Alejandra Salinas and Aeron Bergman

Solo (installation and sound performance):

*Fundaçáo Serralves. Performance. Curated by Pedro Rocha. Porto, Portugal. April 2008
*Röda Sten Art Center. Installation "Wildflowers". Göteborg, Sweden January 2007.
*Santa Monica Center of Contemporary Art. Installation "Vertigo". Curated by Jacob Fabricius. Barcelona, Spain. June -September 2006
*Fundaçáo Serralves. Installation "Porto" Curated by Pedro Rocha. Porto. Portugal. June 2004- January 2005
*Ausland. Sound performance “Porto and Yarning Detroit”. Curated by Hannah Hurtzig. Berlin, Germany. Sept. 2004
*BAK, Basis voor Aktuel Kunst. Contemporary Art Center. Installation "River Rouge" Curated by Impakt. Utrecht, The Netherlands. June 2004
*CAC, Centre D´Art Contemporaine. Installation. "Yarning Detroit part two" Curated by Bastien Gallet. Geneva, Switzerland. March 2004
*Lampo New Music Foundation. Sound performances. Curated by Andrew Fenchel. Chicago. 24 - 25 May 2002
*MONA, Museum of New Art. Sound performance. Detroit, USA. May 2002
*Changing Room Project Space. Installation, "Revisionland". Curated by Diskono. Stirling, Scotland. December. 2001
*Art in General. Sound installation. New York. January to April 1999

Selected Collaborative Exhibitions and Residences

2008

*Berlin Film Festival. Soundtrack to Florian Zeyfang's film "Introduction to a Small History of Photography". Berlin. February 2008.

2007

*Metro of the City of Porto and Fundaçáo Serralves. Sound piece over metro PA system. Porto, Portugal. July 2007
*Center for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow (CCA) and Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA). Videos. "Introduction to Wildflowers". Scotland. May 2007
*Turku Biennale. Aboa Ventus and Ars Nova. Installation. "Oversea". Turku, Finland. May - August 2007
*Changing Room Project Space. Design It Yourself. Stirling, Scotland. May - June 2007
*Shrinking Cities. Video "Wildflowers". Februrary - April 2007

2006

*Fylkingen. Sound performace. Curated by the Swedish Electronic Music Studio. Stockholm, Sweden. December 9. 2006
*The Rooseum Art Center. Installation. "Vertigo" Curated by Full Pull. Malmo, Sweden. 2 September 2006
*La Casa Encendida. Sound performance. "Campanas" Curated by the French Embassy. Madrid, Spain. 20 April 2006
*Les Halles de Schaerbeek cultural center. Sound performance. "Wildflowers" curated by Estelle Lecaille. Brussels, Belgium. 13 April 2006
*Centro Cultural Gran Capitan. Installation. "El Prat" Curated by Chema de Francisco. Granada, Spain.10 March-10 June 2006

2005

*Taipei Fine Arts Museum. Installation, "Billowy Mass" Curated by Etat. Taipei, Taiwan. September-November 2005
*AARA Gallery. Installation and concert. "Hanging Sound" Curated by Marti Manen. Bangkok, Thailand. June-September 2005
*CCCB. Center of Contemporary Art, Barcelona. Installation. "El Prat" Curated by Sonar.Barcelona, Spain. June 2005
*Alice Day Gallery. Video. Brussels, Belgium. January-February 2005
*Ministry for Culture and Communication, Paris. Inclusion in a permanent sound installation. February 2005

2004

*Audioframes 3. Installation. "Belen 3" Curated by Joost Fontaine. Kortrijk, Belgium. October 2004
*Mobile Academy. Artist in Residence. Hebbel am Ufer Theatre, (HAU 1,2,3). Berlin. September 2004
*Archipel. Installation. "Yarning Detroit" Curated by Bastian Gallet. Geneva. March 2004

2003

*Galeria Augusta. Video. Sponsoned by NIFCA, Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art. Helsinki, Finland. October 2003
*Audioframes 2: Sonic landscapes. Performance and Artist in Residence.Kortrijk, Belgium. October 2003
*ICC InterCommunications Center. (Center of Art and Technology). Installation. "Belen 2" Curated by Minoru Hatanaka. Tokyo, Japan. July - September 2003
*Alza Cultural Center. Performance. Curated by Xavi Erkizia. Donostia, Spain. March 2003

2002

*De Appel Institute of Contemporary Art. Performance. Amsterdam, NL. November 2002
*La Nuit Blanche. Performance. Commissioned by La Marie de Paris. Paris, France.October 2002
*Museum of Contemporary Art, Sevilla. Performance, Spain. 26 September 2002
*Leslie Tonkonow artworks + projects. Video installation. (Collaboration with Peter Campus.) New York, NY. September 5 - October 26, 2002
*OK Center for Contemporary Art. Video installation and performance. Linz, Austria. September 2002
*Palais de Tokyo. Center of Contemporary Art. Performance. Paris, France. 6 April 2002
*Museum of New Art. Performance. Detroit, USA. May 2002

