Andrea Bowers
Andrea Bowers
“Eco Grief Extinction Series, Let Us Feel Heartbreak (Quote by Deena Metzger; Bird: Maui Akepa, Declared Extinct October 2021),” 2022
Andrea Bowers
“Eco Grief Extinction Series, Let Us Feel Heartbreak (Quote by Deena Metzger; Bird: Maui Akepa, Declared Extinct October 2021),” 2022
Acrylic on Cardboard
72" x 72 ¹⁄₂" x 5 ¹⁄₄" [HxWxD] (182.88 x 184.15 x 13.34 cm)
Inventory #BOW623
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica Wilcox
“Eco Grief Extinction Series, Let Us Feel Heartbreak (Quote by Deena Metzger; Bird: Maui Akepa, Declared Extinct October 2021),” 2022
Acrylic on Cardboard
72" x 72 ¹⁄₂" x 5 ¹⁄₄" [HxWxD] (182.88 x 184.15 x 13.34 cm)
Inventory #BOW623
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica Wilcox
Andrea Bowers
“Fighting Women, Ivy, Jump Axe Kick,” 2021
Andrea Bowers
“Fighting Women, Ivy, Jump Axe Kick,” 2021
Acrylic and pigment ink on cardboard
95 ¹⁄₂" x 61 ¹⁄₂" x 5" [HxWxD] (242.57 x 156.21 x 12.7 cm)
Inventory #BOW576
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
“Fighting Women, Ivy, Jump Axe Kick,” 2021
Acrylic and pigment ink on cardboard
95 ¹⁄₂" x 61 ¹⁄₂" x 5" [HxWxD] (242.57 x 156.21 x 12.7 cm)
Inventory #BOW576
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
Andrea Bowers
“Fighting Women, Victoriya, Back Spinning Hook Kick,” 2021
Andrea Bowers
“Fighting Women, Victoriya, Back Spinning Hook Kick,” 2021
Acrylic and pigment ink on cardboard
84" x 84" x 4" [HxWxD] (213.36 x 213.36 x 10.16 cm)
Inventory #BOW577
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
“Fighting Women, Victoriya, Back Spinning Hook Kick,” 2021
Acrylic and pigment ink on cardboard
84" x 84" x 4" [HxWxD] (213.36 x 213.36 x 10.16 cm)
Inventory #BOW577
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
Andrea Bowers
We Are the Storm and We Will Leave Light in Our Wake, (The Four Winds. Ceiling paper design by Walter Crane for Jeffrey & Co. England, 1890. From the Victoria and Albert Museum Archive.), 2019
Andrea Bowers
We Are the Storm and We Will Leave Light in Our Wake, (The Four Winds. Ceiling paper design by Walter Crane for Jeffrey & Co. England, 1890. From the Victoria and Albert Museum Archive.), 2019
Acrylic and marker on cardboard
104.5 x 104 x 6.5" [HxWxD] (265.43 x 264.16 x 16.51 cm) approx.
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Dawn Blackman
We Are the Storm and We Will Leave Light in Our Wake, (The Four Winds. Ceiling paper design by Walter Crane for Jeffrey & Co. England, 1890. From the Victoria and Albert Museum Archive.), 2019
Acrylic and marker on cardboard
104.5 x 104 x 6.5" [HxWxD] (265.43 x 264.16 x 16.51 cm) approx.
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Dawn Blackman
Andrea Bowers
Climate Change is Real (Global Climate Action Summit, San Francisco), 2018
Andrea Bowers
Climate Change is Real (Global Climate Action Summit, San Francisco), 2018
Aluminum, paint, neon, LED lights
Photo credit: Charlie Villyard
Climate Change is Real (Global Climate Action Summit, San Francisco), 2018
Aluminum, paint, neon, LED lights
Photo credit: Charlie Villyard
Andrea Bowers
Climate Change is Real (Global Climate Action Summit, San Francisco), 2018
Andrea Bowers
Climate Change is Real (Global Climate Action Summit, San Francisco), 2018
Aluminum, paint, neon, LED lights
Photo credit: Charlie Villyard
Climate Change is Real (Global Climate Action Summit, San Francisco), 2018
Aluminum, paint, neon, LED lights
Photo credit: Charlie Villyard
Andrea Bowers
“¡Arriba Las Mujeres! We Rise, (Cover, Adelita y las Guerrillas, No. 47. Jose G. Cruz, 1953.),” 2018
Andrea Bowers
“¡Arriba Las Mujeres! We Rise, (Cover, Adelita y las Guerrillas, No. 47. Jose G. Cruz, 1953.),” 2018
Acrylic marker on cardboard
83" x 66" x 5 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (210.82 x 167.64 x 13.97 cm)
Inventory #BOW519
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Dawn Blackman
“¡Arriba Las Mujeres! We Rise, (Cover, Adelita y las Guerrillas, No. 47. Jose G. Cruz, 1953.),” 2018
Acrylic marker on cardboard
83" x 66" x 5 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (210.82 x 167.64 x 13.97 cm)
Inventory #BOW519
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Dawn Blackman
Andrea Bowers
“Families Belong Together,” 2018
Andrea Bowers
“Families Belong Together,” 2018
Cardboard, LED lights
109.89 x 58.8" [HxW] (279.12 x 149.35 cm)
Inventory #BOW510
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
“Families Belong Together,” 2018
Cardboard, LED lights
109.89 x 58.8" [HxW] (279.12 x 149.35 cm)
Inventory #BOW510
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Andrea Bowers
“Wife with Heavy Burden ("Get Thee Behind Me (Mrs.) Satan!” Thomas Nast, 1872. Published by Harper’s Weekly.),” 2018
Andrea Bowers
“Wife with Heavy Burden ("Get Thee Behind Me (Mrs.) Satan!” Thomas Nast, 1872. Published by Harper’s Weekly.),” 2018
Acrylic marker on cardboard
100 ¹⁄₂" x 86 ¹⁄₂" x 6" [HxWxD] (255.27 x 219.71 x 15.24 cm)
Inventory #BOW508
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
“Wife with Heavy Burden ("Get Thee Behind Me (Mrs.) Satan!” Thomas Nast, 1872. Published by Harper’s Weekly.),” 2018
Acrylic marker on cardboard
100 ¹⁄₂" x 86 ¹⁄₂" x 6" [HxWxD] (255.27 x 219.71 x 15.24 cm)
Inventory #BOW508
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Andrea Bowers
“Womxn Workers of the World Unite! (May Day March 2015, Los Angeles, California),” 2016
Andrea Bowers
“Womxn Workers of the World Unite! (May Day March 2015, Los Angeles, California),” 2016
Colored Pencil on Paper
29" x 22" [HxW] (73.66 x 55.88 cm) paper size; 32 ¹⁄₂" x 25" [HxW] (82.55 x 63.5 cm) framed
Inventory #BOW450
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
“Womxn Workers of the World Unite! (May Day March 2015, Los Angeles, California),” 2016
Colored Pencil on Paper
29" x 22" [HxW] (73.66 x 55.88 cm) paper size; 32 ¹⁄₂" x 25" [HxW] (82.55 x 63.5 cm) framed
Inventory #BOW450
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
Andrea Bowers
The Worker’s Maypole, An Offering for May Day 1894 (Illustration by Walter Crane), 2015
Andrea Bowers
The Worker’s Maypole, An Offering for May Day 1894 (Illustration by Walter Crane), 2015
Marker on cardboard
138" H x 123" W
Photo: Gene Ogami
The Worker’s Maypole, An Offering for May Day 1894 (Illustration by Walter Crane), 2015
Marker on cardboard
138" H x 123" W
Photo: Gene Ogami
Andrea Bowers
“Fight for $15 March (December 4, 2014),” 2015
Andrea Bowers
“Fight for $15 March (December 4, 2014),” 2015
Graphite on paper
15" x 22" [HxW] (38.1 x 55.88 cm) framed
Inventory #BOW466
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
“Fight for $15 March (December 4, 2014),” 2015
Graphite on paper
15" x 22" [HxW] (38.1 x 55.88 cm) framed
Inventory #BOW466
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Andrea Bowers
A Garland for May Day (Illustration by Walter Crane), 2012
Andrea Bowers
A Garland for May Day (Illustration by Walter Crane), 2012
Marker on found cardboard
13' x 12' 4"
Photo Credit: Robert Wedemeyer
A Garland for May Day (Illustration by Walter Crane), 2012
Marker on found cardboard
13' x 12' 4"
Photo Credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Andrea Bowers
People Before Profits (May Day March, Los Angeles, 2012), 2012
Andrea Bowers
People Before Profits (May Day March, Los Angeles, 2012), 2012
Colored pencil on paper
30" H x 22" W paper size; 32 3/4" H x 25" W framed
Photo Credit: Robert Wedemeyer
People Before Profits (May Day March, Los Angeles, 2012), 2012
Colored pencil on paper
30" H x 22" W paper size; 32 3/4" H x 25" W framed
Photo Credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Andrea Bowers
A Menace to Liberty, 2012
Andrea Bowers
A Menace to Liberty, 2012
Marker on found cardboard
160" H x 110" W
Photo Credit: Robert Wedemeyer
A Menace to Liberty, 2012
Marker on found cardboard
160" H x 110" W
Photo Credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Andrea Bowers
One Big Union, 2012
Andrea Bowers
One Big Union, 2012
Marker on found cardboard
157" H x 105" W
Photo Credit: Robert Wedemeyer
One Big Union, 2012
Marker on found cardboard
157" H x 105" W
Photo Credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Andrea Bowers
For My Transgender Sisters (May Day March, Los Angeles, 2012), 2012
Andrea Bowers
For My Transgender Sisters (May Day March, Los Angeles, 2012), 2012
Colored pencil on paper
30" H x 22" W paper size; 32 3/4" H x 25" W framed
Photo Credit: Robert Wedemeyer
For My Transgender Sisters (May Day March, Los Angeles, 2012), 2012
Colored pencil on paper
30" H x 22" W paper size; 32 3/4" H x 25" W framed
Photo Credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Andrea Bowers
Pass the Dream Act (Dreamers), 2012
Andrea Bowers
Pass the Dream Act (Dreamers), 2012
Colored pencil on archival board
36" H x 26" W
Photo Credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Pass the Dream Act (Dreamers), 2012
Colored pencil on archival board
36" H x 26" W
Photo Credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Andrea Bowers
Book from "Workers' Rights Table" Installation, 2012
Andrea Bowers
Book from "Workers' Rights Table" Installation, 2012
Political Flyers, colby posters and calligraphy bound in book
18" x 15" x 8"
Photo Credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Book from "Workers' Rights Table" Installation, 2012
Political Flyers, colby posters and calligraphy bound in book
18" x 15" x 8"
Photo Credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Andrea Bowers
Yarning, Miscellaneous Deviltry, Earth First! Direct Action Manual, 2010
Andrea Bowers
Yarning, Miscellaneous Deviltry, Earth First! Direct Action Manual, 2010
Drawing: graphite on paper, Yarn Ball
Yarning, Miscellaneous Deviltry, Earth First! Direct Action Manual, 2010
Drawing: graphite on paper, Yarn Ball
Andrea Bowers
Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Drawing- Elvira Arellano in Sanctuary at Adalberto United Methodist Church in Chicago as Protest Against Deportation, 2007, 2007
Andrea Bowers
Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Drawing- Elvira Arellano in Sanctuary at Adalberto United Methodist Church in Chicago as Protest Against Deportation, 2007, 2007
Colored pencil on paper
30" x 22 1/4" paper size
Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Drawing- Elvira Arellano in Sanctuary at Adalberto United Methodist Church in Chicago as Protest Against Deportation, 2007, 2007
Colored pencil on paper
30" x 22 1/4" paper size
Andrea Bowers
Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Drawing- Elvira Arellano in Sanctuary at Adalberto United Methodist Church in Chicago as Protest Against Deportation, 2007, 2007
Andrea Bowers
Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Drawing- Elvira Arellano in Sanctuary at Adalberto United Methodist Church in Chicago as Protest Against Deportation, 2007, 2007
Colored pencil on paper
30" x 22 1/4" paper size (detail)
Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Drawing- Elvira Arellano in Sanctuary at Adalberto United Methodist Church in Chicago as Protest Against Deportation, 2007, 2007
Colored pencil on paper
30" x 22 1/4" paper size (detail)
Andrea Bowers
El Numero de la Casa Blanca, 2007
Andrea Bowers
El Numero de la Casa Blanca, 2007
Poster
24" x 36"
El Numero de la Casa Blanca, 2007
Poster
24" x 36"
Andrea Bowers
Sanctuary, 2007
Andrea Bowers
Sanctuary, 2007
16 mm film transferred to HD video, (color, silent, 6:43 min. looped), DV media player, HD projector, CF card
Sanctuary, 2007
16 mm film transferred to HD video, (color, silent, 6:43 min. looped), DV media player, HD projector, CF card
Andrea Bowers
The Weight of Relevance, 2007
Andrea Bowers
The Weight of Relevance, 2007
3 channel video
26:15 minutes; looped Projection size 72” x 124” each
The Weight of Relevance, 2007
3 channel video
26:15 minutes; looped Projection size 72” x 124” each
1965
Born in Wilmington, Ohio
Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
1992
M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA.
