ANDREI DAVIDOFF . BIO & CV

Andrei Davidoff's wheel-formed functional ware is inspired by a restrained notion of landscape. An affinity with both traditional Japanese ceramics, as well as an interest in Scandinavian design informs his pieces. The ceramics are all made from Australian clays. Glazes are mixed by Andrei in the studio and are not commercially manufactured. Naturally, each piece is unique with telltale signs of being handmade—whether it be a custom designed vase or a dinner plate in a set of 200.

Andrei Davidoff is a production ceramicist by trade and continues a steady exhibition presence. In 2012 he completed a Masters (Fine Art) at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT). That year Davidoff was also awarded a $10,000 Artstart Grant from Australia Council that enabled him to purchase a second-hand kiln and assorted studio equipment. In 2014 he was again the recipient of a generous grant from the Australia Council which facilitated a temporary move to Sydney to work on a multi-room installation, Solitary Shade, at the historic house of colonial explorer and politician, William Wentworth, in Vaucluse.

Davidoff has held solo exhibitions at BUS Projects in Melbourne, Stockroom in Kyneton, Craft, Mr Kitly and exhibited in the showcase at Shepparton Art Museum. Davidoff has exhibited widely in group shows and competitions, including the 2015 Hobart Art Award and the group show Clay in Saint Cloche, Sydney. He was featured in the book Clay: Contemporary Ceramic Artisans, published in 2017 by Thames and Hudson.

EDUCATION

2012     Masters (Fine Art), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020 sneering, not smiling, Stockroom Gallery, Kyneton

2018 The Golden Calf, JamFactory, Adelaide

2017 Surinam Toad, Stockroom Gallery, Kyneton

2017 Patina, Mr Kitly Gallery, Melbourne

2015 was in everything, BUS Projects, Melbourne

2014 Solitary Shade, Vaucluse House, Sydney Living Museums

2013 The Speicherring Project, CRAFT, Melbourne

2012 Negative Space, Blindside Gallery, Melbourne

2012 Maquettes for a Monument, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney

2010 Denkyu Forest, First Site Gallery

2009 Into the Stream, First Site Gallery

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017     Cooked, Lamington Drive, Melbourne

2017     ATWAIR16, Australian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne

2017     Victorian Craft Award, CRAFT Victoria, Melbourne (competition)

2016     Patinated, Shepparton Art Museum (showcase)

2016     CLAY, Saint Cloche, Sydney

2016     New Primitives (primitive influences in contemporary ceramics), Stockroom Gallery, Kyneton, VIC

2015     Victorian Craft Award, CRAFT, Melbourne (competition)

2015     City of Hobart Award, TMAG, Hobart (competition)

2014     Back to the Table, Sturt Craft Center, Mittagong

2012     Tooth and Nail: Cross Cultural Influences in Contemporary Ceramics (An RMIT School of
Art & NETS Victoria touring exhibition curated by Stephen Gallagher)

2011     Close at hand, RMIT School of Art Gallery

2011     F__K your donation, First Site Gallery (curatorial project)

2011     Melbourne Affordable Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

2011     LUCENT: glowing with light, Kerry Lowe Gallery, Sydney

2010     Ceramics, RMIT University Graduate Show, Carbon Black Gallery

2010     Pat Emery Emerging Ceramic Artist Award, Post Office Gallery, Ballarat (competition)

2010     ICMEA, Emerging Ceramic Artist Awards, Fuping China (competition)

2010     Creme, RMIT School of Art Gallery

2010     Of Snowflakes and Space time - Toyota CSG Sculpture Exhibition

2010     MOREARTS, Moreland Council public art show

2010     Clunes Ceramic Art Award, Union Bank Gallery (competition)

2009     Les Choses Qui Tombent, Gertrude Contemporary Art Space (Melbourne
International Arts Festival, collaboration)

GRANTS + AWARDS

2017     Victorian Craft Award (Finalist)

2016     Australian Tapestry Workshop Artist in Residence

2014     Australia Council Early Career Residency Grant ($15,500)

2014     Sydney Living Museums Artist in Residence, Vaucluse House

2012     Australia Council Artstart Grant ($10,000)

2010     ICMEA, Emerging Ceramic Artist Awards, Fuping China (Highly Commended)

2010     Pat Emery Emerging Ceramic Artist Award, Post Office Gallery, Ballarat (Runner-up)