Since 2004 Andrew Morrow has been known for large, densely-textured figurative drawings and paintings, spanning a range of references, from Western history painting to contemporary visual culture, gender, sexuality, shame, reconciliation, and the apocalypse, and now a reappraisal of the sitter/artist relationship. Working from in-person sittings called “studio sessions”, Morrow’s recent work positions the studio as an axis for connection and community-building. His drawings and paintings are placeholders for, and traces of, intimate exchanges with his sitters and the people and places in his life.

Resisting closure, Morrow’s works are as much about the medium itself and an indeterminate relationship with representation, as they are about the subjects depicted. Often synthesizing multiple figures, landscapes, objects, abstracted passages, and personal textual notes, Morrow’s current practice includes provisional, gestural works made in real-time during the sittings, and slower, more refined works made in-studio after the sittings.

Morrow lives and works in Chelsea, QC, with his wife, youngest son, and their dog, Kaza


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Upcoming:

Summer Residency, Galerie UQO, Gatineau Quebec, Summer 2026

Solo Exhibition, Galerie UQO, Gatineau, Canada, in collaboration with gallery Director Marie-Hélène Leblanc, Fall 2026

Solo Exhibition, de Montigny Contemporary, Ottawa, Canada, January 2027