2001

*Museum of Modern Art, Grand-Duc Jean. Performance. Luxembourg. 31 November 2001
*Audio-Lab. Sound Installation. Commissioned by Mission pour le Mecenat et l'Action Culturelle, Paris: traveling to these five museums:
1. Museum of Modern Art. Strasbourg. Salon de Musique. From 13 June to 13 September 2001.
2. Centre Georges Pompidou. Paris. From 11 to 22 September 2001
3. Museum of Modern Art, Grand-Duc Jean. Luxembourg. November - December 2001
4. Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art. Copenhagen. October - December 2002
5. La Casa Encendida. Madrid. June-September 2005
* Ex Teresa Center for Contemporary Art. Sound Installation and performance. Mexico City. June-July 2001

1998-1999

*Knitting Factory. Performance. New York. 23 February 1999
*The Kitchen. Performance. New York. January 1998

Grants and Prizes:

*Yageo Foundation. Grant. Taipei, Taiwan September 2005
*Instituto Cervantes, Lisboa. Grant awarded to Folklore Volume 2, Porto. Lisboa, Portugal. December 2004
* Musee d’Art Moderne, Grand-Duc Jean. Luxembourg. Grant awarded for Audiolab project. Luxembourg. 2002-2003
*Prix Ars Electronica. 2002 Award of Distinction, Digital Music, for The Tale of Pip and (Re)visionland, Linz, Austria. September 2002
*The Scottish Art Council, International Projects in Scotland. Grant awarded to (Re)visionLand. The Changing Room Project Space, December 2001
*Ayuntamiento de La Rioja. Grant to Lucky Kitchen. La Rioja, Spain 2001
*Prix Ars Electronica. 2001 Honorary Mention, Digital Music, for Haunted Folklore One. Ruinas Encantadas Linz, Austria. September 2001

Selected published reviews, profiles and other texts:

*Göteborgs Posten. Profile. Göteborg, Sweden. 28, Feb, 2007
*Avui. Review. Barcelona. 7, Sept, 2006
*El Pais. Review. Madrid. 8, July, 2006
*Liberty Times. Profile. Taiwan. 4, Nov, 2005
*Metro Times. Profile. Detroit. 13 July, 2005
*La Vanguardia. Review. Barcelona. 17 June, 2005
*El Pais. Review. Catalunya Edition. 17 June, 2005
*Die Zeit. Interview and Profile. Hamburg, Germany. February 2005
*Diario de Noticias, Ediciao Norte. Review. Porto, Portugal. 27 November 2004
*Noticias Magazine. Profile. Lisbon, Portugal. 28 November 2004
*Público. Profile. Lisbon, Portugal. 27 November 2004
*Comercio do Porto. Profile. Porto, Portugal. 26 November 2004
*Jornal de Noticias. Profile. Porto, Portugal. 26 November 2004
*Primeiro de Janeiro. Profile. Porto, Portugal. 26 November 2004
*Visao Magazine. Profile. Porto, Portugal. 25 November 2004
*Blitz. Profile. Lisbon, Portugal. 16 November 2004
*Monthly Art Magazine Bijutsu techo Vol. 56 no.847. Tokyo, Japan. April 2004
*After Hours no.19 Interview. Tokyo, Japan. Winter 2004
*Le Courrier. Review. Geneva, Switzerland. 25 March. 2004
*Tribune de Geneve. Review. Geneva, Switzerland. 19 March. 2004
*Leonardo Music Journal. Artist’s Statement. Vol. 13 MIT Press. San Francisco. 2003
*Fader. Interview. Tokyo Japan. December 2003
*Grooves Magazine. Interview. Page 22. USA. October 2003
*Musica Falsa. Essay/Profile. Paris, France. Spring/Summer 2003
*Wall Street Journal. Review. New York. September 2002
*MAP. Interview. Tokyo Japan. September 2002
*Chicago Reader. Profile. (Critic’s Choice), Chicago, USA, May 23rd 2002
*Tijd Cultuur. Interview. Brussels, Belgium. February 2002
*The Guardian. Review. (Critic’s pick of the week.) London, UK. November 2001
*The Sunday Times. Review. (Critic’s pick of the week.) Scotland, UK November 2001
*Les Inrockuptibles. Review. France. November Issue 2001
*Sound Projector. Interview. Issue 9. London, UK. August 2001
*XLR8R. Profile. California, USA. July 2001
*New Music Express. Review. London, UK June 2001
*Go mag. Review. Issue 13. Barcelona, Spain. June 2001
*ArtByte. Interview. New York, June/July 2001
*De:Bug. Berlin, Germany. reviews in these issues: May 2001, Jan 2002, March 2002, Nov. 2003
*The Village Voice. Review. ("Lucky Kitchen: the 2nd best new label in New York.") New York. October 5, 1999
*San Francisco Bay Guardian. Profile. By Windy Chien, March 31, 1999
*New York Times. Interview/profile by Matthew Mirapaul. New York March 4, 1999
*The Wire. reviews in these issues: 183, 184, 190, 191, 200, 206, 208,222, 231 and 233, London, UK 1997 to 2003
*The Wire. issue 184 (Full page label profile). June 1999

Selected radio and television:

