Nationality: English

1996-97		Part-time Lecturer, University of Newcastle upon Tyne & Aberdeen Universites
1995		Part-time Lecturer, University of Teeside
1990-94		First Class BA (Hons) in Fine Art, Newcastle upon Tyne

Andrew Gifford is now recognised widely as one of the most innovative young landscape painters working today. His paintings have been widely exhibited, most recently at Leeds City Art Gallery in 2004. His paintings are in public collections in the United Kingdom and in private collections in Europe, USA and Japan. A retrospective of his paintings, Landscape Paintings 1998-2000 was held at the Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh (24 Nov - 9 Jan 2001). The Leeds - Bradford series were exhibited at the Leeds City Art Gallery in 2004.

A short film about Andrew is available to view: http://filmstudiolondon.com/movies/gifford/


Prizes and competitions

1998		Gilchrist Fisher Memorial Prize
		Villiers David Prize - finalist
1997		Villiers David Prize - finalist
1996		The Journal Art Competition, University Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
1988-89		NYCC Art Centenary Award, York College of Art & Technology

Documentaries

1997		Date with an Artist , BBC2
1997		Don't Look Down, Scottish Television

Solo Exhibitions:

2010		Budapest, John Martin Gallery, London
2010		Looking West from Albert Embankment, London Art Fair
2008		Istanbul Lights Series at Art London, John Martin Gallery
2007		Tyne Bridge Tower Paintings, John Martin Gallery, London
		(Previewed at the Point Building, Newcastle in association UK Land Estates)
2006		12 hours facing the Bhearra Peninsula at Art LONDON 2006, John Martin Gallery
		Yemen Paintings, John Martin Gallery, London
2006		Recent Work, John Martin Gallery, London
2005		Paris Paintings - Part 1 John Martin Gallery, London
		French Paintings - Part 2 - John Martin Chelsea, London
2004		London Street Paintings - John Martin Chelsea, London
		Leeds City Art Gallery - Leeds/Bradford Series
2003		Fontaine Evening Paintings - ArtLONDON
2002		Brighton/France - John Martin Gallery
2001		Berlin Paintings - ArtLONDON
2000-01		Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh Andrew Gifford Landscape Paintings 1998-2000
2000		Paintings from the Sellamoto Studio, Middlesbrough Art Gallery
1999		The Limehouse Series, ArtLondon, Duke of Yorks Barracks
1998		Andrew Gifford - recent paintings, John Martin of London Ltd
1993		Artist in Focus, Middlesbrough Art Gallery

Group Exhibitions:

2010		Art Athina, John Martin of London, Greece
2009		Changing Landscapes, John Martin of London
2000		Blue The New Art Gallery, Walsall
		French Paintings, Art2000, Business Design Centre , Islington
1998		Art98, Business Design Centre , Islington
1997		Fifty and One, mixed show, John Martin of London Ltd
		The Discerning Eye, selected by Susan Moore, Mall Galleries, London
		On a Grand Scale, mixed show, John Martin of London
		Northern Lights, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
		Art 97, Business Design Centre , Islington
1996		Winter Exhibition, John Martin of London
		Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition, R.S.A. Edinburgh
		Selected Artists, John Martin of London
1995		Royal Institute of Oil Painters Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
		The Laing Art Exhibition, University Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
1994		Light Fantastic, nine artists, Walsall Museum and Art Gallery, West Midlands
		Degree Show, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
		Paintings & Lithographs, Dovecot Arts Centre, Stockton on Tees