Andrea Büttner

Andrea Büttner (1972, Stuttgart) lives and works in Berlin. She is a professor of art in the contemporary context at Kunsthochschule Kassel, and has received a PhD from the Royal College of Art, London. Her research-based works focus on wide-ranging themes such as poverty, shame, work, craft, religion, the ascription of value, vulnerability, community, botany, philosophy, and art, which she examines in terms of the ambivalent tension between aesthetics and ethics.

Recent solo exhibitions include The Heart of Relations, Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; What is so terrible about craft?, Kunstverein München, Germany (2019); Shepherds and Kings, Bergen Kunsthall, Norway (2018); Hammer Projects: Andrea Büttner, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA (2017); Beggars and iPhones, Kunsthalle Wien, Austria (2015); Andrea Büttner, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA (2015); Spotlight: Andrea Büttner, Tate Britain, London, UK (2014); and Andrea Büttner, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany (2014). She took part in dOCUMENTA (13), Kassel, Germany (2012).