Edna Andrade (January 25, 1917 Portsmouth, Virginia - April 17, 2008 Philadelphia) was an American abstract artist.

Op art includes graphic elements and use of color that similarly appears in works from other movements such as Post Impressionism, Futurism, Constructivism, and Dadaism.

While traveling post World War II, Andrade encountered the Bauhaus movement and other examples of German modernism.

[5] Andrade's early work includes water color collages and ink drawing of abstracted landscapes (an outpouring of art).

[11] As a part of the Op art movement, Andrade's style confronts the nature of perception, creating highly abstracted, geometric images.

As Andrade began creating illusionistic art, she shifted from organic abstraction to hard-edge geometry, emphasizing symmetrical squares and color juxtapositions.

[13] She implements curvilinear lines to create an illusionistic space, in which the audience visually experiences movement within the geometric, flowing design.

Other paintings such as Turbo I, from 1965, integrate the science of perception into the viewer's experience by using lines and circular movements to create aesthetically engaging canvasses.

[13] In 2013, the Edna Andrade Summer Scholarship was established at the University of Pennsylvania, providing travel for student researchers.

Although she is considered an influential Op artist, she was left out of the New York art scene due to her location in Philadelphia.