ANDY WEBSTER

BIOGRAPHY
Andy Webster (b. 1964, Mansfield, UK) lives and works in Botallack, UK. 

He received a PhD Art & Environment from the University of Arts London (2011), an MA in Fine Art from Brighton Polytechnic (1988) and a BA (Hons) in Fine Art from Manchester Polytechnic (1986). 

Andy was artist-in-residence at I-Park Foundation, USA (2023); Volland Foundation, USA (2023); Roja ArtLab, Latvia (2019); Salina Arts Center, USA (2014) and Art OMI, USA (2012). He is the recipient of awards including the I-Park Site Responsive Art Award, I-Park Foundation, USA (2023); Art Prize of the City of Ebersberg, Bavaria, Germany (2023); Arte Contemporary Sculpture Commission, La Rapita, Spain (2023); OSR Projects Lobster Pot Commission, West Coker, Somerset UK (2016). 

Recent solo and collaborative exhibitions include Rooms to Live, Bury Art Museum & Sculpture Centre, UK (2023); Maverick Façade, Atelier Hubert Maier, Moosach, and Ebersberg Kunstverein, Bavaria, Germany (2022); So the Red Rose, Fred & Ferry Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (2022); Chimes, Auction House, Redruth, UK (2021); Droppers, OSR Projects, West Coker, Somerset, UK (2016). Recent group exhibitions include: Playing D.E.A.D., War Aspects, Various locations, Bavaria, Germany (2024); Trommeln In Der Nacht (Drums in the Night), Ebersberg Kunstverein, Ebersberg, Germany (2023); B-Sides & Rarities, Fred & Ferry Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (2023); Free Tower, Arkadien Festival, Ebersberg Forest, Germany (2023); Redruth Albany Club, Albany Club, Redruth, UK (2023) and A Spacious Horizon Is An Image Of Liberty, U-Bahnhof Holzapfelkreuth, Münich, Germany (2022).





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