ANDREA ACOSTA FONRODONA
Born in Bogotá
Lives and works in Berlin
EDUCATION
2008 M.F.A. Public Art and New Artistic Strategies, Bauhaus Universität, Weimar, Germany
2005 B.A. Fine Arts: with emphasis on Electronic Media and Time based Arts, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
GRANTS AND AWARDS (selection)
2021 Research grant, Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa, Berlin
2021 Residency, Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, Dessau, Germany
2020 Residency, Homeostasis – Borders and Flows, Graz Kulturjahr, Graz, Austria (moved to 2021)
2020 Stipendium Neustart Kultur, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn, Germany
2019 Residency, within the project Lieu de l’art – INHA Lab, Centre Les Récollets, Paris
2018 1st place. Uniandino Art Prize. Bogotá, Colombia
2016 1st place. Public art competition, Chȃteau Rouge Metro Station, Paris
2016 Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt, Berlin
2013 Project Commission. Les Nouveaux Commanditaires, Bilbao, Spain
2010 Residency. International exchange program with Le Pavillon. Gyeonggi Creation Center, Ansan, South Korea
2009-10 Residency. Le Pavillon, Laboratoire de Creation, Palais de Tokyo, Paris,
2009 Grant. Society of Friends of the International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg, Austria
2009 Workshop. Dan and Lia Perjovschi, Sommerakademie für Bildende Kunst, Salzburg, Austria
2008-09 Fellowship. Stipendium der Graduiertenförderung des Freistaates Thüringen, Weimar, Germany
2008 Prize. Bauhaus Hochschulpreis der Fakultät Gestaltung, Bauhaus Universität, Weimar, Germany
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2021 Witness Materials, Gropius Haus, Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau, Germany
2020 Spacial Drift (with Katherina Heil), Exgirlfriend Gallery, Berlin
2019 Earthing, within the Lieu de l’art program – INHA LAB, Institut national d’histoire de l’art, Paris
2015 A veces hay que tropezar dos veces con la misma piedra. LA Galería, Bogotá, Colombia
2015 Manual de Uso II, Contexts space, Paris, France
2014 Manual de Uso, Sala Rekalde, Bilbao, Spain
2013 Andamios y Columnas. LA Galería, Bogotá, Colombia
2009 The Real (e)state. M10 Baustelle -Artist Run Space, Weimar, Germany
2008 The Imaginary Journeys of Bus #4. Interventions in public space, Weimar, Germany
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2021 Schlammig Dreckig Nass, workshop and conference, Citizen Art Days, Schäfersee, Berlin
2021 Aufzeichnungen einer Seherin – Notes of a Seeress, Ifa Galerie, Berlin
2021 V, Alfa Gallery o.v. Artsy, Miami
2019 Ground Control, REITER Gallery, Berlin
2019 Reclaim Context – Bauhaus Studio 100, HfG Archiv, Ulm, Germany (upcoming)
2019 Ground Control, Reiter Galleries, Berlin (upcoming)
2019 RURBAN. Jan van Eyck Akademie, Masstricht, Netherlands
2019 Bauhaus Studio 100. Gaswerk, Weimar, Germany
2019 Here/Now: Current Visions of Colombia. Beautiful Distress House, Amsterdam
2018 La Vuelta. MAMM Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín, Colombia
2018 Kunst am Bau Lichtemberg. Rathhaus Lichtember, Berlin
2018 Entornos, IX Premio Uniandino a las ARtes. Galería Espacio Alterno, Bogotá, Colombia
2017 Le Monde Tel Qu’il Va! Hangar J1, Marseille France
2017 La Vuelta, Art contemporain et photographie en Colombie. Les Rencontre D’Arles, France
2017 Entre los días y las Cosas. Colombian Embassy, Berli
2016 Fraud, Fake, Fame, Goldrausch 2016. St. Johannes Evangelist, Berlin
2014 ArteCámara, Pavilion of Young Artists. ARTBO International Art fair, Bogotá, Colombia
2014 Presencias. Presentation of the Bar-on Collection, Bogotá, Colombia
