Gabriela Vainsencher 
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, raised in Israel. Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY and Philadelphia, PA
Solo Exhibitions
2012 Recession Art gallery (RAC), New York, NY, “Don’t Have No Colleague”
2009 La Chambre Blanche, Quebec City, Canada “The Unfinished Museum Tour- Quebec City”
2008 WORK Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Leif Magne Tangens gallery, Skien, Norway “I don’t care about documenta 12”
Selected Group Exhibitions, publications and Screenings
2012
- Artis Contemporary, New York, NY, “Legends of Heartbreak and Epiphany in Tel Aviv” (a commissioned map and performance)
- Parker’s Box Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, “WNTRSLN#2”
- Concrete Utopia, Brooklyn, NY, “Dona Nobis” (catalog)
2011
- NADA art fair, Miami Beach, FL, Artis Contemporary
- Parker’s Box gallery, “Facetime #2- Gabriela Vainsencher and John Roach” (Two-person exhibition)
- Invisible Dog, Brooklyn, NY “Irrational Exuberance” (a Recession Art exhibition)
- MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA and Cabinet magazine, Brooklyn, NY, “An exchange with Sol LeWitt”
2010
- Triangle Arts Association Workshop, Brooklyn, NY
- Pierogi gallery, Brooklyn, NY, “Flat files artist of the week”
- 2River View, The Summer Issue (publication)
- The Work Office, New York, NY, “The Work Office Two”
- Flux Factory, LIC, NY, “Housebroken”
2009
- Freies Museum, Berlin, Germany, “True Stories True Success”
- The National Gallery of Saskatchewan, Canada, “One after Another”
- Trust Me Magazine, Italy (publication)
- The Russian Art Fair, London, “Doubtful Lineage”, site-specific installation
- WORK gallery, Brooklyn, NY, “Drive In III” (Two-woman show with Sarah Walko)
- Charlie Horse gallery, Brooklyn NY, “A Dry Run”
- D21 Kunstraum, Leipzig, Germany, Circa Magazine Video Screening
2008
- Temple Bar gallery and studios Dublin, Ireland, Circa Magazine Video Screening
- FUKT Magazine #7 (publication)
- D-21 Kunstraum, Leipzig, Germany, “Representations of the Artist as an Intellectual”
- E-flux, NY, NY, “PAWNSHOP”
- Flux Factory, LIC, NY, “NYNYNY”
- Sub Octo gallery, Philadelphia, PA, “Beyondo”
2007
- Kunsthalle Lichtenberg, Berlin, Germany, “Notes on Places”
- Pierogi gallery, Brooklyn NY, Leipzig, Germany, The Flat Files
- Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn NY, “Vonnegut”
2005
- Reading Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel, “Liga”
Residencies
2011
- Atlantic Center for The Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
2010
- Triangle Arts Association International Workshop, Brooklyn, NY
2009
- Williams College, Williamstown, MA, Arthur Levitt ’52 Artist in Residence (visiting faculty)
- La Chambre Blanche, International Artist-in-Residence
2008
- Yaddo artist colony, Saratoga Springs, NY
Teaching, Artist Talks and Lectures
2012
- Williams College, Williamstown, MA, “Stories and Pictures (Studio- Interdisciplinary response to short fiction)”Winter-Study course
2010
- New York University, guest speaker, artist talk with undergraduate students
2009
- · Williams College, Williamstown, MA, Levitt Fellow for the 2009 academic year, co-sponsored by the English and Art departments. Taught two cross-listed courses: “What Are You Laughing At? (Lectures-Humor in contemporary visual art)”, and “Stories and Pictures (Studio- Interdisciplinary response to short fiction)”
- Williams College, Williamstown, MA, “The Problems That Lead To Making Art”, artist talk and multi-media
- Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada, lecture in conjunction with the solo exhibition “The Unfinished Museum Tour”
Education and scholarships
2011 The Joan Mitchell Foundation, full support award for residency at the Atlantic Center For the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
2010 Lower East Side Printshop, New York, NY, Intaglio Printmaking
2008 Yaddo artist colony, materials stipend
2005 Beit Berl College, School of Art, Israel, Bachelor of Education and Fine Arts, Full Excellence Scholarship from Israel’s Ministry of Education.
2000 The Artists Association, Tel Aviv, Painting
