1970 Born in Munich, Germany
Lives and works in New York and Cambridge, MA, where she teaches at the
MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology / Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

EDUCATION:

1998-99 Whitney Independent Study Program, New York, NY

1995-97 Parsons School of Design (MFA), New York, NY

1989-95 Academy of Fine Arts (Diplom, Staatsexamen), Munich, Germany

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2009	Ports and Ships - Photographs by Andrea Frank, Compton Gallery, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA (catalogue) Ports and Ships, Carroll and Sons Gallery, Boston, MA
2008	Ports and Ships, Kunsthalle Göppingen, Germany (catalogue) Andrea Frank – VISIONS, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA (exhibition and book launch)
2006-7	Andrea Frank new photographs Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2005	Andrea Frank Galleria Michela Rizzo, Venice, Italy
2004	Andrea Frank PINTA arte contemporanea, Genova, Italy SEARCH Marvelli Gallery, NY
2002	Beloved Child Marvelli Gallery, New York, NY
2001	Case Study Marcello Marvelli Fine Arts, NewYork, NY Case Study Gambalunga Museum, Rimini, Italy (catalogue)
2000	Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY (project room)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS, PROJECTS and PUBliC INTERVENTIONS:

2008	Presumed Innocence: Photographs of Children, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA (catalogue) Depletion: From the Doron Sebbag Collection, Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel (catalogue) Yeaosu Art Festival, Yeosu, South Korea (curator Raul Zamudio)
2007	Short Stories, Macy Art Gallery, Teachers College Columbia University, New York, NY (catalogue, curator Maurizio Pellegrin) Theater of Cruelty, White Box, New York, NY (curator Raul Zamudio)
2006	Expanded Media, 19. Stuttgarter Filmwinter Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Germany (catalogue) Animal Magnetism, Essex Market Gallery, New York, NY Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie, Darmstadt, Germany (catalogue) Kunstpavillon alter Botanischer Garten, Munich, Germany (curator Rolk-Maria Krückels) Made in Video, International Video Art Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark Videoscopie, Teatro Junghans (video installation), Venice, Italy Intersezioni: 6 + 6, G. SPACE, Venice, Italy (curator Natasha Bordiglia) Intersezioni:6+6, Fusion Art Gallery, Turin, Italy (curator Natasha Bordiglia) Body Double, Gallery Zamek, Warsaw, Poland (curator Raul Zamudio, catalogue)
2005	the:artist:network, New York, NY Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL Zwischen Erdbeeren und Sellerie, Grossmarkthalle, Munich, Germany The Portraits of Dorian Gray Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico
2004	Anthro/SOCIO the:artist:network, New York, NY
2003	Works on Paper  Marvelli Gallery, New York, NY Absences: Curators' Choice, Photographs of Urban Alienation Tenri Institute,  New York, NY (curator Raul Zamudio)
2002	Geppo Biennale de Cétinié, Montenegro, Yugoslavia Reminders New York, NY (public intervention)
2001	Geppo  Galerie Kampl, Munich, Germany The Entropic Garden  Wake Forest University Fine Arts Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC Screen Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY Werktag Kunstpark Ost, Munich, Germany (curator Nol Hennissen)
2000	Snapshot Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD On Translation: The Adapter Art in General, New York, NY (collaborative project with Antonio Muntadas*)
1999	A Show of Hands Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY Open Studios Whitney Independent Study Program, New York, NY Xmas Kent Gallery, New York, NY (collaborative project*) Artists’ responses to 'Crimes of the Wehrmacht' Cooper Union, New York, NY (exhibition and panel discussion)
1998	Momenta Art, Brooklyn, New York, NY (benefit exhibition) Öffentliche Erscheinungen Steirian Autumn, Raum für Kunst, Graz, Austria (collaborative project*) act New York, NY (collaborative project*)
1997	MFA Thesis Exhibition 441 Lafayette Street, New York, NY Conversation 1997, Inquiry, and Fragebogen (internet projects) Warten auf die Vergangenheit, Munich, Germany (collaborative project*) Ich habe genug Munich, Germany (collaborative public project*) Hotel Kunstpark Ost, Galerie Szuper, Munich, Germany (collaborative public project*)
