2013
“Utah Biennial of Contemporary Art,” In collaboration with Cori Redstone, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Mondo, UT
"Selections from the Grunwald Center and the Hammer Contemporary Collection", UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
"Approximately Infinite Universe", Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
"Labor and Wait", Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
2012
“Make Liverpool a City of Sanctuary”, Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, Liverpool, England, UK
"The Living Years: Art after 1989" Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
“The Residue of Memory”, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
“Audience as Subject Part 2: Extra Large,” Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
“No Person May Carry a Fish into a Bar”, curated by Julian Hoeber and Alix Lambert, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
“Drawn from Photography”, DePaul Art Museum, Chicago, IL
“Malas Artes”, Galería Nieves Fernández, Madrid, Spain
"Audience as Subject, Part 2: Extra Large", Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
“Go Tell It On The Mountain”, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Five Acts: Chronicles of Dissent”, Marginal Utility, Philadelphia, PA
“Femmescapes, Lenore Pereira & Rich Niles private gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Nothing Beside Remains”, collaboration with Shizu Saldamando, a project with LAND, Marfa, TX
2011
“Why I Never Became a Dancer”, Sammlung Goetz im Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
“Drawn from Photography”, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
"Body Gesture", Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
“I Am Still Alive: Politics and Everyday Life in Contemporary Drawing”, The Museum of Modern Art, NY
“Word Is….”, Luckman Art Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
“Greater LA”, curated by Benjamin Godsill, Eleaonor Cayre and Joel Mesler, New York, NY
“In Process”, Ann 330 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010
“The Artist’s Museum: Los Angeles Artists 1980-2010”, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
“The Politics of Art”, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
“The Last Newspaper” The New Museum, New York, NY
“Sisters, Brothers & Others”, Claremont University East Gallery, Claremont, CA
“Everything is Political”, FOCA Fellowship exhibition, Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
“In the Balance: Art for a Changing World”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
“The Seventh House”, Edgar Arceneaux, Andrea Bowers, Olga Koumoundouros, Rodney McMillian, Charles Gaines, Nery Gabriel Lemus, Project Row Houses, Houston, TX
“The Road to Hell is Paved…”, Las Cienegas Projects, Los Angeles, CA
“Cycle 8: Stowaways”, The Centro Cultural Montehermoso, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Araba, Spain, curated by Elke Krystufek, part of the exhibition series PASSWORDS, New Representation on Femininity
“Collection: MOCA’s First Thirty Years (1980 – Now)”, The Geffen Contemporary at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, CA
“Inaugural Group Exhibition”, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
“Love in a Cemetery”, 18th Street Art Center, Santa Monica, CA
2009
"Andrea Bowers and Suzanne Lacy: Your Donations Do Our Work”,
Sweeney Art Gallery, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA (January 31, 2009 - March 28, 2009)
"DAS GESPINST", collection Schürmann at Museum Abteilberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany
“Multitud Singular: El arte de resistir”, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
2008
"Wunderkammer Lüneburg”, Halle für Kunst, Lüneburg, Germany
“California Biennial 2008”, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA (October 26, 2008 - March 15, 2009)
"Progress”, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
"Index: Conceptualism in California from the Permanent Collection”, The Geffen Contemporary at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, CA
"nach/sichten. Video works from the Goetz Collection”, Edith Russ Site for Media Art in Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany, curated by Sabine Himmelsbach and Stephan Urbaschek
2008-2009
"Proyecto Civico / Civic Project”, Centro Cultural Tijuana (CECUT), Tijuana, Mexico, curated by Lucia Sanroman and Ruth Estevez
2008
"Memory is your image of perfection”, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA
"Southern Exposure: Works from the Collection of the MCA San Diego”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Syndey, Australia, curated by Rachel Kent and Dr. Stephanie Hanor
"Currents: Recent Acquisitions”, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC
"The Way That We Rhyme: Women, Art and Politics”, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
"We Remember The Sun”, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
"Amateurs”, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA, curated by Ralph Rugoff
"La Mirada Iracunda / The Furious Gaze”, Centro Cultural Montehermoso, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, co-curated by M. Reiley
"Small Things End, Great Things Endure”, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA (curated by Jill Dawsey and Maria Del Carmen Carrion)
"Furious Gaze”, Centro Cultural Montehermoso, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
2007
“Read me! Text in Art”, The Armory Center for the Arts, Los Angeles
"Radical Hospitality”, The Suburban, Chicago, IL
"Nothing Moments Projects”, Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Steven Hull and Tami Demaree
"space.gaze.desire”, , Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, curated by Sanne Kofod Olsen
"Resistance is...”, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, curated by Tina Kukielski
"OHIO”, Gahlberg Gallery, McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL
"Encore”, Gallery 40000, Chicago, IL, curated by Huey Copeland and Hannah Feldman
"Classe de Danse”, Madonna fust Galerie, Bern, Switzerland, curated by Alessio Fransoni and Ilari Valbonesi
