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Andrea Zittel

Andrea Zittel's art is a direct response to her environment and daily routines. She makes sculptures and installations relating to shelter, food, furniture, and clothing, turning basic living into experimental artwork. In the early '90s, Zittel produced a "Living Unit" to compact all aspects of daily living into a simple system, and she launched her corporation A—Z Administrative Services to make her usable artwork available to consumers. "The most important thing for me," she says in regards to incorporating craft and design in her art, "is the way the work functions on a psychological level, how it explores desires, fantasies, or even fears."

Born 1965
Hometown Escondido, CA
Lives and Works New York, NY
Education
MFA, Sculpture, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 1990
BFA, Painting and Sculpture, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, 1988

Permanent Collection

Tate Britain, London, England
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, NY
Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA

Representing Galleries

Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
Sadie Coles HQ, London, England

SHOWS

Sadie Coles HQ

London
Jan 13 2017 - Feb 18 2017

Room

Andrea Rosen Gallery

New York
Sep 09 2016 - Oct 08 2016

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