andrew james mckay
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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Inquiry -- andrewjmckaystudio@gmail.com
Instagram -- instagram.com/andrewjamesmckay
Tumblr -- andrewjamesmckay.tumblr.com
Twitter -- twitter.com/ajmckaystudio
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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
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SELECTED SOLO:
OCT2017. 'AGNOSIA' Calgary, AB // Masters Gallery Calgary
AUG2017. 'AGNOSIA' Vancouver, BC // Masters Gallery Vancouver
JUNE-SEPT2015. 'Peony Studies' Kitchener-Waterloo, ONT // (+collaborations with KW Region artists)
JUL-AUG2013. 'Internet People' Kitchener-Waterloo, ONT
APR-MAY2012. 'Paintings' Kitchener-Waterloo, ONT
SELECTED GROUP:
NOV-DEC2018. 'Figureworks' Ottawa, ONT // Saint Brigid's Centre for the Arts
OCT-NOV2018. 'FIELD OF VISION' Los Angeles, CA // Monte Vista Projects
AUG2010. 'Crowded House: New Canadian Portraiture' Toronto, ONT // (curated with Julia Dickens)
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AWARDS:
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
2011, 1st Prize Emerging Artists’ Category, Federation of Canadian Artists, 70th Anniversary Show.
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AVAILABLE WORK:
Masters Gallery (Calgary)
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INTERVIEW:
2016, with Kate Mothes for Young Space: young-space.com/blog/2016/11/andrew-james-mckay
