Born in New York, US
Lives and works in New York, US
"My work falls between sculpture, architecture and design. Coming out of sculpture, with an interest in architecture and design, I saw that by merging the three I could dissolve the line between art and daily life. I approach monumentality in an un-monumental way, knowing that the only way I could work at such a large scale was to insert functional amenities, like benches and fountains, to distract from the more targeted interventions I wanted to impose.
I consider the relationship of the social/political world to the private psychological one, highlighting the differences between these sites in an attempt to promote a social breakdown of content and context. With a touch of humor and cynicism, I zoom in and out of the conditions which organize us as a culture in order to see how that affects us as individuals. My focus is on the ‘down time’ when one eats, reads and is in repose , as the time when the ‘where’, ‘who’, ‘what’ , and ‘how’ is most evidenced . It is through the organization of the space, that I can instigate anonymous relationships, highlight behavioral proclivities and frame public flirtations-playing the role of the unseen cupid and backroom troublemaker."
Solo exhibitions
2024
Biota, 205 Hudson Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2021
Parallel lives, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, CH
2019
Grey Matter, In Situ - fabienne leclerc, Paris, FR
2013
Still-Life, In Situ - fabienne leclerc, Paris, FR
2012-13
Social Studies, La Conservera Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Murcia, ES
2011
Paradise...Lost, Sikkema - Jenkins Gallery, New York, US
2010
Andrea Blum / Jerzy Grotowski, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville, ES
2008
Home on the Street/Landscape in the Palace, stART/Catarina Tognon, Venice, IT
Birdhouse Café, La Maison Rouge-Fondation Antoine de Galbert, Paris, FR
Babel, In Situ - fabienne leclerc, Paris, FR
2005
Hotel/Apartment/House/Nomadic House, Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2003
Metropolitan Biography, Le Crestet Centre d'art contemporain, FR
Nomadic House & Designs for Living, In Situ - fabienne leclerc Paris, FR
2001
Utopie Art3, Valence, FR
1999
Mobile Institute #2, archive/theater/library, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, GB
Video Viewing Station, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, Seville, ES
Mobile Institute #1, office/exhibitionspace/theater/library, Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
1998
Centre d'art contemporain, Auvers-sur-Oise, FR
1997
Polder, De Paviljoens, Almere, NL
1996
Mobile Home, Galerie des Archives Paris, FR
Universiteit Twente, Enschede, NL
1995
American Center, Paris, FR
Public Affairs, Stroom Center for Art & Architecture Den Haag, NL
Domestic Arrangement #3, Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
1994
Domestic Arrangement #1, Storefront for Art & Architecture, New York, US
Domestic Arrangement #2, Galerie des Archives, Paris, FR
1991
Bain-Douche collaboration: Shirley Irons / Jeanne Silverthorne, Simon Watson Gallery, New York, US
Surveillance Chamber New York Diary, Institute for Contemporary Art PS1, Long Island City, US
1985
Vanguard Gallery, Philadelphia, US
Sibell Wolle Gallery, University of Colorado, Boulder, US
1984
Protetch, McNeil Gallery, New York, US
1982
Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, US
Tibor De Nagy Gallery, New York, US
1981
Primary Pits, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, US
1980
Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, US
Courtyard, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, US
Corridor, Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, US
1979
Room 218, Institute for Art and Urban Resources PS1, Long Island City, New York, US
1978
Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, US
Group exhibitions
2017 En marge, In Situ - fabienne leclerc, Paris, FR
