Education

  • Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam
    2012–2013

  • Stanford University, California
    2004–2010

Residencies and Research Experience

  • RIAT, Vienna, Austria
    2016–2017

  • Rupert, Vilnius
    2014–2015

  • WIELS, Brussels
    2014

  • Greatmore Studios, Cape Town, South Africa
    2014

  • Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam
    2012–2013

  • Kiosko, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
    2011

  • Stanford Biomedical Informatics, Stanford University
    2009–2010

  • Fabrica, Treviso, Italy
    2009–2010

  • IBM Research, Tokyo
    2008–2009

  • Max Planck Institute for Linguistic Anthropology, Jakarta
    2007

  • Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Tuebingen, Germany
    2006–2007

Solo Exhibitions

  • The Shrewdness of Apes, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius
    26 April 2019–21 May 2019

  • Love Story, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
    8 September 2018–20 October 2018

  • The Donut of Confusion, Kunstverein Munich
    14 July 2018–2 September 2018 →

  • Thingamajig, Futura, Prague
    3 March 2017–16 April 2017 →

  • Group Theory, Centrale Fies, Dro, Italy
    14 July 2016–28 July 2016

  • The Show and the Show, Schloss Solitude
    27 May 2016–27 May 2016 →

  • Sukuranburu Kousaten, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
    6 September 2014–15 October 2014

  • Zoon in a Zoot-Suit, kim?, Riga
    7 February 2014–6 March 2014

  • Legless Midriff in Topless Bar, Museumnacht, Amsterdam
    2 November 2013–2 November 2013

  • Makedo Domake, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
    18 October 2013–31 October 2013

  • Edward Brought Home A Good Ford Car, Russian Tea Room, Paris
    26 October 2012–1 December 2012 →

  • Alla Utilizan Quirquiña, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
    15 March 2011–18 April 2011

  • Ephemerides of the Ha-Ha Preterite, Photo-Levallois, Paris
    23 November 2010–13 January 2011 →

  • Il Lampeggiatore, XYZ Gallery, Treviso
    18 May 2010–22 June 2010

  • Phantom of the Crothera, Stanford University
    14 March 2006–28 May 2006

Curatorial Work

  • Radio Juju, Rib, Rotterdam
    21 November 2018–1 November 2019

  • The Show and the Show,
    27 May 2016–27 May 2026

  • Luser Story, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw
    23 April 2016–23 April 2016 →

  • Chimposium, Kea, Greece
    18 August 2015–25 August 2015

  • Rzeźnia, Warsaw
    12 July 2015–31 October 2016

  • Feherlofia, Labia Theater, Cape Town, South Africa
    27 June 2014–27 June 2014

  • Lizzard Lounge, National Gallery of Art, Harare, Zimbabwe
    30 April 2013–6 May 2013

  • Flip-Flop Flop-Film Film-Klub, San Francisco, California
    13 December 2004–19 January 2038

  • Proceedings of the Ciscaucasus Xabarnama, San Francisco, California
    4 August 2004–31 August 2011

Performances, Gigs, Concerts, Talks

  • Moderato, Rib, Rotterdam
    29 March 2019

  • Allegro Juju, Rib, Rotterdam
    1 February 2019 →

  • On Worldmaking with Brud, Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam
    29 January 2019 →

  • Tri, Młodsza Siostra, Warsaw
    6 December 2018 →

  • Odd, Butcher's Tears, Amsterdam
    23 November 2018

  • Presto Juju, Rib, Rotterdam
    21 November 2018 →

  • Mukundamala, La Kaje, New York City
    18 November 2018

  • Locus Operandi, Art in General, New York City
    17 November 2018 →

  • Farfalle, Empty Brain Resort, Vilnius
    20 October 2018 →

  • Zenzizenzizenzik, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw
    7 October 2018 →

  • Braille Satellite, Mushroom Manor Park, Lithuania
    20 July 2018 →

  • A Bibliomantic Crossed Reading of "The Ooze", Kunstverein Munich
    15 July 2018 →

  • A Donut of Confusion, Kunstverein Munich
    13 July 2018 →

  • Gewgaw, Kunstverein Munich
    19 June 2018 →

  • Milfie, PLATO, Ostrava, Czechia
    12 April 2017 →

  • Delayed Gratification, Salon für Kunstbuch, Vienna
    13 January 2017

  • Group Theory, Centrale Fies, Dro, Italy
    14 July 2016

  • Kurz, or, The Fold, Yet Another Way of Sharing the Pie, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw
    9 April 2016 →

  • HERM, First Warsaw Patainstitutional Convention, Museum of Modern Art
    2 April 2016 →

