Alex Dordoy is fascinated by ‘the disconnect’ between the physical and the virtual, the real and the what-could-have-been. Dordoy edits and manipulates existing objects, photographs, images and patterns using photoshop after which he develops them into paintings or sculptures in plaster, silicone or jesmonite. He explores how objects can invoke associations at different times and in different contexts, thereby acquiring a new meaning.
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Alex Dordoy: The Moss is Dreaming
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Education
2009 MA, De Ateliers, Amsterdam (NL)
2005 Undergraduate Exchange, California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles (US)
2003-2007 BA (hons) Painting/Printmaking, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow (UK)
Awards
2008 Scottish Arts Council, Visual Arts Development Grant (UK)
2005 Fine Arts Exchange scholarship, California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles (US)
2003 Samling Foundation Residency, Kielder Forest (UK)
Solo Exhibitions
2020 GRIMM, New York (US) [forthcoming]
2018 Summers' Ego, GRIMM, Amsterdam (NL)
Solo Presentation, Frieze, GRIMM New York (US)
2017 The Moss is Dreaming, curated by Tom Morton, Blain | Southern, London (UK)
From Svalbard Soil, The Modern Institute, Glasgow (UK)
2015 Model T, The Modern Institute, Glasgow (UK)
2014 Sleepwalker, De Ateliers Debut Series, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, The Hague (NL)
Persitencebeatsresistance, Inverleith House, Edinburgh (UK)
2013 Caster and Krast Crack Autumn, GRIMM, Amsterdam (NL)
I’d Planned a Cloud but it Took me by Surprise, ReMap4, Athens (GR)
2012 Alex Dordoy, Christian Andersen, Copenhagen (DK)
Alex Dordoy, The Modern Institute, Glasgow (UK)
2011 Upstairs at the Modern Institute, The Modern Institute, Glasgow (UK)
Demoscene, Hochstrasse 45, Berlin (with Neil Clements) (DE)
Psychopomp Counsel, De Ateliers, Amsterdam (NL)
2010 Pirates, GRIMM, Amsterdam (NL)
Solo Presentation for GRIMM, Amsterdam at Art Brussels (BE)
Young Scottish Painters, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh (UK)
2009 Winner, The Modern Institute, Glasgow (UK)
2008 Alex Dordoy, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh (UK)
Black Aspirin, the Project Rooms, Glasgow (with Neil Clements) (UK)
Solo Presentation for GRIMM, Art Amsterdam, Amsterdam (NL)
Solo Presentation for GRIMM, Art Brussels, Brussels (BE)
2007 When We Say Dive, We Mean Straight Down, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow (UK)
2006 No Man’s Land, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow (UK)
2005 Reasons to Worry, A405 gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles (US)
Group Exhibitions
2019 Away in the Hill, GRIMM New York, NY (US)
2018 Doodle & Disegno, BlainSouthern, Berlin (DE)
Pop-up GRIMM, Brussels (BE)
2017 Future Eaters, Monash University Museum of Art, Caulfield East (AU)
2016 I still Believe in Miracles, Inverleith House, Edinburgh (UK)
What’s Up, Soho Revue and Union Club, London (UK)
Use/User/Used, Zabludowicz Collection, London (UK)
Crab Walk, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland (UK)
2015 Office Space, YBCA, San Francisco (USA)
Crab Walk, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland (UK)
WINTERMUTE, GRIMM, Amsterdam (NL)
Against Automatism, Fused Space, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Fransisco (US)
Breakin’ Up Is Hard to Do, KARST, Plymouth (UK)
THE NOING UV IT, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen (N)
2014 A Merman I Should Turn to Be, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London (UK)
Group Show, GRIMM, Amsterdam (NL)
Generation: 25 Years of Contemporary Art in Scotland, Scottish National
Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh (UK)
2013 Does the it fit, Stephenson Works, Newcastle (UK)
Batman Electronic, Mikael Andresen, Berlin (DE)
Traces of Life, curated by Ariel Roger-Paris, Wentrup, Berlin (DE)
Remap4, Athens (GR)
2012 Recent British Painting, curated by Tom Morton, GRIMM, Amsterdam (NL)
A House Leaves: Second Movement, The David Roberts Art Foundation, London (UK)
Art Brussels for GRIMM Gallery, Brussels (BE)
Into the Surface, Brand New Gallery, Milan (IT)
2011 Look with all Your Eyes, Look, Frith Street Gallery, London (UK)
Psychopomp Counsel, Offspring De Ateliers, Amsterdam (NL)
Picasso in Paris, 1900- 1907, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
Picasso in Paris, 1900- 1907, Museu Picasso, Barcelona (SP)
2010 What You See is Where You’re at, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh (UK)
2009 Generator Projects, Dundee (UK)
2008 New Work Scotland, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh (UK)
Neil Clements/Alex Dordoy/Morag Keil, GRIMM, Amsterdam (NL)
Autarchy, SWG3 Warehouse, Glasgow (UK)
Mamones Ready to Go!, Norma Desmond Productions, Los Angeles (US)
Art LA, Los Angeles (with The Modern Institute/Toby Webster ltd.) (US)
Hell-o from Hell-a, Norma Desmond Productions, Los Angeles (US)