1987
B.F.A., Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH.
2024
Solo, Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (forthcoming)
"Eleanor Antin," Curated by Andrea Bowers, Andrew Kreps, New York, NY (forthcoming)
2023
Solo, Andrew Kreps, New York, NY (forthcoming)
2023 – 2024
"Andrea Bowers: Exist, Flourish and Evolve," MoCA Cleveland, Cleveland, OH (forthcoming)
2023
"Drink The Wild Air," two-person show with Mary Weatherford, Capitain Petzel, Berlin, Germany (forthcoming)
2022 – 2023
"Moving in Space without Asking Permission," Fondazione Furla and Galleria d’Arte Moderna (GAM), Milan, Italy
2022
"Andrea Bowers," (Traveling Exhibition) Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
"you must not turn your head away in grief," kaufmann repetto milan, Milan, Italy
2021 – 2022
"Andrea Bowers," (Traveling Exhibition) Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, IL
2021
"Energy With Intention," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2020
"Grief and Hope," curated Susanne Titz, Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany
"Think of Our Future," Andrew Kreps, New York, NY
2019 – 2020
"Light and Gravity," Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen, Germany
2018
"Open Secret," Capitain Petzel, Berlin, Germany
"Disrupting and Resisting," Kauffman Repetto, Milan, Italy
2017
"Andrea Bowers and Marcos Erre," Westmont Ridley Tree Museum, Santa Barbara, CA
"Andrea Bowers," curated by Steven Matijcio, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
"Bureau of Feminism," Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2016
"Triumph of Labor," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
"Andrea Bowers: Sanctuary," curated by Sofia Hernandez Chong Chuy, Bronx Museum, New York, NY
"Whose Feminism is it Anyway?" Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
"The United State v. Tim DeChristopher," Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
2015
"Self-Determination," Kaufmann Repetto, Milan, Italy
2014
"Andrea Bowers: #sweetjane," Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA
"In Situ-1: Andrea Bowers, Espace culturel Louis Vuitton, Paris, France
2013
"Cultivating the Courage to Sin", Capitain Petzel, Berlin, Germany
"Transformer Display for Community Fundraising: Phase 4," Tang Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY (two-person show with Olga Koumoundouros)
2012
"Help the Work Along," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2011
"Ni Una Muerta Mas," curated by Anna Karetsi, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
"The New Womens Survival Guide," Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
2010
"Andrea Bowers," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2009
"Mercy Mercy Me," Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
"An Eloquent Woman," Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France
2008
"Sanctuary," Van Horn, Dusseldorf, Germany
"The Weight of Relevance," ZKM/Zentrum fr Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe
2007
"The Weight of Relevance," The Power Plant, Toronto, curated by Gregory Burke
"The Weight of Relevance," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, CA
"The Weight of Relevance," Secession, Vienna, Austria
2006
"Nothing is Neutral: Andrea Bowers," REDCAT, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Eungie Joo, traveling to: ArtPace, San Antonio, TX; St. Louis Museum,St. Louis, MO
"Vows," Halle fuer Kunst, eV, Lneburg, Germany
"Eulogies to One and Another," Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France
Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany
"Letters to an Army of Three," Core Program, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, curated by Mary Leclre
2005
"Culture of Choice," Van Horn, Dsseldorf, Germany
2004
"Soft Blockades Part 2," Magazin 4, Voralberger Kunstverein, Bregenz, Austria
"Soft Blockades," Mary Goldman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Training," Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
2003
"Magical Politics," Chouakri Brahms, Berlin, Germany
2002
"Virtual Arena (catalogue)," Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
"From Mouth to Ear, Goldman Tevis, Los Angeles, CA
"Box with Dance of Its Own Making, Chouakri Brahms, Berlin, Germany
2001
"Democracys Body Dance Dance Revolution, Art 32 Basel, Art Statements,
Basel, Switzerland, presented by Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
2000
"Intimate Strangers, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
"I Need a Hero, Institute of Visual Arts (INOVA), University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
"One and the Same Body, ARCO Project Room, Madrid, Spain, presented by Sara Meltzers on view, New York, NY 1301 PE, Los Angeles, CA
1999
"Moving Equilibrium, Sara Meltzers on view, New York, NY
1998
"Ohio (two-person show with Sam Durant), Dogenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany
"Spectacular Appearances, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
1997
"Spectacular Appearances in the Food Court, A project with the Santa Monica Museum of Art
Video Installation, Santa Monica Place Mall, Santa Monica, CA
Spanish Box, Santa Monica, CA
1994
"Damaged Goods, Bliss, Pasadena, CA
1993
FOOD HOUSE, Santa Monica, CA.
2024
"Get in the Game," SFMoMA, San Francisco, CA (forthcoming)
2023
"How to Survive," Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, Alaska (forthcoming)
"Menschheitsdämmerung," Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany (forthcoming)
"Perpetual Portrait," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (forthcoming)
"(Chosen) Family: Who We Are," Kunstmuseum Ravensburg, Ravensburg, Germany (forthcoming)
"Dear Earth: Art and Hope in a Time of Crisis," Hayward Gallery, London, UK (forthcoming)
"What Has Been and What Could Be: The BAMPFA Collection," Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), Berkeley, CA (forthcoming)
"Mouvement et Lumiére," Fondation Villa Datris, Paris, France
"Euroluce," Salone del Mobile, Milan, Italy
"Imperfect Paradise," Barbati Gallery, Venice
"Language in the Time of Miscommunication," Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
2022 – 2023
"Paint The Protest," Off Paradise, New York, NY
"Empowerment," Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
2022
"Wrongs & RIGHTS," The Rudin Family Gallery, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM Strong), Brooklyn, NY
"Calling To Our Future: LA Climate Art Action," Emerson Collective, Downtown Los Angeles, CA
"51 @ 51," Rennie Museum, Vancouver, Canada
"Plants Now!," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
"Working Thought," The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
2021 – 2022
"Omelette Papier," Capitain Petzel, Berlin, Germany
2021
"Who will Write the History of Tears," MoMa Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
"Vogliamo Tutto," Officine Grandi Riparazioni, Torino, Italy
"New Time: Art and Feminisms in the 21st Century," University of California, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
"We Are Here." Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
"In the Meanwhile… Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Art," Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
"20 Years," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
"Stories of Resistance," CAMSTL, St. Louis, Missouri
"Wayne Thiebaud: Influencer," Thiebaud Centennial Exhibition, Manetti Shrem Museum, UC Davis, Davis, CA
2020
"Rhizome 7/7," Capitain Petzel, Berlin, Germany (online)
"Conversational Spirits," Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
"F as in Frank," Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
"Radical Tradition: American Quilts and Social Change," Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
"Don’t Let This Be Easy," Walker Art Center, Minneaplis, MN
Permanent Collection, National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST), Athens, Greece
"What is Nature?," Museum Sinclair-Haus, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany
"Drawing 2020," Gladstone Gallery, NY
"South East North West: New Works from the Collection," San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
"20 Years," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
"Time for Outrage: Art in Times of Social Anger," Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf, Germany
"Vent'anni - 20 years," Kaufmann Repetto, New York
"In the Meanwhile…Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Art," Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
2019 – 2021
"Waking Dream," Ruby City, San Antonio, TX
2019 – 2020
"In Plain Sight," Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
2019
"Inaugural Exhibition," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
"F-Bomb", Daniel Arts Center, Bard College, NY
"How the Light Gets In," Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
"United by AIDS," Migros Museum, Zurich, Switzerland
"Damn! The Defiant," Fredericks & Freiser, New York, NY
"STORIES: Selections from the Permanent Collection," Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA
"Queer California: Untold Stories," Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
2018 – 2019
"The Street. Where the World is Made," MAXXI, Rome, Italy
"Parking on Pavement," The School, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
"Terres de femmes," Praz-Delavallade, Los Angeles, CA
2018
"What Is Enlightenment? 200 Years of the Print Room of the University of Warsaw Library," Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland
"Climate Change Is Real," Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
"Art & Activism: Drawing the line," Children's Museum of the Arts, New York, NY
"Half the Picture: A Feminist Look at the Collection," Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
"West by Midwest," MCA Chicago, Chicago, IL
"After Posada: Revolution," El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas
"The Un-Heroic Act. Representations of Rape in Contemporary Women's Art in the US," Shiva Gallery, John Jay College, CUNY
"Kinship," Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Artists and Their Books / Books and Their Artists," The Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA
"Mis (missing) Information," organized by Jody Zellen and Brian C. Moss, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Agora," The High Line, New York, NY
"Power to the People. Political Art Now," Schirn Kunsthalle Franfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
"Nothing Stable under Heaven," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
"¿¡Welcome?!," Manetti Shrem Museum, University of California, Davis, CA
