My work is illustrative and narrative focused. I create a dystopic world with repeating character and motifs related to various issues our society faces. The subject matter I tackle usually revolves around capitalism and/or consumerism. In my work there is a dichotomy at play between whimsicality and the dark nature of the overall themes of my work. I hope my work engages any regular person walking by and creates questions within the viewer about their own role in our late, image based capitalist society. My imagery and style are influenced by pop-culture references, B-Culture, the modern Pop-Surrealism Art Movement, and various classical and modernist illustrators and artists.
Andrew Lawson is an artist based out of Midland, Texas. He holds a Masters in Fine Art in printmaking from Texas Tech University. Drawn to printmaking as his primary studio practice, Andrew loves the challenges it provides as there are always new techniques to explore. Printmaking help combines his loves of process-oriented art, attention to detail, and drawing. Andrew's art has been extensively exhibited nationally and internationally and he has won numerous awards for his work.
Education
2021 MFA in Printmaking, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2015 BA cum luade, University of Texas Permian Basin, Odessa, TX
2004 Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Solo Exhibitions
2023 – (Upcoming) – McCormick Gallery, Midland College, Midland, Texas
2022 – Duckies and Power Symbols, Arts Council of Midland, Midland, Texas
2021 – A Present Dystopia, John F. Lott Gallery, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, Texas
2021 – Illustrating Capitalism, Black Hen Gallery, Midland, Texas
2017 – Untitled Solo Exhibition, Starr Gallery, Houston, Texas
2017 – Untitled Solo Exhibition, Kamiposi Gallery, Midland, Texas
Recent Group Exhibitions
2023
- Five Points Printmaking Juried Exhibition – Five Points Arts Center – Torrington, Connecticut
2022
- Surreal Salon 14 - Batton Rouge Gallery, Center for Contemporary Art – Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- The Contemporary Print – Big Medium, Austin, Texas
2021
- Yicca International Contest of Contemporary Art - Hernandez Art Gallery, Milan, Italy
- The New Vanguard II: Explorations into the New Contemporary – Keep Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Trends in Printmaking – 620 Gallery, Round Rock, Texas
2020
– 8th International Juried Print Exhibition – Remarque Print Workshop – Albuquerque, New Mexico
– FL3TCH3ER Exhibition – Reece Museum, Johnson City, Tennessee
– CASPFEST: National Juried Exhibition, Charles Adams Studio Project, Lubbock, Texas
– Purely Abstract – Fine Line Creative Arts Center, St. Charles, Illinois
– Outside the Box – Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, California
– We’re Only Human – 620 Gallery, Round Rock, Texas
– Footprint – Center for Contemporary Printmaking, New Canaan, Connecticut
– The Next Big Thing – Studio Channel Islands, Camarillo, California
– 64 Arts – Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, Illinois
– Intersections – Umpqua Valley Arts Gallery, Roseburg, Oregon
– Under Pressure: National Printmaking Exhibit – The Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, Colorado
– The New Vanguard: Explorations into the New Contemporary – Keep Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
– Four Rivers Print Biannual - Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
– Ink Matters – IU Kokomo Downtown Gallery, St. Kokomo, Indiana
– Finding Your Voice in America Today – Kelwood Contemporary Art, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
– Ink: New Prints – Site: Brooklyn – Brooklyn, New York
– Printmaking Plus – Payge Gallery, Denver, Colorado
– New Prints – International Printmaking Center New York – New York City, New York
– A Generous Kingdom IV - Verum Ultimum Art Gallery - Portland, Oregon
2019
– Print//Pop - Crooked Tree Arts Center – Traverse City, Michigan
– Black & White Juried Show – 311 Gallery – Raleigh, North Carolina
– ORIGINAL: Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Prints – Crooked Tree Arts Center – Traverse City, Michigan
– Real People 2019 – Old Court House Arts Center – Crystal Lake, Illinois
– Axis Gallery: 14th National Juried Exhibition – Axis Gallery – Sacramento, California
– Unexpected Narratives: Explorations in Photography and Printmaking – Remarque Gallery – Albuquerque, New Mexico
– Texas National Competition & Exhibition – SFA Galleries – Nacogdoches, Texas
– After Dark 8 – Greg Moon Art Gallery – Taos, New Mexico
– 2019 Atlanta Print Biennial – Kai Lin Art Gallery – Atlanta, Georgia
– New Contemporary: High Art, Low Art, and everything in between – Keep Contemporary – Santa Fe, New Mexico
– Innovations in Printmaking – Cade Art Gallery – Arnold, Maryland
– Freedom of Expression – Webster Arts Center – St. Louis, Missouri
2018
– A Generous Kingdom III - Verum Ultimum Art Gallery - Portland, Oregon
– Impression: A National Printmaking Exhibition - d'Art Center, Norfolk, Virginia
– Impressed 2018: Behind the Hedges, Group Printmaking Show - Art Gym, Denver, Colorado
– Impressions: Nationally Juried Printmaking Exhibition - Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland
2017
– After Dark 6 - Greg Moon Art Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
2016
– Two Person Exhibition - Art by Brad King and Andrew Lawson, Kamiposi Gallery, Midland, TX
Awards
- 2021 – 1st Place for piece titled “Disinformation Playhouse”, Yicca International Contest of Contemporary Art - Hernandez Art Gallery, Milan, Italy
– 2020 – Honorable Mention, for piece titled: “Umbrella Girl #8”, We’re Only Human Exhibition – 620 Art Gallery, Round Rock, TX
– 2020 - Award of Merit, for piece titled: “Factory #2”, Printmaking Plus – Payge Gallery, Denver, Colorado
– 2018 - Award of Merit, for piece titled: "The Takeover", MOCA Art Show, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, Virginia
– 2018 - Best in Printmaking, Scottsdale Arts Festival, Scottsdale, Arizona
– 2017 - St. Tammany Award, Covington Three Rivers Art Festival, Covington, Louisiana
– 2017 - 1st Place Printmaking for piece: “The Takeover”, MAA Juried Exhibition, McCormick Gallery, Midland College. Midland, Texas.
– 2017 - Best in Show for oil painting “Storm in a Teacup” - Midland Art Association Spring Juried Event, Museum of the Southwest, Midland Texas
– 2017 - 1st Place Printmaking for mezzotint titled: “Space Oddity”, Midland Art Association Spring Juried Event, Museum of the Southwest, Midland, Texas
– 2017 - Best in Show, Celebration of the Arts, Midland, Texas
Symposiums and Lectures
- Lecturer and exhibitor for the ‘Sun Portion” of the: Sun, Wind, Earth and Sky Art and Lecture Series – Charles Adam Studio Project, Lubbock Texas
- Lectures on Contemporary Printmaking, Art Council of Midland, Midland, Texas
Press
- Ubiñas, Helen, It’s a Warning and Art Under One Umbrella, The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 4, 2020
- Lopez, Rich, Flower Power: Artist Andrew Lawson takes nature into the Abstract, Midland Reporter Telegram, August 12, 2017
Professional Organizations
- Southern Graphics Council
- Association of print Scholars
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