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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Ph: Gunter Lepkowski
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Ph: Thomas Köster. Courtesy of the artist, Capitain Petzel, Berlin; Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York; Vielmetter, Los Angeles
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Ph: Thomas Köster. Courtesy of the artist, Capitain Petzel, Berlin; Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York; Vielmetter, Los Angeles
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Andrea Bowers, grief and hope Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, 2020
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Drink the Wild Air - Andrea Bowers and Mary Weatherford, exhibition catalogue Capitain Petzel, Berlin 2023.
Andrea Bowers
Grief Hope, 2020Neon, transformers and power supply124.1 x 304 x 10.2 cm
48.9 x 119.3 x 4 inchesEdition of 3 + 1 APB-ABOWERS-.20-0001Further images
'Grief Hope' references to “environmental grief”, which describes mourning the loss of nature and its creatures. This notion is steeped inevidence that the Earth’s sixth mass extinction event is already..."Grief Hope" references to “environmental grief”, which describes mourning the loss of nature and its creatures. This notion is steeped inevidence that the Earth’s sixth mass extinction event is already underway, that our global ecosystem is growing weaker and weaker and that the entire biosphere is being irreparably destroyed by human activity.
Andrea Bowers has over the last 20 years gained an international reputation as an artist and social activist. In 2022 she had a large survey exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Recently the artist had her first solo exhibition, "Moving in Space without Asking Permission", in an Italian institution with Fondazione Furla at Galleria d‘Arte Moderna di Milano.
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"Grief Hope" hace referencia al "duelo medioambiental", que describe el luto por la pérdida de la naturaleza y sus criaturas. Esta noción está impregnada de la evidencia de que la sexta extinción masiva de la Tierra ya está en marcha, de que nuestro ecosistema global es cada vez más débil y de que toda la biosfera está siendo destruida irreparablemente por la actividad humana.
Andrea Bowers ha conseguido en los últimos 20 años una reputación internacional como artista y activista social. En 2022 presentó una gran muestra en el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Chicago y en el Museo Hammer de Los Ángeles. Recientemente, la artista ha celebrado su primera exposición individual, "Moverse en el espacio sin pedir permiso", en una institución italiana con la Fondazione Furla en la Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Milano.Exhibitions
2020 Andrea Bowers grief and hope, Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach.Publications
Drink the Wild Air - Andrea Bowers and Mary Weatherford, exhibition catalogue Capitain Petzel, Berlin 2023.NewsExhibitionsExternal ExhibitionsPressPublicationsVideoRequest more information