"Manifesto: A Moderate Proposal," curated by Ciara Ennis and Jennifer Vanderpool, Pitzer College Art Galleries, Claremont, CA
2017
"Really?" curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody,Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"An Incomplete History of Protest: Selections from the Whitney's Collection, 1940 - 2017," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
"Sonic Rebellion: Music as Resistance," Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI
"Marching to the Beat," Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Women to the Front: Works from the Miller Meigs Collection," Lumber Room, Portland, OR
"I Plan to Stay a Believer," Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
documenta 14, Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
"Graphic Witness," The Drawing Room, London, UK
"Resistance Training," curated by Glen Helfand, Mills College, Oakland, CA
"Occupancy," Boston University art Galleries, Boston, MA
"The Arcades: Contemporary Art and Walter Benjamin," The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
"The Intersectional Self," The 8th Floor, The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation, New York, NY
"LA TERRA INQUIETA," curated by Massimiliano Gioni, Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy
"Unfinished Conversations," The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2016
"Displacement: Symbols and Journeys," Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
"The Revolution Will Not Be Gray," Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
"Take Me (I’m Yours)," Jewish Museum, New York, NY
"The Gildless Age," curated by Denise Johnson, Torrance Art Museum, Torrence, CA
"Let There Be Light," curated by Jens Hoffman, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Frozen World of the Familiar Stranger," KADIST, San Francisco, CA
"The Gildless Age," Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2015
"Drawing Now," Albertina, Vienna, Austria
"Unpacking Our Library," Capitain Petzel, Berlin, Germany
"When Artists Speak Truth..." The 8th Floor, New York, NY
"The Bottom Line," S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium
"Citizen," Tate Modern, London, UK
"Agitprop!" Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
"A Voice Remains," Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London, UK
"Words, Words, Words," Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
2014
"Grip friheten! Take Liberty! Museum of Contemporary Art," Nationalmuseum, Oslo, Norway
"Pace Gems," Linda Pace Foundation, San Antonio, TX
"Lavenir (looking forward)," La Biennale de Montreal, curated by Gregory Burke, Peggy Gale, Lesley Johnstone and Mark Lanctt, Montral, Quebec, Canada
"Burning down the house," 10th Gwangju Biennale, curated by Jessica Morgan, South Korea
2014 SITE Lines: SITE Santa Fe Biennial, Santa Fe, NM
"Post-Picasso: Contemporary Artists Responses to his Life and Art," Museu Picasso, Barcelona, Spain
"The Sunken Living Room," Franklin Street Works, Stamford, CT
"If I can't dance to it, it's not my revolution," Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College, PA
"Andrea Bowers and Susanne Lacy," The Drawing Center, New York, NY
"The Other Side: Chinese and Mexican Immigration to America," USC Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA; traveled to Asia Society Texas Center, Houston TX (2015)
2013
"Arctic, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
"The Past is Present," Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI
"Labour and Wait", Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
"Approximately Infinite Universe", Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
Utah Biennial of Contemporary Art, In collaboration with Cori Redstone, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Mondo, UT
"Selections from the Grunwald Center and the Hammer Contemporary Collection", UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2012
"Make Liverpool a City of Sanctuary," Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, Liverpool, England, UK
"The Living Years: Art after 1989" Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
"The Residue of Memory," Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
"Audience as Subject Part 2: Extra Large," Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
"No Person May Carry a Fish into a Bar," curated by Julian Hoeber and Alix Lambert, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
"Drawn from Photography," DePaul Art Museum, Chicago, IL
"Malas Artes," Galera Nieves Fernndez, Madrid, Spain
"Go Tell It On The Mountain," Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Five Acts: Chronicles of Dissent," Marginal Utility, Philadelphia, PA
"Femmescapes," Lenore Pereira & Rich Niles private gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Nothing Beside Remains," collaboration with Shizu Saldamando, a project with LAND, Marfa, TX
2011
"Why I Never Became a Dancer," Sammlung Goetz im Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
"Drawn from Photography," The Drawing Center, New York, NY
"Body Gesture", Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
"I Am Still Alive: Politics and Everyday Life in Contemporary Drawing," The Museum of Modern Art, NY
"Word Is.," Luckman Art Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
"Greater LA," curated by Benjamin Godsill, Eleaonor Cayre and Joel Mesler, New York, NY
"In Process," Ann 330 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010
"The Artists Museum: Los Angeles Artists 1980-2010," The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
"The Politics of Art," National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
"The Last Newspaper," The New Museum, New York, NY
"Sisters, Brothers & Others," Claremont University East Gallery, Claremont, CA
"Everything is Political," FOCA Fellowship exhibition, Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
"In the Balance: Art for a Changing World," Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
"The Seventh House, Edgar Arceneaux, Andrea Bowers, Olga Koumoundouros, Rodney McMillian, Charles Gaines, Nery Gabriel Lemus," Project Row Houses, Houston, TX
"The Road to Hell is Paved," Las Cienega Projects, Los Angeles, CA
"Cycle 8: Stowaways, The Centro Cultural Montehermoso, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Araba, Spain, curated by Elke Krystufek," part of the exhibition series PASSWORDS, New Representation on Femininity
"Collection: MOCAs First Thirty Years (1980 Now)," The Geffen Contemporary at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, CA
Inaugural Group Exhibition, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
"Love in a Cemetery," 18th Street Art Center, Santa Monica, CA
2009
"Andrea Bowers and Suzanne Lacy: Your Donations Do Our Work," University of California, Riverside, CA
"DAS GESPINST", collection Schrmann at Museum Abteilberg, Mnchengladbach, Germany
"Multitud Singular: El arte de resistir," Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
2008
"Wunderkammer Lneburg, Halle fr Kunst, Lneburg, Germany
"California Biennial 2008," Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA (October 26, 2008 - March 15, 2009)
"Progress, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
"Index: Conceptualism in California from the Permanent Collection, The Geffen Contemporary at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, CA
"nach/sichten. Video works from the Goetz Collection, Edith Russ Site for Media Art in Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany, curated by Sabine Himmelsbach and Stephan Urbaschek
2008 – 2009
"Proyecto Civico / Civic Project, Centro Cultural Tijuana (CECUT), Tijuana, Mexico, curated by Lucia Sanroman and Ruth Estevez
2008
"Memory is your image of perfection, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA
"Southern Exposure: Works from the Collection of the MCA San Diego, Museum of Contemporary Art, Syndey, Australia, curated by Rachel Kent and Dr. Stephanie Hanor
"Currents: Recent Acquisitions, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC
"The Way That We Rhyme: Women, Art and Politics, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
"We Remember The Sun, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
"Amateurs, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA, curated by Ralph Rugoff
"La Mirada Iracunda / The Furious Gaze," Centro Cultural Montehermoso, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, co-curated by M. Reiley
"Small Things End," Great Things Endure, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA (curated by Jill Dawsey and Maria Del Carmen Carrion)
"Furious Gaze," Centro Cultural Montehermoso, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
2007
"Read me! Text in Art," The Armory Center for the Arts, Los Angeles
"Radical Hospitality," The Suburban, Chicago, IL
"Nothing Moments Projects," Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Steven Hull and Tami Demaree
"space.gaze.desire,"Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, curated by Sanne Kofod Olsen
"Classe de Danse," Madonna fust Galerie, Bern, Switzerland, curated by Alessio Fransoni and Ilari Valbonesi
"The California Files: Re-Viewing Side Effects of Cultural Memory," CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, curated by Ariane Beyn
"Tanzen Sehen," Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Seigen, Germany
"The Evil," Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Dresden, Germany, curated by Raimar Stange
"OHIO, Gahlberg Gallery, McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL
"Encore," Gallery 40000, Chicago, IL, curated by Huey Copeland and Hannah Feldman
2006
"Personal Affairs," Morsbroich Museum, Leverkusen, Germany
"particulate matter," Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA (curated by Glen Helfand)
"20 jahre NAK," Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen
"Prevailing Climate," Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
"First Artist Defines Meaning," Camera Austria, Kunsthaus Graz, Austria
"Human Game," Fondazione Pitti Discovery, Florence, Italy (curated by Francesco Bonami, Maria Luisa Frisa, and Stefano Tonchi)
"This is not a Love Song," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City,
"Anticipation," Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL (curated by Karen Irvine)
"Art for our sake!," Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
"Welcome Home," Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York
Jump Cut—Nights (a symposium on choreographic structures in moving images) and Videoperformance—stories told through movement, Cinema of Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany (curated by Georg Elben)
2005
