Andrew T. Crawford

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Biography

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 and dog, Bentley.

Resume

 

Education:

1993              Rhode Island School of Design, B.F.A.  School of Sculpture

 

Solo Exhibitions:

                04/94        Gallery V, Atlanta, GA

                11/00        Quinlan Gallery, Gainesville, GA

                08/01        Bascome-Louise Gallery, Highlands, NC

                05/03        Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA

                05/04        Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Curators Choice, Laurel, MS

                09/04        Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

                06/05        Engaged, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA

                01/06        Feeling the Familiar Pull, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA

 

Selected Group Exhibitions:

                07/95        Bascome-Louise Gallery, Highlands, NC

                08/95        Confessions, Taboo, Atlanta, GA

                07/96        North, South, East and West, Nancy Solomon Gallery, Atlanta, GA

                01/00        Show Me the Shoe, City Museum, St.Louis, MO

                02/02        Breadth, Eyedrum Art and Music Gallery, Atlanta, GA

                10/02        RISD Triennial Alumni exhibition, Providence, RI

                09/03        Common Objects, City Hall East Gallery, Atlanta, GA

                01/04        Grist, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA

                01/04        Tools of the Trade, Bank of America, Atlanta, GA

                03/04        Talking Furniture Design, Museum of Design Atlanta, Atlanta, GA

                06/04        Barns & Farms, in support of the traveling Smithsonian, Barn Again!

                 Exhibit, Barnsite Studio, Kewaunee, WI, Best in Show Award

                07/04        Sculpture Salmagundi VIII, Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC

09/04       13th Annual Nationsl Juried Exhibition, Art Istitute & Gallery, Salisbury,

                 MD, Ethan Karp Juror, OK Harris Gallery, NYC, Best in Show Award

10/04        Southeastern Juried Exhibition, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile AL

04/05        RISD, Represented, Trudy Labell Fine Art, Naples, FL

05/05        Spotlight 2005, American Craft Council, Juried Exhibition, Juror; David 

                 Revere McFadden, Curator Museum of Arts & Design New York, NY

09/05       Metal, Andrew T Crawford and Margaret Evangeline, Mobile Museum 

                 of Art,  Mobile, AL

10/06       Southeastern Juried Exhibition 2006, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile AL

01/07       SculptureEyedrum Outdoors, January 2007 Eyedrum Gallery Atlanta, GA

06/07       Alabama: Nature, Industry, Art, Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art,    

                Auburn University, Auburn, AL

 

 

Commissions/ Collections:

Atlanta Botanical Gardens, Atlanta, GA

Carter Realty, Atlanta, GA 

Cartoon Network, Atlanta, GA

Brenau University, Gainesville, GA,

Holder Properties, Atlanta, GA & Columbia, SC, Permanent Collection

Highlands Performing Arts Center, Highlands, NC

Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, MS, Permanent Collection

Federal Reserve Bank, Atlanta, GA, Permanent Collection

Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA, Permanent Collection

Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA

Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL, Permanent Collection

Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, Permanent Loan

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, Permanent Collection

Fulton County Arts Council, Atlanta, GA, Permanent Collection

 

Represented in over 40 Private Collections

 

Current:

                Founder and owner of Andrew T. Crawford Ironworks, Atlanta, GA

                Full time professional sculptor, creating original works in metal, wood and stone.