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Alina Bliumis

Alina Bliumis

area: Video

© Alina Bliumis

© Alina Bliumis

© Alina Bliumis

© Alina Bliumis

© Alina Bliumis

© Alina Bliumis

Key Facts

nationality

USA

area

Video

residence

New York

recommending institution

culture2culture

time period

October 2005 - November 2005

Alina Bliumiswww.artcast.org

2005:

Group shows:
Russia Redux #1 Schroeder Romero Gallery, NY, USA
Aesthetics of Resistance exhibition and workshop with Alfredo Jaar, Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como, Italy
Post-Diasporas: Voyages and Missions, 1 Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Russia
Lavki Ruarts Gallery, Moscow, Russia

Festivals:
Wiesbaden Week of Animation, Germany
Pusto Festival, Moscow, Russia
Krok International Animated Film Festival, Russia
Newport International Short Film Festival, USA
IFCT-The International Festival of Cinema and Technology
Philadelphia Film Festival, USA
Red Shift Festival, Anthology Film Archives, New York, USA
Florida Film Festival, USA
ANIMAC Festival of Animated Films, Lleida, Spain
Suzdal Animation Festival, Russia
Tricky Women Animation Festival, Austria

2004:

Solo show:
Pink and Pong, Kvadrat Gallery, St.Petersburg, Russia

Group shows and screenings:
Symbols of The Big Bang Santa Fe Art Institute, USA
Touch me Broadway Gallery, New York, USA

Festivals:
Magma International Film Festival, Italy
Woodstock Film Festival, USA
Tree Rivers Festival, Pittsburg, USA
Cinanima International Film Festival, Portugal
Krok International Animated Film Festival, Russia
Dervio International Animated Film Festival, Italy
Sacramento Film and Music Festival, USA
The Rome International Film Festival, USA
Newport International Short Film Festival, USA
Brooklyn International Film Festival, Brooklyn Museum, USA
Venice International Short Film festival, Curcuito Off, Italy



2003:

Solo show and screening:
Videolog, Center of Contemporary Art (NCCA), Moscow, Russia

Group shows and screenings:
St. Petersburg Chelsea Art Museum, New York, USA
RSF Donnell Library Center, New York, USA
Touch me, Museum of Anna Achmatova, St.Petersburg, Russia, curators: Anna Frants and Olga Thompson
Rap EVA, Electronic Imaging and the Visual Arts Conference, The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia, presented by Olga Thompson
Femininity's Redress, Angel Orensanz Foundation Center For The Arts, New York, USA, curator: Nina Zaretskay, TV Gallery
Divine Women - Divine Work, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, USA,  curator: Maori Karmael Holmes

Festivals:
The Literature Sound Barrier
MOV Festival, Tokyo, Japan
FIFI Festival, Paris, France
Mpeg_us, MTV America
Red Shift Festival, Anthology Film Archives, New York, USA
Word in Motion Festival, Riga, Latvia

2002:

Group shows and screenings:
Femininity's Redress, The C.A.S.E. Museum of Contemporary Russian Art, NJ, USA,  curator: Nina Zaretskay, TV Gallery
Eye cycle, D137 Gallery, St.Petersburg, Russia, curators: Anna Frants and Olga Thompson
Icon series, Remote, New York, USA, curator: by Michelle Hurtz

Festivals:
Tampere International Film Festival, Finland



2001:

Festivals:
Priz Leonardo, International Film Festival, Italy
Animar Animation Festival, Spain
Guerrilla Film Festival, Tribeca Film Center, New York, USA

2000:

Group show:
Myth, The C.A.S.E. Museum of Contemporary Russian Art, NJ, USA, curator: Nina Zaretskay, TV Gallery



1999:

Group show:
SVA Gallery, New York, USA

Residency:
October-November 2005 Quartier21, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna, Austria
July 2005  Advanced Course of Visual Art, Como, Italy: Visiting Professor Alfredo Jaar
Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como, Italy

Education:

2002 CADA, Advanced Technology Lab, New York University, NYC, USA
1996-1999 Computer Art, BFA Program, Shool of Visual Arts, NYC, USA
1982-1989 Diploma in Fine Art, Art School, Minsk, Former Soviet Union

Filmography:
2004 “When it rains” director, music video (Alina Bliumis)
2004 "PINK AND PONG" director, animation (Alina Bliumis)
2004-2002 "VIDEOLOG" Alina and Jeff Bliumis, documentary 
2003- "SHUME" director, animation (Alina Bliumis)
2001 "FACES OF EVIL" documentary, TNT Channel, credit for animation (Alina Bliumis)
2000 "RADIOMAN" credit for post production (Alina Bliumis)
2000 "HEADTRIP" credit for animation, MTV Network (Alina Bliumis)

Projectinfo

animation film for Tricky Women Festival 2007

Documentation

As I departed from Vienna, I reflected on the time spent at the MQ artist-in-residence program. It occurred to me that the intensity and richness of the impressions and experiences has left an indelible mark on me in the both the professional and personal ways.

I and my collaborator Jeff Bliumis have spent the time creating a four channel video installation “Cloning Factory”. Our hosts MQ quartier21 and culture2culture, who invited us, where extremely helpful in organizing, providing and arranging our exhibition and everything else we needed for working on our project.

The unmistakable aura and charm of the old and new Vienna offered an unique sense of sounds and rhythms, which found its way into our project. I realized how the “place” can influence the outcome.

Since I returned me and Jeff Bliumis have continued to develop the cloning subject and as a result we just completed a short film “Cloning Factory2”.

I feel that Vienna experience has peeled of a few layers from my protective and established ways, exposing and implanting the sensibilities of the expressions that are fresh and deeply motivating for my future growth, explorations of the artistic universe and the idea of connectivity of the familiar and unfamiliar, old and new.

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