"Monuments for the USA," curated by Ralph Rugoff, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA, traveling to White Columns, New York, NY
"REALIT;-)T," curated by Andreas Meier with Dr. Stephan Urbaschek, Sammlung Goetz, Seedamm Kulturzentrum, Switzerland
"Estacion Tijuana," Tijuana, Mexico
Mary Goldman, Los Angeles, CA
"Old News," curated by Jacob Fabricius, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
"New Tapestries," Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
"Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Training," (screening), Kunsthalle Basel, Art/Film, Art/ 36/Basel, Switzerland
"Fast Forward, Media Art From the Goetz Collection," Conde Duque Centro Cultural, Madrid, Spain
2004
"100 Artists See God," curated by John Baldessari and Meg Cranston; The Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA; Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA; Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England; Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA; Albright College Freedman Art Gallery, Reading, PA; Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, TN
"Dance Dance Revolution," curated by Matthew Lyons & Lanka Tattersall, The Leroy Neiman Gallery at Columbia University, New York, NY
"Victory 2004," Ronald Felman, New York, NY
"kurzdavordanach," curated by von Wilhelm Schrmann, Die Photographische Sammlung/ SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne, Germany
"The Freedom Salon," Deitch Projects, New York, NY
"Drawings," Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France
Whitney Biennial, curated by Chrissie Iles, Shamim Momin, and Debra Singer, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2003
"Fast Forward, Media Works from the Goetz Collection between Ethno-Narration and Formal Innovation," ZKM | Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany
"Rendered," Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
"Yard: An exhibition about the private landscape that surrounds suburban domestic architect," curated by Robyn Donohue and Alyson Baker, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY
"Extended Play: Art Remixing Music," curated by Simon Rees, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
"C.O.L.A. 2003," Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, CA
"Conversations," curated by Connie Butler, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
2002
"Videodrome II," curated by Dan Cameron, Anne Barlow, Johanna Burton and Anne Ellegood, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY; Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA; Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC; Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, ME
"Time-Share," Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
"Remix: Contemporary Art and Pop," curated by Simon Wallis, Tate Liverpool, England
"DV Noir: Video Art from Under the Shadow of Hollywood," curated by Rodolfo Sanchez, Museum at California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA
"LA On My Mind: Recent Acquisitions from MoCA's Collection," curated by Michael Darling, MOCA at The Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
Gallery Group Show, Goldman Tevis, Los Angeles, CA
"New Heimat," curated by Nicolaus Schafhausen, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
"Retake," curated by Susanne Titz and Ulrike Groos, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany
"Untitled (Bowers, Hamilton, Schwarz, Steinfeld)," curated by Christine Bisetto and Steffen Boddeker, Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX
"Casino 2001," curated by Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, Stedelijk Museum for Actual Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
2001
"Everybody Now," curated by Katy Siegel, The Bertha & Karl Leubsdorf Gallery, Hunter College, New York
"Subject Plural," curated by Paola Morsiani, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
"False Start," curated by Cecilia Brunson, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
"Making Time: Considering Time as a Material in Contemporary Film & Video," curated by Amy Cappellazzo, Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA; PBICA, Palm Beach, FL
2000
"Video Take," Stuc en Hedendaagse Kunsten, De Openabare Bibliotheek, Leuven, Belgium
"Radar Love," curated by David Pagel, Galleria Marabini, Bologna, Italy
"Game On," curated by Sara Meltzer. Essay by Jenelle Porter and Conny Purtill, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
"Moving Pictures," Galerie Tommy Lund, Copenhagen, Denmark
1999
"Painting: Fore and Aft," ACME, Los Angeles, CA
"Drawing the Line," curated by Kirk Delman, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA
"Venus," curated by Habib Kheradyar, Arc, Vienna, Austria
"Motion Studies," curated by Michael Darling, Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense, Denmark
"Transfer," curated by Rosanne Alstatt Videonale-Intermezzo, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
"Living Theatre," curated by Diana Thater and Hildegund Amanshauser, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria
"Im the Boss of Myself," curated by Sara Meltzer. Essay by Amy Cappellazzo, Sara Meltzer, New York, NY
"Me Mine," curated by Julie Joyce and Mike Mehring, Luckman Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
Group Exhibition, curated by Susie Allen for Virgin Atlantic Airways, Virgin Atlantic VIP Lounge, Newark Airport, Newark, NJ
"Video Cult/tures," ZKM | Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany
"More Than Meets the Eye," curated by Wilhelm Schuermann, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
1998
"Unfinished History," curated by Francesco Bonami, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
"Guarene Arte 98," Selected by Douglas Fogle, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per larte, Torino, Italy
"In the Polka Dot Kitchen," curated by Sally Elesby and Anne Ayres, Otis Gallery and Armory Center, Los Angeles, CA
"Time Dilates," Three Day Weekend, New York, NY
"Kamikaze," curated by Monica Bonvicini, Marstall, Berlin, Germany
"Phoenix Triennial," curated by David Rubin, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
"Love at the End of the Tunnel, or the Beginning of a Smart New Day," curated by Marilu Knode, Center of Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA (catalogue)
"Wings of Desire," curated by Michelle Guy, Walter McBean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
"Three Day Weekend," curated by Dave Muller, Los Angeles, CA
"Youth Studies," curated by Brad Spence, POSTdowntown, Los Angeles, CA
1997
"Places That Are Elsewhere," curated by Diana Thater, David Zwirner Gallery, New York, NY
"Quartzose," curated by Michael Darling, Galleri Tommy Lund, Copenhagen, Denmark
"The Summer of Love," Fotouhi Cramer Gallery, New York, NY
"Hot Coffee," curated by Thomas Lawson, Artists Space, New York, NY
1996
"True Bliss," Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
"Trying/Pattern, Chance," a project by Art Center College, Whisky Petes, NV
"Open House," curated by John OBrien, Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
"Space Space," curated by Stephen Hartzog, POST, Los Angeles, CA
"Ether," curated by Michelle Guy, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"Report from Spring Training," Spanish Box, Santa Barbara, CA
1995
"Neotoma," Otis Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
"Redevelopment," curated by Stephen Hartzog & Rick Pirro
"Couldnt Get Ahead (catalogue & CD)," curated by Adam McEwen, Independent Artists Space, London, England
"Three Day Weekend Takes an Extended Working Vacation," In Rezone at Diverse Works, Houston, TX
"People-Going Places-Doing Things," N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Pretty," FOOD HOUSE, Santa Monica, CA
1994
"Thanks-The Works Is Not For Sale But Up For Barter," Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles, CA
"Daves Not Here," Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles, CA
"Thanks Again," FOOD HOUSE, Santa Monica, CA
"Second Skin," curated by Charles LaBelle, Espace, San Francisco, CA
"Bad Girls (catalogue)," curated by Marcia Tucker, New Museum, New York, NY
"Utter Realities," curated by Randy Sommer, Cerritos College Fine Art Gallery, Cerritos College, Norwalk,
"PARANOID," co-organized by Sam Durant, M*Y*T*H* Series at the Brewery, Los Angeles, CA
"The Power of Positive Thinking," curated by Sam Durant, FOOD HOUSE, Santa Monica, CA
1993
"Loose Slots," curated by Richard Kuhlenshmidt, Temporary Contemporary, Las Vegas, NV
"Heaven Missing," Jose Freire Gallery, New York, NY
"Melancholic Consolation and Cynicism," Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Ruth Bloom Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"Thank You," FOOD HOUSE, Santa Monica, CA
"FOOD HOUSE Visits the Art Store Gallery," curated by FOOD HOUSE The Art Store, Los Angeles, CA
"Public & Private Pleasure," curated by Lauren Lesko, Nomadic Sites, Los Angeles
"Cherry Bomb," Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
"Imp of the Perverse," curated by Alisa Tager, Sally Hawkins Gallery, New York, NY
1992
"Skinned Eyes/Skin Dye," curated by Tyler Stallings, The Bridge Gallery, Los Angeles City Hall, Los Angeles, CA
"The FAR Bazaar," Foundation for Art Resources Inc., Federal Reserve Building, Los Angeles, CA
"Good Design," organized by Jorge Pardo & Pae White,Nomadic Sites, Pasadena, CA
"Afterthought," San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1991
"Window on L.A.," curated by David Pagel, L.A. Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
"Tales From The Creeps," Marc Richards Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1993
"Indignant Fairy, Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA
1991
"Cafeteria, The Other 45 Minutes, Los Angeles, CA
2021
DiQuinzio, A., Hejinian, L., and; Butler, J. (2021). New time: Art and; feminisms in the 21st Century. Pg 170-171. University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Darling, Michael and Connie Butler. "Andrea Bowers," Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the Armand Hammer Museum and Cultural Center Inc., and DelMonico Books, New York
Wassan Al-Khudhairi, and Misa Jeffereis. Foreword by Lisa Melandri. "Stories of Resistance," Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, MI pg. 22, & 52
2019
Gygax, R., Munder, H., Ritter, N., Düttmann, A. G., Crimp, D., Lebovici, E., Kerr, T., Himmer, E., and Bindermann, B. (2019). United by Aids: An anthology on Art in response to HIV/AIDS. Pg 208-209. Migros Museum fur Gegenwartskunst and Scheidegger and Spiess
Bowers, Andrea, Maria Elena Buszek, Ciara Ennis, Peter R. Kalb, and Rebecca McGrew. "Andrea Bowers," Pomona College Museum of Art, Pitzer College Art Galleries, Distributed Art Publishers, New York, NY
