Artist Bio

Andrea Wenglowskyj is a photo-based artist and commercial/editorial photographer based in Buffalo, N.Y. Her personal work focuses on how collective memory and community are shaped by war and authoritarianism in relation to her own Ukrainian-American experience. 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 CEPA Gallery in Buffalo, NY, Silver Eye Center for Photography in Pittsburgh, PA, Galerie Amu in Prague, The Colorado Photographic Arts Center in Denver, and more. 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. She has been an artist-in-resident at Hunt Residencies and Mirabo Press in Buffalo, NY, The Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts in Ithaca, NY, The Kirkland Arts Center/Garrett on the Green in Clinton, NY, and has received numerous grants. In 2025 she was an exhibiting artist for Portrait of Buffalo II at CEPA Gallery in Buffalo, NY where she will also be exhibiting a solo exhibition in November 2025, in addition to exhibitions at Mirabo Press and Hunt Art Gallery.

Artist Statement

I explore how collective memory and community are shaped by war and authoritarianism in relation to my own Ukrainian-American experience. I am interested in the power of shared experiences and the meaning of belonging. My multidisciplinary practice encompasses documentary/straight digital and film photography, printmaking, collage, writing, social practice and the use of archival materials.

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