Andrea Blum

Place: New York City

Born: 1950

Biography:

Andrea Blum is an American artist known primarily for her public artworks. She was born in New York City in 1950 and received a BFA degree from Tufts University in 1973 and an MFA degree from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1976. Her work is included in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Walker Art Center. She has been the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, Graham Foundation Fellowship, SJ Weiler Fund Award, Art Matters, NYSCA and National Endowment for the Arts Grants, and in 2005 was named Chevalier, Order of Arts and Letters, by the French Minister of Culture. Blum is a full professor in combined media in the Department of Art & Art History at Hunter College.