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Andrew Cain active 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Andrew Cain
| User Type | Artist |
| Personal Profile | Education: Griffith University: Bachelors of Fine Art Major: Printmaking with an emphasis in Drawing, and Art Theory 2008- 2009 Modesto Junior college: General education with an emphasis in Fine Art. 2003-2007 Johansen High School: Diploma General education. 2003 Exhibitions: Solo: 2010, Up and Over Exhibition, Waterford St. Gallery, QLD, AUS 2009, Constructed, Project Gallery, QLD, AUS Group: 2010, Arts Alive, Merced art festival 2010, Lessedra World Mini Print Exhibition, Lessedra Glallery, Bulgaria 2010, Brisbane Emerging Artist Festival, Fortitude Valley, QLD, AUS 2009, QCA Graduate Show, QCA, Brisbane, QLD, AUS 2009, First Draw, Art Factory, Brisbane, QLD, Aus 2009, Art Auction, QCA White Box, Brisbane, QLD, AUS 2009, Beat exhibition, Bleeding Hearts Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, AUS 2009, Affordable Art Sale, QCA White Box, Brisbane QLD, AUS 2008,2009,2010, 12x12x12 exhibition, Dell Gallery, Brisbane QLD, AUS 2008, First year exhibition, QCA, Brisbane QLD, AUS 2008, Under the Bed Exhibition, Project Gallery, Brisbane QLD, AUS 2005, Modesto Junior College student exhibition, MJC Gallery, Modesto, CA, USA Commissions: 2010, Figures, Oil Paintings, Rachel Walker, Everton Park, QLD, AUS 2007, Fremont Elementary Mural Restoration, Modesto, CA 2006, Family pet, Ashley Van Trease 2004-2006: Set Design for Pinnacle Designs 2003, West Coast Customs, Chalk Drawing Competition, Modesto, CA Collections: Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, QLD, AUS QCA Printmakers club, Brisbane, QLD, AUS Magnani Paper, Melbourne, VIC, AUS Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, AUS Memberships: Art workers Alliance: Current IMA Member: Current. QCA Printmakers club member: Current MJC Fine Art Club President: 2006-2007 National Art Honors Society: 2002-2003 Professional Activities: 2010, Assistant Teacher, Joshibi Students Workshop, Glasshouse Mountains, QLD, AUS 2009, Coordinator &Teacher, Printmaking workshop, QCA, Brisbane, QLD 2009, Volunteer, Technician, Teaching assistant, Brisbane State High School, Brisbane, QLD 2009, Volunteer, Instillation crew, IMA, Brisbane QLD 2008- Current, Volunteer, IMA, Brisbane, QLD 2008, Volunteer , Guernica in Sand Project with Lee Mingwei, GOMA, Brisbane QLD 2006, Volunteer, Gallery operations assistant, Modesto Junior College, Modesto, CA 2003, Artist, Temporary Public Art Competition City of Modesto, Modesto, CA 2003, Artist Collaboration, Permanent public Mural Johansen High School, Modesto, CA 2002&2003, Artist Collaboration, Temporary Public Mural Johansen High School, Modesto, CA Referees: Alan Owen Phone Number: 0737356108 Email: A.Owen@griffith.edu.au Jonathan Tse Phone Number: 0737356151 Email: J.Tse@griffith.edu.au Russell Craig Phone Number: 0418725297 Email: R.Craig@Griffith.edu.au Artist Statement My current series of work deal with human conditions, emotions and narratives. I call these works the ‘Pursuit of Happiness’. By questioning the way we treat each other, I am trying to make the viewer contemplate their own actions. This series critiques our human flaws and achievements alike, in our quest of individual happiness. The Narrative ‘Pursuit of happiness’ is explored in a series of lithographs. In each lithograph the figure’s postures and groupings vividly dictate people’s flaws and follies. Artists’ works that I draw inspiration from include Francisco De Goya’s series ‘Los Caprichos’ and the ‘Disasters of War’, Goya’s prints and social commentary encouraged me to develop ‘The Pursuit of Happiness’. Auguste Rodin’s ‘Gates of Hell’ and his Figurative Drawing drawings have influenced my drawings and development of sculpture. William Blake’s figures, prints, poetry and theories have stimulated my printmaking development and drawing. Contemporaries that have motivated my works are Jess’s paste-ups particularly ‘Narkosis’, with his working with the human figure and compositions. Gordon Bennett’s works dealing with identities have inspired me as well as Ah Xian’s ceramic sculptures. |
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| Artist Statement | My work deals with the human condition, emotions and narratives. I find comfort in the figure, as it represents emotions through its movement and shape that explain stories words cannot tell. Each movement and line becomes something abstract, expressive and beautiful. Through my own anxieties in social situations, I turn stories into pieces. I narrate these tales using lines, colour and the figure, explaining a narrative that people face in everyday situations. I am inspired by perception and how it creates a new narrative within each piece, how every work of art is a conversation between the viewer and the art work. Artists’ works that I draw inspiration from include Francisco De Goya’s series ‘Los Caprichos’ and the ‘Disasters of War’. Auguste Rodin’s ‘Gates of Hell’ and his Figurative Drawing have influenced the development of my drawing. William Blake’s figures, prints, poetry and theories have stimulated my printmaking development and drawing. Contemporaries that have motivated my works are Jess’s paste-ups particularly ‘Narkosis’, with his working with the human figure and compositions, as well as Australian artists, Darren Swies and Gordon Bennett’s works dealing with search to find ones identity within society. |
| Average Dimension of Pieces | varies |
| How is Art Exhibited? | wall space floor space |
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Andrew Cain