Andrea Wilmsen is a Berlin based artistic photographer. After studying Sociology and working in the field of communication she decided in 2008 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. 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 collections in Berlin, Barcelona and Los Angeles.
Solo Exhibitions
2020 (6.3.-24.4.) Blumberg Fotokunst, Schein und Wirklichkeit, Potsdam
2019 aff Galerie, Raum und Identität, w. Peter Braunholz, ArtistTalk with Julia Rosenbaum, Berlin
2019 Ca L´ Antiga, Culture hub, Teiá, Barcelona
2018 Monat der Fotografie OFF, Curated Photo Festival, Fragile Realities, Berlin
2018 Espronceda, Center for Arts and Culture, Kreatur, Barcelona
2017/18 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
2015 MB Abram Galleries, Selected Photographs, Los Angeles
2013 Villa Aurora, Berlin meets L.A., Pacific Palisades, California
2013 MB Abram Galleries, Selected Photographs, Los Angeles
2012 H&R Gallery, Otium Negotium, Los Angeles
2010 CCA, The Womb, Berlin
2009 WW28, Chairs, Berlin
2008 Regular, Artspace, The room within the room, Brooklyn
Group Exhibitions
2020 (28.2.-24.4.) BODE, Neue Schule für Fotografie, curated by Eva Bertram, Berlin
2019 Le Festival Voies Off des Recontres d´Arles, Fotohaus Berlin/Paris, Arles, France
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 Arte Vicenza, with M. A. Patrizio Gallery, Italy
2018 A Ilha, strategies against the map, curated by Andrea Grützner and Federico Clavarino, Lisbon
2017 YIA Art Fair, Stadtklima, Kunsthalle Kleinbasel, Paris
2017 48 Stunden Neukölln, Art-Festival, Shades of Whit,e, Berlin
2017 YIA Art Fair, Kunsthalle Kleinbasel, Basel
2016 Municipal Gallery, curated exhibition, What remains, Berlin
2015 Centro Cultural, Quien? Donde?, Barcelona
2013 Goethe Institute, Berlin meets L.A, with Corina Gamma, Los Angeles
Scholarships and Awards
2019 Artist-in-Residency Grant, Arteles Creative Center, Finland
2018 Editor´s Pick, photo series, This very moment, LensCulture Emerging Talent Award
2017 Scholarship at Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg
2017 Editor´s Pick, 3pm, LensCulture Portrait Award
2017 Editor´s Pick, 3pm, LensCulture Street Photography Award
Publications
2019 Brennpunkt, Magazin für Fotografie, Edition 2/2019, Raum und Identität
2018 Brennpunkt, Magazin für Fotografie, Edition 4/2018, Fragile Realities
2018 Der Tagesspiegel, Checkpoint, Berlin meets Los Angeles, Berlin
2017 Brennpunkt, Magazin für Fotografie, Edition 4/2017, Berlin meets Los Angeles
2013 Domus, magazine for art and architecture, review of Berlin meets Los Angeles