Andrea Wilmsen is a German artistic photographer, currently living in Berlin and Chicago. Andrea studied communication science and photography at Neue Schule für Fotografie in Berlin. In 2017 she gained a scholarship for photography from the University of Fine Arts in Salzburg to deepen her studies with Valérie Jouve. Her work is exhibited nationally and internationally, a.o. at European Month of Photography, Le Festival Voices Off des Recontres d´Arles, Goethe Institute Los Angeles and Chicago, Villa Aurora in Pacific Palisades, and featured in art and architecture magazines. Andrea´s work is part of the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Photography (MOCP), Chicago, within the Midwest Photographers Project. A selection of her work can be found amongst other at the catalogue of Catalan photography, initiated by the Museu Nacional d´Art de Catalunya (MNAC), and is part of private and public collections.
Selected exhibitions
2022 (1.6.-31.8.) Galerie für junge Künstler und DesignerInnen, curated by Dr. Brigitte Stamm, Berlin
2021 (7.9.-17.12.) B.ODE, solo exhibition, Goethe Institut, Chicago
2021 (7.6-17.7.) Kunsthalle Brennabor, Der Hände Tun, group exhibition,
curated by Christian Kneisel, Brandenburg
2020 European Month of Photographie (EMOP), Floating Identities, group exhibition, curated by Wolfgang Zurborn (Deutsche Fotografische Akademie, DFA), Sans Titre,
Potsdam
2020 B.ODE, Landskrona Foto Festival & Breadfield Dummy Award, Landskrona, Sweden
2020 Perspective Gallery, Vicinity, group exhibition, curated by Jennifer Murray, Director of Filter Photo Organization and Filter Photo Festival, Evanston, Chicago
2020 48 Stunden Neukölln, curated Art Festival, featured artist, Berlin
2020 Neue Schule für Fotografie, Reiz, Berlin
2020 Blumberg Fotokunst, Schein und Wirklichkeit, Potsdam
2020 Gallerie G37, Schein und Wirklichkeit, Berlin
2019 Le Festival Voies Off des Recontres d´Arles, Fotohaus Berlin/Paris, Arles, France
2019 aff Galerie, Raum Identität, w Peter Braunholz, ArtistTalk w Julia Rosenbaum, Berlin
2019 transformart festival, Sonntag, by invitation of the collective CameraD, Berlin
2019 48 Stunden Neukölln, The Rod, curated Art-Festival, Berlin
2019 Gallery Weekend, a.o. with Jessica Backhaus and Wolfgang Zurborn, aff Galerie, Berlin
2018 Triennale der Photographie Hamburg, curated group exhibition by Freundeskreises des Hauses der Photographie, Deichtorhallen Hamburg
2018 Monat der Fotografie OFF, Curated Photo Festival, Fragile Realities, Berlin
2018 48 Stunden Neukölln, Art-Festival, Shades of White, Berlin
2018 Espronceda, Center for Art and Culture, Kreatur, Barcelona
2017 YIA Art Fair, Kunsthalle Kleinbasel, Paris
2017 YIA Art Fair, Kunsthalle Kleinbasel, Basel
2017 ICAA, Auswärtiges Amt, Berlin, Berlin meets Los Angeles, Berlin
2017 MB Abram Galleries, New Works, Los Angeles
2016 Espronceda, Center for Art and Culture, Borderlands, Barcelona
2016 WTArtspace, Haikus or Poems of Broken Things, Barcelona
2016 Kommunale Galerie, curated group exhibition, Boulevard, Berlin, What remains, Berlin
2013 Villa Aurora, Berlin meets L.A., Pacific Palisades, California
2013 MB Abram Galleries, Selected Photographs, Los Angeles
2013 Goethe Institute, Berlin meets L.A, with Corina Gamma, Los Angeles
Scholarships and Awards
2021 Editor´s Pick.. Insideout, LensCulture HOME´21 International Photo Prize Award
2021 Editors Pick, 3pm, Lensculture Street Awards
2020 Scholarship of the German Ministry for Culture, Berlin
2020 B.ODE, Selected Finalist, Verzasca Foto Festival, Switzerland
2020 Granted artist residency, Arteles Creative Center, Finland
2018 Editor´s Pick, photo series, This very moment, LensCulture Emerging Talent Award
2017 Scholarship of the Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg
2017 Editor´s Pick, 3pm, LensCulture Portrait Award and Street Photography Award
Publications
2021 B.ODE, Book Publication by Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld-Berlin
2021 Herzattacke, Volume 106, catalogue for literature and art, Berlin-Potsdam
2020 Museumsjournal, Edition 2/2020, B.ODE, Kulturprojekte Berlin-Potsdam
2020 Der Tagesspiegel, review of Floating Identities, Berlin
2020 Der Greif, Guest Room, curated by Holly Hay, B.ODE
2020 EMOP catalogue, European Month of
Photography, Berlin
2020 48 Stunden Neukölln, Art Festival Magazine, Featured Artist
2020 Herzattacke, Volume 105, catalogue for literature and art, Berlin-Potsdam
2020 Brennpunkt, Magazin für Fotografie, Edition Bührer
2019 Brennpunkt, Magazin für Fotografie, Edition Bührer
2018 Brennpunkt, Magazin für Fotografie, Edition Bührer
2018 Der Tagesspiegel, Checkpoint, Berlin meets Los Angeles, Berlin
2017 Brennpunkt, Magazin für Fotografie, Edition Bührer
2013 Domus, magazine for art and architecture, review of Berlin meets Los Angeles
Membership:
bbk (berufsverband bildender Künstlerinnen), Berlin
VG-Bildkunst, Bonn.