ICA LA shows Andrews’ work on women and the presidency

09/11/2024, Los Angeles —

Andrews exhibits her ongoing artwork Victoria Woodhull, Belva Ann Lockwood, Abigail Scott Duniway […], critiquing sexism in American presidential politics.

Andrews moderates panel “Women in Print: Expanding the LA Canon” at Felix Art Fair as part of The Judith Center’s first curatorial program

03/2/2024, Hollywood —

At Felix Art Fair, as part of The Judith Center’s first curatorial program, Kathryn Andrews moderated the panel, “Women in Print: Expanding the LA Canon,” featuring Carol Wells, an art historian and founder of The Center for the Study of Political Graphics; Linda Vallejo, artist and printmaker affiliated with Self Help Graphics during the 1970s/1980s; and Barbara Carrasco, a graphic artist who produced visuals for the United Farm Workers of America (UFW).

The panel examined the history of women-led printmaking collectives in Los Angeles, with a particular focus on how the political nature of this production led to it being sidelined by the broader art market. The panel also explored how discriminatory practices in California led to the neglect of BIPOC artists and their cultural contributions to the greater Southern California art scene.

Andrews launches new 501(c)(3) The Judith Center during LA Art Week with a salon discussion and event at Emeco House

02/27/2024, Los Angeles —

For its official debut The Judith Center partnered with wHY Architecture, For Freedoms, and Emeco to host a party and a salon discussion during LA Art Week. The salon featured Andrews in conversation with Kulapat Yantrasast of wHY, Michelle Woo, co-fouder of For Freedoms, Jaye Buchbinder, furniture engineer of Emeco, Leigh Arnold, curator at the Nasher Sculpture Center, and artist Tamar Halpern. The group discussed how bias in architecture impacts the perception of art and its makers.

Andrews in New Wave panel “What is Creative Expression Now? Exploring the Role of Art in Today’s Society”

12/2/23, West Palm Beach, FL —

New Wave Art Wknd 2023 Public Panel Discussion “What is Creative Expression Now? Exploring the Role of Art in Today’s Society” taking place at UOVO’s new West Palm Beach facility on Saturday, December 2 from 11AM-12PM. Moderated by For Freedoms Co-Founder Michelle Woo, and featuring artists Kathryn Andrews, Rachel Lee Hovnanian, Wendy Red Star, and cultural producer Jasmine Wahi.

Andrews featured on AART: The Podcast for Female Artists

07/22/2023, Spotify —

Veteran journalist and podcaster Chris Stafford interviews Andrews on her trajectory as an artist, on the influence of her mentors including Mike Kelley, and on her recent creation of the 501(c)3, The Judith Center.

Andrews in “Not My Circus, Not My Monkeys” at Kunstmuseum Thun

09/15/23, Thun, Switzerland —

Andrews will debut a new installation and video work alongside contributions by other artists who have examined the circus as a subject. The exhibition will focus on how the circus, a relic from bygone days, can be reimagined as a way to consider contemporary social concerns. It will specifically explore how the illusions, struggles, successes, and failures staged at the circus channel cultural dominance and marginalization.

Hammer Museum features Andrews’ sculpture in “Together in Time: Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection”

06/10/23, Los Angeles, CA —

The Hammer Museum’s debut of its new architectural makeover opens with a sprawling exhibition of works acquired during the last decade. Andrews’ iconic sculpture, “Lethal Weapon,” 2012, which features the gun used by Mel Gibson in the namesake film, is on view alongside other works by prominent artists from Los Angeles and beyond.

Andrews in “One Decade of Female Sculptors”

10/8/2021, Vienna, Austria —

“One Decade of Female Sculptors” is the inaugural exhibition of KÖNIG GALERIE’s Vienna location and brings together more than 30 works by contemporary women artists to offer a fresh take on the significance of the female perspective in sculpture.

Collecteurs Academy Features Andrews Talk

6/17/2021, academy.collecteurs.com —

Collecteurs Academy hosts a video presentation by Kathryn Andrews entitled “Death of Looking: The Artist as Brand” as part of their online educational platform bringing together artists, curators, and historians to discuss topics of importance in the contemporary art world. Andrews discusses art historical examples as they relate to the interaction of branding and perception.

SFSIA 2021: Activist Neuroaesthetics in Cognitive Capitalism

7/6/2021, 6–8pm (CET), sfsia.art —

Kathryn Andrews is a guest lecturer for the 2021 Saas-Fee Summer Institute of Art, which will be held online from July 1 – July 16. This year’s program is held in collaboration with Activist Neuro-Aesthetics, a year-long festival of events curated by Warren Neidich, Susanne Prinz and Sarrita Hunn including a series of exhibitions at Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz in Berlin from July 8 – July 11.

