Fracturing the Symbolic | Andrea Bagdon

Andrea Bagdon’s latest body of work explores the shifting boundaries of femininity and contemporary domesticity through a dialogical interplay of digital time-based media and traditional oil and encaustic painting. Influenced by psychoanalytic theory, the work draws viewers into a space where meaning is in constant flux, revealing the tension between the self and the fragile boundaries that shape experience.

About the Artist:
Andrea Bagdon is an artist and educator based in the Twin Cities. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. She has received multiple awards and grants for her creative research, including a 2024 Minnesota State Arts Board Creative Individual Grant and a 2023 MRAC Flexible Support Grant for Ladylike, an experimental art project she co-launched in 2022. Andrea holds an MFA from Colorado State University and is currently a College Board-certified advanced placement art instructor at a college preparatory high school in the Twin Cities, as well as an MFA mentor at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. For more information about Andrea Bagdon’s work, please visit www.mercurialstudio.com.

Gallery Hours:
Saturdays and Sundays, 1:00-5:00 pm

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.