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Education
2003 M. A. Art History, University of Illinois at Chicago
1999 M.F.A. Studio Art, University of Illinois at Chicago
1999 Universität der Künste, Berlin, Germany
1996 B.F.A. School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Merit Scholarship
1994 B.A. Art and Art History, University of Indianapolis, Summa Cum Laude
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2024
Sky Hole, Goldfinch Gallery, Chicago
2021
And apologies for bringing this up, Goldfinch Gallery, Chicago
2019
If You’re Not a Little Dirty at the End of the Day You’re Not a Man, Slow Gallery, Chicago
2018
Are You OK? , Freeark Gallery, Riverside Art Center, Riverside, Illinois
Jason Dunda + Andreas Fischer: Shared Neuroses, Boundary Space, Chicago
2015
The Ghost in Your Shoe, Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago (catalog)
2012
Turtles All the Way Down, Hungryman Gallery, San Francisco, California, with Philip von Zweck
Where Do I Get An Image Of Yes, Important Projects, Oakland, California, with Philip von Zweck
2011
Kabinett 5 Andreas Fischer + Melissa Pokorny, Devening Projects, Chicago
2010
Ghost Town, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
Ghost Town, Gahlberg Gallery at the College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL (catalog)
2009
Until The Moss Had Reached Our Lips And Covered Up Our Names, Hudson Franklin Gallery, New York
2007
A Lot Less People to Worry About, Illinois State University Gallery, Normal, IL
2006
I Have Got To Stop Smiling. It Gives The Wrong Impression, Hudson Franklin Gallery, New York
Why Do People Worry About Things? It’s All Going To Work Out, VONZWECK, Chicago
2003
12 x 12 New Artists/ New Work, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
2002
High Uintas, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago
2001
TRAFO, Berlin, Germany
2000
Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago
Group Exhibitions and Projects
2025
“Sehnsucht | Running Forward To What’s Behind Us,” Redhead Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“Et Cetera,” Goldfinch Gallery, Chicago
2023
Past Perfect, Freeark Gallery, Riverside Art Center, Riverside, Illinois
2022
Boundary 5th Anniversary Spectacular, Boundary Gallery, Chicago
2020
Face to Face, Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago
2019
An Archive of Touch, Goldfinch Gallery, Chicago
2017
American Genre: Contemporary Painting, The Institute of Contemporary Art at Main College, Portland, Maine, curated by Michelle Grabner (publication)
Not Knowing, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, curated by Gwendolyn Zabicki
2016
Untitled, Miami, Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York
Boys and Girls Can Still Draw, Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York City, New York
2015
Cat Fancy, D Gallery, Chicago
Ducks, Curated by Ryan Travis Christian, Minotaur Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2014
Ducks, Curated by Ryan Travis Christian, Green Point Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
I am Jealous of Your Failure, The University of Illinois at Springfield Art Gallery
Burn It Down, Heaven Gallery, Chicago
Surrealism and War, National Veteran’s Art Museum, Chicago
Paul’s Not Gay, Slow Gallery, Chicago
2013
Rehearsal Attire, Slow Gallery, Chicago
Paper Paper, Devening Projects, Chicago
The House of Seven Gables, University Gallery, Illinois State University
2012
Lake Effect, LaMontagne Gallery, Boston
MDW Fair, Clutch, Chicago
Sea Change, Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago
Miniature Gigantic, Clutch, Chicago, visiting Washington D.C.
