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Lotte Andersen (b.1989) is an artist born in London, working between Mexico City and Lima. Centering around installation, her work forms an investigation into group dynamics, movement, its properties and the manipulative nature of nostalgia. Puzzles serve as devices to reflect on feelings of fragmentation as well as the power inherent in many pieces composing a nuanced whole. Her collages continue upon these themes layering found posters, photography, archival family photos and news clippings. A puzzle has the potential to serve as a weapon or a de-escalation tactic, a competition or a meditative moment to collaborate. The viewer is often placed within the work, activating it whilst dealing with the implications of their own presence.


Andersen’s approach to materiality is mirrored across mediums, themes and ideas are often ‘cobbled’ or mashed together, whether working in collage, sculpture, video or audio samples. Considering sound and video as physical objects in space, she works with the idea that echoic (sound) memory is stored for longer periods than iconic (visual) memory. Additionally working with archives of images and sound, she is interested in the power of the role of the archivist, to foreground or background certain information. In this way the politics of the edit; either subtle or violent, are of poignant and specific interest whilst considering the impact of implicit biases.
The works function like relics, revealing a residue or core in the process of deconstructing the installation, prompting the viewer into the narrative of her wider practice. Joy is an act of resistanc

Andersen is a visiting lecturer on the Sculpture Masters program at the Royal College of Art, London, UK. She was the founder and organizer of MAXILLA, a party and community events project that was active in London from 2011-2016.


Her work has been presented at ‘All Opposing Players’ David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles (2022); La Casa Encendida, Madrid (2022); The Future Isn't What It Used to Be, Rose Easton, London, UK (2021); Set to Go, Space 52, Athens, Greece (2021); Propositions for Alternative Narratives, Photoworks UK, Brighton, UK (2020); The Economics of Movement, The Whitechapel Gallery London, UK (2019); Good Night, Energy Flash, Hyundai Card Storage foundation, Seoul, Korea (2019)

LOTTEALICEANDERSEN@GMAIL.COM

Selected Works
/ Exhibitions






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Pine, Acrylic paint, Polyuruthane, paper glue
2023

Splat!

Pine, Acrylic paint, Polyuruthane, paper glue
2023

‘Balusters’
Francis Irv
New York, United States
2023

Gotcha!!

‘Devinir Isla’
Curated by Aina Poinar
La Casa Encendida
Madrid 2023

All Opposing Players
Curated by The Racial Imaginary Institute
David Kordansky Gallery 
Los Angeles
2022

Family Business

2022
!0950’s newspaper cuttings of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth, xerox print, digital prints and paper
44 1/2 x 63 3/4 x 2 inches

Checkmate

2022
spruce pine, acrylic paint, paper, and polyurethane
1/2 x 13 3/8 x 15 3/4 inches
(1.3 x 34 x 40 cm)

Checkmate

2022
spruce pine, acrylic paint, paper, and polyurethane
1/2 x 13 3/8 x 15 3/4 inches
(1.3 x 34 x 40 cm)

Barfight

Fanfare

2022
tissue paper, color Xerox copies, painted cardboard, stickers, lustre paper, and found posters
99 1/2 x 68 1/2 inches

El Cuarto de Máquinas
Hilario Galguera
Mexico City, Mexico
2021

El Cuarto de Máquinas, 2021

Installation view Hialrio Galguera, Mexico City

The future isn't what it used to be
duo with Jack Jubb
Rose Easton
London, UK
2021

The Nail in the Coffin (Mis Uñas Favoritas), 2020

13 painted acrylic nails on velvet, bevelled wooden display case, glass
10x11.5x4inches

Dance Therapy
Hyunday Card: Storage

Seoul, Korea
2019

“HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT LYING ?”
Projector, monitors, sound, print,
Tate Modern
London 
2018