Alexander Glandien is a German artist and filmmaker living in Vienna. His artworks deal with the appropriation, interpretation and manipulation of history and have been presented in numerous international exhibitions and film festivals and they are part of several public art collections. He taught experimental arts at the Art University Linz and he was guest lecturer at the Facultad de Artes of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Bogota and at Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig. In the past years he has realized projects in the USA, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Hungary, Spain and Austria, he was awarded the Klemens Brosch Prize for his drawings and has received various scholarships and grants.

Selected Exhibitions

• Thessaloniki Biennial for Contemporary Art · Greece
• BLACK BOX at Casino Luxembourg · Luxemburg
• WORK at Francisco Carolinum Linz · Austria
• Before the storm at Fünfzigzwanzig Salzburg · Austria
• Land in sight at Schloss Bothmer and at Kunsthalle Ahrenshoop · Germany
• Moscow Biennale for Young Art at Moscow Museum of Modern Art · Russia
• Legends at Fünfzigzwanzig Salzburg · Austria
• Machine Wilderness at Albuquerque Museum of Art and History · USA
• Gallery Roman Petrovic in Sarajevo · Bosnia and Herzegovina
• The Image as Temporary Intervention at MAERZ in Linz · Austria
• The borders of drawing at Kunstverein das weisse haus · Austria
• Continental Drift at Salzamt Linz · Austria
• European Media Arts Festival in Osnabrück · Germany
• Light at Kunstforum Montafon in Schruns · Austria
• GLANDIENALE at Galerie 20 in Wismar · Germany

Selected Film Festivals

• International Short Film Festival Oberhausen · Germany
• The London International Documentary Festival · United Kingdom
• Diagonale - Festival of Austrian Film in Graz · Austria
• Imagine Science Film Festival in New York City · USA
• Rencontres Internationales at La Gaîté lyrique in Paris · France
• Animateka - International Animated Film Festival in Ljubljana · Slovenia
• IndieLisboa - International Film Festival in Lisbon · Portugal  
• Les Instants Vidéo at Friche Belle de Mai in Marsaille · France
• Crossing Europe Filmfestival in Linz · Austria
• Stuttgarter Filmwinter - Festival for Expanded Media · Germany
• re-new Digital Arts Festival in Copenhagen · Denmark
• Academia Film Olomouc International Film Festival · Czech Republic

Art Collections

• ALBERTINA Museum Vienna · Austria
• Artothek des Bundes · Austria
• Art Collection of the Province of Upper Austria · Austria
• MUSA - Collection of Contemporary Art of the City of Vienna · Austria
• Art Collection of the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern · Germany
• Francisco Carolinum Linz · Austria
• Centro Cultural Andratx · Spain

Artist Residencies

• Egon Schiele Art Centrum in Český Krumlov · Czech Republic
• Residency at the Austrian embassy in Mexico City · Mexico
• Sewon Art Space Yogyakarta · Indonesia
• Centro Cultural Andratx · Spain
• Domus Artium Malo · Italy
• USF Verftet Bergen · Norway
• Villa Stonborough-Wittgenstein in Gmunden · Austria
• Budapest Gallery in Budapest · Hungary
• Kadmium Art Centre in Delft · The Netherlands
• Universalmuseum Joanneum in Graz · Austria