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, Foto: David Ertl
Andrea Bowers
Chandeliers of Interconnectedness (Our Bodies Float Among Stars, Quote by Susan Griffin), 2023Steel, neon and fused glass134 x 105 x 94 cm
52.7 x 41.3 x 37 inchesB-ABOWERS-.23-0006Further images
With Weatherford’s paintings as a companion, Bowers produced a new grouping of her Chandeliers of Interconnectedness. Based on actual sycamore branches, Bowers has created 5 hanging sculptures made of welded,...With Weatherford’s paintings as a companion, Bowers produced a new grouping of her Chandeliers of Interconnectedness. Based on actual sycamore branches, Bowers has created 5 hanging sculptures made of welded, recycled steel with representations of leaves fabricated in steel rods, non-toxic neon and now recycled glass, a collaboration with Judson Studios, the oldest family-run stained glass company in America. Words wind down a branch in each chandelier using lines of poetry and prose by the playwright and radical feminist philosopher, Susan Griffin whose words have been moving us with her celebration of the survival of woman and nature since 1978.Exhibitions
La Ragnatela, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, 2026
Dawn of Humanity. Art in Periods of Upheaval, Kunstmuseum Bonn, 2023-2024
Andrea Bowers and Mary Weatherford, Drink the Wild Air, Capitain Petzel, Berlin, 2023Publications
Drink the Wild Air - Andrea Bowers and Mary Weatherford, exhibition catalogue Capitain Petzel, Berlin 2023.NewsExhibitionsExternal ExhibitionsPressPublicationsVideoRequest more information



