Andrea Carlson

Andrea Carlson (born 1979) is a Grand Portage Ojibwe painter based in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota.[1]

For the chef and restaurateur, see Andrea Carlson (chef).

Education

Carlson earned a BA from the University of Minnesota in 2003 and an MFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2005.[2]

Art career

Carlson draws from her Anishinaabe (specifically, Ojibwe) and Scandinavian heritage as a basis for her highly stylized work.[3] She was influenced by Ojibwe artist George Morrison.[4]

Carlson also explores the role of the museum in the representation and interpretation of cultural objects. She has said that "By citing pieces from the museum's collection in my artwork, I appropriate those objects by drawing them into imagined landscapes. The museum is a landscape in its own right, fostering and assimilating objects foreign to itself."[5] Carlson's work and writing challenges museums to evolve beyond long-standing Western institutional paradigms, and to grapple with their colonial past.[6] Carlson has employed cannibalism as a metaphor for cultural consumption in her paintings' titles and imagery, naming her "Windigo" series for an Anishinaabe winter cannibal that often misidentifies those it consumes.[5]

Group Exhibitions

Collections

Her work is included in the permanent collections of the Walker Art Center, Weisman Art Museum, the British Museum, and the National Gallery of Canada. [10][11]

References
  1. "Artists: Andrea Carlson". Bockley Gallery. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  2. "Mikinaak.com". Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  3. "Culture Cop: Works by Andrea Carlson". Soo Visual Arts Center. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  4. Rushing, W. Jackson; Makholm, Kristin (2013). Modern Spirit: The Art of George Morrison (First ed.). University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 61, 171. ISBN 978-0-8061-5063-5.
  5. "New Skins: New Paintings by Andrea Carlson and Jim Denomie". Minneapolis Institute of Art. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  6. Hearts of our people : Native women artists. Ahlberg Yohe, Jill,, Greeves, Teri,, Silver, Laura (Editor),, Feldman, Kaywin,, Minneapolis Institute of Art,, Frist Art Museum (Nashville, Tenn.). Minneapolis, Minnesota. 2019-05-17. pp. 296–297. ISBN 9780295745794. OCLC 1057740182.CS1 maint: others (link)
  7. Besaw, Mindy N. (October 2018). Art for a new understanding : native voices, 1950s to now. Hopkins, Candice., Well-Off-Man, Manuela. Fayetteville. ISBN 9781610756549. OCLC 1059450735.
  8. Hearts of our people : Native women artists. Ahlberg Yohe, Jill,, Greeves, Teri,, Silver, Laura (Editor),, Feldman, Kaywin,, Minneapolis Institute of Art,, Frist Art Museum (Nashville, Tenn.). Minneapolis, Minnesota. 2019-05-17. ISBN 9780295745794. OCLC 1057740182.CS1 maint: others (link)
  9. "Don't let this be easy". walkerart.org. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
  10. "British Museum - Prime Cut". British Museum. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  11. "Andrea Carlson". National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
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