"The California Files: Re-Viewing Side Effects of Cultural Memory”, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, curated by Ariane Beyn
"Tanzen Sehen”, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Seigen, Germany
"The Evil”, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Dresden, Germany, curated by Raimar Stange
2006
"Personal Affairs”, Morsbroich Museum, Leverkusen, Germany
"particulate matter”, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA (curated by Glen Helfand)
"20 jahre NAK”, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen
"Prevailing Climate”, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
"First Artist Defines Meaning”, Camera Austria, Kunsthaus Graz, Austria
"Human Game”, Fondazione Pitti Discovery, Florence, Italy (curated by Francesco Bonami, Maria Luisa Frisa, and Stefano Tonchi)
"This is not a Love Song”, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City,
"Anticipation”, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL (curated by Karen Irvine)
"Art for our sake!”, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
"Welcome Home”, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York
"Jump Cut—Nights” (a symposium on choreographic structures in moving images) and "Videoperformance—stories told through movement”, Cinema of Museum Ludwig, Cologne (curated by Georg Elben)
2005
"Monuments for the USA”, curated by Ralph Rugoff, CCA Wattis Institute for
Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA, traveling to White Columns, New York
"REALIT;-)T”, curated by Andreas Meier with Dr. Stephan Urbaschek, Sammlung Goetz, Seedamm Kulturzentrum, Switzerland
Estacion Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico
Mary Goldman, Los Angeles, CA
"Old News”, curated by Jacob Fabricius, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
"New Tapestries”, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
"Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Training”, (screening), Kunsthalle Basel, Art/Film, Art/ 36/Basel, Switzerland
"Fast Forward”, Media Art From the Goetz Collection, Conde Duque Centro Cultural, Madrid, Spain
2004
"100 Artists See God”, curated by John Baldessari and Meg Cranston,
The Jewish Museum San Francisco,CA;
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA;
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England;
Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA;
Albright College Freedman Art Gallery, Reading, PA;
Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, TN
"Dance Dance Revolution”, curated by Matthew Lyons & Lanka Tattersall, The Leroy Neiman Gallery
Columbia University, New York, NY
"Victory 2004”, Ronald Felman, New York, NY
"kurzdavordanach”, curated by von Wilhelm Schürmann, Die Photographische Sammlung/ SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne, Germany
"Videodrome II”, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greenborough, NC
Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, ME
University of Illinois ("Vieja Gloria" film screening), Chicago, IL
"The Freedom Salon”, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
"Drawings”, Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France
Whitney Biennial, curated by Chrissie Iles, Shamim Momin, and Debra Singer
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2003
"Fast Forward”, Media Works from the Goetz Collection between Ethno-Narration and Formal Innovation, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
"Rendered”, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
"Yard: An exhibition about the private landscape that surrounds suburban domestic architect”, curated by Robyn Donohue and Alyson Baker, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY
"Extended Play: Art Remixing Music”, curated by Simon Rees, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
"C.O.L.A. 2003”, Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, CA
"Conversations”, curated by Connie Butler, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
2002
"Videodrome II”, curated by Dan Cameron, Anne Barlow, Johanna Burton and Anne Ellegood
New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
"Time-Share”, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
"Remix: Contemporary Art and Pop” (catalogue), curated by Simon Wallis, Tate Liverpool, England
"DV Noir: Video Art from Under the Shadow of Hollywood”, curated by Rodolfo Sanchez, Museum at California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA
"LA On My Mind: Recent Acquisitions from MOCA’s Collection”, curated by Michael Darling, MOCA at The Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
"Gallery Group Show”, Goldman Tevis, Los Angeles, CA
"New Heimat”, curated by Nicolaus Schafhausen, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
"Retake” (catalogue), curated by Susanne Titz and Ulrike Groos, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany
"Untitled (Bowers, Hamilton, Schwarz, Steinfeld)”, curated by Christine Bisetto and Steffen Boddeker, Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX
"Casino 2001” (catalogue), curated by Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, Stedelijk Museum for Actual Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
2001
"Everybody Now”, curated by Katy Siegel, The Bertha & Karl Leubsdorf Gallery, Hunter College, New York
"Subject Plural” (catalogue), curated by Paola Morsiani, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
"False Start”, curated by Cecilia Brunson, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
"Making Time: Considering Time as a Material in Contemporary Film & Video” (catalogue), curated by Amy Cappellazzo, Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA; PBICA, Palm Beach, FL
2000
"Video Take”, Stuc en Hedendaagse Kunsten, De Openabare Bibliotheek, Leuven, Belgium
"Radar Love”, curated by David Pagel, Galleria Marabini, Bologna, Italy
"Game On”, curated by Sara Meltzer. Essay by Jenelle Porter and Conny Purtill,
Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
"Moving Pictures”, Galerie Tommy Lund, Copenhagen, Denmark
1999
"Painting: Fore and Aft”, ACME, Los Angeles, CA
