Andrew Foster
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
Born 1982 Los Angeles, California
2004 BFA Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
2010-present Painting Instructor, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2013
Awesome Art: you are welcome, Hopper House/ in conjunction with PST, Venice, CA
2008
Deep Thoughts & Shallow Paintings, Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2006
Girlie Girls and Manly Men, Earl McGrath Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
New Work, George Billis Gallery, Culver City, CA
New Stuff, Earl McGrath Gallery @ Kim Sing Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
2005
Dew Drop & Friends, Solaris Gallery/ Don O’Melveny Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
Curator: Danielle Sheng
Andrew Foster and Frank Stocton: Nucleus Gallery. Los Angels, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2014
Field Notes, PYO Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Status of Portraiture, Autonomie Projects, Los Angeles, CA
MAS Attack, Artra Curatorial, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
MAS Attack, Artra Curatorial, Vast Space Projects, Las Vegas, NV
2013
Paradox Maintenance Technicians, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
M.A.S. Attack, Artra, Los Angeles, CA
2012
Painting on Edge, D.E.N. Contemporary, West Hollywood, CA
Painting on Edge, Autonomie, Los Angeles, CA
Group Exhibit, Fabien Fryns Fine Art, West Hollywood, CA
Happening, LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions), Los Angeles, CA
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
2011
Domestic Disturbance, Nye + Brown, Culver City, CA
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Group Exhibit, Art Division, Los Angeles, CA
2010
Gray Day, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA; curator: Noah Davis
2009
Group Exhibit, Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York, NY
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Los Angeles Art Show, Robert Berman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008
KNOW, Gen Art Vanguard Fair: Basel Miami, Curator Mark Murphy
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Sideshow Part II, Robert Berman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA: Curator Brad Benedict
Sideshow Part I, Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA: Curator Brad Benedict
Tribute to Alex Steinweiss, Robert Berman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Co-Curators Kevin Reagan and Greg Escalante
2007
KNOW, Art Now: Basel Miami: Curator Mark Murphy
Group Exhibit, Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York, NY
Green Show, Robert Berman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Group Exhibit, Gallery 1988, San Francisco, CA
Group Exhibit, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Four Person Exhibit, The Venice Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
Red Dot Fair, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
LA Art Show, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006
Figurative + Abstraction, Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Curator: Dane Jensen
ART(212) art fair, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
Andrew Foster & Frank Stockton, Nucleus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Works on Paper, Gallery C, Hermosa Beach, CA
2005
Three person exhibit, ANDLAB, Los Angeles, CA
Spring Group Show, Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Motel Art Fair, with MW Gallery, New York, NY
Group Exhibit, Solaris Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
Grants & Awards
2012
Nominated for be-Art Paris Exhibition Prize
2004
Pickford Memorial Scholarship (ACCD)
Art Center Scholarship
2003
Beverly G. Alpay Memorial Grant
Pickford Memorial Scholarship (ACCD)
2001
Art Center College of Design Scholarship Grant
2000
Art Center Scholarship Grant
Beverly G. Alpay Memorial Grant
1996-1999
Coyne Scholarship
Select Bibliography
2013 Exhibition Review, Torrance Tribune, January 2013
2010 Exhibition Review, Christopher Knight , LA Times, Nov. 26, 2010
2010 Essay, New American Paintings #85, January 2010
Dominic Molon, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
2007 LA Weekly, Holly Meyers, ‘Shooting Low, Aiming High’ March 16, 2007