Andrea Wilmsen is a German photographer, based in Berlin and Chicago. Wilmsen 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, Austria. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, a.o. Sprengel Museum Hanover (2022/23), Chicago Architecture Biennial (2021), European Month of Photography (2020), Le Festival Voices Off des Recontres d´Arles (Fotohaus Paris-Berlin, 2019), Goethe Institut Los Angeles and Chicago, Villa Aurora in Pacific Palisades, and is featured in art and architecture magazines. Wilmsen´s work can be found in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Photography (MOCP), Chicago, within the Midwest Photographers Project and the catalogue of Catalan Photography, initiated by the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya in Barcelona.
Exhibitions
Upcoming
2023 (3.2.-18.3) The Alice Wilds Gallery, B.ODE, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2023 (15.9-19.11) Städtische Galerie, Lehrte
2023-24, Nov-Jan, Galerie im Tempelhof Museum, Berlin, curated by Diana Thun
2024 (12.1.-17.3.) Galerie im Kunsthaus Karlshorst, Berlin, curated by Harald F. Theiss
Current and past
2022/23 (9.11.-8.1.) Sprengel Museum Hanover, group exhibit, curated by Dr. Reinhard Spieler
2022/23 Artist Residency, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
2022 Royal Photography Society, Shortlisted for International Photography Exhibition, IPE164
2022 BBA Gallery, selected for BBA Photography Prize ´22 (longlist)
2022 Schein und Wirklichkeit, Galerie für junge Künstler- und Designerinnen, 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, Sans Titre, Potsdam
2020 Perspective Gallery, Vicinity, group exhibition, curated by Jennifer Murray, Evanston
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
2018-2019 member of aff gallery, 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
2022/23 Field Museum of Natural History, Artist Residency, Chicago
2022 Vonovia Photography Award, finalist and shortlisted for best photo series (In my Castle)
2022 BBA Gallery, longlist, selected for BBA Photography Prize (B.ODE)
2022 Royal Photography Society, Shortlisted for IPE 164 (B.ODE)
2021 Research Grant, Stiftung Kulturwerk, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
2021 Editor´s Pick, LensCulture HOME´21 Intern. Photo Prize Award + Street Award (In my Castle)
2020 Special Grant, Senat für Europa und Kultur, German Ministry for Culture, Berlin
2020 Selected Finalist, Verzasca Foto Festival, Switzerland (B.ODE)
2020 B.ODE, Landskrona Foto Festival & Breadfield Dummy Award, Landskrona, Sweden
2020 Granted artist residency, Arteles Creative Center, Finland
2018 Editor´s Pick, photo series, LensCulture Emerging Talent Award (This very moment)
2017 Grant of the Academy of Fine Arts (summer academy), Salzburg
2017 Editor´s Pick, LensCulture Portrait Award and Street Photography Award (3pm)
Publications
2022 exhibition catalogue, "Zuhause No.6", Vonovia Award for Photography, Sprengelmuseum
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, Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld-Berlin
2021 PhotoNews, Zeitung für Fotografie, Forum, online feature, Verlag Brudna/Gripp GbR
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 EMOP exhibit, 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 Catalogue, Featured Artist
2020 PhotoNews, Zeitung für Fotografie, Forum, online feature, Verlag Brudna/Gripp GbR
2020 Herzattacke, Volume 105, catalogue for literature and art, Berlin-Potsdam
2020 Brennpunkt, magazine for photography, Edition Bührer
2018 Der Tagesspiegel, Checkpoint, Berlin meets Los Angeles, Berlin
2017-19 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