Vadim Puyandaev (visual artist/performer) has worked as a painter, sculptor, and designer for over twenty years and has been participating in multi-media installation-performances since 1994. His fine art has been shown in solo and group exhibitions in Russia, Israel, Japan, Switzerland, France, Spain, Canada, and the US. Puyandaev had also produced numerous pieces of monumental art, including a commission to design a bridge over the Red Sea in Israel. With Tsimbrovsky, he is a founding member of the creative collectives EVM Laboratories (Israel) and Avy K Productions (US), dedicated to investigating what emerges in performance at the nexus of different genres. He has been awarded by SOMArts, Stanford Arts Initiative, Zellerbach Family Foundation, Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Tourism in Israel, Salon des Leopards (Saint-Tropez, France) and is the recipient of the Grande Medaille Republique Francaise at the Festival Palmares des Blues en Peitute, France.
Selected Exhibitions & Featured Works
2024–2025
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“Birds Picnic” (Xylography): Featured in the 12th Annual International Juried Print Exhibition, Remarque, New Mexico (December 13, 2024 – January 25, 2025)
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“Birds Picnic” and “Still Life with Grapes” (Xylographies): Exhibited at Gallery 1337, San Rafael, California (November 22, 2024 – January 25, 2025)
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Round Dance Painting Series and Xylography: Showcased at The Other Art Fair, Los Angeles, Fall 2024
2023
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Solo Exhibition: Refined Interior Studio & Gallery, Berkeley, California
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Group Exhibition “For the Love of Birds”: Museum of Northern California Art, Chico, California (January 26 – March 19, 2023)
2022
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The Other Art Fair: Barker Hangar, Los Angeles (September 22–25, 2022)
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Group Exhibition: SOMArts Gallery, San Francisco (October 22 – November 13, 2022)
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Group Exhibition “Nocturne”: ArtLink Contemporary Gallery (October 27 – November 20, 2022)
2019
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Solo Exhibition: The University Club of San Francisco (March – June 2019)
2018
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Group Exhibition: SOMArts Gallery, San Francisco (October 11 – November 11, 2018)
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The Other Art Fair: Barker Hangar, Los Angeles (October 25–28, 2018)
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Exhibition “Dancers” Painting Series: Joe Goode Annex Studio, San Francisco (April 2–22, 2018)
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Installation-Performance “Red Wind”: Joe Goode Annex, San Francisco (April 19–21, 2018)
2017
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Exhibition “Red Wind #2”: Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Hollins University (June 20 – July 2, 2017)
2015
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Exhibition “Extraordinary Essence”: Vorres Gallery, San Francisco (October 3 – November 12, 2015)
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AE Fall Open Studio: Studio #25 (September 25–27, 2015)
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Solo Exhibition “Suggestions of Life in the Dappled”: Hermitage Art Center, San Francisco (August 8–30, 2015)
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Group Exhibition “Everybody’s Ocean”: Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz (December 19, 2014 – April 19, 2015)
2014
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Group Exhibition: Peninsula Gallery, San Mateo, California (April – May 2014)
2013
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Open Studio: (May-August 2013)
2012
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Solo Exhibition: Menlo Park, California (March 2012)
2011
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Exhibition/Installation/Performances “The Book”: SOMArts Main Gallery, San Francisco (July 2011)
2009–2008
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Solo Exhibitions: Project Artaud Gallery, San Francisco
2003
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Solo Exhibition: Kurbatav Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2002
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Group Exhibition: Salon des Leopards, Saint-Tropez, France
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Recipient of the Grande Medaille Republique Francaise at the Festival Palmares des Blues en Peitute, France
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2000
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Group Exhibitions: Farkash Gallery, Jaffa, Israel, and Nahamat, Eilat, Israel
1998
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Exhibition “Erotismo”: Gallery Art Zero, Barcelona, Spain
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International Art Show “9 Japan 9”: Brocken Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
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Solo Exhibition: Philip Murray Center, Eilat, Israel
1995–1997
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Group International Art Show: Zurich, Switzerland
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32nd Annual Open Exhibition: Final Art Institute, San Bernardino County Museum, California
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Solo Exhibition: Suzanne Dellal Center, Tel Aviv, Israel (Young Choreographers’ Festival; featured xylography series “Dancing”)
Selected Installations, Performances, and Public Art
2024–2025
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Multidisciplinary Embodied Art Experimental Practice, UC Davis
2023
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Open Living Diary: Experimental embodied text-art-installation sharing at Convocation II: A Gathering of Language-based Artistic Research, Zentrum Fokus Forschung, University, Vienna, Austria (October 3–6)
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Open Living Diary: 3-D texting live art, Della Davidson Performance Studio, UC Davis
