Andrea Carlson
Andrea Carlson (b. 1979) is a visual artist who maintains a studio practice in northern Minnesota and Chicago, Illinois. Carlson's works primarily on paper, creating painted and drawn surfaces with many mediums. Her work addresses land and institutional spaces, decolonization narratives, and assimilation metaphors in film. Her work has been acquired by institutions such as the Whitney Museum of American Art, The Walker Art Center, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, the Denver Art Museum, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and the National Gallery of Canada. Carlson was a recipient of a 2008 McKnight Fellow, a 2017 Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors award, a 2021 Chicago Artadia Award, and a 2022 United States Artists Fellowship. Carlson is a co-founder of the Center for Native Futures in Chicago.
Cannibal Ferox, 2009. Acrylic, ink, oil, gauche, watercolor, colored pencil, marker and graphite on paper. 44 in x 60 in. Image courtesy of Artist.
Exit, 2019. 20-layer screen print with Highpoint Editions, Minneapolis, MN. 34 in x 47 in. Photo courtest of Artist.
Sunshine on a Cannibal, 2015. Acrylic, ink, oil, gauche, watercolor, colored pencil, marker and graphite on paper. 4 in x15 in. Photo courtesy of Artist.
Red Exit, 2019. Acrylic, ink, oil, gauche, watercolor, colored pencil, marker and graphite on paper. 10 in x 14 in. Photo courtesy of Artist.
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