1970 Born in Munich, Germany
Lives and works in New York and Cambridge, MA, where she teaches Photography and Related Media at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Education:

1998-99 Whitney Independent Study Program, New York, NY

1995-97 Parsons School of Design (MFA), New York, NY

1989-95 Academy of Fine Arts (Diplom, Staatsexamen), Munich, Germany


Solo Exhibitions:
2010 Ports and Ships, Compton Gallery, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA
2009 Ports and Ships, Galleria Michela Rizzo, Venice, Italy
2008

Ports and Ships, Kunsthalle Göppingen, Germany (catalogue)
Andrea Frank – VISIONS, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA (exhibition and book launch)

2006-7 Andrea Frank new photographs Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Andrea Frank Galleria Michela Rizzo, Venice, Italy
2004 Andrea Frank PINTA arte contemporanea, Genova, Italy
SEARCH Marvelli Gallery, NY
2002

Beloved Child Marvelli Gallery, New York, NY

2001 Case Study Marcello Marvelli Fine Arts, NewYork, NY
Case Study Gambalunga Museum, Rimini, Italy (catalogue)

2000

Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY (project room)


Group Exhibitions, Projects and Public Interventions:
2008

Presumed Innocence: Photographs of Children, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA (catalogue)
Depletion: From the Doron Sebbag Collection, Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel (catalogue)
Yeaosu Art Festival, Yeosu, South Korea (curator Raul Zamudio)

2007

Short Stories, Macy Art Gallery, Teachers College Columbia University, New York, NY (catalogue, curator Maurizio Pellegrin)
Theater of Cruelty, White Box, New York, NY (curator Raul Zamudio)

2006 Expanded Media, 19. Stuttgarter Filmwinter Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Germany (catalogue)
Animal Magnetism, Essex Market Gallery, New York, NY
Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie, Darmstadt, Germany (catalogue)
Kunstpavillon alter Botanischer Garten, Munich, Germany (curator Rolk-Maria Krückels)
Made in Video, International Video Art Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
Videoscopie, Teatro Junghans (video installation), Venice, Italy
Intersezioni: 6 + 6, G. SPACE, Venice, Italy (curator Natasha Bordiglia)
Intersezioni:6+6, Fusion Art Gallery, Turin, Italy (curator Natasha Bordiglia)
Body Double, Gallery Zamek, Warsaw, Poland (curator Raul Zamudio,
catalogue)
2005 the:artist:network, New York, NY
Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL
Zwischen Erdbeeren und Sellerie, Grossmarkthalle, Munich, Germany
The Portraits of Dorian Gray Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico
2004 Anthro/SOCIO the:artist:network, New York, NY
2003

Works on Paper  Marvelli Gallery, New York, NY
Absences: Curators' Choice, Photographs of Urban Alienation Tenri Institute,  New York, NY (curator Raul Zamudio)

2002

Geppo Biennale de Cétinié, Montenegro, Yugoslavia
Reminders New York, NY (public intervention)

2001

Geppo  Galerie Kampl, Munich, Germany
The Entropic Garden  Wake Forest University Fine Arts Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
Screen Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY
Werktag Kunstpark Ost, Munich, Germany (curator Nol Hennissen)

2000

Snapshot Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD
On Translation: The Adapter Art in General, New York, NY (collaborative project with Antonio Muntadas*)

1999 A Show of Hands Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY
Open Studios Whitney Independent Study Program, New York, NY
Xmas Kent Gallery, New York, NY (collaborative project*)
Artists’ responses to 'Crimes of the Wehrmacht' Cooper Union, New York, NY (exhibition and panel discussion)

