NEW EXHIBITION
BEING SEEN - Goes digital
Being Seen is going virtual with the support of ArtCan.
The virtual gallery by ArtCan will display work spanning the last eight years by Andy. The results of collaborations with the Institute of Mental Health, MIND, Birth Trauma Association, With-you, Day One Trauma support, University of Nottingham and Arts Council England.
The exhibition is a moving exhibition showcasing paintings inspired by personal testimonies of resilience and recovery from trauma. Through his work, Andy visually represents the hidden pain and the transformative journeys of those navigating trauma toward healing. Alongside the artwork, you can engage with poetry, personal narratives and video that deepen the understanding of trauma and recovery.
Andy hopes that the exhibition will foster understanding and empathy and engender hope, presenting trauma not only as a source of suffering but also as an opportunity for growth and renewed purpose.
VIEW The GALLERY HERE
PRNITS AVAILABLE FROM EARLIER PROJECTS
Limited Editions of 25 prints per painting, shipped globally.
PREVIOUS PROJECTS
INISIDE OUT: portraits of emotional resilience
I was commissioned to work with a group of people from across the Black and South Asian communities in Nottingham to explore their experiences of mental health and emotional wellbeing.
The paintings are currently on display at the IMH, Nottingham
Portraits of Coventry
Coventry Cathedral, August 2022
Portraits of Isolation
“Portraits of Isolation - Virtual Opening Night and Discussion streamed live October 2020”
The Twisted Rose and Other Lives
“Interview with Lisa Woods on behalf of BreakForth at CASS Art 24th April 2019”
Take a peek at the exhibition catalogue here:
Transformative Pathways: In Art and Words
CLICK HERE to can see films of the event on the University of Nottingham website
Alongside the opening of the Being Seen Exhibition at the Institute of Mental Health last Nottingham many of those I had painted talked of their personal recovery journeys.
In the words of one of the audience:
“It was a deep experience, heavy at times as expected, but also light when hope started coming through in people's stories which turned out to be stories of resilience, more than vulnerability”.
In March the team from Cultur.art visited me at my studio in the Canal Basin Coventny to talk about my current past work
Breaking Free
Breaking Free People's Choice Prize winners UK Artists Exhibtion 2023. I painted this piece for an exhibition at Galerie ART POOL in Vienna. I wanted to reflect on the passing of time since I painted my first Carousel horse in 2017 as part of my exploration of bipolar disorder.
Cathedral Exhibition featured on BBC News
NEW VIRTUAL GALLERY
I’d love to know what you think about the virtual gallery for my Twisted Rose series
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