Robots Will Keep Us As Pets, Alderman Exhibitions, Chicago
B.A.D., Beverly Arts Center, Chicago
2011
A Project by Philip von Zweck, Performa 11, New York
A Project by Philip von Zweck, Invisible-Exports, NADA Hudson, Hudson, NY
FlipFile, Regina Rex, Brooklyn, NY
Sexier, Zhou B. Art Center, Chicago
2010
IAAFBJHMJNMOMRSATSW, Fountain Studios, Brooklyn, NY
Tethered to My World, The Art Center, Highland Park, IL
Evanston Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Evanston,
IL
L/P/S, Hungryman Gallery, Chicago
2009
The Francis and June Spiezer Collection, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
2008
Living Room Paintings, Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago
Re:visions, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago
Hudson Franklin Gallery, Aqua Art Fair, Miami, FL
2007
If That Was All I Needed I’d Be Fine, curated by Danielle Gustafson-Sundell, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago
Chicago (Avenue) International Art Fair, organized by Jason Pickleman, JNL Design, Chicago
2006
Stiff, 40000, Chicago
Best Played With a Straight Face, Hudson Franklin Gallery, New York
2005
Into the Woods, McCormick Gallery, Chicago
Everybody Paints, Parlor, Chicago
Centrally Located: The Artadia and Richard H. Driehaus Foundation 2004 Artist Awards, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago (Catalog)
The Limits of Visibility, Janette Kennedy Gallery, University of Texas at Dallas
The 4- Color Pen Show, Locust Projects, Miami; General Store, Milwaukee; Van Harrison Gallery, Chicago
2004
Site Specific, curated by Julie Rodrigues-Widholm, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Apartment Series #1, curated by Jeremy Boyle, Mattress Factory Art Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
Fine Words Butter No Cabbage, curated by Anthony Elms, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
Drawing: Seven Curatorial Responses, Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
The Witching Hour, Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago
Summer Love, Zolla/Lieberman, Chicago
2003
A Passionate Perspective, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
Hysterical Pastoral, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago
Drawing, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago
The Stray Show, Art Mule, Chicago
2002
Tasty Dog, Suburban Gallery at Atelier Top 25, Krems, Austria
Bad Touch, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago
The Devil is in the Details, curated by Anthony Elms, Gahlberg Gallery, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL
2001
The Stray Show, Suitable Gallery, Chicago
Amused, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago (Catalog)
Luscious, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago
2000
Bad Directions, Gallery 312, Chicago
Figure This, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago
1999
2, Suitable Gallery, Chicago
Big Muddy: Too Thick to Drink, Too Thin to Plow, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago
Temporary Services Gallery, Chicago
Press
2025
New American Paintings, 173.
2024
“Episode 873: Leslie Baum, Andreas Fischer, Justin Witte” Bad at Sports podcast, June 17,
https://badatsports.com/category/podcast/Singh, Pia, “10 Must See Shows Happening During Expo Chicago,” Chicago Reader, April 8,
https://chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/expo-chicago-10-must-see-shows/ Lalley, Elizabeth, Andreas Fischer, Interview in conjunction with Sky Hole, Goldfinch Gallery, February 28,
https://goldfinch-gallery.com2021
Bryson, Evan, “Doomscolling with Cats: A Review of Andreas Fischer’s And apologies for bringing this up,” Sixty Inches from Center, February 15, 2021,
https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/doomscrolling-with-cats-a-review-of-andreas-fischers-and-apologies...2019
Dee, Amanda, “Processing An Archive of Touch at Goldfinch Gallery,” Sixty Inches from Center, July 15,
https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/review-an-archive-of-touch-at-goldfinch-gallery/2018
Bad at Sports and The Visualist Chicago, Top V. Weekend Picks (May 3 - May 9), May 3.
Sykes, Rebecca, “Beyond Critique: Contemporary Art in Theory, Practice, and Instruction,” ASAP Journal, December 20.
2017
Mcquaid, Cate, “In Portland, taking painting to unexpected places,” Boston Globe, August 17.
