | | 1997 | Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM, Summer Program in Sculpture | | 1995-6 | Repin Academy of the Arts, St. Petersburg, Russia |
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