“My time in Dresden allowed for a slowing down in life and the studio while also an intense concentration on my work. Being exposed to a different landscape, language, aesthetic and way of life informed my work and perspectives in the moment and continue to ripple through my consciousness and fuel new energies in my artistic practice.”
Artist Information
Andrea Myers’ artistic practice explores the space between two and three dimensionality, hybridizing painting, sculpture and fiber arts. She received her BFA in Printmedia in 2002 and her MFA in Fiber and Material Studies in 2006 both from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Hyde Park Art Center, Evanston Art Center, Toledo Museum of Art, the Columbus Museum of Art, coGalleries (Berlin, Germany), Galerie Klaus Braun (Stuttgart, Germany), Textil und Rennsport Museum (Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Germany). She has participated in residencies at Ox-Bow in Saugatuck, MI, A Studio in the Woods, a program of Tulane University in New Orleans, Fortress Man Textile Symposium in Daugavpils, Latvia and the Textile Art Center in New York City. Andrea was one of five 2011 Efroymson Fellowship recipients and has also been awarded artist’s grants from the City of Chicago, the Ohio Arts Council and the Greater Columbus Arts Council. She has work in the collections of Chase Bank, Capital One, Dayton Metro Libraries and the Dublin Arts Council. She is currently represented by Hammond Harkins Gallery in Columbus, GUT Gallery in Dallas Texas and McCormick Gallery in Chicago.