2016
Butler, Sharon, “Cheat Sheet: Summer group shows (and what curators are writing about them),” Two Coats of Paint, July 19
Neuendorf, Henri, “Top 10 Shows on the LES and Surrounding Neighborhoods This Summer,” Artnet, July 4
Lesser, Casey, “15 New York Group Shows You Need to See This July,” Artsy, June 28
2015
Backs, Christopher, “Review: Andreas Fischer/Andrew Rafacz Gallery”, New City, March 29
Foumberg, Jason, “Go See Andreas Fischer’s New Exhibit at Andrew Rafacz Gallery,” Chicago Magazine, March
Winkleman, Timothy, “The Ghost in Your Shoe by Andreas Fischer at Andrew Rafacz Gallery,” Hairy Rainbow, February 28
2014
“Burn it Down Heaven Gallery,” New City, September 26
Ciezadlo, Janina, “Surrealism and War,” New City, June 2
2013
Picard, Caroline, “The Moving Surface: An Interview With Andreas Fischer,” Bad At Sports Blog, October 3
Morris, Matt, “Rehersal Attire,” New City, July 30
McQuaid, Cate, “What’s up at Boston area art galleries,” The Boston Globe, January 8
2012
Isé, Claudine, “Top 10 Chicago Art Shows of 2012, Chicago Tribune, December 20
Ruiz, Steve, “Robots Will Keep Us As Pets,” New City, July 17
2011
Wenzel, Erik, “Alliances and Oppositions,” Artslant, March
2010
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Dluzen, Robin, “Phyllis Bramson’s Painters at the Art Center in Highland Park,” Chicago Art Magazine, September 7
Viera, Lauren, “It's Time to Face Portrait Collections,” Chicago Tribune, April 9
Weinberg, Lauren, “Andreas Fischer,” Time Out Chicago, February 18-24
Isé, Claudine, “Andreas Fischer’s ‘Ghost Town’ at HPAC and Gahlberg Gallery,” Bad at Sports Blog, February 19
Gunn, Dan, “Colors From the Past,” Artslant, February
Christian, Ryan, “Andreas Fischer,” Beautiful Decay Magazine, February
Isé, Claudine, Ghost Town, Glen Ellyn, IL: Gahlberg Gallery at the College of DuPage, catalog essay
2009
Panisch, Joelle, “Andreas Fischer’s ‘Until The Moss Had Reached Our Lips and Covered Up Our Names,’” Soho Journal, February 26
2006
Peiffer, Kim, “Art Attack 10 Chicago Artists are Fighting to Keep our City on the Proverbial Map,” Chicago Social/ Men’s Book, Fall
2005
Adler, Tony, “Nature Denatured,” Chicago Reader, November 11
Molon, Dominic, “Centrally Located: The 2004 Artadia Chicago Award Recipients,” Artadia Chicago 2004, catalog essay New York: Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialog
2004
Ferrara, Annette, “The Art of Andreas Fischer,” Ten by Ten, Issue 10
Hannum, Terence, “Fine Words Butter No Cabbage,” Ten by Ten, Issue 2
Workman, Michael, “Whitewalls, Colorful Past,” New City, August 26
McCullough, Bridgette, “Interested Painting,” Time Out Chicago, March 10
2003
Rodrigues Widholm, Julie, “What Lies Beneath Andreas Fischer’s Paintings,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago website
Velliquette, Michael, “Jessica Halonen: Picnic,” Glass Tire Texas Visual Arts Online, June
Workman, Michael, “Sun Worship,” New City, July 10
2002
VanDeventer, Kristen, “Chicago,” Contemporary, London, June, July, August
Hawkins, Margaret, “Paintings explore father/ son relationship,” Chicago Sun-Times, June 14
Camper, Fred, “Art People: Andreas Fischer draws on the experiences of others,” Chicago Reader, June 14
Artner, Alan, “Andreas Fischer,” Chicago Tribune, June 7
Estep, Jan, “Andreas Fischer,” Chicago Art Critic’s Association Lecture Series, Art Chicago, May
Waxman, Lori, “Participatory Populism: Art that Says Hello and Shakes Hands,” The New Art Examiner, March - April (Cover Image)
2001
Robinson, Walter, “Hello, Art Chicago,” Artnet Magazine, May
Molon, Dominic, “Andreas Fischer,” New Art Examiner Benefit Catalog
Reed, Jay, “In the Studio with Andreas Fischer,” Weep Magazine, February
2000
Bulka, Michael, “Zolla/Lieberman Andreas Fischer,” New City, July 20
Erickson, Karl, “Chicago Five,” Artnet Magazine, August
1999
Falkawski, Andrew, “Big Muddy: Too Thick to Drink, Too Thin to Plow,” The New Art Examiner, October