BIOGRAPHY

September 1987-June 1988
Stafford College of Art
Foundation Course Diploma - Upper Pass

September 1988 – June 1991
University of Central England
Bachelor of Arts (BA Hons Illustration) – First Class

September 1991-December 1992
University of Central England
Master of Arts Illustration - Distinction

EXHIBITIONS:

Group Exhibitions:

1992 June	BP PORTRAIT AWARDS, National Portrait Gallery, London
1992 Dec	FOUNDRY IMAGES, Walsall Museum and Art Gallery, Walsall
1993 June	BP PORTRAIT AWARDS, National Portrait Gallery, London
1993 July	TALKING PIGEONS, Walsall Museum and Art Gallery, Walsall
1994 Jan	135th MANCHESTER ACADEMY OPEN, Manchester City Art Gallery.Manchester
1994 Mar	IN SEARCH OF THE BLACK COUNTRY, Walsall Museum and Art Gallery, Walsall
1994 June	BP PORTRAIT AWARDS, National Portrait Gallery, London
1995 Oct	TREASURES FROM THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY (6 month touring exhibition of Japan) Koriyama City Museum, Matsuzakaya Museum-Nagoya, Hiroshima Museum, Kita-Kyushu City Museum, Hankyu Museum-Kobe, Daimaru Museum-Tokyo.
1996 Feb	137th MANCHESTER ACADEMY OPEN, Manchester City Art Gallery, Manchester
1996 July	BP PORTRAIT AWARDS, National Portrait Gallery London
1996 Dec	20 BRITISH ARTISTS, The Cork Street Gallery, London<
1996 Dec	GROUP SHOW, Philips Contemporary Art, Manchester
1997 June	ROYAL BIRMINGHAM SOCIETY OF ARTISTS, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham
1997 Sept	ROYAL OVER-SEAS LEAGUE 14th ANNUAL OPEN COMPETITION 1997, Over-Seas House, London – (and tour, 1997 Oct- Edinburgh College of Art)
1997 Sept	GROUP SHOW, Le Capitole – La Defenise Gallery, Paris
1998 April	START 2 – Me and You, Walsall Museum and Art Gallery , Walsall
1999 June	BP PORTRAIT AWARDS, National Portrait Gallery, London
2000 June	BP PORTRAIT AWARDS, National Portrait Gallery, London
2000 June	GROUP SHOW, The Air Gallery, London
2000 Aug	LABOUR INTENSIVE, The City Gallery, Leicester
2000 Nov	FACE TO FACE, The Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford
2000 Nov	IN MEMORIAM, The New Art Gallery, Walsall<
2001 Sept	GROUP SHOW, Philips Contemporary Art, Manchester
2001 Dec	CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION, Philips Contemporary Art, Manchester
2002 Jan	ART 2002 (BUSINESS DESIGN CENTRE) , London
2002 Feb	EIDETIC (Photorealism), Brit Art Gallery, London
2002 April	NEW ACQUISITIONS, National Portrait Gallery, London
2002 Jun	BP PORTRAIT AWARDS, National Portrait Gallery, London
2002 Oct	THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR, Pier 97, New York
2002 Dec	CHRISTMAS SHOW, Philips Contemporary Art, Manchester<
2003 Mar	BRIT ART AT SELFRIDGES, Brit Art, London
2003 Apr	MAKING PORTRAITS, Bodelwyddan Castle, N.P.G. (Wales)
2003 Jun	ART LONDON, Jonathan Cooper/Park Walk Gallery, London
2003 Dec	EUROPEAN PAINTING AWARDS, Frissiras Museum, Athens
2004 Jan	MAKING FACES, Sunderland Museum and Art Gallery /N.P.G., Sunderland
2004 Apr	GROUP SHOW, Philips Contemporary Art, Manchester
2004 Jun	BP PORTRAIT AWARD, National Portrait Gallery, London
2005 April	FRANKFURT ART FAIR, Philips Contemporary Art, Frankfurt
2005 Jun	BP PORTRAIT AWARD, National Portrait Gallery, London
2006 Mar	THE WALES PORTRAIT AWARD, Bodelwyddan Castle and tour, Wales
2006 Mar	150th ANNIVERSARY POSTCARD EXHIBITION, National Portrait Gallery, London
2006 Feb	ANTHROPOGEOGRAPHY 3, Frissiras Museum, Athens
2006 Aug	SCENES FROM NEW MEXICO, Andreeva Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
2006 Oct	GROUP SHOW, One Plus One Gallery, London.
2007 Mar	ROYAL SOCIETY OF PORTRAIT PAINTERS ANNUAL SHOW (Invited artist), The Mall Galleries, London
2007 Apr	HOW ART IS MADE, Birmingham Museum and art Gallery, Birmingham.
2007 Jun	PREVIOUS WINNERS, National Portrait Gallery, London.
2007 Oct	OUT OF THE BOX AND AROUND THE CORNER, The New Art Gallery, Walsall, Walsall.
2007 Dec	THE ARTIST'S PROCESS, National Portrait Gallery, London
2008 Jan	LABOUR INTENSIVE, The New Art Gallery, Walsall, Walsall

