Andrew Smith
My painting methodology of working on location is defined as creating ‘scapes’ (involving multiple facets of a subject) evolved through both exploratory studies and in the production of a definitive project portfolio for exhibition. Following a series of residencies beginning with Sauerbier House, South Australia in 2018, the move away from geometric abstraction was facilitated by the response to the different place. Colour, Surface, Light, the exhibition title at the Australian residency, describes main concerns of my painting practice that has evolved as a studio based enquiry. Through a desire for more flexible and less structured ways of working, my painting has developed to a fluid and expressive idiom.
EXHIBITIONS
2023 Cysylltiad Lliw + Colour Connections. STORIEL Bangor (joint). Supported by Arts Council of Wales
2023 6th Tao Hua Tan International Painting Residency Exhibition, Kurame Art Gallery, Hefei, Anhui Province, China
2022 Abstract: Then and Now. TAG online gallery with publication of painters TUBES
2022 Paper After All. Royal Cambrian Academy, Saul Hay Gallery, Paper Gallery Manchester
2022 Celebration, Storiel Gallery, Bangor
2021 - 22 17th International Painting Symposium Mark Rothko Exhibition, Mark Rothko Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia
2021 TAG gallery online. Painters TUBES Abstract Group
2020 "60 Days of Lockdown" A4 Luxelakes Art Museum Chengdu China. AIRE Program online presentation
2020 Pandemic Art, CAM Museum, Region of Campania and the Municipality of Casoria City, Naples
2019 Vision and Form, Alliance Francaise de Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India (joint)
2019 Jingkieng, Artist Point International Residency, Meghalaya, India
2019 SFSA Paint Open, noformat gallery, Deptford, London
2019 3rd International Painting Plein Air “Valdis Bušs 2019”, Vilaka Municipality in collaboration with Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre, Latvia
2019 bauhaus100 CARN, Caernarfon
2019 PAINT PS Mirabel, Manchester
2019 Colourscapes, Royal Cambrian Academy (solo)
2018 - 19 Colour Surface Light, Sauerbier House AiR, South Australia (solo)
2018 - 19 A Liverpool Bestiary. Liverpool John Moores University Print Project presented at IMPACT 10 Palacete Del Embarcadero, Santander; ATINER Athens; Avenue HQ, Liverpool; Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery; The Williamson Gallery; The Walker Art Gallery; 500x gallery, Texas.
2018 Royal Cambrian Academy 136th Annual Exhibition
2018 Colour Equilibrium, noformat gallery, Deptford London (solo)
2018 Insight with Helfa Gelf at Oriel Mostyn
2016 R E-T A K E / R E-I N V E N T, Storiel Bangor, Oriel Ynys Môn, Royal Cambrian Academy
INTERNATIONAL RESIDENCIES
2023 NY20+ International Art Residency Nongyuan Art Village, Wuhou, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
2023 Sixth Tao Hua Tan International Painting Residency, Xuancheng town, Jungian County, southern Anhui Province, China
2022 Dar Slimane, Marrakesh, Morocco
2021 Faberllull Olot. Institut Ramon Llull. Olot, Garrotxa, Girona, Catalunya
2021 17th International Painting Symposium Mark Rothko, Mark Rothko Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia
2019 Artist Point International Residency, Meghalaya, India
2019 3rd International Painting Plein Air “Valdis Bušs 2019”, Vilaka Municipality in collaboration with Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre, Latvia
2018 Sauerbier House AiR, Port Noarunga, South Australia. Three month residency and exhibition. Supported by an International Opportunities Fund Grant from Wales Arts International
2016 El Arreciado V International Wool Sculpture Symposium, Spain
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS and PROJECTS
2022 Koutoubia Tableaux at Dar Slimane, Marrakesh, Morocco
2020-21 Hygeia Frieze seven panel artwork at Llandrindod Wells. Celf o Gwmpas Walkway Project. Llandrindod Wells. Celf o Gwmpas. Powys County Council.
2019 Dhrupad Sansthan, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Joint mural with Siraj Saxena as tribute to Pandit Ramakant Gundecha
2019 Llawn Festival Mural Project: John Street Mural, Llandudno
2014 Seven Traces Contemporary Arts Festival, Caernarfon in association with Bocs
2013 WAVY BANNERS, ET4U contemporary art, West Jutland, Denmark
2011 LONG STORIES FOR PERM: SPEED OF COLOUR. Perm, Russia. Public Art project with Museum of Contemporary Art Perm.
GRANTS & AWARDS
2023 International Opportunities Fund Grant from Wales Arts International for NY20+ International Art Residency and Sixth Tao Hua Tan International Painting Residency, 2 part project in China
2023 Arts Council of Wales Individual Grant for collaborative exhibition project Cysylltiad Lliw + Colour Connections
2021 International Opportunities Fund Grant from Wales Arts International for 17th International Painting Symposium Mark Rothko
2018 International Opportunities Fund Grant from Wales Arts International for Sauerbier House AiR, Port Noarunga, South Australia
2014 – 17 Arts Council of Wales, Large Organisation Grant for project RE-TAKE/RE-INVENT
CURATION
2022 Paper After All. Co curator Royal Cambrian Academy with Saul Hay Manchester and Paper gallery Manchester
2014 - 2016 RE-TAKE / REINVENT Curator and Project Coordinator. 16 artists make new work from Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales collection with partner galleries Oriel Ynys Môn Royal Cambrian Academy, Storiel.
PUBLICATIONS
2022 painters TUBES magazine 31. Lead cover feature Abstract: Then and Now
2021 painters TUBES magazine 23. Abstract Special Issue
2021 17th International Painting Symposium Mark Rothko Exhibition, Mark Rothko Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia ISBN 978-9934-595-23-6
2021 “60 Days of Lockdown" A4 Luxelakes Art Museum Chengdu China
2019 3rd International Painting Plein Air “Valdis Bušs 2019”, Vilaka Municipality in collaboration with Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre, Latvia. ISBN 978-9934-535-97-0
2019 Srinivas, Eesha CROSSING REALMS A tribute in color to Pandit Ramakant Gundecha by Siraj Saxena and Andrew Smith. DHRUPAD JOURNAL. Dhrupad Sansthan November 2019