Sebastian Gordin (b.1969, Argentina)

Sebastian Gordin was born in Buenos Aires, in 1969. From 1980 to 1983 he attended the courses on ceramics and plastic activities given by Ethel Wainer and Jorge Macario. In 1989, the year of his first individual exhibition at the Centro Cultural R. Rojas (UBA), he graduated from the Manuel Belgrano National School of Fine Arts.
Between 1993 and 2001 he exhibited twice at the Instituto de Cooperación Iberoamericana, in Buenos Aires; at the artist residence program in Monflaquin, France; at Ruth Benzacar art gallery (Buenos Aires), and again at the Centro Cultural R. Rojas. Among his collective exhibitions, the following can be highlighted: 2001: Odyseé 2001, Gallerie Porte Avion, Marseille, France; 1995: First Art Biennial of Johannesburg, South Africa; 1993: The Tao of Art, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and 1993, Del Borde art gallery. Fundación Banco Patricios, these last two taken place in the city of Buenos Aires.

In 1994 he obtained the Braque award, consisting on a scholarship in Paris, where he attended the sculpture courses of the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (ENSAD). He was awarded with grants to creation from the National Arts Fund (FNA) and the Fundación Antorchas. He was invited to three artist residency programs in France (Monflaquin -1996-, Ateliers d’Artistes de la Ville de Marseille -2001- and the Fonds régional d'art contemporain (FRAC), Pays de la Loire -2002-.)
He lives and works in Buenos Aires.

Gordin, Sebastian b.1969

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