Other Hours, 601Artspace, New York, US
2016
Foundation Barbin Presents: Redeux (Sort of), Kai Matsumiya Gallery, New York, US
2015
Pam Lins and "sorry, i've been trying to teach a peacock to act", Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, US
Andrea Blum / Martha Rosler / Valie Export, screenings, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, Seville, ES
2012
Explorers, The Centre National des Arts Plastiques (CNAP), in collaboration with the Musée de l'Abbaye, FR
Sainte-Croix in Les Sables d'Olonne, FR
2010
Andrea Blum / Jerzy Grotowski, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, Seville, ES
Treasures for theatre, Centre d'art contemporain de la ferme du Buisson, Marne-la Vallée, FR
Brave New World, MUDAM Fondation Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, LU
Explorateurs, Centre des Arts d'Enghien-les-Bains, FR
2009
Le Nouveau Festival, Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR
No Bees No Blueberries, Harris Lieberman Gallery, New York, US
Tristes Utopies, In Situ - fabienne leclerc, Paris, FR
CUMULUS Studio, New York, US
2008
Home on street/landscape in The Palace, Campo San Maurizion & palazzo Da Ponte, Venezia, IT
2007 Marseille Artistes Associés, Musée d'art contemporain, Marseille, FR
Happiness of the Object, Sculpture Center, Long Island City, US
2006
Eldorado, MUDAM Fondation Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean Luxembourg, LU
Monument Minimum, Château d'Avignon, Camargue ,FR Some Translations, en collaboration avec Harrell Fletcher, In Situ - fabienne leclerc, Paris, FR
Gardens + Fountains, MUDAM, Luxembourg, LU
2005
Gardens + Fountains The Experience of Art, 51st Venice Biennale Italian Pavilion Commission, Venice, IT
Nomadic House, FIAC Grand Palais, Paris, FR
Beyond Narcissus, Dorsky Gallery, New York, US
2004
Le Paris des Maisons Objects Trouvés, Pavillion d'Arsenal, Paris, FR
2003
Book-Machines, Magasin Colette, Paris, FR
Ma Petite Entreprise, Abbaye Saint André Centre d'art contemporain, Meymac, FR
Le Diable Évidemment, Collection FRAC Bretagne, Musée des Beaux Arts de Brest, FR
2002
Loveseat with Aquarium, FIAC Paris, FR
LMX etape3, École Superieure des Beaux Arts du Mans, FR
2001
To the Trade Diverse Works, Houston, US
Ambiance Magasin, Abbaye Saint Andre Centre d'art Contemporain, Meymac, FR
Groupe Exhibition, In Situ - fabienne leclerc, Paris, FR
LMX etape 2, FRAC / PACA, Marseille, FR
2000
Design 2000, Espace Landowski Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Exurbia, Theresa Luisotti Gallery, Los Angeles, US
BikeCity, City Hall, Den Haag, NL
BabyBloom, Galeria Luisa delle Piane, Milan, IT
1999
Espace modes d'emploi, FRAC Bretagne, FR
Design me a School, Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig, DE
1997
The Private Eye in Public Art, Nations Bank Plaza, Charlotte, US
1996
Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
1995
Contemporaneously, Castle of Baia, Naples, IT
1993
Transpositions, Ferme du Buisson Centre d'Art Contemporain, Noisiel, FR
1992
A Marked Difference, Maatschappij Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL
Surveillance Marquée 33-11, Galerie des Archives, Paris, FR
1990
Michael Klein Inc. NY
Uncommon Ground: Architecture and Sculpture, 2AES, San Francisco, US
Post-Consumerism, Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, NY
Painting Between the Paradigms, Part IV: A Category of As Yet Unnamed, Penine Hart, New York, US
1988
Works on Paper, Shea & Beker Gallery, New York, US
Contemporary Sculptors, Maquettes & Drawings, Hofstra University, New York, US
Art for the Public, New Collaborations, Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, US
Projects and Proposals, New York City's Percent Program Department of Cultural Affairs, New York, US
1985
Vanguard Gallery, Philadelphia, US
Large Drawings, Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, US
1984
Alternative Spaces: A History in Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, US
Wellspring Project, Baca Downtown Cultural Center, Brooklyn, US
Large Scale Drawing, Wesleyan University, US
1983
Beyond the Monument, MIT Hayden Corridor Gallery, Cambridge, US Commissioned Proposals for Louisiana World Exposition, New Orleans Museum, US
1982
Momentary Halt, Artpark Lewiston, US
Pit Art on the Beach, Creative Time Inc., New York, US
1980
Beyond Object, Aspen Center for the Visual Arts, Aspen, US
Summer News, Frank Kolbert Gallery, New York, US
Architectural Sculpture, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, US
1979
13 Trees/13 Walls, Wards Island, New York, US
Art from Chicago, Koffler Foundation National Museum of American Art, Washington D.C., US
Chicago Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, DE
Three Sculptors, Northern Iowa University Museum of Art, Cedar Falls, US
1978
Art in Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Video
Chicago/Texas: Texas/Chicago, Delahanty Gallery, Dallas, US
American Drawing: New Direction, University of South Florida & Miami Dade College, Miami, US
Works on Paper, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, US
Works on Paper, Feigenson-Rosenstein Gallery, Detroit, US
1977
Drawing of the Seventies, Art Institute of Chicago, US
All Over the Place, Chicago, US
American Women Artists, Galleria D'Arte Del Cavallino, Venice, IT
Current Concerns, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, US
Blum/LeVa/Hansell Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, US
The Challenge of New Ideas: Contemporary Chicago Sculpture, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, US
1976
Abstract Art in Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, US
1975
25 Years to 2000, N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, US
Private commissions
2017
Green Rubber Lounge, Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, FR
2015
Exhibition Design, In Situ - fabienne leclerc, FIAC, Paris, FR
2014
MAK Center for Art and Architecture, WEB Project, Schindler House, Los Angeles, US
2013
Scenographic Designer, La Favorite, Gaetano Donizetti Opera in 4 Acts, Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Paris, FR
Publications d'artistes et la bibliothèque mobile de Andrea Blum, Baux-de-Provence, FR
2010-2011
La Maison des Éditeurs, Arles, FR
2009
Flip Lounge Cumulus Studio, New York, US
2008-2009
(CCL) Centre de conservation du livre, Arles, FR
Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon, Lyon, FR
Angle Art Contemporain St-Paul les Trois Châteaux, Vassevière, FR
2008
Bureau/6ème, In Situ - fabienne leclerc, Paris, FR
2007-2008
Marseille Artistes Associés, l'Exposition Musée d'Art Contemporain, Marseille, FR
2006
MONUMENT MINIMUM, l'Exposition Petits Habitats Nomades au Château, Château d'Avignon en Camargue, Conseil Général des Bouches-du-Rhône, FR
2005
Project Office, In Situ - fabienne leclerc, Paris, FR
2004
Slide Lounge, In Situ - fabienne leclerc, Paris, FR
2003
ZigZag Desk, In Situ - fabienne leclerc, Paris, FR
Loveseat & Aquarium, (collection: Frac Île de France, Paris, FR)
Nomadic House ART3, Valence, FR (prototype collection: Fondation Nationale d'Art Contemporain Paris, FR)
2000 & 2003
Ma petite Entreprise, l'Abbaye Saint-André, Centre d'art contemporain de Meymac, FR
1997-2013
Bibliothèque Mobile, l'Observatoire Marseille/Fabrique Sensible, Arles, FR (publ. -Home-, Artist Book)
1997
Perceptions Nomades/Espaces Urbains, Ateliers d'Artistes de la Ville de Marseille, FR
1998
CIPM, Centre International de Poésie de Marseille, FR
1999-2000
Art3/ la Drôme à Valence, Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, Die, Médiathèque de Valence, Art 3, Valence, FR
1996
La Chambre de Christophe Durand-Ruel, Paris
Public commissions
2018
Plateau 2, University of Pennsylvania & Redevelopment Authority of Philadelphia, US
2011
Design for Trygve Lie Plaza, NYC % for Art (not executed)
2010
Design for Knickerbocker Station, NYC % for Art (not executed)
2009
Design for City of Hoorgeven, NL (not executed)
2008
Gardens + Fountains, Summer Café MUDAM - Fondation Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, LU
2007
Arcadia, Place d'Italie Paris, FR (commissioner: City of Paris) (not executed)
2006
Plateau, University of Pennsylvania & Redevelopment Authority of Philadelphia, US
2004
New City Square, London, GB (not executed)
BikeHouse, Stroom Center for Art & Architecture, Den Haag, NL
Drink/Sleep, Le Jardin des Deux Rives, Strasbourg, FR
GreenHouse, Centre des Livres d'artistes, Saint-Yrieux La Perche, FR
2003
Living Spaces, Institut des Jeunes Sourds et Aveugles de Marseille (IRSAM) Marseille, FR (Fondation de France & Bureau des compétences et désirs)
Police Station, Bobigny, Paris, FR (not executed)
Nomadic House ART3, Valence, FR (prototype collection: Fondation nationale d'art contemporain, Paris, FR)
2002
Information Loop, BBC News Headquarters, London, GB (not executed)
Rotary Garden, SMAT-Metro, Toulouse, FR (not executed)
2001
Bureau, Art3, Valence, FR
En Route, University of Paris 8, St. Denis, FR
Suspended Animation, SMAT-Metro, Toulouse, FR (not executed)
1999
Mobile Display Unit, French Institute of Architects, Paris, FR (Caisse des Dépôts)
Common Meerveld, Almere, NL (not executed)
1998
Adolescent Playground, Collège Daubigny d'Auvers-sur-Oise, FR
Pavilion, University of Toulon, FR (not executed)
1997
Floating Island, 2000 Millenium Project, Bristol, GB (Public Art Development Trust) (not executed)
Agora, University of Rennes, FR (not executed)
1996
Information Plaza, Universiteit Twente, Enschede, NL
1995
Camouflage, Metrobus de l'Agglomeration Rouennaise (SIVOM), Rouen, FR
1994
Courtyard Arrangements, Inland Revenue, Nottingham, GB (Public Art Development Trust) (not executed)
1992
Corporate Displacement, General Mills Corporation, Minneapolis, US
Surveillance Stations, The Campagne Stroom Center for Art & Architecture, Den Haag, NL
Split Pavilion, City of Carlsbad, US (destroyed)
Livonia Art in Public Places Commission, Livonia, US
1991
107th Street Pier, New York City Percent for Art and Public Development Corporation, US
(in cooperation: Cavaglieri & Sultan Architects)
1990
Sunken Network System with Mirrored Arbor, Fillmore Center, San Francisco, US
1989
Rotational Shift, University of Wisconsin State Arts Commission, Madison, US
Street Link, Dayton City, Beautiful Dayton, US
1988
Landfill/Bus Station, The New Urban Landscape (exhibition) Battery Park City, New York, US (collaboration: Dennis Adams)
Linear Park, Center City Development Corporation, San Diego, US
(collaboration: Dennis Adams Martha Schwartz Peter Walker) (not executed)
Newsstand, Public Art Fund NY (collaboration: Ken Kaplan & Ted Krueger) (not executed)
1986
Rainier, Washington State Arts Commission Buckley, US
1985
Benches and Walkways, East Carolina University Greenville, US
Stairwell, North Shore Community College Percent for Art, Lynn, US
1983
3 Pavilions, National Endowment for the Arts Commission City of Boulder, US
Education
Art Institute of Chicago, MFA
Boston Museum School of Fine Arts/Tufts University, BFA
Professorial positions
1986-present Hunter College City University of New York, Professor of Art
1985- 1989 Cooper Union School of Art NY
1983- 1985 SUNY College at Purchase NY
1984- 1985 Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville NY
1984 Princeton University NJ
1983 Princeton University NJ
1982 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill NC
1981 Art Institute of Chicago IL
1980- 1981 Rhode Island School of Design RI
1977 University of Illinois Chicago Circle Campus IL
Visiting Artist/Conferences
2015
Workshop, Confluence, Institute for Innovation and Creative Strategies in Architecture, Lyon, FR
DNSEP Masters in Exhibition Design Workshop Ecole Nationale Superiere des Beaux Arts, Lyon, FR
2014
Bard College Summer Program in Sculpture
2013
Core Critic, Yale University, New Haven, US
2011
Graduate Reviews, Yale University, New Haven, US
In Conversation with artist Elena Del Rivera, The New Museum, New York, US
Festival of Ideas, The New Museum/Architectural League NYC/Workshop Leader
2010
Southern Methodist University, Dallas,TX
2009
Redevelopment Authority, Philadelphia , PA
2008
La Maison Rouge.Fondation Antoine de Galbert, Paris, FR
2007
Coloque International, Geneva University of Art and Design & Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva, CH (publication)
2006
International Laboratory on Social Sculpture, Bassano del Grappa, IT
Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, US
Pennsylvania Academy of Art Philadelphia, US
2005
École d'Architecture Superior, Paris, FR
Anti-Spectacle, conversation avec critique d'art Jacinto Legeiro, Entretiens sur l'art Espace Paul Ricard, Paris, FR
2003
Columbia University School of Architecture Jury 5th year (studio Odile Decq)
2001
Columbia University School of Architecture Jury 5th year (studio Odile Decq)
Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts, Lyon, FR
Utopie Symposium ART3, Musée de Valence, FR
1999
Columbia University, School of Urban Planning (studio: Andrea Kahn)
1997
FRAC Pays de la Loire, Nantes, FR
1996
École des Beaux Arts, Paris, FR
Consultant Hudson, River Park Conservancy, New York, YUS
Scénographie Urbaine, Côté Jardin(s) Seminaire, École des Beaux Arts Nancy, FR
1994
Storefront for Art & Architecture, New York, US
1993
L'Usine Fromage-GNAC Ecole D'Architecture de Normandie, FR
Symposium De Campagne Stroom Center for Art & Architecture, Den Haag, NL
Trinity College, US
1992
Public Art for Public Works: Municipal Art Society, New York, US
1990
Graduate School of Architecture, Columbia University, US (studio Ken Kaplan)
Parsons School of Art, New York, NY
Queens College, CUNY, US
International Sculpture Conference, Washington D.C., US
1989
Graduate School of Architecture, Columbia University, US (studio Ken Kaplan)
1988
Graduate School of Architecture, Columbia University, US (studio Ken Kaplan)
1987
University of Wisconsin, Madison, US
Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Landscape Architecture Juror, US
1986
Tyler School of Art, Temple University, US
1984
Art Institute of Chicago, US
1983
Syracuse University, US
1981
SUNY College, Purchase, New York, US
University of Illinois, Chicago Circle Campus, US
Hobart and William, Smith Colleges, US
1979
University of Chicago, Chicago, US
1978
University of Hartford School of Art, US
1977
Kalamazoo Institute of Art Gallery, US
1976
Notre Dame University, US
Selection panels
1990
Boston Museum School of Fine Arts Fifth Year Juror
1989
Illinois Arts Council Artist Selection Panel
Dayton Public Art Commission Selection Panel
Artpark Artist Selection Panel
1988
New York City, Percent for Art Program Artist Selection Panel
1984
National Endowment for the Arts Challenge and Advancement Grant Panel
Grants and fellowships
2013
SJ Weiler Fund Award
2012
Scholar's Incentive Award, Hunter College, CUNY
2007
Presidential Travel Award, Hunter College, CUNY
2005
Chevalier Order of Arts and Letters, French Ministry of Culture
2000
Residency Fondation Albert Gleizes, Les Sablons, FR
1999
John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship
PSC-CUNY Research Foundation Award Hunter College CUNY
1994
PSC-CUNY Research Foundation Award Hunter College CUNY
Art Commission Award for Excellence in Design for the Reconstruction of 107th St, New York, US
1992
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Architecture
1991
Design Award Certificate for 107 ST Pier Renovation American Institute of Architects
PSC-CUNY Research Foundation Award, Hunter College,CUNY
1986
Art Matters Inc. Fellowship
1983
Graham Foundation Fellowship for Advanced Studies in Fine Art
1978
National Endowment for the Arts Artist Fellowship
1976
National Endowment for the Arts Artist Fellowship
Bibliography
Catalogs
1993
"De Campagne", Stroom Center for Art & Architecture Den Haag, Netherlands, 1993.
"Transpositions" La Ferme du Buisson, 1993.
1990
Martin, Richard. "The New Urban Landscape", Olympia & York, 1990.
1988
Princenthal, Nancy. "Architectural Sculpture Sculpture Inside/Outside" Walker Art Center Rizzoli, New York, 1988.
1979
Schulze, Franz. "The New Chicago Art", Chicago/Karlsruhe, 1979.
1977
Muhlert, Jan. "Current Concerns: 12 American Artists" Iowa Museum, 1977.
Saliga, Pauline. "The Challenge of New Ideas Contemporary Chicago Sculpture" Kalamazoo Institute of Art, 1977.
1976
Morrison, C.L. "Abstract Art in Chicago" Museum of Contemporary Art, 1976
Press
2013
Salmeron, François, "Design/Critique Still-Life Galerie In Situ", Paris-art, Paris, 2013.
Soulez, Juliette, "18 Questions à Andrea Blum sur son Exposition "Still life" et la Scénographie de l'Opéra "La Favorite", Art Info, 24 Feb. 2013.
2011
Lins, Pamela, BOMB#117, 2011.
2008
Baitinger, Frederic-Charles. "Critiques". Paris-Art, 7 May 2008.
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2005
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2004
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2003
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2002
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2000
Grout, Catherine. "Pour une Réalité Publique de l'Art". Esthétiques L'Harmattan, 2000 .
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1999
"In Transit Andrea Blum: A story of Mobility in Contemporary Art". Interior View #13, Jan. 1999.
1998
Princenthal, Nancy. "HOME" Bookforum, Fall 1998.
1997
Grout, Catherine. "L'Art en Milieu Urbain-Actualite de l'Art Questions Urbaines". Kajima Institute, Japan, 1997.
1996
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Grout, Catherine. "A Propos De L'Art dans La Ville". Besançon, 1995.
Labaume, Vincent. "Andrea Blum, Domestic Arrangement". Galerie Des Archives, Paris, Blocnotes 88, 1995.
Phillips, Patricia. "Domestic Arrangement". Public Art Review Issue 12, Spring/Summer 1995.
Schwartz, Ineke. "Stoelen en banken als instrument". Volkeskunst, 27 Jan. 1995.
1994
Colas, Sandrine. "Review". Galeries, France, Apr. 1994.
Grout, Catherine. "Review". Art Press, May 1994.
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1993
Geys, Jef. "Informatieblad Speciale Editie Alexanderpolder Witte de Witte", KEMPENS, Oct. 1993.
1992
Barriere, Philippe. "Architecture de L'Insubordination au delà de l'académisme". Architecture Intérieure
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Christensen, Judith. "The City of Carlsbad: A Community's Art Legacy". Art of California, Nov. 1992.
Grout, Catherine. "Andrea Blum Jacques Vieille: Une Nouvelle Vision de L'Espace Public". Art Press, Fev. 1992.
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1991
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1990
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1989
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1988
Geibel, Victoria. "Sight Specific". Art & Auction, Nov. 1988.
Hess, Elizabeth. "Captives of Industry". Village Voice, 15 Nov. 1988.
1984
Lubell, Ellen. "Review". Art in America, Nov. 1984.
1983
Berlind, Robert. "Review". Art in America, Nov. 1983.
Finkelpearl, Tom. "Andrea Blum and the Buchens at Artpark and Art on the Beach". Images and Issue, Nov./Dec. 1983.
1982
Onorato, Ron. "Review". Art Express, Summer 1982.
Cohen, Ronny. "Review". Artforum, Dec. 1982.
Smith, R.J. "Review". Buffalo Courier Express, Jul./Aug. 1982.
1978
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1977
Allen, Jane. "Review". New Art Examiner, Nov. 1977.
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1976
Artner, Alan. "Review". Chicago Tribune, 17 May 1976.
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Schjeldahl, Peter. "Letter". Chicago Art in America, Jul./Aug. 1976.
Books and publications
Blum, Andrea. Greenhouse, Centre des Livres D'Artiste, St Yrieix La Perche France 2005.
Blum Andrea, Metropolitan Biography Le Crestet & Editions Michel Bavery France 2003.
Blum Andrea Nomadic House/Maison Nomade Art 3 Valence France 2003.
Blum, Andrea. HOME, l'Observatoire Marseille France 1997.
Kleerebezem, Jouke. Andrea, Blum. Domestic Arrtangement/Public Affair, Stroom Center for Art & Architecture Den Haag Netherlands 1997, 1999.
Blum, Andrea. From the Other Side Critical Issues in Public Art, Harriet Senie & Sally Webster, Art Journal Winter, 1989.
Blum Andrea, Ess B, Harrison J, Vachon G. WAC Stats The Facts About Women, The New Press 1992, 1993.
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Public Collections
Art Institute of Chicago, US
Weatherspoon Museum, US
National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington D.C., US
University of Iowa Museum of Art, US
New Mexico State University, US
Northern Illinois University, US
IBM
AT&T
Southeast Banking Corp., US
Continental Bank, US
Best & Co., US
General Mills Corporation Inc., Minneapolis, US
Percent for Art Program City of New York, US
Fillmore Center, San Francisco, US
City of Carlsbad, US
City of Lynn, US
City of Dayton, US
City of Greenville, US
City of Livonia, US
City of Buckley, US
SIVOM, Rouen, FR
Twente University, Enschede, NL
Municipality of Auvers-sur-Oise, FR (DRAC)
Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, Seville, ES
Université de Paris, Paris 8 St. Denis, Paris, FR (DRAC)
Fonds régional d'art contemporain (FRAC) Île de France, Paris, FR
Fondation Nationale d'Art Contemporain (FNAC), FR
City of Strasbourg, FR
Centre des Livres d'Artistes, St. Yrieix, La Perche, FR (DRAC)
MUDAM Museum, LU
Andrea Blum
Nomadic House
April 26th - June 6th 2003
For the past 20 years Andrea Blum has been making public projects in Europe and the United States which range in site and scale and include a campus, plaza, street, bus stop, newsstand, courtyard, library, video arcade, bedroom, furniture and exhibition design. Using an architectural language to manipulate the viewer in the public space, her interest is to highlight and confuse the differences between these sites in order to promote a social breakdown of content and context.
The work is designed to zoom in and out of the conditions which organize us as a culture, in order to affect us as individuals. The art/architecture/design lens is used as a filter to organize the social, political and psychological for public consumption.
Nomadic House is a project designed in response to the needs and habits of the nomadic resident. It is made of units which come apart, are easy to transport and flexible to arrange.The design reveals the identity of the occupant made visible through the skeletal structure of the work and the manner with which the belongings are arranged.
The structure is made of perforated steel coated with aluminum colored paint. It is made of 3 modules which include, a bed/couch, a closet ,and a table. These modules are built on wheels and can be easily moved to organize different ways of living. The table and bed slide in and out of the main structure with text designating its movement from a work space to an eating space and a living space to a sleeping space.
Rotational House, Rubix Cube House and Elevation House,etc. are designs for small urban living spaces. Their names imply their method of function.They open up,close down,rise,spin and slide in order to gain the maximum amount of living space at a time when space is money and money is scarce. They are designed to be affordable housing for the -at home- freelance worker by providing the 4 basic living areas to sleep,eat,live and work.They all function independently from the basic utilities of kitchen and bath and consider the home as a livable sculpture