Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION Liverpool John Moores University 1992-1995
BA Hons – Illustration
Stockport College of Higher Education 1991-1992
Foundation in Art & Design
Mid-Cheshire College of Art & Design 1980-1981
Pre-foundation
Wilmslow Grammar School 1975-1980
Graduate Training Course 1996-1997

OTHER Manager of Jamaica Street Studios from 1999 – Present.
EXPERIENCE Screen printing Workshops in Primary and Secondary Schools
Adult education classes in painting and mixed media at
Bristol folk house
Tutoring work placement students


EXHIBITIONS

GROUP Jamaica Street Studios Open 1999-2004
RWA Autumn Show 2000/02/03
Gorstella Gallery, Chester 1996/98/04
Richmond Hill Gallery, London 1997/98
South West Academy 2003
Beaux Arts Bath 2004

SOLO Washington Gallery - Cardiff Nov 2002/03
Rooksmoor Gallery - Bath June 1999
Gorstella Gallery – Chester May 2004

GALLERIES Woolff gallery - London
Ginger Gallery, Bristol
Washington Gallery, Cardiff
Paragon Fine Arts, Macclesfield

CLIENTS WH Smiths, The BBC, Ling Publishing, Acrobat Design, Harris Solicitors, Camden Graphics, Womans Weekly, De Montfort Fine Arts, Riverside Cards, Prime Arts, Wetherspoons Plc



ART FAIRS Battersea Art Fair 2002/03/04
Affordable Art Fair 2002/03/04
Art London 2004
Art Ireland 2004

AWARDS Liverpool Life Painting Competition, 1st Prize
Gorstella Award for Painting
Artists Grant (ACID Fund)


ARTISTS STATEMENT


Andrew Hood is a Bristol based artist whose work can be found in galleries throughout the U.K. and abroad. He was brought up in Edinburgh until his family moved to Manchester where he worked as a graphic designer. He then returned to fulltime education to study illustration at john moores university Liverpool where he won the liverpool life painting open and gorstella award for painting. Since graduating he has worked mainly as a fine artist selling work throughout the United Kingdom and abroad.

His paintings have been featured in the WH Smiths british artists
greetings cards range and more recently have become available as limited fine art prints published by Osborne Allen. He has also received several corporate commissions including the BBC, where his work was featured on the set of casualty, hollyoaks on Channel 4 and wetherspoons plc.

Andrew has held two very successful one man shows at the Washington Gallery, Cardiff and has regularly been selected for the RWA autumn show in Bristol and more recently the SWA open. He is a regular exhibitor at the affordable art fair and battersea contemporary art fair.

He sources much of his reference material abroad, most recently in morocco on a journey that took him from Tangier to Marrakech and to the west coast. He is fascinated by the people and their culture and is currently working on several paintings based on his experiences there.