andrew james mckay
Kitchener-Waterloo, ONT + Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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ARTIST STATEMENT:
I began my work in 2005 whilst living in Ottawa. Influenced by the street artists and reclusive painters I knew then, my greater practice has moved to explorations of the relation of component to whole. That is to say: What are the individual and specific details of the life we experience? How do we record and arrange those details to make a work which can tell of that experience? What are the compositions of our communities as far as the relation of the individual to the collective experience?
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CONTACT:
Inquiry -- andrewjmckaystudio@gmail.com
Instagram -- instagram.com/andrewjamesmckay
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EDUCATION:
2016-19, Emily Carr University of Art+Design -- BFA, Visual Arts Studio Major
2014-15, University of Waterloo -- BFA, Visual Arts Studio Major (partial completion)
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SELECTED SOLO:
2021. MISSIVES, Calgary, AB // Masters Gallery
2020. SUMMER STORIES, Toronto, ONT // Peter Ohler Fine Art
2019. EXTERIORS, Vancouver, BC // Ground Floor Art Centre
2019. EXTERIORS, Vancouver, BC // Emily Carr Unversity of Art+Design (as BFA thesis)
2017. AGNOSIA, Vancouver, BC // Masters Gallery Vancouver
2015. PEONY STUDIES, Kitchener-Waterloo, ONT // (+collaborations with KW Region artists)
2013. INTERNET PEOPLE, Kitchener-Waterloo, ONT
2012. PAINTINGS, Kitchener-Waterloo, ONT
SELECTED GROUP:
2020. PAINTING 2020, Toronto, ONT // John B. Aird Gallery
2019. FIELD OF VISION, Vancouver, BC // Vancouver School Board Gallery
2018. FIGUREWORKS, Ottawa, ONT // Saint Brigid's Centre for the Arts
2018. FIELD OF VISION, Los Angeles, CA // Monte Vista Projects
2010. CROWDED HOUSE: NEW CANADIAN PORTRAITURE, Toronto, ONT // The Baitshop (curated with Julia Dickens)
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AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS:
2019, Lieutenant Governor Medal
2019, BMO 1st ART! (nomination)
2019, Helen Pitt Bursary for Fine Arts
2018, The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grant recipient
2018, Brissenden Scholarship
2017, British Columbia Arts Council Scholarship
2017, Gordon and Marion Smith Scholarship
2017, Takao Tanabe Scholarship
2016, The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grant recipient
2016, Emily Carr University Achievement Scholarship
2016, Marjorie and Howard Isman Award
2016, Opus Bursary
2016, Simons Foundation Bursary
2011, 1st Prize Emerging Artists’ Category, Federation of Canadian Artists, 70th Anniversary Show.
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AVAILABLE WORK:
Masters Gallery (Calgary, AB)
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INTERVIEW/PRESS:
2021, Jonathan Valelly for Broken Pencil // ''Missives' is ever-resilient yet innately ephemeral':
https://brokenpencil.com/reviews/missives-is-ever-resilient-yet-innately-ephemeral/
2021, Richard White for Galleries West // 'Missives':
https://www.gallerieswest.ca/magazine/stories/missives/
2019, Vancouver School Board // 'District inaugurates new student art gallery':
2016, with Kate Mothes for Young Space:
https://yngspc.com/artists/2016/11/andrew-james-mckay/
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RESIDENCIES:
2020, Patio Press, Vancouver, BC // patiopress.ca
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WORK EXPERIENCE:
2019, Print Assistant for Diyan Achjadi (for, Coming Soon!), Emily Carr University of Art+Design
2019, Print Assistant for Adrian Stimson, Emily Carr University of Art+Design
2018, Visiting Artist, Kitsilano Secondary School
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COLLECTIONS:
MLT Aikins, Vancouver BC
