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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS
Currently developing a research-based artistic project on aesthetics, images and political imagination in digital media
We are Volcanoes - An artistic homage based on the book of the same name by Charlotte Kerner
Solo exhibition "Birth of Europe" at the 37th Guadalajara International Book Fair, Mexico supported by the European Union
Solo exhibition "Birth of Europe" at the City Hall of St Gilles, Brussels
Solo exhibition "Birth of Europe - Political Masterminds and our shared Values" at the European Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brussels
For more informations see the project website: European Visions
PAINTING
LYNN MARGULIS and DONNA HARAWAY - Part of a triptych (120*240 cm), acrylic on canvas, 2024.
An artistic homage published in the book “We are Volcanoes” by Charlotte Kerner, published by WESTEND-Verlag.
STONE SCULPTURE
Gas concrete ground, coated with plaster, 94*48*34 cm, 2007.
ILLUSTRATION
GRUPPENZWANG – REBELLEN, Analog & Digital Drawing, Variable Size, 2018.
The work was licensed by KLETT-Verlag for the textbook series "Leben leben".
DRAWING
Nude study, pencil on paper, 20*30 cm, 2011.
MULTIMEDIA
LOVEPLAY, Video, 5:32 min., 2017.
The video LOVEPLAY was projected onto a house wall for the Berlin art festival „48 Stunden Neukölln“ and the „Lübecker Museumsnacht“.
DIGITAL ART
BALLETT, analogue and digital drawing, size variable, 2018.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Andrea Cochius is a trained stone sculptor , studied artist , project manager and has completed a teaching degree in art and German. She works full-time as an artist with a focus on painting . Her artistic work covers a wide spectrum and has taken her to the most remote parts of the world. As early as 2012, she collected life stories from chance encounters on the streets of India . In her artistic practice, she explores shifts of perspective and the role of images in shaping perception, relationships, and social realities—particularly within the tension of cultural and political contexts . Her paintings and drawings have been exhibited widely, including in Germany , Belgium and Mexico .
CV (Excerpt)
2025 / ongoing
Development of a research-based artistic project on aesthetics, images and imagination in contemporary digital and political contexts
Preparation of a doctoral research project (artistic research / practice-based PhD)
Jury member, Stiftung Kunstfonds (KUNSTFONDS_Plattformen funding programme)
2024
Illustrations for the science novel We are Volcanoes – The eco-visionaries Rachel Carson, Lynn Margulis, Donna Haraway, by Charlotte Kerner, WESTEND Publishing
(project exploring ecological thought, science and imagination)
Elected to the commission for the KUNSTFONDS_Plattformen funding program of the Stiftung Kunstfonds
2023
Solo exhibition Birth of Europe – Political Masterminds and our shared Values in the Museo de las Artes (musa) at the 37th Guadalajara International Bookfair supported by the European Union, Guadalajara, Mexico
Solo exhibition Birth of Europe at the European External Action Service (EEAS), Brussels, Belgium
Solo exhibition Birth of Europe at St. Gilles Town Hall, Brussels, Belgium
Development, planning and organization of the traveling exhibition The Orient as a Place of Longing in Cairo, Egypt and Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Imprint / Impressum: Andrea Cochius - Curtiusstraße 3 - 23568 Lübeck - acochius@gmail.com - Germany (all rights reserved 2025)