Selected Shows and Projects
EXHIBITIONS
(* indicated solo)
2023
Secondhand New, UNC - Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
2022
NC weavers in conjunction with Diedrick Brackens: ark of bulrushes, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
Sugar Coating (5-person with Renee Cloud, Douglas Degges, Hale Ekinci, HNin Nie), Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL
Embedded, (three-person with Bryana Bibbs and Sam Dienst), Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH (forthcoming)
2021
Toricho Art Festival, Fujisawa City, Kanagawa, Japan
It Takes a Village, The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
BIG BODY PLAY, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Greenville, Fine Arts Center in Greenville, SC
PROJECTS
2019 Bridging, Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC [Supported by Central Piedmont Community College]
2015-Present, Friendge (ongoing)
CONTACT
AndreaEVail[at]gmail.com
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BIO
Andrea Vail investigates contemporary American society and its objects -- specifically home goods deemed stylistically obsolete, or unattractive by the standards of 21st century mainstream culture to create sculpture and collaborative exchange. Her research explores trends of mass-production, habits of consumption and systems of artifice and authenticity.
EDUCATION
Nonprofit Administration Graduate Certificate, 2023, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
M.F.A., Craft/Material Studies, 2014, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
B.F.A., Visual Art - Fibers, UNC Charlotte, 2003, Charlotte, NC