Axel Straschnoy
born Buenos Aires, 1978. He studied with Mónica Girón and Miguel Harte in Buenos Aires and was a visiting student in Kuvataideakatemia, Helsinki. He holds a bachelor degree in Art History from Universidad de Buenos Aires. He took part in the Le Pavillon program at Palais de Tokyo in 2008/9. He showed individually in Galería Dabbah Torrejón, Buenos Aires in 2006 ( Los Proyectos Medley Taller Boceto), in MAA-TILA, Helsinki in 2007 (Camera), in the Finnish Museum of Photography (Helsinki) at the Galerie Xippas (Paris) and at the Salon Light/SP (Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo) in 2009 (Opening). He took part in the following group shows (selection): Territorios Ocupados (Fundación Telefónica , 2004), Urban Pedestals (Copenhagen, 2007), Todella Siistiä (Rauma Taidemuseo, 2008), Le Plan Méthodique de F. le Play (Palais de Tokyo, 2009). In 2005 he was awarded the first prize in arteBA-Petrobras Visual Arts Prize. He is currently a fellow at the Studio for Creative Inquiry, Carnegie Mellon University. He lives and works in Helsinki.