*Sudwestrundfunks radio, (SWR2). One hour interview and retrospective. Germany. Aired October 2007
*Taipei Philharmonic Radio. Interview. Taiwan. September 2005
*RTP 2. Magazine. Interview on nation-wide TV arts news broadcast. Portugal. December 1 2004
*RTP 1. Evening news. Profile on nation-wide TV news broadcast. Portugal. November 26 and 27 2004
*Radio Klara. Belgian National Radio. Interview. Belgium. October 2003
*Radio 2 (Radio Nacional de España.) Radio Clásica. Art Sonora. Aired a pre-recorded live performance in its entirety. Madrid, Spain. February 2003
*ORF. Profile on nation-wide TV news broadcast. Austria. September 2002.
*Onda Sonora. Label profile. Madrid, Spain December 2002.
*Resonance FM. (LMC radio www.resonanceradio.com) Aired a pre-recorded live performance in its entirety. London, UK. September 2002
*BBC radio1. Interview. UK. January 2002
*Canal Plus. Label profile. Madrid, Spain. May 2001
*Radio Klara. Belgian National Radio. Live concert broadcast. Antwerp. February 2001
*Radio Orange. On-air performance. Vienna, Austria. August 2000
*Radio France. Interview. Paris, France. May 2000
*Radio FG. Interview. Paris, France. 18th May 2000
*Danish Public Radio. Interview and label profile. Copenhagen, Denmark. 11 May 2000
*CBC Radio 2. (Canadian Public Radio) Brave New Waves. Interview and profile. Montreal. Oct. 1999 and March 2002
*WFMU. Interview. New York City and New Jersey. August 1999

Selected Audio Discography:

*Alejandra and Aeron, Billowy Mass. CD. Kning Disk. Goteborg, Sweden. August 2007
*Alejandra and Aeron, Be Mine. CD. Lucky Kitchen. Barcelona. July 2005
*Alejandra and Aeron, Porto. CD. Lucky Kitchen. Barcelona. May 2005
*Alejandra and Aeron, The Lost Cat. CD. Krabbesholm Artist CD series. Skive, Denmark. (www.krabbesholm.dk). April 2004
*Alejandra and Aeron, Scotch Monsters. CD. Softl Music. Cologne. April 2003
*Alejandra and Aeron, Bousha Blue Blazes. CD. Orthlorng Musork. San Francisco (www.musork.com). December 2002
*Alejandra and Aeron, Scotch Monsters. 12" vinyl. Bottrop Boy. Berlin. (www.bottrop-boy.com). July 2002
*Alejandra and Aeron, The Tale of Pip. CD. Lucky Kitchen. Spain. September 2001
*Alejandra and Aeron, Kitchen. 12" vinyl. Fat Cat. London. (www.fat-cat.co.uk). July 2001
*Alejandra and Aeron, Haunted Folklore: Ruinas Encantadas. CD. Lucky Kitchen. Spain February 2001
*Alejandra and Aeron, Folklore Volume 1: La Rioja. CD. Lucky Kitchen. Spain. February 2001
*Alejandra Salinas , Home Tapes. 10" vinyl. Luchy Kitchen. , Spain. January 2001
*Aeron Bergman, The Tale of the Unhappy American. CD.Tomlab.Cologne. (www.tomlab.de) January 2001
*Aeron Bergman, The Shed Record. CD. Diskono. Scotland. August 2000

*We have also participated in over 50 audio compilations and collaborations such as the Leonardo Music Journal. CD series. Volume 13. (MIT Press), Ultra Red: "Public Space Occupations." L.A. and the Goodiebag 7" series curated by the Goodiepal

Education:

Alejandra Salinas:

Konsthögskolan Valand, Göteborg, Sweden. 2007 (Master, Fine Art)
School of Visual Arts, New York.1999 (Fine Art)
Ontario College of Art and Design. Toronto. 1997 (Fine Art)

Aeron Bergman:

New York University, New York. 1999 (Master, Fine Art)
University of Toronto. Toronto 1996 (Master, Art History)
Michigan State University. East Lansing. 1994 (Bachelor, Art History)

Professional Work, Teaching and Lectures:

*Aeron Berman: Oslo Art Academy, Appointed Professor of Art: Digital, Sound and Installation. 2007- Present
*Co-founders, curators, designers and directors Lucky Kitchen: publisher of sound art, documentary and electro-acoustic music. New York, Barcelona, Oslo. 1997-Present
*Guest instructors annually at the Krabbesholm Höjskole. Skive, Denmark. 2002 - 2007
*Gotebörg Konstskola. Lecture. Sweden 2007
*Academy of Fine Art, Umeå. Guest instructors. Sweden. 2007
*Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, University of Dundee. Guest instructors. Scotland. 2005
*Dundee Contemporary Arts. Lecture. Scotland. 2005
*The Santa Monica Center for Contemporary Art. Lecture. Barcelona, Spain. 2004
*Alza Cultural Center. Seminar. Donostia, Spain. 2002
*Breda Art Academy. Lecture. Breda, The Netherlands. 2001
*The University of Chicago. Lecture. USA. 2001

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