Andrea Sulzer
Woolwich, Maine
Andrea Sulzer (b. 1961) studied Fine Arts at Smith College. She received a B.A. in French from New York University, a Master’s degrees from Columbia University (Education), and the University of Maine (Forest Biology). After working as an instructor of English as a second language, a lab instructor in plant physiology, a field ecologist, and a scientific illustrator, in 2004 she received her M.F.A. from Glasgow School of Art.
Sulzer has been awarded individual artist fellowships from Maine Arts Commission, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, and the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation, among others. Her work has been exhibited nationally and abroad and can be found in public and private collections, including Portland Museum of Art, Bates College Museum of Art, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Colby College Museum of Art, and SYZYGY – JoAnn Hickey Collection.
Selected Works
all your colors (50)
61 x 43 inches
Acrylic and vinyl paint on canvas
2022
deeper than the sea
43 x 40 inches
Acrylic and vinyl paint on canvas
2023
all your colors (55)
61 x 43 inches
Acrylic and vinyl paint on canvas
2022
bluet
64.5 x 44.5 inches
Acrylic and vinyl paint on canvas
2023
lovers' return
64.5 x 44.5 inches
Acrylic and vinyl paint on canvas
2023
![april delirium
32 x 24 inches
Acrylic and vinyl paint on cotton
2023 [sold]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69df952ced2431242d7919b8/3cbac0ed-b471-4831-b4b1-6e4cbe6d7761/AndreaSulzer_AprilDelirium.jpg)
april delirium
32 x 24 inches
Acrylic and vinyl paint on cotton
2023
[sold]
new day ablaze
62 x 44.5 inches
Acrylic and vinyl paint on canvas
2023
witness tree
32.5 x 24.5 inches (framed)
Acrylic and vinyl paint on cotton
2023
young lovers on the beach
45 x 41 inches
Acrylic and vinyl paint on canvas
2023
bag of words
43 x 40 inches
Acrylic and vinyl paint on canvas
2023
![constellations in the grass
50 x 44.5 inches
Acrylic and vinyl paint on canvas
2024 [sold]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69df952ced2431242d7919b8/8484d827-f1dd-4da6-b93f-00f23c2aa1f5/AndreaSulzer_ConstellationsInTheGrass.jpg)
constellations in the grass
50 x 44.5 inches
Acrylic and vinyl paint on canvas
2024
[sold]
mood shifter
43 x 40 inches
Acrylic and vinyl paint on canvas
2023
exhibits
-
See Through Simple
Andrea Sulzer
May 18 – June 23, 2024 [link:/see-through-simple]
Artist Statement
From my studio overlooking the Androscoggin River in Maine, I make drawings, prints, and paintings. Sometimes these morph into objects.
A desire to build a history with material, form and ideas, alongside a determination to maintain an openness and freedom within this search, drives my work. It’s a constant pull between building a foundation and dismantling it, always trying to get closer to finding the underlying impulse for making things.
