Andrea Carlson
Andrea Carlson (Grand Portage Ojibwe/European descent, b. 1979) is a visual artist working in northern Minnesota. Carlson works primarily on paper, creating painted and drawn surfaces with many mediums. Her work addresses land and institutional spaces, decolonization narratives, and assimilation metaphors in film. Her work has been acquired by institutions such as the Whitney Museum of American Art, The Walker Art Center, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, The British Museum, the Denver Art Museum, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and the National Gallery of Canada.
Carlson has been the recipient of numerous grants and fellowships including those awarded by the Carolyn Foundation, the Joan Mitchell Foundation, the Minnesota State Arts Board, The LeRoy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation, the United States Artists Fellowship, and the McKnight Foundation. Carlson has exhibited in Canada and has had solo exhibitions at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, La Centrale at the Powerhouse (Montreal, QC), and the Plains Art Museum (Fargo, ND), among others. In addition to the many reviews and articles on her work, Carlson has worked as a writer and curator, and is an accomplished lecturer.
Highpoint Editions Artist Andrea Carlson’s work is featured in “Don’t let this be easy” an exhibition at the Walker Art Center.
Highpoint Editions Artists Dyani White Hawk, Andrea Carlson and Julie Buffalohead’s work will be featured in a new exhibition at the University of New Mexico’s Art Museum.
Highpoint Editions Artists Dyani White Hawk adnd Andrea Carlson will be featured in the exhibition FORESIGHT: 20 YEARS OF MITAKUYE OYASIN at All My Relations Gallery in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Highpoint Editions Artist Andrea Carlson is a part of the show “Art for a New Understanding: Native Voices, 1950s to Now,” at the Nasher Museum of Art
Read an article on Highpoint’s exhibition, Transference: Printmakers in Mni Sota Makoce, featured in the Star Tribune.
Co Curator of the “Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists” , Teri Greeves shares an article on the Minneapolis Institute of Art’s newest exhibition., which features Highpoint Editions Artists Julie Buffalohead, Dyani White Hawk and Andrea Carlson.
Mia Celebrates Native Women Artists With "Hearts of Our People" Exhibit
“For centuries, Native American women’s art has been misappropriated, misinterpreted, and, generally, missing in action. A blockbuster, once-in-a-generation exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Art promises to rewrite that history.” - MSP Mag
The Hand of Native American Women, Visible at Last
“The role of women art-makers in Native communities has gone widely ignored. Now a bold museum show, by and for these women, is shining a light on 1,000 years of their art.” - NY Times
Highpoint Editions Artists Dyani White Hawk and Andrea Carlson’s work will be featured in the exhibition Intersections at the Tweed Art Museum in Duluth.
Highpoint Editions artist Andrea Carlson’s work will be featured at the Crystal Bridges Museum’s new exhibition, “Art for a New Understanding: Native Voices, 1950s to Now”
Highpoint Editions artist Andrea Carlson will participate in a discussion at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
Highpoint Editions Artist Andrea Carlson was an artist chosen by curator RYAN! Fedderson to showcase her work in the exhibition “In Red Ink” at the Museum of Northwest Art.
Highpoint is excited to return to the Editions/ Artists’ Books Fair (E/AB) during New York City’s Print Week.
We are proud to announce that Highpoint Editions artist Andrea Carlson's print Anti-Retro has been acquired by the Walker Art Center.
Highpoint Editions is pleased to announce our latest publication: Anti-Retro, an edition of 20 screenprints created in collaboration with artist Andrea Carlson.
Highpoint Editions artist Andrea Carlson's print Anti-Retro is featured in Casdadia Weekly's article: "In Red Ink: Beyond Appropriation" by Stephen Hunter
Highpoint Editions artist, Andrea Carlson's print Anti-Retro is highlighted in an article on Crosscut.com
Highpoint Editions artist Andrea Carlson is featured in the Museum of Northwest Art's exhibition In Red Ink.
Highpoint Editions artist Andrea Carlson is featured in the Fall 2018 issue of First American Art magazine.
Rolling Head by Andrea Carlson, 2025
Edition of 20 | 22-run screenprint | 36.25” x 48.5” | $5,000
Archive - Not Available for Purchase
Exit by Andrea Carlson 2018
Edition of 20 | Screenprint | 33.5” x 47.75”