ANDREA MYERS BIO:

 

Andrea Myers received her BFA in Printmedia in 2002 and MFA in Fiber and Material Studies in 2006 both from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her work has been exhibited widely including the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Toledo Museum of Art, Art Miami, Fiber Arts International, the Columbus Museum of Art, Akron Art Museum, the Textil und Rennsportmuseum in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Germany and a current solo exhibition, “Color Fields” at the Springfield Museum of Art in Springfield, OH.

 

In 2012, Andrea was awarded the Efroymson Fellowship recipient, the only Ohio based artist to receive the annual grant given to five Midwestern artists. Andrea has received additional grants from the Greater Columbus Arts Council, including the invitation only 2024 Artist Elevated Grant, the Ohio Arts Council Project Grant and Individual Excellence award and was a 2018 participant in the Dresden Artist Exchange through the Greater Columbus Arts Council. She has participated in residencies at Ox-Bow in Saugatuck, MI, A Studio in the Woods, a program of Tulane University in New Orleans, Fortress Man Textile Symposium in Daugavpils, Latvia, and the Textile Art Center in New York City. Andrea is a 2024-2025 US Japan Creative Arts Fellowship recipient, collaborating with the Tokyo based artist Mariko Kobayashi, creating work for the 2025 Osaka World Expo.

 

Andrea has been commissioned to create numerous public art works and corporate projects. She has works in the collections of the Columbus Metropolitan Library, Omaha Children’s Hospital, Boston Children’s Hospital, Chase Bank, Capital One, Dayton Metro Libraries, and Facebook Corporate Offices in Chicago. She is represented by Brandt Galleries (Columbus, OH), GUT Gallery (Dallas, TX), K Imperial Fine Art (San Francisco), McCormick Gallery (Chicago, IL), Galerie Klaus Braun (Stuttgart, Germany) and Seattle Art Source (Seattle, WA).