Andrews in “Tense Conditions” Group Exhibition

Spring 2021, Stuttgart, Germany —

In cooperation with the Scharpff-Striebich Collection, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart opens “Tense Conditions” featuring contemporary artworks centered on vulnerability and confusion as related to issues of control, racial discrimination, and exclusion. The exhibition includes Kathryn Andrews “Santa Door,” as well as works from Rashid Johnson, Yoko Ono, Simone Leigh, Rosemary Trockel and others.

“First Women: Gender and Electoral Politics” DPAM Panel

12/8/2020, Zoom —

DePaul Art Museum and Artists 4 Democracy host a panel moderated by Kathryn Andrews, with Nasreen Alkhateeb, lead cinematographer for the Kamala Harris vice-presidential campaign; Dr. Christina R. Rivers, DePaul University Associate Professor of Political Science; and, Dr. Kelly Dittmar, Associate Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University and Director of Research with the Center for American Women in Politics at the Eagleton Institute of Politics.

DePaul Art Museum Webinar with Kathryn Andrews

10/8/2020, Instagram Live —

DePaul Art Museum hosts a webinar with Julie Rodrigues Widholm, Director of UC Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, and Laura-Caroline Johnson, Interim Director of DePaul Art Museum, to discuss Kathryn Andrews’ current installation at DPAM.

DePaul Art Museum Features Andrews Installation

9/7/2020, Chicago, IL —

Kathryn Andrews debuts a window installation critiquing sexism in American presidential politics at the DePaul Art Museum. The piece will be on view until the November election.

“Layers & Tracks” Group Exhibition Opens in Amsterdam

9/3/2020, Amsterdam, Netherlands —

Kathryn Andrews’ work “Wheel of Foot in Mouth No. 2 (Rubik’s Early Work)” is featured in Galerie Ron Mandos’ group exhibition, “Layers & Tracks – The human figure in the digital age.” The painting-focused show is curated by Philipp Bollmann and includes works by Jeff Elrod, Pieter Schoolwerth, and Hannah Sophie Dunkelberg, among others.

Andrews Makes Recommendations for Nasher ‘Shelf Life’

06/12/2020, Dallas, TX —

The Nasher Sculpture Center posts recommended cultural tidbits from artists, curators and other friends of the institution to check out on their website during the Covid-19 lockdown. Andrews’ recent pastimes are included.

RXART Features Andrews Drawings on Instagram

05/22/2020, Instagram —

RxArt features Andrews’ drawings on Instagram from the RxArt coloring Book Vol. 3. Check out their website, and support their awesome cause!

Andrews in group exhibition at Nasher Museum at Duke University

08/27/2020, Durham, NC —

Andrews’ work “TRINITY FOR PRESIDENT aka Historical Campaign Poster Painting No. 3 (Manifest Destiny)” will be featured in Nasher Museum’s exhibition “Graphic Pull: Contemporary Prints from the Collection.”

Instalive conversation with Gallerist Johann König

05/16/2020, Instagram Live —

Kathryn Andrews and Berlin Gallerist Johann König discuss Andrews’ studio activities during the coronavirus lockdown as part of König Galerie’s ongoing Instagram Live discussion series.

“Happy!” Group Exhibition at NSU Art Museum extended to Fall 2020

05/01/2020, Fort Lauderdale, FL —

Andrews work is included at NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale’s “Happy!”, a new exhibition of contemporary works produced by artists who aim to engage the viewer emotionally.

“Who Am I” group show opens at Tang Contemporary Art

3/14/2020, Beijing —

Andrews’ work is featured alongside other König Gallerie artists at Tang Contemporary Art in Beijing. The exhibition centers around the human figure as it relates to symbols of life, vanitas, and death. Through May 10, 2020.

YUZ MUSEUM SHANGHAI GROUP EXHIBITIONI EXTENDED TO 6/30/20

03/01/2020, Shanghai —

Two large scale artworks by Andrews, “National Flower” and “Fleurs de Zod,” are included alongside works by Cayetano Ferrer, Douglas Gordon, Alex Israel, Mike Kelley, Alex Prager, Amanda Ross-Ho, and Martine Syms.

ANDREWS’ “GOODBYE JOHN GIORNO” DEBUTS AT 39 GREAT JONES, NYC

02/04/2020, New York —

Curated by Ugo Rondinone, Andrews’ work features a painting by the late poet John Giorno from 1987 entitled “Life is a Killer.” The painting is framed by Andrews signature black coating on the inside of the storefront window with absented letters that reveal Giorno’s painting and its rich material surface. On view until May 4, 2020.