"Drawing the Line’, curated by Kirk Delman, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery,Scripps College, Claremont,
"Venus”, curated by Habib Kheradyar, Arc, Vienna, Austria
"Motion Studies”, curated by Michael Darling, Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense, Denmark
"Transfer”, curated by Rosanne Alstatt Videonale-Intermezzo, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
"Living Theatre” (catalogue), curated by Diana Thater and Hildegund Amanshauser, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria
"I’m the Boss of Myself” (catalogue), curated by Sara Meltzer. Essay by Amy Cappellazzo, Sara Meltzer, New York, NY
"Me Mine”, curated by Julie Joyce and Mike Mehring, Luckman Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
Group Exhibition, curated by Susie Allen for Virgin Atlantic Airways, Virgin Atlantic VIP Lounge, Newark Airport, Newark, NJ
"Video Cult/tures” (catalogue), ZKM, Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany
"More Than Meets the Eye” (catalogue), curated by Wilhelm Schuermann, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
1998
"Unfinished History” (catalogue), curated by Francesco Bonami, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
"Guarene Arte 98:”, (catalogue), Selected by Douglas Fogle, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per l’arte, Torino, Italy
"In the Polka Dot Kitchen” (catalogue), curated by Sally Elesby and Anne Ayres, Otis Gallery and Armory Center, Los Angeles, CA
"Time Dilates”, Three Day Weekend, New York, NY
"Kamikaze”, curated by Monica Bonvicini, Marstall, Berlin, Germany
"Phoenix Triennial” (catalogue), curated by David Rubin, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
"Love at the End of the Tunnel, or the Beginning of a Smart New Day”, curated by Marilu Knode, Center of Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA (catalogue)
"Wings of Desire”, curated by Michelle Guy, Walter McBean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
"Three Day Weekend”, curated by Dave Muller, Los Angeles, CA
"Youth Studies”, curated by Brad Spence, POSTdowntown, Los Angeles, CA
1997
"Places That Are Elsewhere”, curated by Diana Thater, David Zwirner Gallery, New York, NY
"Quartzose”, curated by Michael Darling, Galleri Tommy Lund, Copenhagen, Denmark
"The Summer of Love”, Fotouhi Cramer Gallery, New York, NY
"Hot Coffee”, curated by Thomas Lawson, Artists Space, New York, NY
1996
"True.BLISS” (catalogue), Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
"Trying/Pattern”, Chance, a project by Art Center College, Whisky Pete’s, NV
":Open House” (catalogue), curated by John O’Brien, Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
"Space Space”, curated by Stephen Hartzog, POST, Los Angeles, CA
"Ether”, curated by Michelle Guy, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"Report from Spring Training”, Spanish Box, Santa Barbara, CA
1995
"Neotoma”, Otis Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
"Redevelopment”, curated by Stephen Hartzog & Rick Pirro
"Couldn’t Get Ahead” (catalogue & CD), curated by Adam McEwen, Independent Artists Space, London, England
"Three Day Weekend Takes an Extended Working Vacation”, In Rezone at Diverse Works, Houston, TX
"People-Going Places-Doing Things”, N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Pretty”, FOOD HOUSE, Santa Monica, CA
1994
"Thanks-The Works Is Not For Sale But Up For Barter”, Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles, CA
"Dave’s Not Here”, Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles, CA
"Thanks Again”, FOOD HOUSE, Santa Monica, CA
"Second Skin”, curated by Charles LaBelle, Espace, San Francisco, CA
"Bad Girls” (catalogue), curated by Marcia Tucker, New Museum, New York, NY
"Utter Realities”, curated by Randy Sommer, Cerritos College Fine Art Gallery, Cerritos College, Norwalk,
"PARANOID”, co-organized by Sam Durant, M*Y*T*H* Series at the Brewery, Los Angeles, CA
"The Power of Positive Thinking”, curated by Sam Durant, FOOD HOUSE, Santa Monica, CA
1993
"Loose Slots”, curated by Richard Kuhlenshmidt, Temporary Contemporary, Las Vegas, NV
"Heaven Missing”, Jose Freire Gallery, New York, NY
"Melancholic Consolation and Cynicism”, Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Ruth Bloom Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"Thank You”, FOOD HOUSE, Santa Monica, CA
FOOD HOUSE Visits the Art Store Gallery, curated by FOOD HOUSE The Art Store, Los Angeles, CA
"Public & Private Pleasure”, curated by Lauren Lesko, Nomadic Sites, Los Angeles
"Cherry Bomb”, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
"Imp of the Perverse”, curated by Alisa Tager, Sally Hawkins Gallery, New York, NY
1992
"Skinned Eyes/Skin Dye, curated by Tyler Stallings, The Bridge Gallery, Los Angeles City Hall, Los Angeles, CA
The FAR Bazaar, Foundation for Art Resources Inc., Federal Reserve Building, Los Angeles, CA
"Good Design”, organized by Jorge Pardo & Pae White,Nomadic Sites, Pasadena, CA
"Afterthought”, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1991
"Window on L.A.”, curated by David Pagel, L.A. Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
"Tales From The Creeps”, Marc Richards Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2013
Bodin, Claudia, “Der Wichtigste Kunstmarkt Der Welt,” ART Das Kunstmagazin, May 14
Bodin, Claudia, “Noch Mehr Lärm,” ART Das Kunstmagazin, May 10
Smith, Roberta, “40 Nations, 1,000 Artists and One Island”, New York Times, May 10 (
link)
Heddaya, Mostafa, “Andrea Bowers Protest letters Taken Down Overnight at Frieze,” Hyperallergic, May 10
Kinsella, Eileen, “Labor Activists Return to Protest Frieze, Will Speak Out at Nato Thompson Talk,” ArtInfo, May 10
Kjellburg, Ann, “Not Fair: Artist Andrea Bowers Writes to the Organizers of the Frieze Art Fair,” Little Star, May 10
Sutton, Benjamin, “Andrea Bowers Hangs Letter Decrying Frieze’s Labor Practices in Susanne Vielmetter’s Booth,” ArtInfo, May 9
Lescaze, Zoë, “Union Members Protest Frieze Labor Policy, Andrea Bowers Joins the Fray,” Gallerist NY, May 5
Smith, Roberta, “40 Nations, 1,000 Artists and One Island”, New York Times, May 10