2007 The Degree Show 2007, Glasgow School of Art (UK)
Natural Geographic, Norma Desmond Productions, Los Angeles (US)
2006 Panoptican Event, The Panoptican, Glasgow (UK)
Collections
Zabludowicz Collection, New York, NY (US)
Chadha Art Collection, Amsterdam (NL)
EKARD collection
2009 MA, De Ateliers, Amsterdam (NL)
2005 Undergraduate Exchange, California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles (US)
2003-2007 BA (hons) Painting/Printmaking, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow (UK)
Awards
2008 Scottish Arts Council, Visual Arts Development Grant (UK)
2005 Fine Arts Exchange scholarship, California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles (US)
2003 Samling Foundation Residency, Kielder Forest (UK)
Solo Exhibitions
2020 GRIMM, New York (US) [forthcoming]
2018 Summers' Ego, GRIMM, Amsterdam (NL)
Solo Presentation, Frieze, GRIMM New York (US)
2017 The Moss is Dreaming, curated by Tom Morton, Blain | Southern, London (UK)
From Svalbard Soil, The Modern Institute, Glasgow (UK)
2015 Model T, The Modern Institute, Glasgow (UK)
2014 Sleepwalker, De Ateliers Debut Series, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, The Hague (NL)
Persitencebeatsresistance, Inverleith House, Edinburgh (UK)
2013 Caster and Krast Crack Autumn, GRIMM, Amsterdam (NL)
I’d Planned a Cloud but it Took me by Surprise, ReMap4, Athens (GR)
2012 Alex Dordoy, Christian Andersen, Copenhagen (DK)
Alex Dordoy, The Modern Institute, Glasgow (UK)
2011 Upstairs at the Modern Institute, The Modern Institute, Glasgow (UK)
Demoscene, Hochstrasse 45, Berlin (with Neil Clements) (DE)
Psychopomp Counsel, De Ateliers, Amsterdam (NL)
2010 Pirates, GRIMM, Amsterdam (NL)
Solo Presentation for GRIMM, Amsterdam at Art Brussels (BE)
Young Scottish Painters, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh (UK)
2009 Winner, The Modern Institute, Glasgow (UK)
2008 Alex Dordoy, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh (UK)
Black Aspirin, the Project Rooms, Glasgow (with Neil Clements) (UK)
Solo Presentation for GRIMM, Art Amsterdam, Amsterdam (NL)
Solo Presentation for GRIMM, Art Brussels, Brussels (BE)
2007 When We Say Dive, We Mean Straight Down, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow (UK)
2006 No Man’s Land, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow (UK)
2005 Reasons to Worry, A405 gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles (US)
Group Exhibitions
2019 Away in the Hill, GRIMM New York, NY (US)
2018 Doodle & Disegno, BlainSouthern, Berlin (DE)
Pop-up GRIMM, Brussels (BE)
2017 Future Eaters, Monash University Museum of Art, Caulfield East (AU)
2016 I still Believe in Miracles, Inverleith House, Edinburgh (UK)
What’s Up, Soho Revue and Union Club, London (UK)
Use/User/Used, Zabludowicz Collection, London (UK)
Crab Walk, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland (UK)
2015 Office Space, YBCA, San Francisco (USA)
Crab Walk, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland (UK)
WINTERMUTE, GRIMM, Amsterdam (NL)
Against Automatism, Fused Space, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Fransisco (US)
Breakin’ Up Is Hard to Do, KARST, Plymouth (UK)
THE NOING UV IT, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen (N)
2014 A Merman I Should Turn to Be, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London (UK)
Group Show, GRIMM, Amsterdam (NL)
Generation: 25 Years of Contemporary Art in Scotland, Scottish National
Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh (UK)
2013 Does the it fit, Stephenson Works, Newcastle (UK)
Batman Electronic, Mikael Andresen, Berlin (DE)
Traces of Life, curated by Ariel Roger-Paris, Wentrup, Berlin (DE)
Remap4, Athens (GR)
2012 Recent British Painting, curated by Tom Morton, GRIMM, Amsterdam (NL)
A House Leaves: Second Movement, The David Roberts Art Foundation, London (UK)
Art Brussels for GRIMM Gallery, Brussels (BE)
Into the Surface, Brand New Gallery, Milan (IT)
2011 Look with all Your Eyes, Look, Frith Street Gallery, London (UK)
Psychopomp Counsel, Offspring De Ateliers, Amsterdam (NL)
Picasso in Paris, 1900- 1907, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
Picasso in Paris, 1900- 1907, Museu Picasso, Barcelona (SP)
2010 What You See is Where You’re at, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh (UK)
2009 Generator Projects, Dundee (UK)
2008 New Work Scotland, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh (UK)
Neil Clements/Alex Dordoy/Morag Keil, GRIMM, Amsterdam (NL)
Autarchy, SWG3 Warehouse, Glasgow (UK)
Mamones Ready to Go!, Norma Desmond Productions, Los Angeles (US)
Art LA, Los Angeles (with The Modern Institute/Toby Webster ltd.) (US)
Hell-o from Hell-a, Norma Desmond Productions, Los Angeles (US)
2007 The Degree Show 2007, Glasgow School of Art (UK)
Natural Geographic, Norma Desmond Productions, Los Angeles (US)
2006 Panoptican Event, The Panoptican, Glasgow (UK)
Collections
Zabludowicz Collection, New York, NY (US)
Chadha Art Collection, Amsterdam (NL)
EKARD collection