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

1995 June	SAYONARA PET: FROM SUNDERLAND TO TOKYO AT THE NISSAN CAR FACTORIES, (Sponsored by BP)National Portrait Gallery London(& Tour)
1995 Oct	SAYONARA PET: Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen
1996 Sept	SAYONARA PET: Walsall Museum and Art Gallery,Walsall
2004 Aug	FACES OF NEW MEXICO, Andreeva Fine Art, Santa Fe, U.S.A
2007 Jan	KITTY, The New Art Gallery, Walsall, Walsall

AWARDS:

LOUISA ANNE RYLAND AWARD – University of Central England
EMERSON GROUP AWARD – Manchester Academy of Fine Art
(COMMENDED) BP PORTRAIT AWARD 1994 – National Portrait Gallery
BP TRAVEL AWARD 1994 (4 weeks painting study in Japan) – National Portrait Gallery
SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE ARTS SPONSORSHIP – South Staffordshire County Council
THE JAPAN FESTIVAL AWARDS 1997(VISUAL ARTS) – The Japan Festival Awards
BP PORTRAIT AWARDS 1999 ( 3RD Prize) – National Portrait Gallery
BP PORTRAIT AWARD 2000 (COMMENDED) – National Portrait Gallery
(3RD PRIZE) THE EUROPEAN PAINTING AWARD, 2003- Frissiras Museum, Athens. BP PORTRAIT AWARD 2006 (FIRST PRIZE) – National Portrait Gallery, London

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

The National Portrait Gallery
Jersey Museum and Art Gallery
Sunderland Museum and Art Gallery
Royal Over-Seas League
The House of Commons
The Santa Fe Institute
The New Art Gallery, Walsall
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Frissiras Museum
The Honourable Society of The Inner Temple
The Old Bailey

NOTABLE COMMISSIONS:

Rt Hon. Tony Benn MP – House of Commons
Neil and Glenys Kinnock – National Portrait Gallery
Sir Patrick Cormack FSA MP – House of Commons
Sir Clifford Boulton – House of Commons
Sir Colin Imray – Royal Over-Seas League
Professor Carlos Brebbia – Wessex Institute of Technology
Murry Gellman (Nobel piece prize winning scientist) – Santa Fe Institute, USA
Cormack McCarthy – Author – Santa Fe Institute, USA
Lord Chief Justice Woolf – The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple
His Honour Judge Michael Hyam – The Old Bailey

PUBLICATIONS:

Treasures from the National Portrait Gallery – National Portrait Gallery Publications (1995)
Tony Benn, A Political Life – Continuum (2001) IBSN 0 8264 5699 5
BP Portrait Award 1990-2001 – NPG Publications (2001) IBSN 1 85514 3283
BP Portrait Award 2003 – NPG Publications (2003) IBSN 1 85514 5057
Frissiras Contemporary European Painting Award – Frissiras Museum (2003)
BP Portrait Award 2004 – NPG Publications (2004) IBSN 1 85514 3445
Never to be Forgotten, Joe Miere - Channel Island Publishing (2004) IBSN 09542 669 8 6
BP Portrait Award 2005 – NPG Publications (2005) IBSN 1 85514 365 8
Wales Portrait Award (2006) IBSN 1 900941 90 2
The Portrait Now, Sandy Nairne/Sarah Howgate – NPG Publications (2006) IBSN 10: 1 85514 358 5 BP Portrait Awards 2006 - NPG Publications (2006) IBSN 1 85514 373 9

TELEVISION

Channel 4 commissioned a documentary about Andrew which was first broadcast in April 2002.

RADIO

Studio interview with Mark Lawson on "Front Row" on Radio 4 - June 2006

ARTISTS PHILOSOPHY:

I work in a highly detailed, intensely realistic manner and aim for an absolutely pure and objective likeness. Specific environments and narrative objects are often extremely important ingredients to my portraits as they can help to reflect and reinforce the sitters identity. I seek to convey people in the most understanding, intimate and sympathetic way that I can and strive for perfection with every commission that I take on.

ARTISTS PROCEDURE:

1. Our initial meeting will take around half a day and will be conversation based. We will discuss the specific ingredients of the portrait such as; pose, expression , clothes, background, environment, narrative props, composition, lighting, feel, mood etc…I will then take some initial photographs.

2. I will return to my studio and develop an initial compositional rough based around our discussion which I will send to you prior to the next sitting.

3. I will return for 1,2 or 3 sittings of approximately 5 hours each sitting, depending on the complexity of the composition. During the sitting I may well make some sketches and colour notes but I will predominantly be taking photographs.

4. I will return to my studio to paint the portrait which I will deliver upon my completion. So, the actual amount of time that I would require from you would only be around 8-15 hours.

5. Note: Due to the intense detail involved in my work the actual painting process can be quite time consuming (depending on the scale and complexity of the composition.)

REFERENCES

Sandy Nairne
Director
National Portrait Gallery
St. Martin’s Place
London WC2H OHE
Telephone 0207 306 0055

Kathleen Soriano
Director
Compton Verney
Warwickshire
CV35 9HZ
Telephone 01926 645 500

Charles Saumarez Smith
Director
National Gallery
Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 5DN
Telephone 0207 747 2800