Foster, Kenneth J, “Audience as Subject,” Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, (Exhibition Catalog)
2012
Crow, Kelly, “Art Basel: From Bargains to Billionaires”, The Wall Street Journal, December 7
Heyman, Marshall, “The Insanity of Art Basel”, The Wall Street Journal, December 6
Bodin, Claudia, “Art Basel Miami Beach: Und ewig lockt der Künstler”, Art das Kunstmagazin, December 7
Kellaway, Brooke, “Letters to the Army of Three: Andrea Bowers on Abortion, Then and Now”, Walker Art Center, December 3
“Three Friends Walk Into A Gallery”, Revising Loneliness, November 6
Richard, Frances, “Andrea Bowers”, Artforum, Winter
Knight, Christopher, "A timely, spirited protest at 'Work'", LA Times, October 5
Heldebro, Johanna, "Interview with Andrea Bowers”, LAURA, Issue No. 8, Autumn
Proctor, Jacob, “The Residue of Memory”, Exhibition Catalogue, Aspen Art Museum
Moshayedi, Aram, “No Person May Carry a Fish into a Bar”, Artforum.com Critic’s Pick, August
Clayton, Campbell, “ Shamim Momin,” Art Voices Magazine, Issue 38, June/July
Edwards, Jeff, “Never Forgotten: The Art and Activism of Andrea Bowers”, ArtPulse, No. 11, Spring
Green, Emily. “L.A. activists try to stop woodlands from becoming sediment dumps,” High Country News, May 14
"Five Acts: Chronicles of Dissent", edited by Yaelle Amir, David Dempewolf and Yuka Yokoyama, Marginal Utility
Buszek, Maria Elena “Necessary Positions in Feminist Art: A Conversation”, Art Journal, Spring
Smith, Roberta. “Promising Tyros Join an Art Fair Club,” New York Times, March 9
Thompson, Dale. “Meeting Ground: 2012 Artist in Residence Andrea Bowers combines Art and Activism,” March 6
Kiyoizumi, A.J. “Art Show Examines Audiences,” The Daily Californian, February 22
Rochester, Katherine. “Five Acts: Chronicles of Dissent,” Artforum.com, February 16
“’Audience as Subject’ Puts Spotlight on the Spectator at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts,” Huffingtonpost.com, February 15
Prestianni, Sam. “Mob Rules,” San Francisco Weekly, February 15
27 Questions for Art Activist Andrea Bowers, ArtInfo International, January 4
Richard, Frances. “Andrea Bowers,” Artforum, January
2011
Bruce, Caitlin, “Looking for the Political at Art Basel”, Art Threat, December 19
Cotter, Holland. “Complacency Butts Up Against Game Changers,” New York Times December 16
“Andrea Bowers.” The New Yorker. December 12
Rabel, Eduardo Alexander. “Something for Everyone.” Artslant.co, December 9
Lookofsky, Sarah. “Critic’s Pick - Andrea Bowers.” Artforum.com, December 8
Gilbert, Alan. “Andrea Bowers’s ‘The New Woman’s Survival Catalog.’” Art-agenda.com, December 8
Sledge, Matt. “Occupy Art Basel Remains Elusive, But One Occupation Shoots Up In Miami Beach,” huffingtonpost.com, December 2
Rosenberg, Karen. “Art Fair: Business Over Activism.” New York Times, December 2
Loos, Ted. “Ten Things to Look Forward to at Art Basel in Miami.” Vogue, November 28
Bloom, Lisa. Glasberg, Elena. ”Disappearing Ice and Missing Data: Climate Change in the Visual Culture of the Polar Regions.” Far Field: Digital Culture, Climate Change, and the Poles, November
Lacy, Suzanne. “It Speaks to Me.” Los Angeles Tim, September 21
Diaz, Eva. “Drawn from Photography.” ArtForum, Summer
Rosenow, Romina. “The Treet Watchers.” Pasadena Magazine, July
Cromer, Mark. “Incarceration to Installation.” Artillery, May/June
Scott, Andrea K. “Drawn From Photography.” The New Yorker, March 21
Rosenberg, Karen. “Drawn From Photography.” New York Times: Weekend Arts, February 25
Rosenberg, Karen, “Authorship or Translation? Notes Toward Redefining Creativity”, The New York Times, February 24
Dorfman, John. “The Lens and the Pencil.” Art & Antiques, February
Finkel, Jori, “Artist-activist Andrea Bowers arrested in tree-sitting protest in Arcadia”, Los Angeles Times, January 13
Finkel, Jori, “Artist Andrea Bowers turns activist”, Los Angeles Times, January 12
Lawson, Thomas. “A Story about Civil Disobedience and Landscape: Interview with Andrea Bowers.” East of Borneo, January
Morgan, Margaret. “Home Truths,” in The M Word, edited by Myrel Chernick and Jennie Klein. Demeter Press
Gilman, Claire. Drawn from Photography. Exhibition catalog. The Drawing Center, New York
DiQuinzio, Apsara. The Air We Breathe: Artists and Poets Reflect on Marriage Equality. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Rethinking Contemporary Art and Multicultural Education. Edited by Eungie Joo, Joseph Keehn II, Jenny Ham-Roberts. Routledge
Why I Never Became a Dancer, Exhibition Catalog, Sammlung Goetz im Haus der Kunst, Hatje Cantz
Goetz, Igvild, Why I Never Became a Dancer, at Sammlung Goetz, Munich | Essays: Goetz, Ingvild “On this Exhibition”: Urbaschek, Stephan “On Younglings, Maidens, Dandies, Bobby-soxers, Hooligans, Rowdies, Teenagers and Avatars”; Verreet, Isabelle “Andrea Bowers, Democracy’s Body – Dance Dance Revolution, 2001”
Szupinska, Joanna, “Andrea Bowers”, ArtUS, No. 30
2010
Barton, Greg. “Graphite Testimony.” The Last Times December
Young, Paul. “The New Garde.” Angeleno Magazine December
Gilman, Claire. "Marking Politics: Drawing as Translation in Recent Art." Art Papers, Fall
Zellen, Jody, “Andrea Bowers, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects”, Artillery, September/October
Henson, Julie, “The Political Landscape, a conversation with Andrea Bowers”, Daily Serving, August 7
Barliant, Claire, “The Last Newspaper”, Time Out New York, November 1
Miles, Christopher, “Andrea Bowers at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects”, LA Weekly, July 29
Knight, Christopher, “Other Side of the Dream”, Los Angeles Times, July 9
Mizota, Sharon, "The Guide," Los Angeles Times, May 7
Beck, Graham T, “Andrea Bowers at Andrew Kreps”, Frieze, Issue 129, March
Mizota, Sharon, “’Love in a Cemetery’ at the 18th Street Art Center”, Los Angeles Times, February 26
Duncan, David, “Andrea Bowers at Andrew Kreps”, Art in America, January
O’Neill-Butler, Lauren, “Andrea Bowers at Andrew Kreps”, Artforum, January
Bowers, Andrea. "Andrea Bowers in conversation with Tucker Stilley." Jacob, Mary Jane and Michelle Grabner, editors, The Studio Reader. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2010.
