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; 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 Collection, Paris. In 2024, she was selected for Maison Ruinart’s Carte Blanche program, with her work presented at Maison Ruinart in Reims. Previously, her work was 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; Glenstone, Potomac, Maryland; Mudam, Luxembourg; and Goetz Collection, Munich, among others.
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'Dawn of Humanity. Art in Periods of Upheaval', Kunstmuseum Bonn, 24.10.2023 - 28.1.2024
Andrea Bowers
Ecofeminist Oak Branch Series: It is Good to Remember that the Planet is Carrying You (Vandana Shiva) - Think of the Earth as a Relative Not a Resource - Kinship is More Than Human (Vandana Shiva), 2021Acrylic marker on cardboardSigned and dated versoEach ca. 153 x 80 x 7 cm / 60 x 31.5 x 2.8 inchesB-ABOWERS-.21-0006Further images
It is Good to Remember that the Planet is Carrying You, Quote by Vandana Shiva / Think of the Earth as a Relative Not a Resource / Kinship is More...It is Good to Remember that the Planet is Carrying You, Quote by Vandana Shiva /
Think of the Earth as a Relative Not a Resource /
Kinship is More Than Human, Quote by Vandana Shiva)Provenance
Studio of the ArtistExhibitions
Menschheitsdämmerung. Kunst in Umbruchzeiten, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany 2023/2024
'MANIFEST YOURSELF! (Queer) Feminist Manifestos since the Suffragettes', Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, 2022
Publications
Menschheitsdämmerung. Kunst in Umbruchzeiten, Stefanie Kreuzer (ed.), Florian Ilies, Stephan Berg, Kunstmuseum Bonn, 2023.
'MANIFEST YOURSELF! (Queer) Feminist Manifestos since the Suffragettes', Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Distanz Verlag Berlin, 2023, p. 53
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