66. ANDREW SALGADO
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Salerno- Print
Oil on Canvas.
200 x 200
cm.
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Youth in Revolt Oil
on canvas 200x200cm
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Welcome to Disneyland
Oil and collage on canvas 250x250cm
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BIO & STEPS
Born:
In 1982 in Canada
Nowadays:
Lives
and works in London.
Education
2009 Master of Fine Art (Hons). Chelsea College
of Art. London, England. (Distinction).
2005 Bachelor of Art, Art History & Theory.
University of British Columbia. Vancouver, Canada.
Themes and style:
The
large scale, gestural paintings of Andrew Salgado works explore concepts
relating to the destruction and reconstruction of identity – a process that he
views as re-considering the conventions of figurative painting through a
pursuit toward abstraction. To create paintings that engage beyond what is
immediately visible, he often consciously questions the nature of identity (and
painting) itself as something deconstructed, created, and tangible. A
significant perspective of his work is concerned with the ‘monstrosity’ of the
masculine form, incorporating Classical archetypes like the Laocoön or
Dionysian, to subtle references to Guston, Bacon or even artists who exhibit a
wild deviation from rules like Daniel Richter or Bjarne Melgaard.
Techniques:
His work is developed in paintings.
Solo
Exhibitions
2016
GreenPinkPurpleBlue. Beers London, UK. (October)
2016 A Long
Walk At Dusk Left Me Slightly Out of Breath. TBA, New York, NY. (May)
2015 A
Quiet Man. Beers London at PULSE Miami Beach. Miami, FL. (December)
2015
This is Not the Way to Disneyland. Beers London at VOLTA Basel. Basel,
Switzerland. (June)
2015
Warriørs. Christopher Møller Art. Cape Town, South Africa. (January)
2014
Storytelling. Beers London. UK. (October)
2014
Variations on a Theme. One Art Space. New York, NY. (May)
2014
Enjoy the Silence. Christopher Møller Art. Cape Town, South Africa. (January)
2013 The
Acquaintance. The Art Gallery of Regina. Regina, Canada. (October)
2013 The
Smallest Heart’s Desire. La Petite Mort Gallery. Ottawa, Canada. (May)
2012 The
Misanthrope. Beers London, UK. (October)
2012 In
Order to Rebuild. Dosi Gallery, Busan, Korea. (May)
2011
Anxious. Taché Gallery. New York, New York. (October)
2010
Paint Your Black Heart Red. 4-channel video exhibition, Atopia Galerei, Oslo,
Norway. (January)
2008
Boys’ Night Out. Interurban Gallery, Vancouver, Canada. (September)
In his own words:
“My
goal is to create paintings that go beyond that which is immediately visible,
where this idea of figurative painting is pulled from its conventions and
deconstructed into its parts – where marks, drips, and accidents begin to
overtake the centrality of the figure. ”
AWARDS
2015
PULSE prize. Pulse Miami Beach. [Results pending.]
2013 Lieutenant Governor’s Arts Award.
Saskatchewan, Canada.
2013
Recipient: Canada Council for the Arts. Independent Artist Production Grant.
2013
Recipient: Saskatchewan Arts Board. Visual Artist Production Grant.
Representative
Galleries:
Ramis Barquet
Lacan
Inverarte
For
more Information:
http://www.saatchiart.com/account/artworks/42209