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Meditation / Landscape / Time / Moving Towards and Away: Dance-art installation and live art, Vanderhoef Studio Theatre, Mondavi Center, Davis
2021
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The Book: Current Diary: On the materiality of asemic art-writing, PFS Symposium, UC Davis
2020
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Everyday Art: Art/dance installation, Della Davidson Performance Studio, UC Davis
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Live Drawing and Movement, Della Davidson Performance Studio, UC Davis
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The Book: Quarantine Diary Notes: Installation and live art, Della Davidson Performance Studio, Davis
2019
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Landscape #2: Live drawing installation, Joe Goode Annex, San Francisco, CA (April 7)
2018
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Red Wind / Ruah Aduma: Installation/performance, Joe Goode Annex, San Francisco, CA (April 19–21)
2017
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Red Wind / Ruah Aduma #2: Exhibition/installation with live painting, Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Hollins University (June 20–July 2)
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Red Wind / Ruah Aduma #1: Installation with live painting, SAFEhouse for the Performing Arts, San Francisco, CA (May 24–25)
2015
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Extraordinary Essence: Live art presentation with paintings and sculptures, Vorres Gallery, San Francisco, CA (October 3–November 12)
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Un-Still Life: Audio-visual-kinetic installation, Vorres Gallery, San Francisco, CA (November 7)
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Suggestions of Life in the Dappled: Solo exhibition of paintings and sculptures, Hermitage Art Center, San Francisco, CA (August 8–30)
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Still Life #2: Audio-visual-kinetic installation-performance, Hermitage Art Center, San Francisco, CA (August)
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Live Painting and Still Dance: Audio-visual-kinetic installation-performance, Hermitage Art Center, San Francisco, CA (July 25)
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Minotaur: Audio-visual-kinetic installation with live painting on plexiglass, NOHspace, San Francisco, CA (March 13–14)
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Everybody's Ocean: Group exhibition, Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz, CA (December 19–April 19)
2013
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LAByrinths: Audio-Visual-Kinetic #1: Installation/performance, Center for New Music, San Francisco, CA (July 26)
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PSi19 Now Then: Artists’ marathon at Performance Studies International Conference 19, Stanford University; Right of Spring as an embodied extended note
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Sculptures in Action: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA (March 22)
2012
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Ir-Rational: Multimedia installation/performance, ODC Theater, San Francisco, CA
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Paul Dresher Ensemble Residency Program: Development of multimedia installation for Minotaur Project, Oakland
2011
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The Book Project: Installation and live painting performances, SOMArts Main Gallery, San Francisco, CA (July 1–29)
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Murals and Sculptures: Design for BANYA SF, San Francisco, CA
2010
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The Book #2: Installation and workshop-performance, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance (October 17)
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The Book #1: Resident artist workshop and installation, The Garage, San Francisco, CA (September)
2009
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Side-Effect: Painting exhibition, Project Artaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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Nocturnal Butterflies: Conceptual design and paper costumes for a multi-media performance/installation, Project Artaud Theatre, San Francisco, CA
2008
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Side-Effect: Painting series exhibition, Project Artaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA (December)
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Scrap-Soup: Multi-media performance with live painting, Project Artaud Theatre, San Francisco, CA
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The Silence of Stones: Paper costumes for a dance performance, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2007
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The Garden: Multimedia installation with live painting, Stanford University, CA; NOHspace, San Francisco, CA
2006
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The Process: Live painting marathon with exhibition, Eilat, Israel
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Traveler with Bird: 16-foot sculpture ensemble, Eilat, Israel (Commissioned by the State of Israel)
2005
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MoonFlaw: Multimedia installation with live painting, Suzanne Dellal Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Intersection: Multimedia installation/performance, New Cameri Theater, Tel Aviv, Israel
2004
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Bridge Design: Artwork and design for a bridge over the Red Sea, Eilat, Israel (Commissioned by the State of Israel)
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Ad Libitum: Multimedia installation with live painting, Jazz Globes Festival, Jerusalem, Israel
1999–2001
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Live Art Investigations: Improvised sessions, live painting, movement actions, and site-specific artworks in the desert, Eilat and Tel Aviv, Israel
Herod’s Palace Project: Murals, paintings, and watercolors for Herod's Palace, Eilat, Israel