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| ANDY HARPER |
My practice is engaged with the idea of evolutionary theory. Predominantly an exploration
in mark-making, the paintings develop an ever changing vocabulary. Earlier paintings
relied on the repetition of a single and simple brush stroke to yield a mono-cultural field of
grass. Over the last three years this simple process has diversified. The marks and
combinations of marks form into images of a much more fantastical terrain. As the paintings
adapt and change over time, each manifestation depicts an unnamable world, with the
most recent works attempting to picture the future natural.
Through exhibitions and artist talks my practice examines the relationship between the
visual arts, nature and the environment. It seeks covert methods through which art can
impact on our current models of thinking about the natural world.
in mark-making, the paintings develop an ever changing vocabulary. Earlier paintings
relied on the repetition of a single and simple brush stroke to yield a mono-cultural field of
grass. Over the last three years this simple process has diversified. The marks and
combinations of marks form into images of a much more fantastical terrain. As the paintings
adapt and change over time, each manifestation depicts an unnamable world, with the
most recent works attempting to picture the future natural.
Through exhibitions and artist talks my practice examines the relationship between the
visual arts, nature and the environment. It seeks covert methods through which art can
impact on our current models of thinking about the natural world.
Education
1997-99 Middlesex University, M.A. Visual Culture
1993-95 Royal College of Art, M.A. Fine Art Painting
1990-93 Brighton Polytechnic, B.A. Fine Art Painting
1989-90 Foundation Course, Torquay Tech.
Solo Exhibitions
2007 The Ballad of Mistah Bones, Frost and Reed,London (forthcoming)
2007 The Visitors, 319 Potobello Rd, London
2003 Shift, Standpoint Gallery, London
2001 green lung, Essex University Gallery
Selected Group Exhibitions/Projects
2007 Behemoth, Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London
2006 Toffee Armistice, Lemon Sky Projects, Miami, USA (from 4th December)
2006 Core, Illuminate Productions, London
2006 John Moores 24 painting competition, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
2005 Cloud and Vision, Garden History Museum, Parabola/Danielle Arnaud
2001 ...and then we take Berlin, Kitchener City Hall, Canada
2001 east of eden – art : nature : society, Spacex Gallery, Exeter, Devon
2000 secret garden, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham
www.andyh.net
1997-99 Middlesex University, M.A. Visual Culture
1993-95 Royal College of Art, M.A. Fine Art Painting
1990-93 Brighton Polytechnic, B.A. Fine Art Painting
1989-90 Foundation Course, Torquay Tech.
Solo Exhibitions
2007 The Ballad of Mistah Bones, Frost and Reed,London (forthcoming)
2007 The Visitors, 319 Potobello Rd, London
2003 Shift, Standpoint Gallery, London
2001 green lung, Essex University Gallery
Selected Group Exhibitions/Projects
2007 Behemoth, Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London
2006 Toffee Armistice, Lemon Sky Projects, Miami, USA (from 4th December)
2006 Core, Illuminate Productions, London
2006 John Moores 24 painting competition, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
2005 Cloud and Vision, Garden History Museum, Parabola/Danielle Arnaud
2001 ...and then we take Berlin, Kitchener City Hall, Canada
2001 east of eden – art : nature : society, Spacex Gallery, Exeter, Devon
2000 secret garden, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham
www.andyh.net