  • Adobedo, Greatmore Studios, Cape Town
    18 September 2014

  • Musical Chairs, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
    6 September 2014

  • Terra Interpreta, WIELS, Brussels
    13 June 2014

  • Zoon in a Zoot-Suit, kim?, Riga
    7 February 2014 →

  • Elen Emme and Emen Elle, Lost Property, Amsterdam
    12 March 2013

  • Anim/a/l/e, La Manzana, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
    19 May 2011

  • Fatto Foto?, Fondazione Buziol, Venice
    19 April 2010

  • fotobiscotti, Yoshida Haus, Tokyo
    17 August 2007

  • fotokopisusu, PKBB, Jakarta
    2 March 2007

Group Exhibitions

  • Balticana, Hessel Museum, CCS Bard, New York
    7 April 2019–29 May 2019

  • School of Pain, Art in General, New York
    15 November 2018–26 January 2019 →

  • Sound Art 2018, Rijksakademie, Amsterdam
    23 November 2018–25 November 2018

  • Printing Plant Art Book Fair, Amsterdam Art Weekend
    22 November 2018–25 November 2018 →

  • Zebra, La Kaje, Brooklyn, New York
    12 April 2018–17 May 2018

  • XII Baltic Triennial, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius
    7 May 2016–6 November 2017

  • ISelf Collection Self-Portrait as the Billy Goat, Whitechapel Gallery, London
    27 April 2017–20 August 2017 →

  • Preparatory Portrait of a Young Girl, PLATO, Ostrava, Czechia
    16 March 2017–7 May 2017

  • The Unique versus Series versus the Multiple, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
    25 February 2017–2 April 2017

  • Shocking Nonsense, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw
    15 October 2016–15 October 2016

  • Assembled, Disassembled, Zachęta Project Room, Warsaw
    17 June 2016–14 August 2016 →

  • Making Use Life in Postartistic Times, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw
    19 February 2016–1 May 2016 →

  • Last Day at Rivoli, Delire Gallery, Brussels
    9 April 2016–9 April 2016

  • A Million Lines, Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow
    25 November 2015–31 January 2016 →

  • Tofu Absorbs Flavour, Galeria Sabot, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
    20 November 2015–15 January 2016 →

  • VISIO Next Generation Moving Images, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence,
    17 November 2015–20 December 2015 →

  • Poland International, NN Contemporary, Northampton
    6 June 2015–2 August 2015

  • Kurni Kurator!, Leize Jenius, Berlin
    7 April 2015–7 April 2015

  • Sousveilance, FLAT, Amsterdam
    18 January 2015–18 January 2015

  • Rewire Festival, The Hague
    8 November 2013–12 January 2015

  • Amsterdam Drawing, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
    18 August 2014–21 August 2014

  • The Pink Spy, MHKA, Antwerp
    24 March 2014–25 May 2014

  • Group Show, Delire Gallery, Brussels
    25 April 2014–21 May 2014

  • Iliulu Uliilu, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam
    30 November 2013–1 December 2013 →

  • Dread, De Hallen, Haarlem, Netherlands
    6 September 2013–24 November 2013

  • De Service Garage, Amsterdam
    6 September 2013–15 October 2013

  • Fusiform Gyrus, Lisson Gallery, London
    12 July 2013–7 August 2013

  • Lost and Found, De Waag, Amsterdam
    12 May 2013–12 May 2013

  • Kirbafonik, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam
    1 December 2012–2 December 2012

  • Le songe, la raison et les monstres, Galerie Paul Frèches, Paris
    29 February 2012–13 April 2012 →

  • Piksel Festival, Bergen, Norway
    17 November 2011–20 November 2011

  • Make Art, Poitiers, France
    4 November 2011–7 November 2011

  • Electropixel Festival, Nantes, France
    21 May 2011–26 May 2011

  • Principio Potosí, Museo Nacional de Arte, La Paz, Bolivia
    22 February 2011–30 April 2011 →

  • /@party, Harvard, Massachusetts
    16 August 2010–16 August 2010

  • Szendvics, Begec Festival, Novi Sad, Serbia
    2 August 2010–6 August 2010

Bibliography

Books

  • The Ooze, Aditya Mandayam. Amsterdam: Roma, 2018. Print. →

  • GR-09022017, Silja Leifsdottir (ed.). Oslo: Skreid, 2017. Print. →

  • Creating Ourselves, The Self in Art, Emily Butler, Candy Stobbs (ed.). London: Whitechapel Gallery, 2017. Print. →

  • The Pigeon Photographer, Joan Fontcuberta, Nicoló Degiorgis, Audrey Solomon (ed.). Bolzano: Rohrof, 2017. Print. →

  • Shocking Nonsense, Aditya Mandayam, Andrzej Szpindler, Ewa Tatar. Warsaw: GRVZ, 2016. Print. →

  • Mumbo Jumbo Gumbo, Aditya Mandayam, Emilia Zalewska. Riga: GRVZ, 2015. Print.

