Andrea Zittel

Basic Data

Andrea Zittel is a US sculptor and installation artist. Since the 1990s, the artist has been addressing questions about alternative ways of life and basic human needs, creating living spaces that she fashions from individual objects to architecture. Thus, her work moves at the interface of art and design.

• Born: 6 September 1965
• Place of birth: Escondido, California, USA
• Nationality: American
• Studied at: San Diego State University, Rhode Island School of Design
• Era: Contemporary art

Exhibitions

• 02.12.2021 - 29.05.2022 The Architecture Of Transformation – BNKR, Munich.
• 08.10.2021 - 09.01.2022 Oasis – Estonian museum of architecture, Tallinn.
• 30.06.2021 - 10.09.2021 THE WORLD:REGLITTERIZED - Haus der Kunst, Munich.
• 17.04.2021 - 15.08.2021 Auszeit. Von Pausen und Momenten des Aufbruchs - Kunstmuseum Ravensburg.
• 29.02.2020 - 27.09.2020 Duro Olowu: Seeing Chicago - MCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
• 29.02.2020 - 07.06.2020 31: Women – Daimler Contemporary, Berlin.
• 14.09.2019 - 10.11.2019 16th Istanbul Biennial 2019 - Istanbul Biennial.
• 31.03.2019 - 13.10.2019 Palimpsest - Lismore Castle Arts.
• 01.12.2017 - 26.02.2018 The Everywhere Studio - ICA Miami.

Awards

• 2017: Via Art Fund Grant.
• 2016: Guggenheim Fellowship.
• 2012: Frederick Kiesler Prize for Architecture and the Arts.
• 2007: AICA Award Best Architecture or Design Show.
• 2006: College Art Association Distinguished Body of Work Award.
• 2005: Lucelia Artist Award, Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Literature

• Andrea Zittel, Gouachen und Illustrationen, Theodora Vischer (Publ.), Steidl, Gottingen 2008.
• Andrea Zittel: Critical Space, Paola Morsiani and Trevor Smith (Publ.), Munich, 2005.

Own Writings

• Shabby Clique, Andrea Zittel, in: Artforum International, Summer 2004, p.211.
• A-Z Uniforms, Andrea Zittel, in: Sleek Magazine, no 2, 2003, p.56-63.

Collections

England

• London - Tate Collection

USA

• Los Angeles - MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art
• New York - MOMA Museum of Modern Art
• New York - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
• San Francisco - SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Weblinks

• Official Website of the artist.
• Andrea Zittel Kunstaspekte exhibition and collection overview.