Artist Andrea J. Wollensak received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Univeristy of Michigan in 1983, after five years of working in the design field in New York City. She went to graduate school at Yale University and received a Masters of Fine Art in 1990.
Wollensak's professional work (national and international) includes graphic design, exhibition design, new media site research with Global Positioning System (GPS), and sculpture and holographic installations. The institutions involved with design work include The Museum of Modern Art, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, Total Design, UNA (Amsterdam). New media artworks have been created and exhibited at Stichting Kunst and Complex (Rotterdam), The Banff Centre for the Arts and The Nationale Centre for the Arts in Mexico City. Professor Wollensak's funded research has included site projects in Banff, New York City, Montreal, Rotterdam, and Mexico City, interactive work at Alias Research and Fringe Research in Toronto. Collaborative grants include National Science Foundation, Fulbright Foundation and the Graham Foundation.