Andrew Gadd

Andrew Gadd

Andrew Gadd studied at Chelsea and Falmouth School of arts, receiving a 1st Class Honours degree before going onto the The Royal Academy Schools and winning The Gold medal for painting.

After leaving college he was represented by Agnews Gallery, 43 Old Bond Street. He made five solo shows with them between 1995 and 2010 and created a reputation as one of the leading figurative artists of his generation.

Gadd's work has been championed by many of the leading art critics, John Berger, Brian Sewell, Edward Lucy Smith and Andrew Lambirth.

Gadds work has been exhibited in Galleries in Basil, Milan, Bologna and New York and has paintings in private collections across America, South Africa and throughout Europe. His paintings can been seen in the permanent collections of the Royal Academy of Arts London and The Metropolitan Museum New York.

Biography

1968 Born London

1985-1987 Chelsea School of Art. BTEC Nation Diploma

1987-1990 Falmouth School of Art. 1st Class Honours Degree

1990-1993 Royal Academy of Arts. RA Gold Medal for painting
Richard Ford Travel Scholarship to Spain

1990 Newlyn Art Gallery New Generation

1992 Royal Academy Summer Show Offer Waterman Fine Art. Group Exhibitions

1993-1994 Royal Academy Summer Show Mall Galleries Into the Nineties Paton Gallery Group Exhibition Royal Academy of Art Scholarship Drawings Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ducati Pit Stop Composition

1995 Agnew's. Outsiders Solo exhibition

1995-2018 The Design Centre The London Art Fair

1996-1997 Mall Galleries. The Discerning Eye Gallery 27. Group Exhibition National Portrait Gallery. BP Portrait Award The Raw Gallery New York. Group Exhibition

1998 Agnew's Nightfall. Solo Exhibition

2000 Galleria Forni, Bologna Group Exhibition Art Basil Posteria Galleria Milan Arte, International Figurative Painting Award

2002 Agnew's. Fugitive. Solo Exhibition

2003 Chatsworth House Time and the Hunter, Outpost.

2004 Gallery Forni. International Art Fair Bologna

2006 Agnew's Gallery The Labelmakers. Solo Exhibition

2007 Agnew's Gallery Looking Forward-25 British Artists

2008 Gallery 27. Departures: Falmouth to London Solo Show

2008-9 Churches Advertising The Bus Stop Nativity Network. Nationwide advertising campaign

2010 Agnew's. The Day Begins. Solo Exhibition

2012-13 John Martin Gallery. Group Exhibitions

2014 Olympia London. Art 14 Art Fair

2015 International Visual Arts. Travelling Exhibition. Festival Lithuania

2018 Islington Art Fair Christopher Kingzett Fine Art.

2020 Biscuit Factory Galleries. How I Exist in Dreams. Solo Exhibition

2021 The Chappel Galleries Mixed Exhibition Atelier Olubiyi Thomas. Moon Dog II Gallery Derain Kaleidoscope Mixed Exhibition