1996	New York Area MFA Exhibition Hunter College Fine Arts Building, New York, NY Basement Doors Warren Street, New York, NY (public intervention) Worldcrossing German Consulate General, New York, NY (collaborative project*) You are a public appearance New York (citywide collaborative project*)
1995	Galerie Carol Johnssen, Munich, Germany Sandton Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa The Eurostreifen Munich, Germany (collaborative public project*) Turn it (collaborative mailing project throughout Europe*)
1994	Galerie Guth-Maas&Maas, Reutlingen, Germany (catalogue) Vorübergehende Errichtung einer Mauer als Kunst, Munich, Germany (collaborative public intervention*) Bank Hofgarten/Staatskanzlei, Munich, Germany (public intervention) Barriere Verdi Pettorano Sul Gizio, Italy (public intervention) * realized as member of the artists’ group Department for Public Appearances
GRANTS / FELLOWSHIPS / RESIDENCIES:
2008	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Council for the Arts, Cambridge, MA (director's grant)
2007	Project Grant from the Humanities, Arts, and Sciences Fund at MIT MIT Council for the Arts (individual artist grant) MIT Alumni Fund for Teaching and Education Enhancement (with Prof. Wendy Jacob)
2006	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Council for the Arts, Cambridge, MA (director's grant)
2004	Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, Venice, Italy (fellowship, 2 month residency) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Council for the Arts (individual artist grant)
2003	Vermont Studio Center (residency)
1998	1998 Projektstipendium der Gisela und Erwin von Steiner Stiftung, Munich, Germany
1997	1998 Projektstipendium der Gisela und Erwin von Steiner Stiftung, Munich, Germany Sólo para tus ojos: el factor feminista en relación a las artes visuales, Arteleku, San Sebastian, Spain (workshop/residency, catalogue)
1996	DAAD / German Academic Exchange Service (1 year USA scholarship)
1995	Rotary International Foundation, (1 year USA scholarship)
1994	Pettorano sul Gizio, Italy (residency) Italian Cultural Institute, Munich, Germany (scholarship)
1993	Danner Stiftung, Munich, Germany (1st prize)
90/91	Cape Town, South Africa (5 month residency)
BIBLIOGRAPHY / PUBLISHED WRITINGS:
Cate McQuaid, Water Views, Boston Globe, July 29, 2009, Boston, MA Ports and Ships – Photographs by Andrea Frank, PLAN # 73, MIT, Summer 2009, Cambridge, MA Dabney Hailey, Chopin, Limassol, Venedig, Andrea Frank Port and Ships, Kunsthalle Göppingen, 2007 Laura Fanti, Andrea Frank Ports and Ships – Concetto and Flagranza, Andrea Frank Port and Ships, Kunsthalle Göppingen, 2007 Werner Meyer, Ports and Ships – Dialog zwischen Andrea Frank und Werner Meyer, Andrea Frank Port and Ships, Kunsthalle Göppingen, 2007 Kahrmann, Frank und LaTourelle, Südwestpresse, Neue Württembergische Zeitung, August 28, 2008, Göppingen, Germany Ursula Böttcher, Ein Zwiegespräch Mit dem Wasser, Südwestpresse, Neue Württembergische Zeitung, August 25, 2008, Göppingen, Germany Ursula Böttcher, Fast schon überirdischer Anstrich, Südwestpresse, Neue Württembergische Zeitung, August 23, 2008, Göppingen, Germany Drei Künstler präsentieren unterschiedliche Arbeiten, Südwestpresse, NWZ - Lokale Kultur, August 22, 2008, Göppingen, Germany "Ports ad ships" in der Kunsthalle - Sinnbild der Vergänglichkeit, Wochenblatt, August 20, 2008, Stuttgart, Germany Ursula Böttcher, Ein komponiertes Bild voller Kontraste, Südwestpresse, NWZ - Lokale Kultur, August 19, 2008, Göppingen, Germany Ursula Böttcher, Farbe Sinnbild der Vergänglichkeit, Südwestpresse, NWZ - Lokale Kultur, August 11, 2008, Göppingen, Germany Ursula Böttcher, "Ein riesengroßes Meerestier", Südwestpresse, NWZ - Lokale Kultur, August 4, 2008, Göppingen, Germany Schiffe als Chiffren, Wochenblatt, 30.7.2008, Stuttgart, Germany Andrea Frank: Ports and Ships - Die Aesthätik der Ozeanriesen, Stuttgarter Nachrichten, July 11, 2008, Stuttgart, Germany Ursula Böttcher, Der Funke will nicht richtig überspringen - Fotoausstellung in der Kunsthalle, Südwestpresse, NWZ - Lokale Kultur, July 14, 2008, Göppingen, Germany Klaus Nonnenmacher, Ahoi ohne Kameraden, Andrea Frank auf großer Fahrt mit Schiffen und Containern, Stuttgarter Zeitung Nr. 157, July 8, 2008 Atmosphärische Räume - Häfen und Schiffe, GEPPO - Der Stadtbote, July 9, 2008, Göppingen, Germany Vehikel der Globalisierung- Fotoausstellung: Häfen und Schiffe von Andrea Frank in der Kunsthalle, Göppinger Kreisnachrichten, July 9, 2008, Göppingen, Germany Andrea Frank - Ports and Ships, www.goeppingen.de, July 11 - September 9, 2008, Göppingen, Germany Kunsthalle - Zwei neue Ausstellungen, GEPPO - Der Stadtbote, July 2, 2008, Göppingen, Germany