“California Community Foundation Fellowship for Visual Artists 2009”. CCF Foundation, Los Angeles.
Dean, Bec. "Raquel Ormella and Andrea Bowers: Life in the Balance." Art and Australia, Volume 48, No. 1
In the Balance: Art for a Changing World. Exhibition catalogue. Curated by Rachel Kent, Glenn Barkley, Anna Davis and Keith Munro, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Politics of Art. Exhibition Catalog. Curated by Anna Kafetsi, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, 2010.
2009
Cotter, Holland, “Golden Oldies All Over Chelsea”, New York Times, December 4
Mizota, Sharon, “Andrea Bowers and Suzanne Lacy”, Art Papers, November/December
Amir, Yaelle, “Eco-Action”, Art Slant New York, November 22
Emerling Susan, “Laton: the little California town that served as a muse”, Los Angeles Times, April 26
Luna, Marcela Quiroz, “Proyecto Cívico / Civic Project at Centro Cultural Tijuana- CECUT”, Latin Art, Spring
Dean, Jennifer, “Exhibit at UCR pairs art, clothing drive for needy”, The Press-Enterprise, March 11
Buckley, Annie, “Andrea Bowers and Suzanne Lacy”, Art Forum, March 6
Cheng, Scarlet, “Irvine Shines at OC: 2008 California Biennial at the Orange County Museum of Art”, Artillery magazine, March
Dambrot, Shana Nys, “Andrea Bowers and Suzanne Lacy’s Progressive Home Economics”, THE Magazine Los Angeles, February/March
Calder, Diane, “Previews of Exhibitions: Andrea Bowers and Suzanne Lacy”, Art Scene, February
Lehrer-Graiwer, Sarah, “Museum Preview: 2008 California Biennial”, Art Forum, January
“‘I thought California would be different’: The 2008 California Biennial in light of the presidential election”, DBartmag.com, 2009
2008
“Artist’s Project: Andrea Bowers”, Switch 1.1 : A Biannual Magazine Published by The Power Plant, Winter
Pincus, Robert, “State of Mind”, San Diego Union Tribune, December 14
Wagley, Catherine, “The Best Kind of Boring: 2008 California Biennial”, dailyserving.com, December 1
Christopher Knight, “Critics’ Choices”, Los Angeles Times, November 16
Estéves, Ruth and Lucia Sandromán Ed., “Proyecto Civico Project”, Centro Cultural Tijuana (CECUT), Mateus Books, November
Boem, Mike. "3 L.A. Artists Get Fellowship," Los Angeles Times, November 11, 2008, p. E-3
Knight, Christopher, “Don’t Take It Lying Down”, Los Angeles Times, November 4
Aeppel; LVR, “2008 California Biennial—Under Beautiful Smog”, ovationtv.com, November 4
“The 2008 California Biennale”, The Santa Barbara New Press, October 31
“The Orange County Museum of Art Presents the 2008 California Biennale”, artdaily.org, October 26
Chang, Richard, “A Broader Biennial”, Orange County Register, October 26
Buitron, Michael, “2008 California Biennial at the OCMA and Beyond”, Leap Into the Void (blog), October 25
Chang, Richard, “California Biennial reaches beyond the Golden State”, The Arts Blog, ocregister.com, October 24
Firstenberg, Lauri, “2008 California Biennial”. Exhibition catalogue. Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA, October
Schwarting, Jen, “Progress”, The Brooklyn Rail, October
Kecskes, Alex, “A Rich Palette of Talent”, 944 Magazine, October
“2008 California Biennial”, THE Magazine, October
Melrod, George, “A Questioning Biennial, Interview with Lauri Firstenberg”, Art Ltd., November
“Andrea Bowers in Conversation with Catherine Opie”, Catalogue, Art Resources Transfer, Canada: Westcan, Edited by Alejandro Cesarco
O’Connell, Brian, “Ghostly Media: What Would an Invoking Media Look Like?”, Art & Research, Volume 2, Number 1, Summer
Morrone, Francis. "Changing Times, Changing Notions: 'Progress' At the Whitney," The New York Sun, August 14
Myers, Julian, "Amateurs," Frieze, September
Rugoff, Ralph, "Other Experts," Amateurs. Exhibition catalogue. CCA Wattis, San Francisco
Schwarting, Jen, "Progress," The Brooklyn Rail, October
Harmanci, Reyhan, “Face of Femminism: Small Things End, Great Things Endure’, San Francisco Chronicle, January 17
Bryan-Wilson, Julia, “Preview: The Way That We Rhyme”, Artforum, January
Krishtalka, Sholem, “A Furious Embrace: Not a soft downy comforter”, Xtra! January 7
2007
Borchhardt-Birbaumer, Brigitte, "Modelle einer kritischen Gegenwartskunst”, Wiener Zeitung, February 22
Pagel, David. "It Pays to Be Booksmart and Streetwise”, Los Angeles Times, December 28
Stange, Raimar, The Evil (exhibition catalogue) Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Dresden, Germany, December
Fragoza, Carribean, "LAXART Benefit Art Auction Draws Energetic Crowds and Funds,” Flash Art Online, November 16
Prickett, Sarah Nicole, "Art-Hopping: Power Plant, Gallery TPW, Deluca Fine Arts”, Torontoist, Nov. 29
Food, Brian, "Going Out: Things to do and People to See in T.O. this week”, Globe and Mail, November 24
Buckley, Annie, "A Handmade’s Tale: Andrea Bowers Bears Witness to the Equilibrium Between Art and Activism”, A & U Magazine, September
Patterson, Carrie, "Andrea Bowers: The Weight of Relevance”, Art Circles, Issue #5, Fall
Moshayedi, Aram, "Andrea Bowers: Los Angeles”, Art Papers, July/August
Schmidt, Eva. "Tanzen Sehen", Exhibition catalogue. Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen
Mizota, Sharon, "Filling the Gap”, art ltd, July
Mizota, Sharon, "Politics sewn to art, panel by quilt-like panel”, Los Angeles Times, June 9
Bowers, Andrea. "Beyond Drawing". Art on Paper, Vol. 11 (May/June 2007), p.66-68.
