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Andrea Bonderup(she/her) is Danish photographer based in The Hague.
Andrea work predominantly with photography, ceramic and installation. Her multidisciplinary approach allows her to form different perspectives and create new dimensions to her practice.
At the centre of Andrea´s practice is storytelling, whether that be of the personal stories, the generational stories, and/or the universal stories. She believes that when we meet through conversation, we create spaces in which we can connect and unite.
Hyper-aware and reactive by nature, Andrea loves to explore the world around her by examining its structures both critically but also with empathy and playfulness. Her practice is activist revolving around womanhood and gender-based discrimination, with striving for equality always being at the core of her values.
Andrea´s work is anchored in everyday life. She finds that conflicts, comments and questions often hide in the mundane, and that by zooming in on them we can zoom out and form a greater picture.
Education:
- 2020-2024 - The Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
- 2020 - LungA school, Fine arts, Island
- 2019 - Fatamorgana, The Danish School of Art photography
- 2018 - Testrup Højskole, photography, Denmark
Exhibitions:
- 2023 - “As Above so Below”, The Fool Collective, Exhibition at The Grey Space in the Middle, Den Haag
- 2022 - “Traces of home”, The Fool Collective, Exhibition and publication
- 2021 - “Identity ballad”, PROJECT 224 pride warm up exhibition
- 2017 - “UNDER PRESSURE”, Selected for The New Carlsberg Foundation´s portrait competition: Portrait Now! Exhibited at Frederiksborg Castle, Museum of National History (Denmark) and Ljungbergmuseet (Sweden)
Publications:
- 2024 - “In the softness of the belly... There is a war on women”, Thesis and photobook, Graphic Design by Sonya Umanskaia
- 2024 - “CORNUCOPIA” 2.0 -come as you are” calendar, Collaboration with Graphic designer Sonya Umanskaia
- 2023 - “CORNUCOPIA” calendar, Collaboration with Graphic designer Sonya Umanskaia
- 2022 - “Everything Bright We Embraced in the Shadows”, photobook
- 2021 - “*Aftermaths”, photobook
- 2021 - “FACES”, photobook
- 2019 - “Strayed”, photobook
Features:
- 2022 - Editorial made in collaboration with designer Signe Grønlund featured in Sicky mag
- 2021 - CYPRESS MAGASIN NO. 2, 3 spreads
- 2020 - CYPRESS MAGASIN NO. 1, 2 spreads and cover
- 2019 - “Forvildet”, Papercut Issues: “HUDSULT”
- 2018 - “MILK”, TUSMØRKEZONEN, 3 spreads
Music Videos:
- “Sinking Ship” director and videographer, for Mathilde Frontier, 2024
- 2024 - “Steel Frame”, director and videographer, for Mathilde Frontier
- 2023 - “777SOS”, director and videographer, for Lui Surreal
Others:
- 2023-ongoing - Abortion Portraits The Netherlands - collaborative project with different participants and organisations
- 2024 - Teaching photography at the week course Tre-To-Engelsholm
- 2023 - Teaching photography at the week course Tre-To-Engelsholm
- 2023, February-May - Internship with photographer Ulla Deventer, Ghana
- 2025 Lecture on “art as activism” at the “I AM ROMA” online course facilitated by CanopyLAB
- 2015 - UWC short course - Young entrepreneurs for change
Additional work:
- Event and PR photography, portraits and locations (weddings, birthdays, school, companies)
- Exhibition documentation, photography and video
- Fashion editorials and look books, photography and video
- Ceramic casting, sculpting, and throwing.
- Haircutting
- Croquis modelling