Both natural and cultivated spaces appear as miniature landscapes in my work. The individual drawings are small-scale vignettes of botanical matter that move outward, from interior to exterior spaces, to become pieces of a larger landscape.
Slowly built-up layers of small details, with one mark suggesting the next, arrive at the final image. Submerged graphic elements serve as counterpoints to organic textures and suggest the underlying structures existing in the most seemingly wild patch of land.
Andrea Biller Collins is a Lancaster-based visual artist who has shown regionally and nationally in venues including Curio Gallery and Creative Supply, Creative York and the John Fonda Gallery in Baltimore. In addition, Andrea has worked with fellow artist Harriet Hacker on numerous curating and design projects under the name Dearkeystone and was a co-founder of the former lowercase gallery, located in Wrightsville, Pennsylvania.
Contact andreabc390@gmail.com
EXHIBITIONS
2024
“Wild & Precious”, Juried Exhibition, Third Story Art, Lancaster, PA
“Light Within”, Juried Exhibition, MH Art Gallery, Marietta, PA
2023
“In the Weeds” two-person exhibit, Curio Gallery and Creative Supply, Lancaster PA
“Small Works”, Creative York, York, PA
“Every Yard can be a Meadow” window display, Dearkeystone collaboration with “My Aunt Debbie”, Lancaster, PA
2021
YorkFest Juried Exhibition at Creative York, York, PA
2020
“Form|Line|Shape|Space” Dearkeystone Juried National Drawing Exhibition, Todd Gallery, MTSU, TN
“Native Leaves of PA window display” Dearkeystone collaboration with “My Aunt Debbie”, Lancaster, PA
2019
“Fractured Landscape” Dearkeystone collaboration at the Project Space, Creative York
2018
“Fractured Landscape” Dearkeystone collaboration at Telltale Dress, Lancaster, PA
Annual Juried Show, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA
“Rendezvous”, Creative York, York, PA
2017
“Chasing Paper”, Creative York, York, PA
2016
“Terrascape”, Creative York West, York, PA
“Flora and Fauna”, Hive Artspace, York, PA
2015
“Nurture/Nature” at Sulfur Studios, Savannah, GA
Lebanon Gallery and Frame Shop, Lebanon, PA
“Untitled Lancaster” at Sunshine Art and Design, Lancaster, PA
2014
“40 Days” byandlargeprojects blog
YorkFest at YorkArts Gallery, York, PA
“Meet in the Middle” Gallery at Steeple View Lofts, Lancaster, PA
2013
“four” Lowercase Gallery, Wrightsville, PA
2012
“A Telling” City Arts, York, PA
“Apocalypse Island, Lowercase Gallery, Wrightsville, PA
2011
“Built Up” John Fonda Gallery at Theatre Project, Baltimore, MD
“Collectanea” and “Same Page” at Lowercase Gallery, Wrightsville, PA
2010
John Fonda Gallery at Theatre Project, Baltimore, MD
PS 1 Gallery Fundraiser, Iowa City, IA
The Sketchbook Project, Art House Co-op, Atlanta, GA
2009
“Unexplained Forces” John Fonda Gallery at Theatre Project, Baltimore, MD
“Multiple Choice” Parlor Gallery, Lancaster PA
"Shaking Sticks, the Backyard Quivers" HACC, Lancaster
2008
Level Up Where Exhibitions at Infantree Gallery, Lancaster
co+lab, Where Exhibitions at Infantree Gallery, Lancaster
PLACEmats” FREE DESIGN/Where Exhibitions, various sites
Museum of Temporary Art, Germany
The Space Windows Exhibit and Small Works show, Lancaster, PA
2007
“A Year” Parlor Gallery, Lancaster, PA
The Space Windows Exhibit, Lancaster, PA
2006
The Space Windows Exhibit and Small Works show, Lancaster, PA
Group Show, Troupe and Co. Gallery, Lancaster, PA
“A Drawing a Day for Lent” Web project
2005
“Telling Stories: The Narrative in Contemporary Art” Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA
2004
“Poem” The Demuth Foundation, Lancaster, PA
“48 Pages” Installation, Spare Room, Baltimore, MD
Group Show, Troupe and Co. Gallery, Lancaster, PA
2003
“A Drawing a Day for Lent” Web project
2002
Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
2001
Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA, Solo show
2000
Slide Exhibition, Viridian Artist Inc., NY, NY
Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
Ohio River Arts Council Regional Competition, Kent State University
Publications
Hyena, Edited by Cindy Rehm and Adrienne Walser, HEXENTEXTE, 2024
Dream House Zine Collaborative, HEXENTEXTE, 2022
Full blede, issue 10, The Undertaking, 2019
Experience
2013
Co-Founder, By & Large Projects http://byandlargelancaster.blogspot.com/
2010-2013
Co-Founder, Lowercase Gallery
2009-Present
Co-Founder, Dear Keystone Design