Pagel, David, "Honoring a quilt and its powerful message”, Los Angeles Times, May 18
Bowers, Andrea. "Guest Lecture by Andrea Bowers", Artillery, Vol 1, No. 5, p. 24, May
Bedford, Christopher, "Artforum Pick: Andrea Bowers at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects”, Artforum.com, May 19
Beyn, Ariane, "The California Files” (catalogue), CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, April 19
Wing, Carlin, "WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution”, Fluent Collaborative, issue 87, April
"Personal Affairs”, Kunstforum International, vol. 184, March/April
"Intimer Einblick in verborgene—durch die Kunst”, Dumont Kunst, February
Kort, Michele, "The Women Who Came Before Roe”, Alternet, January
"Personal Affairs”, Stadt Revue, and Financial Time Deutschland, January
"Personal Affairs im Museum Morsbroich”, Kunstbulletin, January, p. 70
"Die Verborgenen chatze des Leverkusener Kunsttempels”, Das Regionale Freizeitmagazin, January
2006
Schmidt, Jason. "Artists." Paris, Edition 7L, 2006, p. 137
Wolff, Elaine. "At the Crossroads with Freud and Roe", San Antonio Current, November 1-7
Goddard, Dan R. "Photorealistic drawings honor women's social activism", San Antonio Express News, Nov. 26
Jones, Amelia. "A Companion to Contemporary Art since 1945." London, Blackwell Publishing, 2006, pp.181-182
Schwenke-Runkel, Ingeborg. "Wie viel Intimitat ist erlaubt?", Kolner - Stadt - Anzeiger, vol 2.3, December
Heinzelmann, Markus, "New Forms of Intimacy”, Personal Affairs catalogue, Museum Morsbroich, DuMont Literature and Kunst Verlag
Lawson, Thomas, "Best of 2006”, Artforum, December
Valdez, Sarah, "Andrea Bowers: Nothing is Neutral at REDCAT, Los Angeles”, art on paper, November/December
Kort, Michelle, "Letters to an Army of 3: Artist Andrea Bowers honors pre-Roe pioneers”, Ms. Magazine, Fall
Payton, Brenda, "Art explores world at tipping point”, The Oakland Tribune, September 22
Helfand, Glen, "particulate matter”, (show catalogue), Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA
Joo, Eungie. Nothing is Neutral: Andrea Bowers, CA Institute of the Arts and RedCat (show catalogue)
Essays: Butler, Connie. "Andrea Bowers’s Magical Feminism”
Joo, Eungie. "DIY School” (interview)
Leclère, Mary. "The Skeptic’s Question”
Lapp, Axel. "Your Whole Fucking Culture Alienates Me: Andrea Bowers", ArtReview, July, issue 1, p 135
Myers, Holly. "Balancing art, politics”, Los Angeles Times, July 19
Taft, Catherine. "Scene and Herd”, artforum.com, July 1
Baldwin, Cara. "Cara Baldwin interviews Andrea Bowers”, InterReview, pgs 33-34
Futernick, Marisa. "Marisa Futernick on Andrea Bowers”, InterReview, pg 25
Herbst, Marc. "An elegy near Andrea Bowers”, InterReview, pgs 36-37
Lowther, John, "John Lowther on Andrea Bowers”, InterReview, pgs 38-39
Bell, Kirsty; Lubbke-Tidow, Maren; Stange, Raimar. "Andrea Bowers/ Matthew
Antezzo”, Neue Review, Art in Berlin, January, pgs. 4-9
Leclère, Mary. "Andrea Bowers: Letters to the Army of Three”, exhibition catalog,
The Glassell School of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2005, pp.4-11
Pollack, Barbara. "Social Studies: Sixty artists overhaul the concept of national monument”, Time Out New York, January Issue
2005
Meltzer, Eve. "Monuments for the USA”, FRIEZE, Summer 2005
Kraus, Chris. Tumlir, Jan, McFadden, Jane, "LA Artland: Contemporary Art from Los Angeles”, Black
Sholis, Brian, Vitamin D, New Perspectives in Drawings, Phaidon Press, London and New York, 2005, Essay p. 36, illustrations pp.37-39.
Lorch, Catrin. "Van Horn, Düsseldorf, Germany”, Frieze, Issue 94, October, p. 228.
Bowers, Andrea. "Four Emerging Women Speak Out On Mary Kelly's Circa 1968:
Danielle Gustafson Sundell, Cara Balwin, Marisa J. Futernick and Andrea Bowers," InterReview p. 28-29.
