Andrea Bowers
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Biography
Born 1965 in Wilmington, OH
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CAOver more than three decades, Andrea Bowers has established a significant international reputation as an artist and social activist. The New York Times has described her as “America’s foremost political artist,” reflecting the central role of social and political engagement within her practice.
The Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, is dedicating a solo exhibition to the artist, opening on 29 October 2026. Recent institutional presentations include Glenstone, Potomac; Kunsthaus Graz; Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland; Kunstmuseum Bonn; Hayward Gallery, London; GAM – Galleria d’Arte Moderna Milano in collaboration with Fondazione Furla; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach; and Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen, among others. In France, Bowers is currently included in Diseuses de silence at Espace Monte-Cristo – Fondation Villa Datris, Paris. In 2024, she was selected for Maison Ruinart’s Carte Blanche program, with her work presented at Maison Ruinart in Reims. She was previously the subject of a solo exhibition at Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton, Paris.
Bowers’ work is held in prominent international collections, including The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; and Glenstone, Potomac, Maryland, among others.
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Installation view "Andrea Bowers. Moving in Space without Asking Permission“, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Milan, September 15 – December 18, 2022
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Andrea Bowers, Fight Like a Girl, 2021
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Andrea Bowers, Fight Like a Girl, 2021
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Andrea Bowers, Fight Like a Girl, 2021
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Andrea Bowers, Fight Like a Girl, 2021 (detail)
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Andrea Bowers, Fight Like a Girl, 2021 (detail)
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Andrea Bowers, Fight Like a Girl, 2021 (detail)
Fight Like a Girl V2 from Andrea Bowers on Vimeo.
Andrea Bowers
Fight Like a Girl, 2021Cardboard and color changing LED lights, acrylic gel medium165.1 x 297.2 x 15.2 cm
65 x 117 x 6 inches
Installation view "Andrea Bowers. Moving in Space without Asking Permission“, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Milan, 2022WEB-ABOWERS-.21-0001Further images
Andrea Bowers’ work addresses many pressing socio-political issues, eco-feminism and climate justice being especially central to her practice. Storytellingis integral to the artist, and her work often highlights the narratives...Andrea Bowers’ work addresses many pressing socio-political issues, eco-feminism and climate justice being especially central to her practice. Storytellingis integral to the artist, and her work often highlights the narratives of resistance and rebellion. With her light objects, Bowers appropriates the aesthetics of the American neon sign to convey her strongly political messages. 'Fight Like a Girl' is a slogan that was omnipresent at the 2017 Women’s March in Washington in reaction to Trump’s inauguration, and continues to carry its belligerent, playful freshness today. The neon work is constructed largely from found recycled materials, itself an act of environmental activism and a comment on consumerism in relation to climate change.
Exhibitions
MOVING IN SPACE WITHOUT ASKING PERMISSION, Furla Series at Galleria d’Arte Moderna di Milano, 2022
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