Bio
Photo by Jon Baker
Andrea Khôra is an artist and researcher based in London. Her work centers around the malleability of reality on both personal and societal levels. Andrea's practice-led Ph.D. project, Under the Influence: Expanded Technologies of the Mind, investigates the intersection of expanded consciousness and hegemonic institutions through artistic research and writing.
Through her research, Andrea examines how consciousness can be transformed and manipulated with psychedelics and other mind-altering methods, and how this intersects with established power structures. Through her art, she seeks to explore the implications of these interactions and provide insight into the complex relationship between altered states and institutions — focusing on psychedelics intersections with capitalism, western medical systems, and the military-industrial complex.
Her works has been commissioned and exhibited by a number of organizations including: KW Berlin, Germany; Blessed Foundation, London; CIRCA Class of 2022; Kunsthal Charlottenborg Copenhagen, Denmark; The Horse Hospital, London; Gossamer Fog London; The Science Museum, London; Espacio El Dorado, Bogatá, Colombia; Arebyte, London; and more.
She has been previously based in Seattle, WA, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland, and Florence, Italy.