1998

Momenta Art, Brooklyn, New York, NY (benefit exhibition)
Öffentliche Erscheinungen Steirian Autumn, Raum für Kunst, Graz, Austria (collaborative project*)
act New York, NY (collaborative project*)
1997 MFA Thesis Exhibition 441 Lafayette Street, New York, NY
Conversation 1997, Inquiry, and Fragebogen (internet projects)
Warten auf die Vergangenheit, Munich, Germany (collaborative project*)
Ich habe genug Munich, Germany (collaborative public project*)
Hotel Kunstpark Ost, Galerie Szuper, Munich, Germany (collaborative public project*)
1996 New York Area MFA Exhibition Hunter College Fine Arts Building, New York, NY
Basement Doors
Warren Street, New York, NY (public intervention)
Worldcrossing German Consulate General, New York, NY (collaborative project*)
You are a public appearance New York (citywide collaborative project*)
1995 Galerie Carol Johnssen, Munich, Germany
Sandton Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
The Eurostreifen Munich, Germany (collaborative public project*)
Turn it (collaborative mailing project throughout Europe*)
1994 Galerie Guth-Maas&Maas, Reutlingen, Germany (catalogue)
Vorübergehende Errichtung einer Mauer als Kunst, Munich, Germany (collaborative public intervention*)
Bank Hofgarten/Staatskanzlei, Munich, Germany (public intervention)
Barriere Verdi Pettorano Sul Gizio, Italy (public intervention)

* realized as member of the artists’ group Department for Public Appearances


Grants/Residencies/Fellowships/Grants:

2008 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Council for the Arts, Cambridge, MA (director's grant)
2007

Project Grant from the Humanities, Arts, and Sciences Fund at MIT
MIT Council for the Arts (individual artist grant)
MIT Alumni Fund for Teaching and Education Enhancement (with Prof. Wendy Jacob)

2006

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Council for the Arts, Cambridge, MA (director's grant)

2004

Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, Venice, Italy (fellowship, 2 month residency)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Council for the Arts (individual artist grant)

2003

Vermont Studio Center (residency)

1998

1998 Projektstipendium der Gisela und Erwin von Steiner Stiftung, Munich, Germany

1997

1998 Projektstipendium der Gisela und Erwin von Steiner Stiftung, Munich, Germany
Sólo para tus ojos: el factor feminista en relación a las artes visuales
, Arteleku, San Sebastian, Spain (workshop/residency, catalogue)

1996 DAAD / German Academic Exchange Service (1 year USA scholarship)
1995 Rotary International Foundation, (1 year USA scholarship)
1994

Pettorano sul Gizio, Italy (residency)
Italian Cultural Institute, Munich, Germany (scholarship)

1993 Danner Stiftung, Munich, Germany (1st prize)
90/91 Cape Town, South Africa (5 month residency)


Bibliography/Published Writings:

