Andrea Wilmsen is a German artistic photographer, based in Berlin. After studying communication science and working in a creative agency she decided to dedicate herself completely to photography. In 2017 she gained a scholarship from the University of Fine Arts in Salzburg. Her work has been shown nationally and internationally, a.o. at Goethe Institute Los Angeles, Villa Aurora, Le Festival Voies Off des Recontres d´Arles and was featured in art and architecture magazines. Andrea deepened her studies with Eva Bertram at Neue Schule für Fotografie in Berlin and is a member of VG-Bildkunst, Bonn, Germany. 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).
Selected exhibitions
2020 (28.2..-19.4.) Neue Schule für Fotografie, Reiz, Berlin
2020 (6.3.-25.4.) Blumberg Fotokunst, Schein und Wirklichkeit, Potsdam
2020 (1.-31.7.) Granted Artist Residency, Arteles, Creative Center, Finland
2019 Le Festival Voies Off des Recontres d´Arles, Fotohaus Berlin/Paris, Arles, France
2019 aff Galerie, Raum und Identität, w Peter Braunholz, ArtistTalk w Julia Rosenbaum, Berlin
2019 transformart festival, Sonntag, by invitation of the collective CameraD, 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 48 Stunden Neukölln, The Rod, curated Art-Festival, Berlin
2018 Monat der Fotografie OFF, Curated Photo Festival, Fragile Realities, Berlin
2018 Espronceda, Center for Arts and Culture, Kreatur, Barcelona
2017 YIA Art Fair, Kunsthalle Kleinbasel, Paris
2017 48 Stunden Neukölln, Art-Festival, Shades of White, Berlin
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 Arts 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
2020 B.ODE, Defining Selected Finalists, 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 Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg
2017 Editor´s Pick, 3pm, LensCulture Portrait Award and Street Photography Award
Publications
2020 Museumsjournal, Kulturprojekte 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