  • Köyhä Dagerrotyyppi (The Poor Man's Daguerrotype), Jako Porkkala, Jako. Tampere: Booky, 2012. Print.

Articles and Papers

  • Aditya Mandayam. The Politics of Periphony. Sounds in Space, University of Derby, UK, 2018. Online. →

  • Yasmijn Jarram. Het Evangelie van Brud. Metropolis M, Amsterdam, 2018. Print. →

  • Aditya Mandayam. I, Camera. , Art in General, New York, 2018. Print. →

  • Aditya Mandayam. Statement. Flusser Studies, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland, 2011. Online. →

  • Aditya Mandayam. Portrait of Claude-Heiland Allen. Nictoglobe, Venice, Italy, and Białystok, Poland, 2011. Online. →

  • Aditya Mandayam. Self-Portrait of a Tampon-Chimp. NetBehavior, Venice, Italy, 2010. Online.

  • Aditya Mandayam. Memory and the Mechanical Eye. NetBehavior, Venice, Italy, 2010. Online.

Zines

  • Crux of the Ooze, Aditya Mandayam. Amsterdam: Roma, 2018. Print. →

  • Brudny Żyd, Aditya Mandayam. Vienna: GRVZ, 2016. Print. →

  • Biała Kurwa, Aditya Mandayam, Ada Pola, Bea McMahon (ed.). Amsterdam: SIC [Uncorrected] Issue 3, 2015. Print. →

  • Indigenous Genitalman, Aditya Mandayam, Bea McMahon (ed.). Amsterdam: SIC [Uncorrected] Issue 1, 2014. Print. →

  • Terra Interpreta, Aditya Mandayam. Brussels: GRVZ, 2014. Print.

  • Makedo–Domake, Aditya Mandayam, Kees van Gelder (ed.). Amsterdam: Cut Magazine Issue 9, 2013. Print.

  • Papa Charlie Charlie Victor, Aditya Mandayam, Krõõt Juurak. Atlanta: Art Papers September/October, 2013. Print.

  • Iliulu Uliilu, Aditya Mandayam. Amsterdam: GRVZ, 2013. Print. →

  • Leggo Ofme, Aditya Mandayam, Kees van Gelder (ed.). Amsterdam: Cut Magazine Issue 8, 2013. Print.

  • Baroque Epileptick, Aditya Mandayam. London: GRVZ, 2013. Print.

Discography

  • A Donut of Confusion, Ummo (Aditya Mandayam), Gerriet K Sharma, 2018 (Singer, Songwriter, Producer)

  • Lu$h, SD S (Melissa Tun Tun), 2018 (Producer, Tape Master)

  • El Sonidero, Chipirurri (Aditya Mandayam and Juan-Pablo Villegas Delgado), 2018 (Singer, Songwriter, Producer, Tape Master)

  • Sound Postcards, Richard Brewster, 2018 (Publisher)

  • We Concern the Embryo, Andrzej Szpindler, 2018 (Producer, Tape Master)

  • Greatest Hits, Ummo (Aditya Mandayam), 2018 (Singer, Songwriter, Producer, Tape Master)

  • mandarinBounce, Peter Blasser, 2017 (Tape Master)

  • Boleros, Los Eclipses (Aditya Mandayam and Juan-Pablo Villegas Delgado), 2013 (Singer, Songwriter, Producer, DJ)

Awards and Grants

  • Mondriaan Fonds (Radio Juju, Rotterdam), 2018

  • Stimuleringen Fonds (Radio Juju, Rotterdam), 2018

  • Visegrad Grant for Performing Arts, 2017

  • Schloss Solitude Web Grant, 2016

  • Live Works Performance Art Award (Finalist), 2016

  • VISIO Next Generation Moving Images Acquisition Prize (Finalist), 2015

  • Absolut Art Award (Nominated), 2013

  • Amsterdam Fonds voor de kunst, 2013

  • Prix Levallois (Special Mention), 2010

  • Chancellor's Gold Medal, University of Pune, India, 2002

  • Silver Medal, Indian National Mathematics Olympiad, 1998

Collections

  • iSelf Collection, Malek and Maria Sukkar, London

  • Museo Nacional de Arte, La Paz, Bolivia

  • MuHKA, Antwerp

  • Katy Bentall Collection, Warsaw

  • Fiorucci Art Trust, London