Klaus Nonnenmacher, Ahoi ohne Kameraden, Andrea Frank auf großer Fahrt mit Schiffen und Containern, Stuttgarter Zeitung Nr. 157, July 8, 2008 (read/print PDF)
Vehikel der Globalisierung- Fotoausstellung: Häfen und Schiffe von Andrea Frank in der Kunsthalle, Göppinger Kreisnachrichten, July 9, 2008, Göppingen, Germany (read/print PDF)
Wright, Sarah H. Seeing 'Visions', MIT Tech Talk , April 2, 2008, Cambridge, MA (read/print PDF)
Andrea Frank, VISIONS - MIT Interviews, 2008, Cambridge, MA (artist book)
Roberta Smith
, Andrea Frank: New Photographs, Art Reviews, The New York Times, January 26, 2007, New York (read/print PDF)
A Photographic Exploration of the Broad Institute – How the School’s Visual Arts Program Serves and is Served by MIT, PLAN # 67, MIT, Fall 2007, Cambridge, MA
Short Stories, Macy Art Gallery, Teachers College Columbia University, (exhibition catalogue, curator Maurizio Pellegrin) 2007, New York, NY
Mondo Cannibale, 19. Stuttgarter Filmwinter (exhibition catalogue), 2006, Stuttgart, Germany
Andrea Frank
, Selbstsicht - Der Schritt ins Bild, Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie (catalogue contribution), April 2006, Darmstadt, Germany
Zwischen Sellerie und Erdbeeren: 12 Künstler, 12 Fahnen, 1 Großmarkt, kommit, January 2, 2006, Munich, Germany
Zwischen Sellerie und Erdbeeren, isarbote.de, October 23, 2005, Munich, Germany
Kunst in Sendling, Münchner Merkur, October 20, 2005, Munich, Germany
Spannende Einblicke, Sendlinger Anzeiger, October 13, 2005, Munich, Germany
Kunst in Sendling (Ankündigungen), Kunst in Sendling, October13 – 26, 2005, Munich, Germany
Kunst in Sendling (Ankündigungen), Applaus, October 2005, Munich, Germany
Laura Fant
i, Andrea Frank, Espoarte, (giovani), June/July 2005, Italy (read/print PDF)
Chiara Olivieri Bertola, Andrea Frank at PINTA contemporanea Tema Celeste (Italia) #108 reviews, March/April 2005, Italy (read/print PDF)
Andrea Frank: PINTA, Genova, Flash Art Italia, (galleries, artists, events), December 2004 -January 2005, Italy (read/print PDF)
Sebastiano Grasso,
Andrea Frank - PINTA arte contemporanea, Corriere della Sera (art listings), Milan, Italy, November 2004
A Raft of Exhibits by Visual Arts Faculty, PLAN # 59, MIT, Fall 2004, Cambridge, MA
Mary Hrbacek,
Andrea Frank at Marvelli Gallery, New York Art World Reviews, Summer 2004, New York (read/print PDF)
Ken Johnson
, Works on Paper, New York Times, art listings, June 27, 2003, New York
Raul Zamudio
, The Missing: The Photography of Andrea Frank and Cleverson, NYARTS, May 2003, New York (read/print PDF)
Andrea Frank, Muntadas On Translation, (catalogue contribution) MACBA/ACTAR, 2003, Barcelona, Spain
Andrea Frank, The New Yorker, art listings, May 13, 2002
Department für Öffentliche Erscheinungen, (collaborative projects catalogue) Verlag füf Moderne Kunst Nürnberg, 2003 , Germany
Linda Weintraub, Andrea Frank, Tema Celeste Reviews, July/August 2002 (read/print PDF)
Andrea Frank Self Portrait, Tema Celeste, November/December 2001 (read/print PDF)
David Levi Strauss
, Tempus Loquendi, Tempus Tacendi, Andrea Frank's Case Study, Andrea Frank CASE STUDY (exhibition catalogue) Marvelli Gallery, 2001, New York (read/print PDF)
Birgit Sonna, Luftschlösser mit Bodenverhaftung, Süddeutsche Zeitung (Münchner Kultur), July 10, 2001
Ken Johnson, A Show of Hands, New York Times Art Guide, May 21, 1999
Enzo Siciliano, Nuovi Talenti: Ultimo indirizzo Brooklyn, La Repubblica, June 14, 1999, Italy
Kim Levin, The Xmas Project, Village Voice, art listings, December 21, 1999, New York
One day, 112 Views, Resident, December 7, 1999, New York
Heinz Schütz, Steirischer Herbst 98, Kunstforum International, No 143, January – February 1999, Cologne
Annemarie Happe, Öffentliche Erscheinungen, Megaphon, No 37/4, October 1998, Graz, Austria
Hilmar Hoffmann (Ed.), Das Guggenheim Prinzip, P 158/159, DuMont, Cologne
Cornelia Gockel, Eurostreifen und ein stinkendes Parfüm, Süddeutsche Zeitung, August 13, 1998, Munich
scratch and sniff Bauwelt, Heft Nr. 30, August 1998, Berlin
Jörg Restorff, Guggenheim gibt Gas, Kunstzeitung, Nr. 24, August 1998, Düsseldorf
A Guggenheim Perfume?, Artnet Magazine, NEWS, June 1998, New York
Barbara Ertl, Öffentliche Erscheinungen, Neue Kronen Zeitung, October 11, 1998, Graz, Austria
Ulrich Chaussy
, Übernimmt die Werbung die Kunst oder die Kunst die Werbung? BR - Bayerischer Rundfunk, Kultur Aktuell, June 19,1998, Munich
Petra Dachs, Parfüm 'act' 'duftet nach Benzin und Öl, Münchner Merkur, June 17, 1998, Munich
Andrea Frank, El factor feminista. Erreakzioa-Reacción, (exhibition catalogue contribution) Arteleku, Fall 1997, San Sebastian, Spain
Guido Fuchs, Heute keine Erscheinung, Abendzeitung, May 10,1996, Munich
Europa- statt Zebrastreifen, Münchner Merkur, July 28,1995, Munich
Mehr Sicherheit durch gekippten Zebrastreifen, Abendzeitung, August 5/6,1995, Munich
Klasse Ben Willikens – Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, group exhibition catalogue, Galerie Guth-Maas & Maas, 1995, Reutlingen
Angela Holzhauer, Die pittoreske Sonnenseite Südafrikas, Süddeutsche Zeitung, December 22, 1992