Wright, Sarah H. Seeing 'Visions', MIT Tech Talk , April 2, 2008, Cambridge, MA Andrea Frank, VISIONS - MIT Interviews, 2008, Cambridge, MA (artist book) Roberta Smith, Andrea Frank: New Photographs, Art Reviews, The New York Times, January 26, 2007, New York A Photographic Exploration of the Broad Institute – How the School’s Visual Arts Program Serves and is Served by MIT, PLAN # 67, MIT, Fall 2007, Cambridge, MA Short Stories, Macy Art Gallery, Teachers College Columbia University, (exhibition catalogue, curator Maurizio Pellegrin) 2007, New York, NY Mondo Cannibale, 19. Stuttgarter Filmwinter (exhibition catalogue), 2006, Stuttgart, Germany Andrea Frank, Selbstsicht - Der Schritt ins Bild, Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie (catalogue contribution), April 2006, Darmstadt, Germany Zwischen Sellerie und Erdbeeren: 12 Künstler, 12 Fahnen, 1 Großmarkt, kommit, January 2, 2006, Munich, Germany Zwischen Sellerie und Erdbeeren, isarbote.de, October 23, 2005, Munich, Germany Kunst in Sendling, Münchner Merkur, October 20, 2005, Munich, Germany Spannende Einblicke, Sendlinger Anzeiger, October 13, 2005, Munich, Germany Kunst in Sendling (Ankündigungen), Kunst in Sendling, October13 – 26, 2005, Munich, Germany Kunst in Sendling (Ankündigungen), Applaus, October 2005, Munich, Germany Laura Fanti, Andrea Frank, Espoarte, (giovani), June/July 2005, Italy Chiara Olivieri Bertola, Andrea Frank at PINTA contemporanea Tema Celeste (Italia) #108 reviews, March/April 2005, Italy Andrea Frank: PINTA, Genova, Flash Art Italia, (galleries, artists, events), December 2004 -January 2005, Italy Sebastiano Grasso, Andrea Frank - PINTA arte contemporanea, Corriere della Sera (art listings), Milan, Italy, November 2004 A Raft of Exhibits by Visual Arts Faculty, PLAN # 59, MIT, Fall 2004, Cambridge, MA Mary Hrbacek, Andrea Frank at Marvelli Gallery, New York Art World Reviews, Summer 2004, New York Ken Johnson, Works on Paper, New York Times, art listings, June 27, 2003, New York Raul Zamudio, The Missing: The Photography of Andrea Frank and Cleverson, NYARTS, May 2003, New York Andrea Frank, Muntadas On Translation, (catalogue contribution) MACBA/ACTAR, 2003, Barcelona, Spain Andrea Frank, The New Yorker, art listings, May 13, 2002 Department für Öffentliche Erscheinungen, (collaborative projects catalogue) Verlag füf Moderne Kunst Nürnberg, 2003 , Germany Linda Weintraub, Andrea Frank, Tema Celeste Reviews, July/August 2002 Andrea Frank Self Portrait, Tema Celeste, November/December 2001 David Levi Strauss, Tempus Loquendi, Tempus Tacendi, Andrea Frank's Case Study, Andrea Frank CASE STUDY (exhibition catalogue) Marvelli Gallery, 2001, New York Birgit Sonna, Luftschlösser mit Bodenverhaftung, Süddeutsche Zeitung (Münchner Kultur), July 10, 2001 Ken Johnson, A Show of Hands, New York Times Art Guide, May 21, 1999 Enzo Siciliano, Nuovi Talenti: Ultimo indirizzo Brooklyn, La Repubblica, June 14, 1999, Italy Kim Levin, The Xmas Project, Village Voice, art listings, December 21, 1999, New York One day, 112 Views, Resident, December 7, 1999, New York Heinz Schütz, Steirischer Herbst 98, Kunstforum International, No 143, January – February 1999, Cologne Annemarie Happe, Öffentliche Erscheinungen, Megaphon, No 37/4, October 1998, Graz, Austria Hilmar Hoffmann (Ed.), Das Guggenheim Prinzip, P 158/159, DuMont, Cologne Cornelia Gockel, Eurostreifen und ein stinkendes Parfüm, Süddeutsche Zeitung, August 13, 1998, Munich scratch and sniff Bauwelt, Heft Nr. 30, August 1998, Berlin Jörg Restorff, Guggenheim gibt Gas, Kunstzeitung, Nr. 24, August 1998, Düsseldorf A Guggenheim Perfume?, Artnet Magazine, NEWS, June 1998, New York Barbara Ertl, Öffentliche Erscheinungen, Neue Kronen Zeitung, October 11, 1998, Graz, Austria Ulrich Chaussy, Übernimmt die Werbung die Kunst oder die Kunst die Werbung? BR - Bayerischer Rundfunk, Kultur Aktuell, June 19,1998, Munich Petra Dachs, Parfüm 'act' 'duftet nach Benzin und Öl, Münchner Merkur, June 17, 1998, Munich Andrea Frank, El factor feminista. Erreakzioa-Reacción, (exhibition catalogue contribution) Arteleku, Fall 1997, San Sebastian, Spain Guido Fuchs, Heute keine Erscheinung, Abendzeitung, May 10,1996, Munich Europa- statt Zebrastreifen, Münchner Merkur, July 28,1995, Munich Mehr Sicherheit durch gekippten Zebrastreifen, Abendzeitung, August 5/6,1995, Munich Klasse Ben Willikens – Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, group exhibition catalogue, Galerie Guth-Maas & Maas, 1995, Reutlingen Angela Holzhauer, Die pittoreske Sonnenseite Südafrikas, Süddeutsche Zeitung, December 22, 1992