Biography

Andrew Crawford was born in Chatham, New Jersey in 1970 and moved with his parents and two brothers to the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia in 1971. Crawford's youthful artistic endeavors included works in clay, drawing, music and a sculpture study with well-known portrait artist Jeanne Gerveart. He was encouraged by his parents to pursue his interests by setting up his own workshop in their home.

Crawford graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1993, where he concentrated on sculpture. Working primarily in bronze and iron, he investigated metal fabrication and mold making and created a thesis based in the transformation of everyday objects into metal. He made bronze, iron and steel representations of these objects in order to remove them from their normal environs and play with their visual and thematic associations. This theme continues to infuse his work and creative process.

Crawford's studio, the Andrew T. Crawford Ironworks, was founded in 1993 and is built on Crawford's creation of functional objects, ornamental ironwork and industrial fabrication. He moved to his current facility and 1997 and employs three full-time craftsmen who collaborate with him in making sculpture and functional objects of original design.

Crawford and Elizabeth Sears married in 1998 and live in a small in-town neighborhood close to Crawford's Ironworks with their dog, Bentley.

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Represented in over 40 Private Collections

Current:

 

 

 

• Founder and owner of Andrew T. Crawford Ironworks, Atlanta, GA
• Full time professional sculptor, creating original works in metal, wood and stone.

 

• 07/95        Bascome-Louise Gallery, Highlands, NC
• 08/95        Confessions, Taboo, Atlanta, GA
• 07/96        North, South, East and West, Nancy Solomon Gallery, Atlanta, GA
• 01/00        Show Me the Shoe, City Museum, St.Louis, MO
• 02/02        Breadth, Eyedrum Art and Music Gallery, Atlanta, GA
• 10/02        RISD Triennial Alumni exhibition, Providence, RI
• 09/03        Common Objects, City Hall East Gallery, Atlanta, GA
• 01/04        Grist, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA
• 01/04        Tools of the Trade, Bank of America, Atlanta, GA
• 03/04        Talking Furniture Design, Museum of Design Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
• 06/04        Barns & Farms, in support of the traveling Smithsonian, Barn Again!
                   Exhibit, Barnsite Studio, Kewaunee, WI, Best in Show Award
• 07/04        Sculpture Salmagundi VIII, Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC
• 09/04        13th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Art Institute & Gallery, Salisbury, MD
                   Ethan Karp Juror, OK Harris Gallery, NYC, Best in Show Award
• 10/04        Southeastern Juried Exhibition, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile AL
• 04/05        RISD, Represented, Trudy Labell Fine Art, Naples, FL
• 05/05        Spotlight 2005, American Craft Council, Juried Exhibition, Juror; David 
                   Revere McFadden, Curator Museum of Arts & Design New York, NY
• 09/05        Metal, Andrew T Crawford and Margaret Evangeline, Mobile Museum of Art 

Commissions/ Collections:

• Atlanta Botanical Gardens, Atlanta, GA
• Carter Realty, Atlanta, GA 
• Cartoon Network, Atlanta, GA
• Columbus Wood Products, Columbus, OH 
• Brenau University, Gainesville, GA,
• Holder Properties, Atlanta, GA & Columbia, SC, Permanent Collection
• Highlands Performing Arts Center, Highlands, NC
• Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, MS, Permanent Collection
• Federal Reserve Bank, Atlanta, GA, Permanent Collection
• Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA, Permanent Collection
• Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
• Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL, Permanent Collection
• Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, Permanent Loan
• Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, Extended Loan
• Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, On Loan
• Fulton County Arts Council, Atlanta, GA, Permanent Collection
• Atlanta Botanical Gardens, Atlanta, GA

 

• 04/94        Gallery V, Atlanta, GA
• 11/00        Quinlan Gallery, Gainesville, GA
• 08/01        Bascome-Louise Gallery, Highlands, NC
• 05/03        Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
• 05/04        Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Curators Choice, Laurel, MS
• 09/04        Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
• 06/05        Engaged, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA
• 01/06        Feeling the Familiar Pull, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA

 

• 1993     Rhode Island School of Design, B.F.A.  School of Sculpture