"Fast Forward/Avance Rapido," Media Art From the Goetz Collection, p.26-27,40-45.
Rugoff, Ralph, "Monuments for the USA", pp. 32-33.
Siegel, Katy. "All Together Now," Artforum, January, p. 169.
2004
"Alla Biennale del Whitney, tourna la pittura”, Arte, April, p. 109.
Bankowsky, Jack. "This is Today," Artforum, May, p. 170.
Bowers, Andrea. "Magical Politics – Feast or Fasting”, Cakewalk, pp. 23-25.
Bowers, Andrea. "My Pop" Artforum, October, p. 94.
Dambrot, Shana Nys. "Andrea Bowers at Mary Goldman Gallery," Artweek, September, pp. 19-20.
Dunn, Melissa. "Whitney Biennial: A Good-Looking Corpse," Flash Art, May-June, p. 63.
Heartney, Eleamor, "The Well-Tempered Biennial" Art in America June/July 2004, p. 75.
Knight, Christopher. "Politics and art? Of course, she says," The Los Angeles Times, June 11.
Kraus, Chris. "Chance", 2004.
Kraus, Chris, "Sentimental Bitch", Video Green, 2004.
Kuhn, Thomas,"Fast Forward", Kunstforum International, 168 January/February 2004, p. 346-348.
Larsen, Lars Bang, Katy Siegel and Jan Verwoert. "What the World Needs Now…," Frieze, November/December, pp. 52-53, 77-78, 81-82, 84-86, 88.
Lee, Pamela M. "Crystal Lite," Artforum, May, p. 174.
Mania, Astrid, "Review Andrea Bowers" U-Spot, 02/2004, p. 49.
Martens, Anne. "Andrea Bowers," Flash Art, Jul/Sep, p. 116.
Morgan, Susan. "If Memories Failed to Fade", Andrea Bowers, Magazin 4.
Rapkin, Mickey. "Bold Biennial," Details, March, p. 78.
Seigel, Katy and Mattick, Paul, Art Works Money, Thames & Hudson, pp. 34-35,100-101, 194.
Siegel, Katy et. al. "American Pie," Frieze, May, p. 69.
Sholis, Brian, "Creative Resistance - Carol Bove and Andrea Bowers", Flash Art , October, p.102.
2003
Durant, Sam and Monica Bonvicini. "Andrea Bowers," Neue Review, December, p. 4-5.
"Focus Video and Film,” Flash Art, Mar/Apr, p. 93.
Jana, Renna. "California Dreamin”, tema celeste.
Kantor, Jordan. "Andrea Bowers,” Artforum, January, p. 140.
Myers, Holly. "Relationships at Play in the Physical World”, Los Angeles Times, Saturday, July 19.
Smith, Roberta. "Impressions of the Yard, Visual and Olfactory," The New York Times, Friday, June 27.
Sorbello, Marina. "Andrea Bowers: Magical Politics," The Art Newspaper, December.
Thorson, Alice. "The Art of War," Kansas City Star, Sunday, March 30.
2002
Bowers, Andrea. "Game Girl,” V Magazine, July/August.
Bowers, Andrea "Top Ten,” Artforum. April: p. 38.
Casino 2001, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst.
Gavlak, Sarah "Andrea Bowers, ‘Intimate Strangers’.” Time Out. Issue 277, Jan. 11-18.
Harvey, Doug "About Time, Bitchin' video art at the Hammer.” LA Weekly. Feb. 16-22.
Knode, Marilu. "Andrea Bowers,” Retake, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, p. 70-75. Liverpool.
Kraus, Chris and Katy Siegel. Andrea Bowers, Sara Meltzer Gallery.
Pagel, David "The Myth of Selling Out” Art Issues, Summer.
Pagel, David. "MOCA Sampler Is a Mixed Treat”, Los Angeles Times, Friday, Feb. 8.
Bowers, Andrea. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Annual Report, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001.
Robinson, Walter " Baselmania”, art.com magazine, June 16.
Siegal, Katy et. al., "Andrea Bowers,” Everybody Now, The Bertha and Karl Leubdsdorf Art Gallery at Hunter College.
Siegel, Katy "Katy Siegel on Andrea Bowers.” Artforum. January: p. 121.
Wallis, Simon. "Andrea Bowers,” Remix: Contemporary Art and Pop, Tate Liverpool.
2001
Amanshauser, Hildegund and Thater, Diana, "A Living Theatre,” exhibition catalog, Salzburger Kunstverein pp. 22-33.
Klassmeyer, Kelly. "Group Mentality”, Houston Press, April 12-18.
Knode, Marilu, "Revolution Dance", exhibition catalog Wiederaufnahme (Retake), NAK, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, 2001.
Molinari, Guido. "Radar Love”, Flash Art, December.
"New Heimat", publication on the occasion of the exhibition "New Heimat", Frankfurter Kunstverein, 2001.
Siegel, Katy, "First Take: New Art, New Artists,” Artforum, January 2001, p. 121.
2000
Baers, Michael. "An Art Enclave Heats Up in Chinatown”, Art.
Berget, Bill "Featured Stories: Marking Time as a Material in Film and Video opens at the Palm Beach ICA” onview.com, April 18.
Bowers, Andrea. "Nasty, or unclean, offensive, indecent, inclement. Monica Bonvicini interviewed by Andrea Bowers", Monica Bonvicini: Scream and Shake, pp. 30-38.
Cappellazzo, Amy Making Time: Considering Time As a Material in Contemporary Video & Film. New York: DAP, March 2000.