2018
Artists and their Book/Books and their Artists. Getty Publicatios, pgs. 48-49
2013
Joyce, J., Salvesen, B., Adamson, G., and Gibson, W. (2013). Labour & Wait. Pg 35, 54-55, 97-99. Santa Barbara Museum of Art
2006
"Who is Marla Ruzicka? Artist Project, InterReview, pgs 4-11
2023
Trimble, Lynn. "How Do Artists Combat Propaganda?," Hyperallergic April 10
Zocalo Staff. "Artist and Activist Andrea Bowers," Zocalo Public Square, February 17
2022
Simmons-Reid, Jessica. "Andrea Bowers: An Ethos of Resistance," CARLA Magazine, November
People's World Staff. "Andrea Bowers, revolutionary feminist artist retrospective at Hammer Museum until September 4," People's World, August 26
Davidow, Jackson. "One Work: Andrea Bowers’s "Letters to an Army of Three"," Art in America, August 25
Womack, Catherine. "Andrea Bowers’ activist art has long been a conduit for hope — and still is today," LA Times, July 8
Knight, Christopher. "Review: At the Hammer Museum, Andrea Bowers’ art becomes an act of nonviolent civil disobedience," Los Angeles Times, July 6
Pippin, Sheila. "Artists Andrea Bowers, Mark Bradford, And Jenny Holzer | Bring Provoking Art To Los Angeles," FLAUNT, June 14
Vankin, Deborah. "‘The time is now’: A debut exhibition of artworks around L.A. speak to climate crisis," The LA Times, June 3
Cardoza, Carrie. "Engines of Change: Andrea Bowers Highlights Activists Making History," New City Art, January 7
2021
Sorkin, Jenni. "Art in California," Thames & Hudson Inc., United Kingdom, pp 195-106
Waxman, Lori. "Andrea Bowers at MCA: This is protest art by an artist long experienced in the genre. But does protest art change minds?," The Chicago Tribune, December 19
Lane, S. Nicole. "Are neon signs really enough?," Chicago Reader, December 13
Cherelus, Gina. "A Monument to the Lives of Black Women and Girls," The NY Times, December 7
Mitter, Siddhartha. "Andrea Bowers: Her Activism Animates Her Art," The NY Times, November 30
Zellen, Jody. "Andrea Bowers. Energy with Intention," What's On Los Angeles Index, September 16
Ababio, Rachel. "UC Davis reopens Manetti Shrem Museum of Art with new exhibit ‘Education Should Be Free’," The Sacramento Bee, July 6
2020
Cascone, Sarah. "Editors’ Picks: 16 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week," artnet, February 10
Howe, David Everett. "Andrea Bowers Portrays the Future of Activism," Art in America, March
Aguirre, Abby. "Inside the Los Feliz Home of Frieze’s Bettina Korek," W, January 29
Angeleti, Gabriella and Wallace Ludel. "Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend," The Art Newspaper, January 16
2019
Ye, Fiona. "New exhibition ‘In Plain Sight’ powerfully brings unheard voices into public sphere," The Daily, November 27
Carrigan, Margaret. "Art Basel removes part of sexual harrassment-themed work," The Art Newspaper, June 13
O'Neil, Dilara. "Who Profits When Pain Becomes Art?," Garage, June 19
"Art Basel removes part of Andrea Bowers' 'Open Secret' installation," Malay Mail, June 14
Larsen, Nina. "Women artists bring #MeToo reckoning to Basel fair," Jakarta Post, June 14
Niermann, Ingo. "Basel Roundup," Art Agenda, June 18
"#MeToo Art Installation in New York Involves Survivors’ Images Without Consent, Social Media Slams Artist Andrea Bowers," Latestly, June 13
Cascone, Sarah. "After an Outcry, Andrea Bowers Removes an Abuse Survivor’s Photos From a Monumental Artwork About the #MeToo Movement," artnet, June 12
Schneider, Tim and Kate Brown. "The 6 Best—and Riskiest—Artworks at Art Basel Unlimited, Where the Fair’s Supersized Artwork Shines," artnet, June 11
Siegel, Nina. "#MeToo Work at Art Basel Offers Cautionary Tale About Political Art," New York Times, June 16
Kinsella, Eileen. "The #MeToo Movement Will Headline Art Basel Unlimited This Year With Andrea Bowers’s Epic Account of America’s Harassment Reckoning," artnet, April 16
Weathers, Chelsea. "After Posada: Revolution," Artforum, February
2018
Mania, Astrid. "Critics Picks: Andrea Bowers at Capitain Petzel," Artforum, September
Judah, Hettie. "Frieze London review – women on top at the #MeToo art fair," The Guardian, October 4
Schuster, Angela M.H. "Contemporary Art Shines Bright in the City of Light," Robb Report, October 16
Princenthal, Nancy, "3 Outdoor Art Shows and One Trusty Dog (With Tricks!)," New York Times (web), September 6
Stromberg, Matt, "The Power of Artists’ Books to Bind Together Radical Ideas," Hyperallergic (web), August 28
Lambie, Mark, "El Paso artists' sweet creations of pan dulce casts benefit Annunciation House," El Paso Times (web), July 27
"#MeToo Narratives in Open Secret by Andrea Bowers," Blouin Art Info (web), July 18
Lynch, Scott, "Check Out All This New Art & Insane Crowding On The High Line," Gothamist (web), April 27
Misner, Rebecca, "San Francisco Now," Condé Nast Traveler (web), March 5
Shaw, Anny, "Trump: the first year," The Art Newspaper, January 10
2017
Valentine, Victoria L., "The Artist Project: New Volume Explores What Artists See, What Inspires Them, When They Look at Art at the Met Museum," Culture Type (web), December 11
Michot, Michelle, "Florida is on the frontline of global warming – a crisis that demands creative thinking," The Art Newspaper (web), December 8
Helfand, Glen, "Marching to the Beat at Jessica Silverman Galelry," Art Papers, October
"5 Artists Respond to: Charlottesville," New York Times T Magazine, August 29
Zellen, Jody, "Andrea Bowers at the Hammer Museum," ArtScene, July/August
Menguc, Murat Cem, "Radical Art from the Past Decade, from Tahrir Square to Recife," Hyperallergic (web), July 19
Harris, Gareth and Julia Michalska, "Power of pride: artists champion LGBT causes at Art Basel," The Art Newspaper, June 14
Hanson, Sarah P., "Mood at Art Basel is upbeat as VIPs spend," The Art Newspaper (web), June 15
Sterling, Anna, "This Beautiful Installation Reveals the Money Behind the Dakota Access Pipeline," KCET Artbound (web), May 31
Smith, William S., "The Lookout: 'The Neighbors, part two, in two parts: Sanctuary: Andrea Bowers and Home: Andrea Aragón'," Art in America, January
Mitter, Siddhartha, "‘People have Been Kind of Slapped Awake’: Urgent New Shines a Light on Immigration," The Village Voice (web), January 4
Miller, M.H., "Protest Art in the Era of Trump," The New York Times Style Magazine, February 19
Seda-Reeder, Maria, "Two new Contemporary Arts Center exhibitions confront politically charged topics," City Beat (web), February 22
Woodard, Josef, "Art Review: Art About Border Patrolling," Santa Barbara News-Press, February 24
Donelan, Charles, "Andrea Bowers and Marcos Ramírez ERRE," Santa Barbara Independent (web), March 6
Barshee, Tenzing, "The Value of Rage: Morgan Fisher in Conversation with Tenzing Barshee," Terremoto, Winter
2016
Bruney, Gabrielle, "Stunning Portraits Spotlight Trans Women Activists of Color," The Creators Project (web), February 22
Davis, Ben, "Andrea Bowers Fights for Transgender Icons in New Chelsea Show," artnet News (web), February 24
Scott, Andrea K., "American Beauty: The artist-activist Andrea Bowers takes her street-smart politics to Chelsea," The New Yorker, March 28
Chamberlain, Colby, "Andrea Bowers: Andrew Kreps Gallery," Artforum, May
Knight, Christopher, "Review: Art meets activism in Andrea Bowers’ ‘Triumph of Labor’ at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects," Los Angeles Times, June 17
Shaw, Michael, "Andrea Bowers and Lies Kraal," ArtScene, July/August
Miranda, Carolina, "New Main Museum in downtown Los Angeles reveals ‘Beta’ plans – and focus on art in L.A.," Los Angeles Times, June 30
Barrie, Lita, "Andrea Bowers’ Activist Aesthetics: ‘Triumph of Labor’ at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects," The Huffington Post (web), July 7
Greenberger, Alex, " ‘It’s not nice to talk about entitlement’: Martha Rosler and Andrea Bowers discuss politics, ethics at DIA," ArtNews (web), October 3
Martin, Brittany, "The Main Museum is opening this month – for a ‘beta’ launch," TimeOut Los Angeles (web), October 19
Loc, Tim, "Downtown’s Forthcoming Main Museum Kicks Off With a 10-Day Performance Piece," LAist (web), October 25
Womack, Catherine, "A Coven of Witches and a Pair of Feminist Artists Help Launch Downtown’s Next Big Museum," LA Weekly (web), October 28
Miranda, Carolina, "Suzanne Lacey and Andrea Bowers in debut show for Beta Main," Los Angeles Times (web), November 1
Slayton, Nicholas, "Beta Testing at the Main Museum," Los Angeles Downtown News (web), November 1
Boucher, Brian, "Artists Aren’t Afraid to Get Political at Art Basel Miami Beach," ArtNet News (web), November 30
Stromberg, Matt, "Focused on Residencies, the Main Museum Tests a Different Model in Downtown LA," Hyperallergic (web), December 8
Wagley, Catherine G., "Living Legends: Suzanne Lacy Teaches Andrea Bowers Performance Art, Inaugurating the New Main Museum in Los Angeles," ArtNews (web), December 9
2015
The Bottom Line, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Gent, Belgium
Gordon, Larry, California Colleges See Surge in Efforts to Unionize Adjunct Faculty, Los Angeles Times, January 3
Basha, Regine, La Biennale de Montral: Lavenir (looking forward), Modern Painters, January
Deleu, Sylvain, Art Basel Switzerland Announce their 2015 Gallery Lineup, artlyst, March 3
Group Exhibition A Voice Remains to Open at Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, artlyst, April 24
Purseglove, Laura, Art Review: A Voice Remains Pippy Houldsworth Gallery Reactivating the Revolution, artlyst, April 30
Glentzer, Molly, Provocative Show Examines Immigration, Houston Chronicle, May 10
Steer, Emily, Basel Gallery Picks: Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, US, Elephant Magazine (web), June 19
Jovanovic, Rozalia, See the 11 Best Gallery Booths at Art Basel, ArtNet News (web), June 18
Kirsch, Corinna, Art teachers paid the same as McDonalds workers, The Art Newspaper, July 2
Ricciardi, Nicola, Nothing is neutral: an interview with Andrea Bowers, Mousse Magazine, February
2014
Shen Goodman, Matthew, "Frieze New York Reaches Agreement With Unions," Art in America online, April 10
Lescaze, Zoe, "Frieze New York, Unions Reach Agreement in Art Fair Labor Dispute," Gallerist NY, April 9
Newhall, Edith, "Galleries: A long-forgotten artist, 1960s anarchy, and clay," The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 28
Fisch, Sarah, "'Pace Gems:' Flawless Pieces, Gorgeous Setting Lost in a Jumble," San Antonio Current, April 30
Maloney, Patricia, "Episode 447: Andrea Bowers, #sweetjane", Bad at Sports (audio interview), March 24
Landi, Ann, "the Cutting-Edge to Santa Fe," ARTNews, Summer
Knight, Christopher, Year in Review: Christopher Knights Best Art Shows of 2014, Los Angeles Times, December 19
