ANDREW SALGADO (b. 1982, Canada) has exhibited in London, Nottingham, Berlin, Oslo, Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa, Venezuela, and Niamey (Niger). Forthcoming solo exhibitions include 'Anxious', Tache Gallery, New York (2011); 'The Woodsmen', Beers.Lambert Contemporary Art, London, UK, (2011); Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (2012); and 'The Acquaintance', Art Gallery of Regina, Regina, Canada (2012). Previous solo exhibitions include 'Paint Your Black Heart Red', Galerei Atopia, Oslo, Norway (2010); and Interurban Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (2008).
Forthcoming group exhibitions include 'Transgression', Beers.Lambert Contemporary Art, London, UK (2011); 'Janus Youth', Griffin Rayne Gallery, London (2011); 'Golden', Le Petit Mort Gallery, Ottawa, Canada (2011); 'Art For Life' [featured artist], Vancouver, Canada (2011). Noteworthy group exhibitions include the 2010 Merida Venezuela Biennale; the inaugural exhibition at Gift 10 VYNER, London (2009); GLAAD Art Awards, New York (2009); the Courtauld Institute Academy Hang IX along Gary Hume and Tracy Emin (2010-11); 'I Am Solitary', Beers.Lambert Contemporary Art, London and Nottingham, (2011 and 2010).
Andrew was awarded Courvoisier’s Future 500 (2010), shortlisted for Art of Giving at London’s Saatchi Gallery (2010), and will be featured in the forthcoming Channel 4 documentary 'The Science of Art' alongside Anish Kapoor and Bridget Riley (2011).
His theory has been published in 'A Visual Reader' by the Art Institute of Chicago. He holds an MFA from London’s Chelsea College of Art (2009), and lives and works in London. … Read More