2013 Uno lo mio y lo tuyo, Tres décadas de Arte en Expansión. Casa Republicana, Bogotá, Colombia
2013 Melgart. Museum of Modern Art, Bogotá, Colombia
2013 Aquatopia. Interventions in Karmeliterplatz, Graz, Austria
2012 Action planning. Special program within the Biennial of Young Art, Moscow, Russia
2012 Ça & Là (This and There). Fondation d’entreprise Ricard, Paris, France
2012 Jaime Molina. LA Galería, Bogotá, Colombia
2012 8th Directors Lounge – Urban Research. Naherholung Sterchen, Berlin, Germany
2011 Been Out. Ständige Vertretung, Dortmund, Germany
2011 Rumores sobre una exposición. Espai Zero1, Olot, Spain
2011 Cyberfest. National Center of Contemporary Art SP Branch, San Petersburg, Russia
2011 Ensayos para un Mundo Perfecto. Salón de Arte BBVA – Nuevos Nombres Banco de la República. One year travelling exhibition in museums of Bogotá, Medellín, Cali, Bucaramanga, Pereira and Cartagena, Colombia
2010 Sunday’s Screening. Galerie Dix9, Paris
2010 Ce Monde Impitoyable. Centre d’art Contemporain Chamarande and Module Hors Le Mur Palais de Tokyo, Paris
2010 Brouillon. Musée de la Danse, Rennes, France
2010 The Multicultural In Our Time. Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, South Korea
2010 Service Commandé. Musée de la Danse, Rennes, France
2009 Vom Labor zum Projekt. Neues Museum, Weimar, Germany
COMMISSIONS
2013-14 Manual de Uso. Development of a project for public space within the program Nouveaux Commanditaires (Nuevos Comanditarios – Spain section), Bilbao, Spain
2006 Grasouflage. Intervention in public space for 10th Flower Market in collaboration with Andrea Sirch and the city of Weimar, Weimar, Germany
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2021 Remains – Tomorrow: Themes in Contemporary Latin American Abstraction, edited by Cecilia Fajardo-Hill and published by the SPACE Collection, California (upcoming)
2021 Publication. Homeostasis – Borders and Flows, Graz, Austria (upcoming)
2018 Article. Relaciones entre la naturaleza y la ciudad. Periódico Arteria, Bogotá, Colombia
2016 Article. Einblick (641) by Noemi Molitor, Taz, Berlin
2016 Review. 99% Urban. Berlin
2014 Article. Drawing confronts us, by Erika Martínez, Published in Art Nexus issue of December
2014 Artist Book. Manual de Uso. Published for New Patrons project with the support of the Arthazia, Fondation de France and Eremuak, Bilbao, Spain
2013 Exhibition Catalogue. Melgart. Published by the MAMBO Museum of Modern Art, Bogotá, Colombia
2013 Artist publication. Log Buch. Published for the Aquatopia project with the support of the Kinderbüro and the Institut für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Graz, Austria
2013 Artist publication. Oroi (memory). In collaboration with curator Haizea Barcenilla published by Artium, Vitoria, Spain
2012 Article. De tiempos y ciudades: fotografía colombiana hoy by Maria Wills Londoño (published in the book Lugares de Transito fotografía y residencias artísticas)
2012 Artist publication. There is Here with a T published for the exhibition Ça & Là with support of Le Pavillon Laboratoire de Creation du Palais de Tokyo, Paris
2012 Exhibition Catalogue. Ça & Là (This and There). Paris,
2011 Publication. Contribution for the publication Rumores sobre una exposición contada, edited by Haizea Barcenilla and published by Espai Zero1, Olot Spain
2011 Review. BBVA-Nuevos Nombres in Dinero.com, by Claudia Cristancho
2011 Exhibition Catalogue. Salón de Arte BBVA-Nuevos Nombres Banco de la República, Bogotá, Colombia
2010 Exhibition Catalogue. The Multicultural In Out Time, two-volumes edited by Manu Park, Ansan; South Korea
COLLECTIONS
Collection of the Banco de la República, Bogotá, Colombia
Collection of the BBVA Bogotá, Colombia