Knight, Christopher, Year in Review: Christopher Knights Best Art Shows of 2014, Los Angeles Times, December 19
Morgan, Jessica, Burning Down the House, Gwangju Biennale 2014 Exhibition Catalogue, October
Bowers, Andrea, Feminists, Art in America, December
Byrd, Cathy, Fresh Talk: Andrea Bowers, Fresh Art International, October 2
Cooper, Ashton, ` on Futurity: 5 Works at the Montal Bienniale, ArtInfo, October 28
Smith, William S., SITElines.2014: Unsettled Lanscapes, Art in America, November
Byrd, Cathy, Fresh Talk: Andrea Bowers, Fresh Art International, October 2
Munro, Cait, At Montreal Biennial Artists Tackle Sexual Politics in the 21st Century, artnet, November 3
Galan, Manuela, Paris Top 10 Contemporary Art Exhibitions this Summer, The Culture Trip, August
Fleury, Claire, Ile-de-France: 5 expos ne pas manquer, Le nouvel Observateur, September 20
Maloney, Patricia, All You Protest Kids, You Can Hear Jack Say, Sweet Jane, The Brooklyn Rail, September 4
Bowers, Andrea, and Lacy, Suzanne, After the Slumber Party, The Brooklyn Rail, September 4
Landi, Anne, Documenting the Americas: Art With a Politicla Bent, but the Messages Are Seldom Heavy-Handed, The Wall Street Journal, September 2
Travers, Andrew, Anderson Ranch hosts Opie and women artists symposium, The Aspen Times, July 29
Sanromn, Lucia, Andrea Bowers, catalog for Unsettled Landscapes, SITE Santa Fe, NM, Summer
Weiderman, Paul, SITE Santa fe Andrea Bowers: The art of activism, Santa Fe New Mexican, July 18
Hanson, Sarah, Pushing Boundaries: SITE Santa Fes Reimagined Biennial, ArtInfo, July 18
Landi, Ann, Bringing the Cutting-Edge to Santa Fe, ARTnews, Summer
Germack, Diane, Louis Vuitton rend homage aux femmes, luxurydesign, July 15
Joyce, Erin, A First Look at the New SITE Santa Fe Biennial, Hyperallergic, July 31
Cristello, Stephanie, Unsettled Landscapes: An Interview with Andrea Bowers, ARTslant, July
Hirsh, Jennie, A New Chapter for SITE Santa Fes Biennial, Art in America, June 13
Groppo, Pierre, In Situ 1: Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton gives Andrea Bowers carte blanche, Vogue Paris, June 4
Gelsomini, Tina, BNLMTL 2014 // Andrea Bowers, The Seen: Chicagos International Online Journal of Contemporary at Modern Art, May 27
Fisch, Sarah, 'Pace Gems:' Flawless Pieces, Gorgeous Setting Lost in a Jumble, San Antonio Current, April 30
Fisch, Sarah, 'Pace Gems:' Flawless Pieces, Gorgeous Setting Lost in a Jumble, San Antonio Current, April 30
Knight, Christopher, " Review: '#sweetjane' fuses art, a horrific crime to powerful effect," Los Angeles Times, February 18
Bodin, Claudia, "Die Kunst, dagegen zu sein," Art Magazin, February
Buckley, Annie, "Investigating Steubenville: Andrea Bowers' #sweetjane," KCET Artbound, February 6
Yoshimura, Courtney, "500 Words: Andrea Bowers," Artforum.com, January 21
"March Preview: Andrea Bowers," Art, February
Willette, Jeanne, "Preview: Andrea Bowers at Pomona College Museum of Art," ArtScene, January
2013
Geiser, Kirsa, "Review: Andrea Bowers, 'Cultivating the Courage to Sin,' at Capitain Petzel," Spike Art Quarterly, Winter
Mania, Astrid, "Critics' Picks: Andrea Bowers at Capitain Petzel," Artforum, October 16
Ruthe, Ingeborg, "Ihre Freunde, die Bume: Andrea Bowers, Capitain Petzel," Berliner Zeitung, October 15
Cheng, Scarlet, Labour and Wait displays the melding of art and craft, Los Angeles Times, August 31
Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter, Art Talk: Labour and Wait at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, KCRW, August 15
Foster, Kenneth J, Audience as Subject, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, (Exhibition Catalog)
McGuire, Mary, Andrea Bowers, Labour and Wait exhibition catalogue, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, July
Joyce, Julie, Labour and Wait, exhibition catalogue, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, July
Bodin, Claudia, Der Wichtigste Kunstmarkt Der Welt, ART Das Kunstmagazin, May 14
Smith, Roberta, 40 Nations, 1,000 Artists and One Island, New York Times, May 10
Bodin, Claudia, Noch Mehr Lrm, ART Das Kunstmagazin, May 10
Heddaya, Mostafa, Andrea Bowers Protest letters Taken Down Overnight at Frieze, Hyperallergic, May 10
Kinsella, Eileen, Labor Activists Return to Protest Frieze, Will Speak Out at Nato Thompson Talk, ArtInfo, May 10
Kjellburg, Ann, Not Fair: Artist Andrea Bowers Writes to the Organizers of the Frieze Art Fair, Little Star, May 10
Sutton, Benjamin, Andrea Bowers Hangs Letter Decrying Friezes Labor Practices in Susanne Vielmetters Booth, ArtInfo, May 9
Lescaze, Zo, Union Members Protest Frieze Labor Policy, Andrea Bowers Joins the Fray, Gallerist NY, May 5
Willette, Jeanne, "Preview: Andrea Bowers at Pomona College Museum of Art," ArtScene, January
2012
Crow, Kelly, Art Basel: From Bargains to Billionaires, The Wall Street Journal, December 7
Heyman, Marshall, The Insanity of Art Basel, The Wall Street Journal, December 6
Bodin, Claudia, Art Basel Miami Beach: Und ewig lockt der Knstler, Art das Kunstmagazin, December 7
Kellaway, Brooke, Letters to the Army of Three: Andrea Bowers on Abortion, Then and Now, Walker Art Center, December 3
Three Friends Walk Into A Gallery, Revising Loneliness, November 6
Richard, Frances, Andrea Bowers, Artforum, Winter
Knight, Christopher, "A timely, spirited protest at 'Work'", LA Times, October 5
Heldebro, Johanna, "Interview with Andrea Bowers, LAURA, Issue No. 8, Autumn
Proctor, Jacob, The Residue of Memory, Exhibition Catalogue, Aspen Art Museum
Moshayedi, Aram, No Person May Carry a Fish into a Bar, Artforum.com Critics Pick, August
Clayton, Campbell, Shamim Momin, Art Voices Magazine, Issue 38, June/July
Edwards, Jeff, Never Forgotten: The Art and Activism of Andrea Bowers, ArtPulse, No. 11, Spring
"Five Acts: Chronicles of Dissent", edited by Yaelle Amir, David Dempewolf and Yuka Yokoyama, Marginal Utility
Green, Emily. L.A. activists try to stop woodlands from becoming sediment dumps, High Country News, May 14
Buszek, Maria Elena Necessary Positions in Feminist Art: A Conversation, Art Journal, Spring
Jacobson, Heidi Zuckerman, The Kids Are Alright, Huffington Post, April 30
Audience as Subject Puts Spotlight on the Spectator at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Huffingtonpost.com, February 15
Smith, Roberta. Promising Tyros Join an Art Fair Club, New York Times, March 9
Kiyoizumi, A.J. Art Show Examines Audiences, The Daily Californian, February 22
Prestianni, Sam. Mob Rules, San Francisco Weekly, February 15
Richard, Frances. Andrea Bowers, Artforum, January
Rochester, Katherine. Five Acts: Chronicles of Dissent, Artforum.com, February 16
Thompson, Dale. Meeting Ground: 2012 Artist in Residence Andrea Bowers combines Art and Activism, March 6
27 Questions for Art Activist Andrea Bowers, ArtInfo International, January 4
2011
Bruce, Caitlin, Looking for the Political at Art Basel, Art Threat, December 19
Cotter, Holland. Complacency Butts Up Against Game Changers, New York Times December 16
Andrea Bowers. The New Yorker. December 12
Rabel, Eduardo Alexander. Something for Everyone. Artslant.co, December 9
Lookofsky, Sarah. Critics Pick - Andrea Bowers. Artforum.com, December 8
Gilbert, Alan. Andrea Bowerss The New Womans Survival Catalog. Art-agenda.com, December 8
Sledge, Matt. Occupy Art Basel Remains Elusive, But One Occupation Shoots Up In Miami Beach, huffingtonpost.com, December 2
Rosenberg, Karen. Art Fair: Business Over Activism. New York Times, December 2
Loos, Ted. Ten Things to Look Forward to at Art Basel in Miami. Vogue, November 28
Bloom, Lisa. Glasberg, Elena. Disappearing Ice and Missing Data: Climate Change in the Visual Culture of the Polar Regions. Far Field: Digital Culture, Climate Change, and the Poles, November
Lacy, Suzanne. It Speaks to Me. Los Angeles Tim, September 21
Diaz, Eva. Drawn from Photography. ArtForum, Summer
Rosenow, Romina. The Treet Watchers. Pasadena Magazine, July
Cromer, Mark. Incarceration to Installation. Artillery, May/June
Scott, Andrea K. Drawn From Photography. The New Yorker, March 21
Rosenberg, Karen. Drawn From Photography. New York Times: Weekend Arts, February 25
Rosenberg, Karen, Authorship or Translation? Notes Toward Redefining Creativity, The New York Times, February 24
Dorfman, John. The Lens and the Pencil. Art & Antiques, February
Finkel, Jori, Artist-activist Andrea Bowers arrested in tree-sitting protest in Arcadia, Los Angeles Times, January 13
Finkel, Jori, Artist Andrea Bowers turns activist, Los Angeles Times, January 12
Lawson, Thomas. A Story about Civil Disobedience and Landscape: Interview with Andrea Bowers. East of Borneo, January
Morgan, Margaret. Home Truths, in The M Word, edited by Myrel Chernick and Jennie Klein. Demeter Press
Gilman, Claire. Drawn from Photography. Exhibition catalog. The Drawing Center, New York
DiQuinzio, Apsara. The Air We Breathe: Artists and Poets Reflect on Marriage Equality. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Rethinking Contemporary Art and Multicultural Education. Edited by Eungie Joo, Joseph Keehn II, Jenny Ham-Roberts. Routledge
Why I Never Became a Dancer, Exhibition Catalog, Sammlung Goetz im Haus der Kunst, Hatje Cantz
Goetz, Igvild, Why I Never Became a Dancer, at Sammlung Goetz, Munich | Essays: Goetz, Ingvild On this Exhibition: Urbaschek, Stephan On Younglings, Maidens, Dandies, Bobby-soxers, Hooligans, Rowdies, Teenagers and Avatars; Verreet, Isabelle Andrea Bowers, Democracys Body Dance Dance Revolution, 2001
Szupinska, Joanna, Andrea Bowers, ArtUS, No. 30
2010
Barton, Greg. Graphite Testimony. The Last Times December
Young, Paul. The New Garde. Angeleno Magazine December
Gilman, Claire. "Marking Politics: Drawing as Translation in Recent Art." Art Papers, Fall
Zellen, Jody, Andrea Bowers, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Artillery, September/October
Henson, Julie, The Political Landscape, a conversation with Andrea Bowers, Daily Serving, August 7
Barliant, Claire, The Last Newspaper, Time Out New York, November 1
Miles, Christopher, Andrea Bowers at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, LA Weekly, July 29
Knight, Christopher, Other Side of the Dream, Los Angeles Times, July 9
Mizota, Sharon, "The Guide," Los Angeles Times, May 7
Beck, Graham T, Andrea Bowers at Andrew Kreps, Frieze, Issue 129, March
Mizota, Sharon, Love in a Cemetery at the 18th Street Art Center, Los Angeles Times, February 26
Duncan, David, Andrea Bowers at Andrew Kreps, Art in America, January
ONeill-Butler, Lauren, Andrea Bowers at Andrew Kreps, Artforum, January
Bowers, Andrea. "Andrea Bowers in conversation with Tucker Stilley." Jacob, Mary Jane and Michelle Grabner, editors, The Studio Reader. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2010.
