Esao Andrews

Esao Andrews grew up in the Arizona desert, and moved to New York in 1996 to complete his BFA in Illustration at the School of Visual Arts. After graduating in 2000, he spent the next few years working as a flash animator while painting in his free time. Andrews exhibited his oil paintings in coffee shops and group shows before landing his first major two-person show at Fuse Gallery in New York with John John Jesse in 2003. He has since collaborated with Tara McPherson for a DC Comics project, and has created album artwork for several bands, as well. Esao Andrews has developed a signature cast of dark and surreal characters, blending erotic and sometimes frightening images, in a manner that is often compared with other American artists like Mark Ryden and John Currin.

Gallery shows:
2010
Vered Gallery "Art on the Edge" East Hampton, NY
Observatory Room " " Brooklyn, NY
Last Rites Gallery "Dark Pop 2" New York, NY
Jonathan Levine Gallery "5 Year Anniversary Show" New York, NY
2009
Thinkspace Gallery "Farewell Avery" SOLO SHOW Los Angeles, CA
Last Rites Gallery "Dark Pop" New York, NY
2008
Jonathan Levine Gallery "Separate Lives" 3 PERSON SHOW New York, NY
Dorothy Circus Gallery "Inside Nostalgia" Rome, Italy
2007
Roq la Rue Gallery " " 2 PERSON SHOW Seattle, WA
2006
Fuse Gallery "Draw" New York, NY
Reciever Gallery w/ Keep a Breast Foundation "Breast Cast Charity Auction" San Francisco, CA
Thinkspace Gallery "Subterfuge" Los Angeles, CA
Roq La Rue Gallery "Fresh Meat" Seattle, WA
Copro Nason Gallery "Three Waves of the Apocalypse" Culver City, CA
Rectangle Artspace "Parallel Universe" Miami, FL
2005
Copro Nason Gallery "Samhain" Culver City, CA
L'imagerie Gallery "Permanent Collection" Studio City, CA
CPOP Gallery "Vinyl Klash" Detroit, MI
Basefield Projects "Basefield Fables" New Zealand
Bergamot Station/CoproNason "Bergamot Invasion" Santa Monica, CA
Greco Building "Monsters of Lowbrow: A New Art Invasion" Miami, FL
Fuse Gallery "New Art" New York, NY
2004
CBGB's Gallery "The Flaming Fire Illustrated Bible" New York, NY
Woodstock Gallery of Art "War & Peace: The Art of Propaganda" Woodstock, NY
Fletcher Gallery "The Explosive Art Exhibit" Woodstock, NY
Objex Artspace "Fuss Free" Miami, FL
Copro Nason Gallery "Age of Aquarius" Culver City, CA
Copro Nason Gallery "Art Showdown" Culver City, CA
Dabora Gallery "Mortis Dabora II" Brooklyn, NY
Meltdown Comic Gallery "Meathaus Metldown" Hollywood, CA
M.O.C.C.A. Cartooning Museum New York, NY
2003
Fuse Gallery "Misfits and Misanthropes" New York, NY
Delphi Lounge/Gallery "New Works" New York, NY
Fuse Gallery "New Urban Legends" New York, NY
Niagara "Decadence: The Largest Erotic Art Exhibition" New York, NY
2002
National Portrait Gallery "BP Portrait Awards" London, UK
SuperCore Gallery "The Art of Esao Andrews and James Jean" Brooklyn, NY

Publications and Press:
2006
NYarts Magazine interview
Juxtapoz Magazine interview
XFUNS Magazine (Korea) interview
DC Comics "Witches Tale" Fables Original Graphic Novel Comic.
2005
Territory Magazine "The Mood of Gothic" Feature.
Adrenalin Magazine Interview.
Chew On This Magazine Interview.
Collezioni's Sport & Street Magazine Feature.
New York Times "Flaming Fire Illustrated Bible." Article(mentioned).
2004
Exit Magazine "Play time." 11 page spread feature
Jane Magazine "Life of a Muse" Article.
Antipodawear.com "Featured Artist" Interview.
Pixelsuregon.com "Featured Artist" Interview.
2003
IdN Magazine. interview
Platinum Magazine "Art of Esao Andrews" Feature.
11211 Magazine Cover Art.
2002
"L" magazine Cover Art.
Guardian UK. "Review of BP Portrait Awards 2002" Article(mentioned).
-present Baker Skateboards design artist.
2001
CMYK Magazine Feature.
2000
present Meathaus Comic Anthology Contributor.

An important source for modern and contemporary American & European Art in East Hampton, New York & worldwide, Vered Gallery's spectacular wide-ranging inventory consists of unique paintings, drawings, large & small scale sculpture, monotypes, prints and photographs  by Ansel Adams, Milton Avery, Richard Avedon, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Romare Bearden, Fernando Botero, Cartier-Bresson, Marc Chagall, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Willem De Kooning, Richard Diebenkorn, Thomas Eakins, Childe Hassam, David Hockney, Winslow Homer, Wolf Kahn, Jeff Koons, Fernand Leger, Roy Lichtenstein, Man Ray, Thomas Moran, Henry Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Robert Rauschenberg, Mark Rothko, Cindy Sherman, Charles Sheeler, Bert Stern, Alfred Stieglitz, Andy Warhol, Carleton E Watkins, Tom Wesselmann and Andrew Wyeth.

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