Andrew Herzog

Andrew Herzog (b.1990) lives and works in New York City. He has been an affiliated artist fellow at the American Academy in Rome and is an alumni of the New Museum’s NEW INC. His ephemeral and permanent public installation works have been staged internationally, including at the National Museum of Art of Romania, The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, the A4 Museum in Chengdu, China, and the SCAD Lacoste Promenade de Sculptures in France. His work has been exhibited and screened at Arquipélago - Centro de Artes in Portugal, VO Art Museum in Beijing, China, and The Art Vacancy in New York City, and Space 1026 in Philadelphia. He has served as an adjunct professor at multiple institutions, including Parsons School of Design, the School of Visual Arts, and the Pratt Institute. Alongside his art practice, he is the director and co-founder of the Brooklyn-based design and engineering studio, Schoooool. Prior to founding the studio, he led projects at the Google Creative Lab.

During his residency at MQ, Andrew Herzog will develop a series of photographic and filmic works of varying lengths that document ephemeral performances and structured narratives. The project examines the rise of indoor plant culture during Austria’s Biedermeier period in dialogue with today’s geopolitical climate—particularly in the United States. As in the Biedermeier era, many are retreating into private spheres as a means of reclaiming control. One expression of this impulse is the desire to manage and domesticate nature—an instinct that persists in contemporary eco-aesthetics, sustainability discourse, houseplant culture, and climate anxiety. This tendency may reflect not only a perceived separation from the natural world, but also a deeper longing to reconnect with it.