California Community Foundation Fellowship for Visual Artists 2009. CCF Foundation, Los Angeles.
Dean, Bec. "Raquel Ormella and Andrea Bowers: Life in the Balance." Art and Australia, Volume 48, No. 1
In the Balance: Art for a Changing World. Exhibition catalogue. Curated by Rachel Kent, Glenn Barkley, Anna Davis and Keith Munro, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Politics of Art. Exhibition Catalog. Curated by Anna Kafetsi, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, 2010.
2009
Cotter, Holland, Golden Oldies All Over Chelsea, New York Times, December 4
Mizota, Sharon, Andrea Bowers and Suzanne Lacy, Art Papers, November/December
Amir, Yaelle, Eco-Action, Art Slant New York, November 22
Emerling Susan, Laton: the little California town that served as a muse, Los Angeles Times, April 26
Luna, Marcela Quiroz, Proyecto Cvico / Civic Project at Centro Cultural Tijuana- CECUT, Latin Art, Spring
Dean, Jennifer, Exhibit at UCR pairs art, clothing drive for needy, The Press-Enterprise, March 11
Buckley, Annie, Andrea Bowers and Suzanne Lacy, Art Forum, March 6
Cheng, Scarlet, Irvine Shines at OC: 2008 California Biennial at the Orange County Museum of Art, Artillery magazine, March
Dambrot, Shana Nys, Andrea Bowers and Suzanne Lacys Progressive Home Economics, THE Magazine Los Angeles, February/March
Calder, Diane, Previews of Exhibitions: Andrea Bowers and Suzanne Lacy, Art Scene, February
Lehrer-Graiwer, Sarah, Museum Preview: 2008 California Biennial, Art Forum, January
I thought California would be different: The 2008 California Biennial in light of the presidential election, DBartmag.com, 2009
2008
Artists Project: Andrea Bowers, Switch 1.1 : A Biannual Magazine Published by The Power Plant, Winter
Pincus, Robert, State of Mind, San Diego Union Tribune, December 14
Wagley, Catherine, The Best Kind of Boring: 2008 California Biennial, dailyserving.com, December 1
Christopher Knight, Critics Choices, Los Angeles Times, November 16
Estves, Ruth and Lucia Sandromn Ed., Proyecto Civico Project, Centro Cultural Tijuana (CECUT), Mateus Books, November
Boem, Mike. "3 L.A. Artists Get Fellowship," Los Angeles Times, November 11, 2008, p. E-3
Knight, Christopher, Dont Take It Lying Down, Los Angeles Times, November 4
Aeppel; LVR, 2008 California BiennialUnder Beautiful Smog, ovationtv.com, November 4
The 2008 California Biennale, The Santa Barbara New Press, October 31
The Orange County Museum of Art Presents the 2008 California Biennale, artdaily.org, October 26
Chang, Richard, A Broader Biennial, Orange County Register, October 26
Buitron, Michael, 2008 California Biennial at the OCMA and Beyond, Leap Into the Void (blog), October 25
Chang, Richard, California Biennial reaches beyond the Golden State, The Arts Blog, ocregister.com, October 24
Firstenberg, Lauri, 2008 California Biennial. Exhibition catalogue. Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA, October
Schwarting, Jen, Progress, The Brooklyn Rail, October
Kecskes, Alex, A Rich Palette of Talent, 944 Magazine, October
2008 California Biennial, THE Magazine, October
Melrod, George, A Questioning Biennial, Interview with Lauri Firstenberg, Art Ltd., November
Andrea Bowers in Conversation with Catherine Opie, Catalogue, Art Resources Transfer, Canada: Westcan, Edited by Alejandro Cesarco
OConnell, Brian, Ghostly Media: What Would an Invoking Media Look Like?, Art & Research, Volume 2, Number 1, Summer
Morrone, Francis. "Changing Times, Changing Notions: 'Progress' At the Whitney," The New York Sun, August 14
Myers, Julian, "Amateurs," Frieze, September
Rugoff, Ralph, "Other Experts," Amateurs. Exhibition catalogue. CCA Wattis, San Francisco
Schwarting, Jen, "Progress," The Brooklyn Rail, October
Harmanci, Reyhan, Face of Femminism: Small Things End, Great Things Endure, San Francisco Chronicle, January 17
Bryan-Wilson, Julia, Preview: The Way That We Rhyme, Artforum, January
Krishtalka, Sholem, A Furious Embrace: Not a soft downy comforter, Xtra! January 7
2007
Borchhardt-Birbaumer, Brigitte, "Modelle einer kritischen Gegenwartskunst, Wiener Zeitung, February 22
Pagel, David. "It Pays to Be Booksmart and Streetwise, Los Angeles Times, December 28
Stange, Raimar, The Evil (exhibition catalogue) Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Dresden, Germany, December
Fragoza, Carribean, "LAXART Benefit Art Auction Draws Energetic Crowds and Funds, Flash Art Online, November 16
Prickett, Sarah Nicole, "Art-Hopping: Power Plant, Gallery TPW, Deluca Fine Arts, Torontoist, Nov. 29
Food, Brian, "Going Out: Things to do and People to See in T.O. this week, Globe and Mail, November 24
Buckley, Annie, "A Handmades Tale: Andrea Bowers Bears Witness to the Equilibrium Between Art and Activism, A & U Magazine, September
Patterson, Carrie, "Andrea Bowers: The Weight of Relevance, Art Circles, Issue #5, Fall
Moshayedi, Aram, "Andrea Bowers: Los Angeles, Art Papers, July/August
Schmidt, Eva. "Tanzen Sehen", Exhibition catalogue. Museum fr Gegenwartskunst Siegen
Mizota, Sharon, "Filling the Gap, art ltd, July
Mizota, Sharon, "Politics sewn to art, panel by quilt-like panel, Los Angeles Times, June 9
Bowers, Andrea. "Beyond Drawing". Art on Paper, Vol. 11 (May/June 2007), p.66-68.
Pagel, David, "Honoring a quilt and its powerful message, Los Angeles Times, May 18
Bowers, Andrea. "Guest Lecture by Andrea Bowers", Artillery, Vol 1, No. 5, p. 24, May
Bedford, Christopher, "Artforum Pick: Andrea Bowers at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Artforum.com, May 19
Beyn, Ariane, "The California Files (catalogue), CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, April 19
Wing, Carlin, "WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution, Fluent Collaborative, issue 87, April
"Personal Affairs, Kunstforum International, vol. 184, March/April
"Intimer Einblick in verborgenedurch die Kunst, Dumont Kunst, February
Kort, Michele, "The Women Who Came Before Roe, Alternet, January
"Personal Affairs, Stadt Revue, and Financial Time Deutschland, January
"Personal Affairs im Museum Morsbroich, Kunstbulletin, January, p. 70
"Die Verborgenen chatze des Leverkusener Kunsttempels, Das Regionale Freizeitmagazin, January
2006
Schmidt, Jason. "Artists." Paris, Edition 7L, 2006, p. 137
Wolff, Elaine. "At the Crossroads with Freud and Roe", San Antonio Current, November 1-7
Goddard, Dan R. "Photorealistic drawings honor women's social activism", San Antonio Express News, Nov. 26
Jones, Amelia. "A Companion to Contemporary Art since 1945." London, Blackwell Publishing, 2006, pp.181-182
Schwenke-Runkel, Ingeborg. "Wie viel Intimitat ist erlaubt?", Kolner - Stadt - Anzeiger, vol 2.3, December
Heinzelmann, Markus, "New Forms of Intimacy, Personal Affairs catalogue, Museum Morsbroich, DuMont Literature and Kunst Verlag
Lawson, Thomas, "Best of 2006, Artforum, December
Valdez, Sarah, "Andrea Bowers: Nothing is Neutral at REDCAT, Los Angeles, art on paper, November/December
Kort, Michelle, "Letters to an Army of 3: Artist Andrea Bowers honors pre-Roe pioneers, Ms. Magazine, Fall
Payton, Brenda, "Art explores world at tipping point, The Oakland Tribune, September 22
Helfand, Glen, "particulate matter, (show catalogue), Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA
Joo, Eungie. Nothing is Neutral: Andrea Bowers, CA Institute of the Arts and RedCat (show catalogue)
Essays: Butler, Connie. "Andrea Bowerss Magical Feminism
Joo, Eungie. "DIY School (interview)
Leclre, Mary. "The Skeptics Question
Lapp, Axel. "Your Whole Fucking Culture Alienates Me: Andrea Bowers", ArtReview, July, issue 1, p 135
Myers, Holly. "Balancing art, politics, Los Angeles Times, July 19
Taft, Catherine. "Scene and Herd, artforum.com, July 1
Baldwin, Cara. "Cara Baldwin interviews Andrea Bowers, InterReview, pgs 33-34
Futernick, Marisa. "Marisa Futernick on Andrea Bowers, InterReview, pg 25
Herbst, Marc. "An elegy near Andrea Bowers, InterReview, pgs 36-37
Lowther, John, "John Lowther on Andrea Bowers, InterReview, pgs 38-39
Bell, Kirsty; Lubbke-Tidow, Maren; Stange, Raimar. "Andrea Bowers/ Matthew
Antezzo, Neue Review, Art in Berlin, January, pgs. 4-9
Leclre, Mary. "Andrea Bowers: Letters to the Army of Three, exhibition catalog,
The Glassell School of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2005, pp.4-11
Pollack, Barbara. "Social Studies: Sixty artists overhaul the concept of national monument, Time Out New York, January Issue
2005
Meltzer, Eve. "Monuments for the USA, FRIEZE, Summer 2005
Kraus, Chris. Tumlir, Jan, McFadden, Jane, "LA Artland: Contemporary Art from Los Angeles, Black
Sholis, Brian, Vitamin D, New Perspectives in Drawings, Phaidon Press, London and New York, 2005, Essay p. 36, illustrations pp.37-39.
