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Born | UK |
Nationality | British |
Education | Newbury College (England), Kent Institute of Art & Design, University of Alberta |
Known for | Sculpture |
Notable work | "Pillar", "Still Life", "The Abduction of St. Paul" |
Movement | Modern art |
Andrew Michael French is an English-born abstract sculptor. A one-time pupil of Peter Hide, French is best known for upright, large-scale welded sculptures made of brightly painted steel. [1] With sculptors Mark Bellows, Bianca Khan, Rob Willms, and Ryan McCourt, Andrew French is identified as part of the "Next Generation" of Edmonton Sculpture. [2] [3] [4]
Educated at Newbury College (England), and Kent Institute of Art & Design with a BFA in Sculpture, [1] French completed his Master of Fine Arts at the University of Alberta in 1999. [5] French's 1999 sculpture "Pillar" is located on the University of Alberta campus, [6] his sculpture "Still Life" is in the collection of the CIty of Edmonton, installed in Belgravia Art Park [1] and his small soldered brass piece "The Abduction of St. Paul" is in the collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts. [7]
Andrew French is a co-founder of the North Edmonton Sculpture Workshop. [1] [8] His sculptures have been seen in a number of important exhibitions in Edmonton, including the Chichester Festival, [1] Big Things, the Edmonton Contemporary Artists' Society, and the Alberta Centennial Sculpture Exhibition at the Royal Alberta Museum, [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] and Sculpture by Invitation at the Shaw Conference Centre. [15]
Andrew French | |
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Born | UK |
Nationality | British |
Education | Newbury College (England), Kent Institute of Art & Design, University of Alberta |
Known for | Sculpture |
Notable work | "Pillar", "Still Life", "The Abduction of St. Paul" |
Movement | Modern art |
Andrew Michael French is an English-born abstract sculptor. A one-time pupil of Peter Hide, French is best known for upright, large-scale welded sculptures made of brightly painted steel. [1] With sculptors Mark Bellows, Bianca Khan, Rob Willms, and Ryan McCourt, Andrew French is identified as part of the "Next Generation" of Edmonton Sculpture. [2] [3] [4]
Educated at Newbury College (England), and Kent Institute of Art & Design with a BFA in Sculpture, [1] French completed his Master of Fine Arts at the University of Alberta in 1999. [5] French's 1999 sculpture "Pillar" is located on the University of Alberta campus, [6] his sculpture "Still Life" is in the collection of the CIty of Edmonton, installed in Belgravia Art Park [1] and his small soldered brass piece "The Abduction of St. Paul" is in the collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts. [7]
Andrew French is a co-founder of the North Edmonton Sculpture Workshop. [1] [8] His sculptures have been seen in a number of important exhibitions in Edmonton, including the Chichester Festival, [1] Big Things, the Edmonton Contemporary Artists' Society, and the Alberta Centennial Sculpture Exhibition at the Royal Alberta Museum, [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] and Sculpture by Invitation at the Shaw Conference Centre. [15]