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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WorksOpen a larger version of the following image in a popup:
Drink the Wild Air - Andrea Bowers and Mary Weatherford, exhibition catalogue Capitain Petzel, Berlin 2023.
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Drink the Wild Air - Andrea Bowers and Mary Weatherford, exhibition catalogue Capitain Petzel, Berlin 2023.
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Drink the Wild Air - Andrea Bowers and Mary Weatherford, exhibition catalogue Capitain Petzel, Berlin 2023.
Andrea Bowers
Femme Trans-Corporeal Fantasy (Leaping Fae), 2023Acrylic on cardboardSigned and dated verso121.9 x 57.9 x 8.9 cm
48 x 22.8 x 3.5 inchesB-ABOWERS-.23-0002Further images
This collaged cardboard work by Andrea Bowers is one in a series of joyful meanderings on the artist's continued interest in eco-feminism, queer ecology and magical fiction. The image depicts...This collaged cardboard work by Andrea Bowers is one in a series of joyful meanderings on the artist's continued interest in eco-feminism, queer ecology and magical fiction. The image depicts a fem-fae figure at the scale of a hummingbird leaping through a giant mound of blooming, native California plants and flowers.Exhibitions
Andrea Bowers and Mary Weatherford, Drink the Wild Air, Capitain Petzel, Berlin 2023.
Publications
Drink the Wild Air - Andrea Bowers and Mary Weatherford, exhibition catalogue Capitain Petzel, Berlin 2023.
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