Stephen Andrews

Stephen Andrews in his studio.

Stephen Andrews is a Toronto-based artist originally from Sarnia, Ontario. His work deals with memory, identity, technology, and their representations in various media including drawing, animation, and recently ceramics and painting. Andrews states that to represent both the message and the means by which it is delivered, he renders various ‘looks’ of mechanical reproduction by hand.

Over the last twenty-five years, he has exhibited his work in Canada, the U.S.A., Brazil, Scotland, France, and Japan. In 2015 a major survey exhibition curated by Kitty Scott, titled Stephen Andrews: POV was presented at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto. He is represented in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Belkin Art Gallery, the Schwartz Collection, Harvard as well as many private collections. Andrews is a recipient of the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts (2019).

He was also part of the group exhibition The Body and Society at the Embassy Cultural House showing from November 10th to December 9th, 1988. For more information on the artist please visit his website. Stephen is included in the 50th-anniversary group exhibit at The Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris, France which opened on September 17 and runs until October 16, 2020. He also has an upcoming solo exhibition at Paul Petro Contemporary Art Gallery in Toronto, Ontario. There he will be presenting his recent night sky paintings and a collection of ceramic Moon Jars. The opening reception for FIRMAMENT is on October 16, 2020; please click here for more details. Visit his website for more information.

Art Works

Auditorium (detail) 2009-2015 oil on canvas - Collection of The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

"A small part of something larger", 2011, mosaic

Fingerprints 1995

Shooting Star, 2020 - Oil on canvas

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