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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Works
Andrea Bowers
The Dead Silence of Extinction (Maui Akepa, last confirmed sighting 1988, HI, scientific specimen preserved at Naturalis Biodiversity Center), 2023Graphite and soft pastel on paperPaper dimensions:
38.1 x 56.9 cm / 15 x 22.4 inches
Framed dimensions:
44.2 x 62.9 cm / 17.4 x 24.8 inchesB-ABOWERS-.23-0009Continuing her practice of making memorials of loss, Bowers has meticulously created 2 new works on paper from the series, 'The Dead Silence of Extinction'. These are highly realist drawings...Continuing her practice of making memorials of loss, Bowers has meticulously created 2 new works on paper from the series, 'The Dead Silence of Extinction'. These are highly realist drawings of tagged, taxidermied birds that have been recently declared extinct.
"I am interested in trying to become really conscious of eco-grief. A bird goes extinct, and we feel it, everybody does, but you push it away and you don’t remember. If we would remember the grief, we would take better care of the interconnectedness around us."
- Andrea BowersExhibitions
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



