BIO
Andrew Classen is an Artist and musician based in Toronto but originally from LA.
In 2012 he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts Interdisciplinary Degree from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. He has received the Marion McCain Scholarship and was also awarded with the Lorraine Monk Arts award for photography.
Andrew has worked as art director and set designer for productions such as Theatre of the Beat's "A Bicycle Built for Two" produced for the Fringe Festival.
He has also exhibited works in the Anna Leonowen's gallery, Cooper Union, and the Gladstone in his current residence, Toronto, Ontario. Ranging across a number of mediums and disciplines including photography, film, video and paint, he also periodically teaches painting and drawing classes at Walnut Studios in downtown Toronto.
Andrew plays lead guitar for the psychedelic rock band The Blue Lights and also is the Bass player for Cherry Hooker, lead by local fashion icon Madge Colleran.
EXHIBITIONS
Nov 2015, Toronto Runnymede Exhibition Space, Installation of recent paintings.
May 2014, Walnut Studios, Group Show, Toronto.
March 2012, Anna Lenowens Gallery, “2012” curated by Rupert Nuttle.
October 2012, The Bus Stop Theater, Halifax, NS, DND Collective Group Show
November 2011, New York Studio Program, Premier Installation of Betty Badlands
November 2011, Cooper Union, Cooper Union Exchange Students Group Show
April 2011, Anna Lenowens Gallery, Content Aggregation in the Age of Ubiquitous Media (curated and exhibited work)
December 2010, Port Loggia Gallery, Advanced Painting 2010
April 2009, Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, NS, Printed Matter 2009
April 2008, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Painting Department, The Elephant Show
May 2008, Studio at 1 Shaftesbury Group Show: Andrew Classen and Janet Gasperado, Shikka 2008 Group Art Show Fundraiser
May 2007, Lennox Contemporary Gallery (Toronto), Earl Haig Secondary School Claude Watson Art Program, Exhibition of Student Work
August 2007, Studio at 1 Shaftesbury (Toronto) Group Show, Student Art Exhibition Nikola Odic, And Paul Chou
Sept 2007, Gladstone Hotel Gallery, Queen Street Art Crawl, Young Artist Showcase Competition
June 2006, Edaas Gallery (Toronto, ON), Earl Haig Secondary School Claude Watson Art Program, Exhibition of Student Work
May 2005, Earl Haig Claude Watson Art Gallery (Toronto), Earl Haig Secondary School Claude Watson Art Program, Exhibition of Student Work
Sept. 2005 ZZ Gallery (Toronto), Queen Street Art Crawl, Young Artist Showcase Competition
May, 2004 Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (Toronto), Earl Haig Secondary School Claude Watson Art Program, Exhibition of Student Work
May, 2003 Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (Toronto), Earl Haig Secondary School Claude Watson Art Program, Exhibition of Student Work
Info
andrew.classen@gmail.com
(647) 281 4775