Andrew Blythe

Andrew Blythe is a gifted self-taught artist whose arresting, rhythmic paintings possess a raw and deeply moving beauty. Over the last few years this gifted artist’s practice has been prodigious.
A turbulent adolescence saw Andrew in and out of hospital and living hard in Auckland. During this time he would draw with pencil and Indian ink, as a cathartic expression of his experiences and depiction of the downtrodden side of life.

Andrew is not inclined to label or title his paintings, but rather for them to be seen as an ongoing dialogue of ‘’free expression and abstract figurative composition, to be enjoyed...I am an empty vessel when I paint.”
Since 2000 his passion for painting has been supported by Toi Ora Live Art Trust, a community arts centre providing studio space and tuition for people who have experienced mental illness. Andrew has been exhibiting his works over the last seven years and Strange Effigy at Satellite Gallery in August 2008 was his first major solo show. The Gallery is delighted to display his work once more.

Exhibitions at Satellite:

Brain Storm

Strange Effigies

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