Andrea Büttner

Büttner has exhibited in both Europe and North America. Currently, she lives and works in both London and Frankfurt am Main. Büttner uses a broad range of media and techniques most notably video, performance, and installation art. However, her work is not limited to these mediums as she utilizes collage, sculpture, and more to discuss myths, gender, religion, shame, and society.

Andrea Büttner studied at Royal College of Art. The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is painting. Places of work recorded in the authority are Mainz, London and Berlin. Employment is recorded with Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Work by Andrea Büttner is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art, Tate, Hessel Museum of Art and Museum Ludwig. Distinctions recorded are Maria Sibylla Merian-Preis, Max Mara Art Prize for Women and 1822-Kunstpreis.

• Name — Andrea Büttner • Born — 1972 • Birthplace — Stuttgart, West Germany (now Germany) • Field — Painting, sculpture, woodcuts, and video • Training — Berlin University of the Arts (Masters, 2000), Humboldt University (Masters, 2003), Royal College of Art (Ph.D., 2010)

Born in 1972 in Stuttgart, 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, including its queer aspects, as an aesthetic feeling. Religion is a recurring theme in her work, from her video Little Sisters: Lunapark Ostia (2012), which documents Büttner in conversation with religious sisters. The video features nuns in an amusement park outside of Rome partaking in rides and attractions while discussing their own work. Little Sisters: Lunapark Ostia (2012) is not Büttner's only work to feature nuns, her short film Little Works (2007) features nuns making small objects, such as candles. Büttner's other work Vogelpredigt (Sermon to the Birds, 2010) reflects Christian iconography.

• 2007 - On the spot #1, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany • 2008 - Nought to Sixty – Andrea Büttner, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London • 2009 - Andrea Büttner, Croy Nielsen, Berlin, Germany • 2011 - The Poverty of Riches, Whitechapel Gallery, London / Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy • 2012 - Andrea Büttner, International Project Space, Birmingham, UK • 2013 - Andrea Büttner, MK Gallery, Milton Keynes, UK • 2014 - Piano Destructions, Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Centre, Banff, Canada • 2014 - BP Spotlight: Andrea Büttner, Tate Britain, London • 2014 - Andrea Büttner. 2, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany • 2015 - Andrea Büttner, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA • 2016 - Beggars and iPhones, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria • 2017 - Andrea Büttner «Gesamtzusammenhang», St. Gallen, Switzerland