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About


 

Artist Statement

My work illustrates popular social commentary related to trends in consumerism, capitalism and technology. Using repeating character, motifs, and settings, I create works that form larger narratives that are both dark and whimsical. 

Artist Bio

Andrew Lawson is 2-D artist primarily working in printmaking and drawing. He received a Masters in Fine Art with a focus in Printmaking from Texas Tech University. Showing work in many national and international exhibitions, he has numerous awards for his work. Currently, Andrew resides in Midland, Texas, where he runs Cheese Factory Press which is both a home base where he prints from as well as a facility open to the public with a focus on creating education opportunities as well as allowing public access for printmaking.

 

 

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Education 

2021    MFA in Printmaking, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

2015    BA cum luade, University of Texas Permian Basin, Odessa, TX

 

Solo Exhibitions

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

 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

 

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 -  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

 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