Andrew Crawford was born in Chatham, New Jersey in 1970 and moved with his parents and two brothers to the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia in 1971. Crawford’s youthful artistic endeavors included works in clay, drawing, music and a sculpture study with well-known portrait artist Jeanne Gerveart. He was encouraged by his parents to pursue his interests by setting up his own workshop in their home.
Crawford graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1993, where he concentrated on sculpture. Working primarily in bronze and iron, he investigated metal fabrication and mold making and created a thesis based in the transformation of everyday objects into metal. He made bronze, iron and steel representations of these objects in order to remove them from their normal environs and play with their visual and thematic associations. This theme continues to infuse his work and creative process.
Crawford’s studio, the Andrew T. Crawford Ironworks, was founded in 1993 and is built on Crawford’s creation of functional objects, ornamental ironwork and industrial fabrication. He moved to his current facility in 1997 and employs three full-time craftsmen who collaborate with him in making sculpture and functional objects of original design.
Crawford and Elizabeth Sears married in 1998 and live in a small in-town neighborhood close to Crawford’s Ironworks with their two young children.
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS:
The River Gallery - Ongoing
River Gallery Sculpture Garden
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS:
Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
06/09 A Modern Twist, the River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
01/06 Feeling the Familiar Pull, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, G
06/05 Engaged, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA
09/04 Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
05/04 Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Curators Choice, Laurel, MS
05/03 Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
08/01 Bascome-Louise Gallery, Highlands, NC
11/00 Quinlan Gallery, Gainesville, GA
04/94 Gallery V, Atlanta, GA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
02/09 re.mem.brance (n) Abernathy Arts Center, Sandy Springs, GA
08/08 Rediscover, the River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
05/08 Art Sandy Springs, In the Open, Sandy Springs, GA
04/08 Gen X Post-Boomers and the New South, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile AL
10/07 Six of One, Twinhouse Gallery, Atlanta GA
08/07 Pure Americana, the Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
06/07 Alabama: Nature, Industry, Art. The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn University, Auburn AL
04/07 Blacksmithing with a Southern Accent: Metalwork from the Southeast, Madison- Morgan Cultural Center, Madison, GA
01/07 SculpturEyedrum Outdoors, Eyedrum Art Galley, Atlanta, GA
10/06 Southeastern Juried Exhibition 2006, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
09/05 Metal, Andrew T Crawford and Margaret Evangeline, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
08/05 5x5, Five Artists, Five Disciplines, Signature Shop and Gallery, Atlanta, GA
05/05 Spotlight 2005, American Craft Council, Juried Exhibition, Juror; David Revere McFadden, Curator Museum of Arts & Design New York, NY
04/05 RISD, Represented, Trudy Labell Fine Art, Naples, FL
10/04 Southeastern Juried Exhibition, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile AL
09/04 13th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Art Institute & Gallery, Salisbury, MD Ethan Karp, Juror, OK Harris Gallery, NYC, Best in Show Award
07/04 Sculpture Salmagundi VIII, Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC
06/04 Barns & Farms, in support of the traveling Smithsonian, Barn Again! Exhibit, Barnsite Studio, Kewaunee, WI, Best in show award
03/04 Talking Furniture Design, Museum of Design Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
01/04 Tools of the Trade, Bank of America, Atlanta, GA
01/04 Grist, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA
09/03 Common Objects, City Hall East Gallery, Atlanta, GA
10/02 RISD Triennial Alumni Exhibition, Providence, RI
02/02 Breadth, Eyedrum Art and Music Gallery, Atlanta, GA
01/00 Show Me the Shoe, City Museum, St.Louis, MO
07/96 North, South, East and West, Nancy Solomon Gallery, Atlanta, GA
08/95 Confessions, Taboo, Atlanta, GA
07/95 Bascome-Louise Gallery, Highlands, NC