Lewis Andrews/ Figurative Art

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 went on to participate 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 26+ exhibitions with Artlymix in Sao Paulo, Brazil and 29+ of Collect Art's publications & Digital exhibitions, to name a few of his achievements. Lewis continues to work from his studio based in Leeds, UK.

The 'destructive carbon' drawings investigate the non-renewable hydrocarbons which our civilisation and the well-known harmful effects these activities are causing to our planet. Re-examining them and bringing them visually to the audience as a call to action. To stop the destruction of our planet through our non-renewable endeavours. Within this series, some of the drawings touch upon the often-forgotten side of air pollution from fossil fuel burning, particularly coal burning. Fine particles are released into the air from fossil fuels. These find their way into your lungs, increasing the risk of diseases such as lung cancer. Overall, outside air pollution contributes to millions of deaths every year.