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)