Guequierre, Nathan. "Karaoke Voyeurism”, Shepherd Express Metro, November 9.
Harvey, Doug. "It’s Chinatown”, LA Weekly, May 5-11, p. 49.
Hunt, David "Andrea Bowers at Sara Meltzer’s On View…” Frieze, Issue 50, Jan/Feb,.p. 94-95.
Pagel, David "Thrilling and Shiny, Bowers’ Work Resonate” Los Angeles Times, Feb 25, F3.
Pagel, David. "Andrea Bowers, Artist, Los Angeles”, Artforum, Sept/Oct.Vol. 20, No. 5.
Snow, Vicki. "Unfinished History”, TGIF, Feb. 5, pp. 12-17.
Thater, Diana. "A Living Theater”, Magazin [4] Salzburger Kunstuerein.
1999
Amanshauser, Hildegund, "A Living Theatre,” Salzburger Kunstverein, Magazin 4, 1999, pp. 76-83.
Cappellazzo,Amy. "I’m the Boss of Myself",I’m the Boss of Myself or Please Release Me Let Me Go, New York: Sara Meltzer’s on View, illustration: p. 3.
Darling, Michael. "Michael Darling’s (MuseumGallery) Top 10 Plus 10.” LA Weekly. Jan. 8-14
Grabner, Michelle "Unfinished History” Frieze. Issue 46, June-July.
Knode, Marilu "Unfinished History” Art/Text. No. 65, May-July: 93-94.
Schurmann, Wilhelm, "More than meets the eye,” exhibition catalog, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
1998
Bonami, Francesco. Unfinished History, Walker Art Center, p.15-33, Illustrations:p.66-69.
Calame, Ingrid. In the Polka Dot Kitchen, Foundation Press,1998:19-42.
Coleman, Sarah, Glen Helford and Sylvia Tan. "Wings of Desire/Floss”, The San Francisco Bay Guardian, February.
Darling, Michael. "Crowd Control” Frieze, Issue 38, Jan- Feb: 52-53.
Demetre, Jim. "End of the world? I Feel Fine” Seattle Weekly, Feb.
Fogle, Douglas. "Andrea Bowers” GUARENE ARTE 98, Torino, Italy: Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per l’arte: pp. 12-16.
Fredericksen, Eric. "Deeply Shallow” The Stranger, February 19.
Kangas, Matthew. "Flower Power and Frivolities”, The Seattle Times, February 12.
Kelly, Ruby. "The Ruby Kelly Column”, Art Review, April.
"L.A. Trained Artists Shown at Art Institute”, San Francisco Chronicle, Tuesday, Feb. 19.
Martin, Victoria. "Andrea Bowers at the Santa Monica Museum of Art”, Artweek.
McEwen, John. "Couldn’t Get Ahead”, Sunday Telegraph, April 23.
Museum: pp. 8 –33, illustrations pp. 52-55.
O’Reilly, John. "Art for Bart’s Sake”, Modern Review, April 10, p. 33.
Rubin, David S., "Considering Audience: Reflections On the 1998 Phoenix Triennial,” 1998 Phoenix Triennial, Phoenix Art Museum, pp. 8-33, illustrations on pp. 52-55.
Webster, Mary Hull. "Wings of Desire and Mark Bradford at the San Francisco Art Institute”, Artweek, April, pp. 19-20.
Zellen, Jody, Andrea Bowers’ Spectacular Appearances at the Santa Monica Museum of Art Volume 1, Number 3, Fall 1998, p. 22.
1997
"I’m Still In Love with You,” exhibition catalog, Twentieth Century Women’s Club, curated by Steven Hull, p. 3 & 4.
Greene, David A. "Hot Coffee” Frieze, Issue 43, May: p. 76.
Pagel, David. " Voyeur’s Paradise at Santa Monica Place” Los Angeles Times, Friday, December 19th: F33.
Saltz, Jerry. "Regular-No Sugar” Time Out New York, Issue 75, Feb. 27– March 6: p. 40.
Schjeldahl, Peter. "La-la Band” Village Voice, February 18.
1996
Darling, Michael. "Box Tops” Santa Barbara News-Press, Feb: 2.
1995
Baker, Kenneth. "Taking Art Into Their Own Hands” San Francisco Chronicle, June 2nd: C1& C5.
Craddock,Sacha. London Times, April 5th.
Darling, Michael. " ‘Pretty’ at FOOD HOUSE” Artweek, March: 38-39.
Feaver, William. "Smart Habits and Sharp Practice” London Observer, April 23.
Greene, David S. "Andrea Bowers” Art Issues, No. 36, Jan – Feb, p. 41
Kent, Sarah. " Art Review”, Time Out, April: p.51.
1994
Davidson, Leanne Alexis. "Three Day Weekend”, Real Life Magazine, No. 23, ill. p. 35-36.
1993
Crosby, Gregory. "The Professor’s Guide to Vegas Kulcher” SCOPE, October.
Devine, Rory. "Heaven Missing” Picture Book #4.
Frank, Peter. "Picks of the Week”, LA Weekly, August 27, p. 131.
1992
Heartney, Eleanor. "The Imp of the Perverse” ARTnews, September.
Jarrell, Joe. "Reviews” Sculpture, September/October.
Jones, Amelia. "Public and Private Pleasures” Art Issues, Sept –Oct.
Pagel, David. "Art Review” Los Angeles Times, March 20th.
Rugoff, Ralph. "Sex Objects” LA Weekly, April 2-8.
Selwyn, Marc. "FOOD HOUSE: LA’s Newest Alternative Space” Flash Art, Nov/Dec.
Pagel, David. "Window on LA” LA Art Fair Catalog.