Lorch, Catrin. "Van Horn, Dsseldorf, Germany, Frieze, Issue 94, October, p. 228.
Bowers, Andrea. "Four Emerging Women Speak Out On Mary Kelly's Circa 1968:
Danielle Gustafson Sundell, Cara Balwin, Marisa J. Futernick and Andrea Bowers," InterReview p. 28-29.
"Fast Forward/Avance Rapido," Media Art From the Goetz Collection, p.26-27,40-45.
Rugoff, Ralph, "Monuments for the USA", pp. 32-33.
Siegel, Katy. "All Together Now," Artforum, January, p. 169.
2004
"Alla Biennale del Whitney, tourna la pittura, Arte, April, p. 109.
Bankowsky, Jack. "This is Today," Artforum, May, p. 170.
Bowers, Andrea. "Magical Politics Feast or Fasting, Cakewalk, pp. 23-25.
Bowers, Andrea. "My Pop" Artforum, October, p. 94.
Dambrot, Shana Nys. "Andrea Bowers at Mary Goldman Gallery," Artweek, September, pp. 19-20.
Dunn, Melissa. "Whitney Biennial: A Good-Looking Corpse," Flash Art, May-June, p. 63.
Heartney, Eleamor, "The Well-Tempered Biennial" Art in America June/July 2004, p. 75.
Knight, Christopher. "Politics and art? Of course, she says," The Los Angeles Times, June 11.
Kraus, Chris. "Chance", 2004.
Kraus, Chris, "Sentimental Bitch", Video Green, 2004.
Kuhn, Thomas,"Fast Forward", Kunstforum International, 168 January/February 2004, p. 346-348.
Larsen, Lars Bang, Katy Siegel and Jan Verwoert. "What the World Needs Now," Frieze, November/December, pp. 52-53, 77-78, 81-82, 84-86, 88.
Lee, Pamela M. "Crystal Lite," Artforum, May, p. 174.
Mania, Astrid, "Review Andrea Bowers" U-Spot, 02/2004, p. 49.
Martens, Anne. "Andrea Bowers," Flash Art, Jul/Sep, p. 116.
Morgan, Susan. "If Memories Failed to Fade", Andrea Bowers, Magazin 4.
Rapkin, Mickey. "Bold Biennial," Details, March, p. 78.
Seigel, Katy and Mattick, Paul, Art Works Money, Thames & Hudson, pp. 34-35,100-101, 194.
Siegel, Katy et. al. "American Pie," Frieze, May, p. 69.
Sholis, Brian, "Creative Resistance - Carol Bove and Andrea Bowers", Flash Art , October, p.102.
2003
Durant, Sam and Monica Bonvicini. "Andrea Bowers," Neue Review, December, p. 4-5.
"Focus Video and Film, Flash Art, Mar/Apr, p. 93.
Jana, Renna. "California Dreamin, tema celeste.
Kantor, Jordan. "Andrea Bowers, Artforum, January, p. 140.
Myers, Holly. "Relationships at Play in the Physical World, Los Angeles Times, Saturday, July 19.
Smith, Roberta. "Impressions of the Yard, Visual and Olfactory," The New York Times, Friday, June 27.
Sorbello, Marina. "Andrea Bowers: Magical Politics," The Art Newspaper, December.
Thorson, Alice. "The Art of War," Kansas City Star, Sunday, March 30.
2002
Bowers, Andrea. "Game Girl, V Magazine, July/August.
Bowers, Andrea "Top Ten, Artforum. April: p. 38.
Casino 2001, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst.
Gavlak, Sarah "Andrea Bowers, Intimate Strangers. Time Out. Issue 277, Jan. 11-18.
Harvey, Doug "About Time, Bitchin' video art at the Hammer. LA Weekly. Feb. 16-22.
Knode, Marilu. "Andrea Bowers, Retake, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, p. 70-75. Liverpool.
Kraus, Chris and Katy Siegel. Andrea Bowers, Sara Meltzer Gallery.
Pagel, David "The Myth of Selling Out Art Issues, Summer.
Pagel, David. "MOCA Sampler Is a Mixed Treat, Los Angeles Times, Friday, Feb. 8.
Bowers, Andrea. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Annual Report, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001.
Robinson, Walter " Baselmania, art.com magazine, June 16.
Siegal, Katy et. al., "Andrea Bowers, Everybody Now, The Bertha and Karl Leubdsdorf Art Gallery at Hunter College.
Siegel, Katy "Katy Siegel on Andrea Bowers. Artforum. January: p. 121.
Wallis, Simon. "Andrea Bowers, Remix: Contemporary Art and Pop, Tate Liverpool.
2001
Amanshauser, Hildegund and Thater, Diana, "A Living Theatre, exhibition catalog, Salzburger Kunstverein pp. 22-33.
Klassmeyer, Kelly. "Group Mentality, Houston Press, April 12-18.
Knode, Marilu, "Revolution Dance", exhibition catalog Wiederaufnahme (Retake), NAK, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, 2001.
Molinari, Guido. "Radar Love, Flash Art, December.
"New Heimat", publication on the occasion of the exhibition "New Heimat", Frankfurter Kunstverein, 2001.
Siegel, Katy, "First Take: New Art, New Artists, Artforum, January 2001, p. 121.
2000
Baers, Michael. "An Art Enclave Heats Up in Chinatown, Art.
Berget, Bill "Featured Stories: Marking Time as a Material in Film and Video opens at the Palm Beach ICA onview.com, April 18.
Bowers, Andrea. "Nasty, or unclean, offensive, indecent, inclement. Monica Bonvicini interviewed by Andrea Bowers", Monica Bonvicini: Scream and Shake, pp. 30-38.
Cappellazzo, Amy Making Time: Considering Time As a Material in Contemporary Video & Film. New York: DAP, March 2000.
Guequierre, Nathan. "Karaoke Voyeurism, Shepherd Express Metro, November 9.
Harvey, Doug. "Its Chinatown, LA Weekly, May 5-11, p. 49.
Hunt, David "Andrea Bowers at Sara Meltzers On View Frieze, Issue 50, Jan/Feb,.p. 94-95.
Pagel, David "Thrilling and Shiny, Bowers Work Resonate Los Angeles Times, Feb 25, F3.
Pagel, David. "Andrea Bowers, Artist, Los Angeles, Artforum, Sept/Oct.Vol. 20, No. 5.
Snow, Vicki. "Unfinished History, TGIF, Feb. 5, pp. 12-17.
Thater, Diana. "A Living Theater, Magazin [4] Salzburger Kunstuerein.
1999
Amanshauser, Hildegund, "A Living Theatre, Salzburger Kunstverein, Magazin 4, 1999, pp. 76-83.
Cappellazzo,Amy. "Im the Boss of Myself",Im the Boss of Myself or Please Release Me Let Me Go, New York: Sara Meltzers on View, illustration: p. 3.
Darling, Michael. "Michael Darlings (MuseumGallery) Top 10 Plus 10. LA Weekly. Jan. 8-14
Grabner, Michelle "Unfinished History Frieze. Issue 46, June-July.
Knode, Marilu "Unfinished History Art/Text. No. 65, May-July: 93-94.
Schurmann, Wilhelm, "More than meets the eye, exhibition catalog, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
1998
Bonami, Francesco. Unfinished History, Walker Art Center, p.15-33, Illustrations:p.66-69.
Calame, Ingrid. In the Polka Dot Kitchen, Foundation Press,1998:19-42.
Coleman, Sarah, Glen Helford and Sylvia Tan. "Wings of Desire/Floss, The San Francisco Bay Guardian, February.
Darling, Michael. "Crowd Control Frieze, Issue 38, Jan- Feb: 52-53.
Demetre, Jim. "End of the world? I Feel Fine Seattle Weekly, Feb.
Fogle, Douglas. "Andrea Bowers GUARENE ARTE 98, Torino, Italy: Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per larte: pp. 12-16.
Fredericksen, Eric. "Deeply Shallow The Stranger, February 19.
Kangas, Matthew. "Flower Power and Frivolities, The Seattle Times, February 12.
Kelly, Ruby. "The Ruby Kelly Column, Art Review, April.
"L.A. Trained Artists Shown at Art Institute, San Francisco Chronicle, Tuesday, Feb. 19.
Martin, Victoria. "Andrea Bowers at the Santa Monica Museum of Art, Artweek.
McEwen, John. "Couldnt Get Ahead, Sunday Telegraph, April 23.
Museum: pp. 8 33, illustrations pp. 52-55.
OReilly, John. "Art for Barts Sake, Modern Review, April 10, p. 33.
Rubin, David S., "Considering Audience: Reflections On the 1998 Phoenix Triennial, 1998 Phoenix Triennial, Phoenix Art Museum, pp. 8-33, illustrations on pp. 52-55.
Webster, Mary Hull. "Wings of Desire and Mark Bradford at the San Francisco Art Institute, Artweek, April, pp. 19-20.
Zellen, Jody, Andrea Bowers Spectacular Appearances at the Santa Monica Museum of Art Volume 1, Number 3, Fall 1998, p. 22.
1997
"Im Still In Love with You, exhibition catalog, Twentieth Century Womens Club, curated by Steven Hull, p. 3 & 4.
Greene, David A. "Hot Coffee Frieze, Issue 43, May: p. 76.
Pagel, David. " Voyeurs Paradise at Santa Monica Place Los Angeles Times, Friday, December 19th: F33.
Saltz, Jerry. "Regular-No Sugar Time Out New York, Issue 75, Feb. 27 March 6: p. 40.
Schjeldahl, Peter. "La-la Band Village Voice, February 18.
1996
Darling, Michael. "Box Tops Santa Barbara News-Press, Feb: 2.
1995
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1994
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1993
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1992
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2009
Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Biennial Award
2008
United States Artists Broad Fellow
2003
City of Los Angeles (C.O.L.A.) Fellowship Recipient for Visual Arts
1998
Nominee, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per larte Prize
WESTAF/NEA, Regional Fellowship for Visual Arts in Sculpture
ArtPace, San Antonio, TX
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Compound, Long Beach, CA
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC
Ingvild Goetz Collection, Munich, Germany
Linda Pace Foundation, San Antonio, TX
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Museum Abteiberg, Moenchengladbach, Germany
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA
Rennie Museum Collection, Vancouver, Canada
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Tate Modern, London, UK
Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY