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Nationality
  
German


Born
  
1972
Stuttgart

Known for
  
Painting, sculpture, woodcuts, and video

Books
  
Andrea Buttner Hidden Marriageshb, Glass: (grades I-VI), I believe every word you say, Andrea Büttner

Education
  
Berlin University of the Arts, Humboldt University of Berlin, Royal College of Art

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Andrea Büttner (born 1972, Stuttgart) is a German artist. She works in a variety of mediums including woodcuts, reverse glass paintings, sculpture, video and performance. She creates connections between art history and social or ethical issues, with a particular interest in notions of poverty, shame, vulnerability and dignity, and the belief systems that underpin them.

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Life and work

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Andrea Büttner studied fine art at the Berlin University of the Arts. From 2003 to 2004, she studied at the University of Tübingen and Humboldt University, where she received a master's degree in art history and philosophy. From 2005 to 2010, she joined the Royal College of Art in London and received her doctorate. Her thesis Aesthetics of Shame: The relevance of shame for contemporary art and visual culture focused on the subject of shame as an aesthetic feeling. Since 2012, she has been a professor at the University of Applied Sciences, Mainz.

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Büttner works with a variety of artistic media, dealing with old and new myths. Religion is a recurring theme in her work, from her video Little Sisters: Lunapark Ostia (2012), which documents Büttner in conversation with religious sisters, to her woodcut Vogelpredigt (Sermon to the Birds, 2010), which reflects Christian iconography.

Selected solo shows

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  • 2016 - Beggars and iPhones, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
  • 2015 - Andrea Büttner, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
  • 2014 - Andrea Büttner. 2, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
  • 2014 - BP Spotlight: Andrea Büttner, Tate Britain, London, England
  • 2014 - Piano Destructions, Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Centre, Banff, Canada
  • 2013 - Andrea Büttner, MK Gallery, Milton Keynes, England
  • 2012 - Andrea Büttner, International Project Space, Birmingham, England
  • 2011 - The Poverty of Riches, Whitechapel Gallery, London, England / Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy
  • 2009 - Andrea Büttner, Croy Nielsen, Berlin, Germany
  • 2008 - Nought to Sixty – Andrea Büttner, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England
  • 2007 - On the spot #1, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany
  • Awards

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  • 2005 - British Institution Award, London
  • 2009 - Maria Sibylla Merian Prize, Wiesbaden
  • 2009 - Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg Grant
  • 2009-2011 - MaxMara Art Prize, organized by Collezione Maramotti
  • 2012 - 1822-Kunstpreis, Frankfurt am Main

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    References

    Andrea Büttner Wikipedia