Lewis Andrews/ Icons of Life

Lewis Andrews moved to Leeds in 2016 to study a BA(Hons) in Fine Art at Leeds Arts University. After graduating in 2019, Lewis continues to work in Leeds. In 2022, Lewis completed his Postgraduate Fine Arts Degree also at Leeds Arts University, graduating with a Masters Degree in the Creative Arts. During his Master’s Degree, Lewis’s practice became deeply focused on the methodology of translating information and data from sources within science into artworks. Lewis has continued to work and build upon this method in his work, constructing a theory of working called ‘The Informative Encounter’.

Since 2019, Lewis has participated in 100+ exhibitions across the UK and internationally with many notable achievements. Lewis held his first solo show '186,000mi/s' whilst studying at Leeds Arts University in 2018 at Wharf Chambers, Leeds, UK. Lewis was one of the artists picked to participate in the Aon Community Art Awards program 2019, running through 2021, with his oceanic sublime photography work displayed in Aon Headquarters, London. In November 2020, Lewis was selected to participate in the Mayes Creative Watching the Sun: Virtual Residency alongside other artists with an interest in astronomy and ancient astrology. Lewis participated in two more virtual arts-science residences with Mayes Creative. Work from the residency was included in a publication that now resides within the Royal Astronomical Society Archive. Lewis joined Mayes Creative once again for their January 2024 residency in the Cot Valley, Cornwall, UK. Lewis has formed strong relations with the Brazilian art organisation Artlymix and the Georgian-based gallery Collect Art. As of present, Lewis has featured in 16+ exhibitions with Artlymix in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and 12+ of Collect Art's publications & Digital exhibitions as of July 2024, to name a few of his achievements.

First Carbon-Based Life

With these drawings, a visual inquiry into the possible origins of Carbon-based lifeforms on Earth takes place. Carbon is essential for all life on Earth. Its ability to form four covalent bonds with other elements makes carbon essentially like a backbone for most organic molecules. In these drawings, questions and theories currently circulating in science are presented visually using carbon-rich materials. Echoing what may have happened billions of years ago when life first appeared on Earth and what followed shortly after.