Andrea Wilmsen is a photo based artist. She lives and works in Berlin and Chicago. Andrea studied communication science and deepened her studies with Eva Bertram at Neue Schule für Fotografie in Berlin and with Valérie Jouve within a grant from the University of Fine Arts in Salzburg. Her work is exhibited regularly nationally and internationally, a.o. at Chicago Architecture Biennial, European Month of Photography, Le Festival Voices Off des Recontres d´Arles, Goethe Institute Los Angeles and Chicago, Villa Aurora in Pacific Palisades, and is featured in art and architecture magazines. Andrea´s work is amongst other in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Photography (MOCP) in Chicago and can be found in private and public collections.
Selected exhibitions
2023 The Alice Wilds Gallery, B.ODE, w. Colleen Keihm, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2023 Städtische Galerie, Lehrte
2022 B.ODE, book signing, MOCP, Museum of Contemporary Photography,
Chicago
2022 Galerie für Künstler- und Designer/innen, curated by Dr. Brigitte Stamm, Berlin
2021 B.ODE, Chicago Architecture Biennial 2021, in cooperation with Goethe Institut, Chicago
2021 Paris Photo, Book signing with Kerber Verlag, Paris
2021 Filter Foto Festival, B.ODE, Book signing, Chicago
2021 Kunsthalle Brennabor, Der Hände Tun, curated group exhibition, 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 Galerie Neue Schule für Fotografie, Reiz, group exhibition, 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 und Identität, 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 aff Galerie, Gallery Weekend, Keep your Eyes peeled, curated group exhibition, 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 Steglitz, What remains, curated group exhibition, Berlin
2013 Villa Aurora, Berlin meets L.A., Pacific Palisades, California
2013 MB Abram Galleries, Selected Photographs, Los Angeles
2013 Goethe Institut, Berlin meets L.A, with Corina Gamma, Los Angeles
Grants and Awards
2021 Grant, Stiftung Kulturwerk, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
2021 Editor´s Pick. Insideout, LensCulture HOME´21 International Photo Prize Award
2021 Editors Pick, 3pm, Lensculture Street Awards
2020 Grant 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 Grant of the Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg
2017 Editor´s Pick, 3pm, LensCulture Portrait Award and Street Photography Award
Publications
2022 Brennpunkt 1/2022, B.ODE, book introduction, magazine for photography, Edition Bührer
2022 Profi Photo, B.ODE, Edition 1/22, magazine for photo culture and technique
2021 Photo weekly, B.ODE, Edition #196, photo magazine.
2021 Book Publication B.ODE by Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld-Berlin
2021 Herzattacke, Volume 106+107, 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, magazine for photography, Edition Bührer
2019 Brennpunkt, magazine for photography, Edition Bührer
2018 Brennpunkt, magazine for photography, Edition Bührer
2018 Der Tagesspiegel, Checkpoint, Berlin meets Los Angeles, Berlin
2017 Brennpunkt, magazine for photography, Edition Bührer
2013 Domus, magazine for art and architecture, review of Berlin meets Los Angeles
Membership:
bbk (berufsverband bildender künstlerinnen), Berlin
VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn.