Andrew Stahl

Biography and Work Statement

The mind can be like a river, which often has fragments and material flowing through it reflecting the life that we lead. I want my paintings to have fluidity and flow. Momentary visions, thoughts, memories and imaginations coalesce into a whirlwind of fragments held together by an overriding sense of euphoria. My paintings often provide a simple structure from a distance yet as you move closer to them, smaller images and details emerge. Similarly, my sculptures often contain discoveries and small toys. Items reveal themselves, often held together by glue and paint. These symbols/items in my painting and sculpture do not add up to a story, they are mind wanderings, a collection of flowing thoughts floating across the surfaces, and poetic interactions. I see international engagement and transcultural interaction as a vital part of today’s discourse.

Bio ANDREW STAHL 

Andrew Stahl is Professor of Fine Art at UCL, The Slade School of Fine Art

Andrew Stahl has exhibited frequently in London and the UK and widely internationally across Europe, Asia and America. He has received many awards including the Abbey Rome Scholarship and the Wingate scholarship for travel in South East Asia. He has also participated in public-funded residencies in Thailand, China, Australia and Sri Lanka. His exhibitions have been frequently discussed in international newspapers and art journals and his works are in many private and public collections both in the UK and abroad including the, Arts Council England, the British Council, the Government Art Collection, the British Museum, Sharjah Art Foundation and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.  

 Most recent exhibitions  

2020 group exhibition at Hanart TZ, Hong Kong; Moving ; Feb 2020 a solo exhibition in Rome at Tibaldi Arte Contemporanea Walking Through the City; Dec 2020 Home and Unhome group exhibition, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute /Contemporary Art Centre, Chongqing, China. 

2019  group exhibition Only Connect Osaka, Japan; 2019 group exhibition at Project Native Informant, London Gubbinal and in 2018/2019 Bangkok Art Biennale.  2019 Beyond Boundaries Group Exhibition at Somerset House London.  

 In 2019 he had an extensive solo survey exhibition at the Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE; Andrew Stahl: 1976 – Today. 

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About the work

The large older paintings were made on my return to the UK from a Wingate Travel Scholarship in 1990 around South East Asia including Thailand Burma Laos Cambodia and Vietnam I made drawings while travelling made in Situ titled Drawing of View of Saigon from the Golden Mount.

The sculpture is made generally from discarded items and the large one in Sharjah was commissioned last year and is an example of how I enjoy making them in a particularly place. I have made them in Rome, UAE, Japan, Thailand and of course London.