Andrew Maughan (United Kingdom,1987) graduated from Northumbria University in 2009, where he received a first class BFA with honours. Maughan’s artworks interrogate humour, the contemporary political landscape, class culture and the media that amplifies them. Drawing on histories of vanitas painting and monumental portraiture, Maughan invests the simple tropes of cinema, street, and summer holiday with surreal humour. The London based artist is currently a Royal Academy of Arts student where he is completing his MA. His works have been extensively exhibited in the UK: London, Glasgow, Liverpool, Newcastle, Birmingham, Manchester, Blackpool and also in Detroit, USA. Recent exhibitions include Premiums at the Royal Academy in London (2020), and The Return of The Great Assassin at NewBridge Project (2019).
Selected Exhibitions
2022
Royal Academy of Arts, Grads show, London, UK
The Passenger, Solo Exhibition, Aout, Beirut, Lebanon
In Plain Sight, Solo Exhibition,Daniel Benjamin Gallery, London, UK
2020
Premiums, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
Group exhibition, Aout Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
2019
Return of The Great Assassin,(SOLO) NewBridge Project, Gateshead, UK
2018
Land Grab, Royal Academy Schools, Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK
2017
Worried Mother, Workplace Gallery, Gateshead, UK
2016
Dangerous Cliffs, Glasgow, UK
Nice Waves, NewBridge Project, Newcastle, UK
Five Jobs+, Metal, Albert Dock, Liverpool, UK
McCallister’s, Glasgow International, Glasgow, UK
2015
North, IKON Gallery, Birmingham, UK
2014
Chicken Town, Supercollider, Blackpool, UK
Public Sculptures, (SOLO) New Bridge Projects, Newcastle, UK
2013
Riff/t, BALTIC39, Newcastle, UK
Deuce Deuce, Generator Projects, Dundee, UK
Jesmonite on Paper, A3 Project Space, Birmingham, UK
Jesmonite on Paper, Malgras|Naudet, Manchester, UK
Npow you see it, now you don’t, Terrace Studios, London, UK
Summer Fete, Ceri Hand Gallery, London, UK
A3 Works, A3 Project Space, Birmingham, UK
2012
CAVE, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, UK
2011
I Can’t Follow You If You Don’t Move, Rouge, Manchester, UK (2 person)
I Can’t Follow You If You Don’t Move, Northend Gallery, Detroit, USA (2 person)
I Can’t Follow You If You Don’t Move, Royal Standard, Liverpool, UK (2 person)
Awards & Residencies
2015
a-n Venice Biennale Bursary
2014
Arts Council England Grants for the Arts
2013
Arcade, Summer Residency, London, UK
2012
Arts Council England Grants for the Arts, Touring Curated Exhibitions
2011
Arts Council England Grants for the Arts, Two-Person Touring Exhibitions
Education
2018-2022
Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
2009
BA (Hons)Fine Art, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK
2005
Newcastle College, Newcastle, UK