Artist Bio
Andrea Wenglowskyj is a photo-based artist and commercial/editorial photographer based in Buffalo, N.Y. Her personal work focuses on her Ukrainian cultural heritage through language, traditions, current events and customs in her family, the diaspora and the homeland. As a mother and community builder, she is also interested in the power of group learning and shared experiences. She earned her Master of Fine Arts from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and Tufts University, and her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography from the State University of New York at New Paltz. She is the recipient of a Fulbright Grant in Ukraine, where she traveled the country and explored Ukrainian culture through its contemporary artists and organizations. Her work has been published in the New York Times and NPR, and her photography has been exhibited at Silver Eye Center for Photography in Pittsburgh, PA, Galerie Amu in Prague, The Colorado Photographic Arts Center in Denver. She has taught at The School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, The International Center of Photography, and through numerous art institutions including Chashama, Brooklyn Museum, The New School, and Montserrat College. She was the co-founder of Kind Aesthetic, a creative agency based in Brooklyn, and DELVE, a suite of services and events for artists and creatives. She worked for Storefront for Art & Architecture and as an art liaison for UBS Wealth Management. In 2023 was awarded artist residencies at Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts in Ithaca, NY and The Kirkland Arts Center/Garrett on the Green in Clinton, NY, and an ASI SCR Individual Artist Grant. Future exhibitions include a solo show in Fall 2025 at CEPA Gallery in Buffalo, NY. Andrea lives with her husband and two young children.
Artist Statement
My photography-based art work explores my Ukrainian cultural heritage by unpacking language, traditions, current events and customs in my family, the diaspora and the homeland. I am also interested in the power of shared experiences: what kind of community am I building as a mother, activist, and human longing for a conscious life? My projects involve Ukraine itself and investigate diasporic experiences from my childhood. I explore what it means to belong to Ukrainian culture: whether within a preserved community in the United States or in a country ravaged by war. My process requires long-term, careful observation and establishing trust with my subjects, whether I am traveling and doing street photography or using a large format camera.