CV
Born: New York, NY | 1961
Resides: Woolwich, ME
-
2002–2004
M.F.A Glasgow School of Art2003
Universität der Künste, Berlin, fall semester2001
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture -
2024
see through simple, Sarah Bouchard Gallery, Woolwich, ME2023
here with you, Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA2018
once removed, Maurer Zilioli Contemporary Arts, Munich, Germany
sun comes up, Perimeter Gallery, Belfast, ME
entangled pairs, University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, ME2014
andrea sulzer: throughoutsideways, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME2012
verge, University of Southern Maine, Area Gallery, Portland, ME
oo o oooooo ooooo, Perimeter Gallery, Belfast, ME2011
works on paper, ICON Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME2010
turbulent spaces, Simonshof Foundation, Gleisweiler, Germany
new drawings, Coleman Burke Gallery, New York, NY2009
light weight, ICON Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME2008
after nature, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME2007
spillway, McCoy Gallery, Merrimack College, N. Andover, MA -
2022
You Take the Cake, Sarah Bouchard Gallery, Woolwich, ME2021
Tenera, Speedwell Projects, Portland, ME
Carl Benton Straub: His Enduring Legacy, Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, ME2019
Open-Ended: New Acquisitions at the Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME2018
Spatial Flux: Contemporary Drawings from the JoAnn Gonzalez Hickey Collection, Gregory Allicar Museum of Art, Colorado State University2017
That Third Thing, Speedwell Projects, Portland, ME
Andrea Sulzer/Meghan Brady, ICON Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME2016
Skowhegan at Seventy, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
You Yes You, Able Baker Contemporary, Portland, ME
Abstract Narratives, Engine, Biddeford, ME2014
Second Nature, Curator Gallery, New York, NY2013
Andrea Sulzer/Anna Hepler: New Work, ICON Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME2011
The Question of Drawing, Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, ME
Emerging Dis/Order: Drawings by Amy Stacey Curtis, Alison Hildreth, and Andrea Sulzer, Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, ME2010
Marks, Traces & Imprints, Danforth Gallery, University of Maine, Augusta, ME2009
Andrea Sulzer, Meghan Brady, Joe Kievitt, ICON Contemporary Art
Carving the Floors, Space, Portland, ME2008
Drawn to Detail, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Drawn from Maine, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY
Gangbusters, Plane Space, New York, NY
Selections Spring 2008, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
An Other World, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME -
2020
Wayfinding with Colors, Maine Percent for Art, Nine mosaics, Caribou Community School, ME2019
Arc and Cone, Maine Percent for Art, Two mosaics and four wall paintings for Connors Elementary School, Lewiston, ME2015
great blue, mural, Portland, ME (with Portland Mural Initiative)2011
Building Fundamentals, Maine Percent for Art, Painted Mural, Great Falls Elementary School, Gorham, ME (with Karen Gelardi, Megan Brady, Joe Kievitt)2008
A Place of Many, Maine Percent for Art, wall drawing for Medomak Valley Middle School, ME -
2023
Hollins University, Roanoke, VA Artist-in-Residence, Spring Semester2021
Surf Point Residency, York, ME2018
Ellis Beauregard Residency, Rockland, ME2016
Tides Institute Residency, Eastport, ME2022, 2017, 2011, 2010 Maine Arts Commission: Project Grants
2007
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant2006
Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation Grant2005
Maine Arts Commission: Individual Artist Fellowship2003
Glasgow School of Art: Horace W. Goldsmith Scholarship -
2014
“throughoutsideways: Sulzer setting her own paper trail” by Taryn Plumb, Artscope, July/ August
“The space between things: Andrea Sulzer’s investigations into representation” by Britta Konau, The Portland Phoenix, May 8
“Art review: Andrea Sulzer at the Portland Museum of Art” by Daniel Kany, Maine Sunday Telegram, May 112013
“Hepler and Sulzer together reveal the best in contemporary Maine Abstraction” by Daniel Kany, Maine Sunday Telegram, June 92011
“Artists lay it on the line” by Sebastian Smee, The Boston Globe, August 19
“Wyeths, women at Bates illustrate the power of drawing” by Daniel Kany, Maine Sunday Telegram, July 242010
Gedanken und Gefühle sehen: Grosse Zeichnungen von Andrea Sulzer in der Stiftung Simonshof in Gleisweiler Rheinpfalz Kultur Regional September 92008
“Devil in the details: Andrea Sulzer’s ‘After Nature’ is a must-see” by Ian Paige, The Portland Phoenix, July 23 -
Bates College Museum of Art, ME
Bowdoin College Museum of Art , ME
Colby College Museum of Art , ME
Eleanor D. Wilson Museum of Art, VA
Portland Museum of Art, ME
SYZYGY – JoAnn Hickey Collection, NY
Press
Inquire
To inquire about available works or learn more about Andrea Sulzer, please get in touch.