Andrew Gifford b. 1970

Current Project:Painting Britain's Rainforest

In spring 2024, Andrew Gifford embarked on a long-standing project to paint the thin strip of Atlantic rainforest that runs from Cornwall to Scotland. Working on location in the woods, his studies set out to capture the dense, lush flora of these precious pockets of woodland. The resulting large scale canvases and studies will be exhibited in 2025 with an accompanying book.

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About the Artist

Andrew Gifford is recognised for his innovative paintings and light installations based on the landscape. His work has been widely exhibited, including solo public shows at Leeds City Art Gallery (2004), Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh (2001) and Middlesbrough Art Gallery (2000). In 2014 his exhibition Two Cities: Paintings of Jerusalem and Ramallah toured with the British Council to Al-Ma'mal Foundation, Jerusalem and the A. M. Qattan Foundation in Ramallah. Also in 2014 an exhibition, ‘Cities of the Northeast’ was shown at the University of Northumbria and in 2016 his exhibition ‘New York Paintings’ was exhibited in New York at the Spring Masters in the Armory building. Other exhibitions have taken place in Hong Kong, Singapore and Houston. His work is included in the collections of the New Art Gallery, Walsall and Chatsworth House and in private collections in Europe, USA and Asia. Recent exhibitions at Cromwell Place have focused on a remarkable series of woodland and scrub, places of great ecological importance which are often overlooked. The artist's intensive study of the complex tangle of branches, brambles, nettles and filtered light of coppiced woodland led to a remarkable series of large scale, emmerisive paintings exhibited between 2020 - 2024.
“I wanted to make paintings that immersed you in the woods, where your senses could be overwhelmed by the confusion of branches and brambles and sunlight.”
Selected Works

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Andrew Gifford, Evening Sun with Cow Parsley and Hawthorn, Romney Marsh , 2023
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“Painting is an attempt to show the power of these ancient trees. The bark is covered in scales that reflect a myriad of colours, it involves such a build up of colours that it has been quite mentally exhausting to paint. The boughs of the tree have such warmth of colour that they seem to glow with light.”

ANDREW GIFFORD. b. 1970, UK

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2024       New Landscapes, John Martin Gallery at Cromwell Place

2022        Andrew Gifford, John Martin Gallery at Cromwell Place

2021          Alone with Trees: Part Two, John Martin Gallery at Cromwell Place
2020         Alone with Trees: Part One John Martin Gallery at Cromwell Place
2019          A Baltic Journey, John Martin Gallery, London
2018          India, John Martin Gallery
2016                 Singapore, Hong Kong & Tokyo: Street Paintings:

                        John Martin Gallery, Singapore and Hong Kong
2015                 New York Paintings, Spring Masters, Park Avenue Armory with John                          Martin Gallery

2014                 Cities of the North East, University of Northumbria, UK
2013                 Two Cities: Paintings of Jerusalem and Ramallah,

                        Al Ma'maal Foundation, Jerusalem and Qattan Foundation, Rammallah,                      in Association with the British Council

                        John Martin Gallery, London
2013                 Glyndebourne Festival, East Sussex
2012                 London Landscapes, John Martin Gallery, London
2011                 Spring, Amman, John Martin Gallery, London
2011          Pigment & Light, Phoenix Gallery, Brighton
2010                 Budapest, John Martin Gallery, London
2008                Istanbul Light Series, John Martin Gallery at ArtLondon
2007                Tyne Bridge Tower Paintings, John Martin Gallery, London
2005         Paris Paintings 1, John Martin Gallery, London
2004                Leeds /Bradford Paintings part of ‘Tales of the City’,

                        Leeds City Art Gallery
2002                Berlin Paintings, John Martin Gallery, London
2001                 Fontaine Line Paintings, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
2000                Paintings from the Sellamoto Studio, Middlesbrough Art Gallery
1999                 The Limehouse Series, John Martin Gallery, ArtLondon
1993                 Artist in Focus, Middlesbrough Art Gallery

Group Exhibitions

2013          32 Paintings, Phoenix Art Center, Brighton
2000         Blue, The New Art Gallery, Walsall
1996          The Discerning Eye, selected by Susan Moore, Mall Galleries, London
1996          Northern Lights, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
1994         Laing Art Exhibition, University Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
1994         Fantastic, nine artists, Walsall Museum and Art Gallery, West Midlands

Collections

Middlesbrough Art Gallery

New Art Gallery, Walsall

The Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth

The Bowerman Charitable Trust
Publications
- A Baltic Journey
  Andrew Gifford John Martin Gallery, 2019
  Paperback, 50 pages
  Publisher: John Martin Gallery
  ISBN: 978-1-9993013-4-7
  Dimensions: 26cm x 20cm
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- India
  Andrew Gifford John Martin Gallery , 2018
  Paperback , 52 pages
  Publisher: John Martin Gallery
  ISBN: 978-0-9932195-9-7
  Dimensions: 24 x 20cm
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