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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2029 Andrea Bowers, Museum Weserburg, Bremen
Andrea Bowers
People's Initiative Poetic Protest on Paper Group 1, 1 of 4, 2020Graphite on paperSigned versoImage Dimensions:
100 x 200 cm / 39.4 x 78.7 inches
Framed Dimensions:
107 x 207 cm / 42.1 x 81.5 inchesB-ABOWERS-.18-0027Further images
During the artist‘s survey exhibition 'Light and Gravity' at the Museum Weserburg, in 2019, Bowers produced a wall drawing in support of the resistance movement against the cutting-down of 136...During the artist‘s survey exhibition 'Light and Gravity' at the Museum Weserburg, in 2019, Bowers produced a wall drawing in support of the resistance movement against the cutting-down of 136 plantain trees in front of the Bremen museum. This four-part work on paper was subsequently created for her 2020 exhibition 'grief hope' at the Museum Abteiberg in Mönchengladbach.Exhibitions
2020 Andrea Bowers grief and hope, Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach.NewsExhibitionsExternal ExhibitionsPressPublicationsVideoRequest more information



