Andrew Finnie - Artist and Illustrator
Andrew Finnie (Australian, 1957- ) trained in fine art at Newcastle Art School (TAFE) in both the 1980's and the 1990's.
In 2001 he helped found Newcastle's well known ‘The Seven Painters’ group. He is a veteran of more than 50 group exhibitions - including 11 with The Seven Painters.
His work can be found in a number of private and public collections including The Chris and Helen Ford Collection, The Lock-Up Collection, the Newcastle Grammar School Collection and the Collection of the Uniting Church.
Over the last few years he has been a feature artist in several magazines, most recently Cd3e magazine and Studio La Primitive Art Zine. In 2011 he published a book of his paintings entitled Andrew Finnie, Newcastle Artist. In 2016 he edited and published Artists and Artisans - The Newcastle Community Arts Centre.
Though well known as a traditional painter, in recent years his digital work has seen increasing exposure.
In 2014 he was invited by Newcastle Now, the city’s business improvement association, to create their Christmas Advent Calendar using digital media. In association with this event his work decorated Christmas banners in Newcastle City’s main mall in both 2014 and 2015.
In 2015 he was invited, again as a digital artist, to participate in Terrigal’s prestigious ‘5 Lands En Plein Air’ event - the first digital artist to do so. He was invited again in 2016.
Later that year (2015) he was proud to show his large digital painting ‘The Body of Christ, The Tree of Life’ at Adamstown Uniting Church - a work which is now in the collection of the Uniting Church.
More recently he was invited to work in Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery’s grounds as an artist in residence using traditional materials.
In both 2016 and 2017 he was a finalist in the Newcastle Club Foundation Painting prize.
As well as working with traditional media, he is a digital artist, an animator, an illustrator and writer. He is represented by Anna Olswanger, Senior Literary Agent at Olswanger Literary, N.Y.
The Enlightening Journey of Mr Hugo Ball presently at Maitland Regional Art Gallery is his first solo show.
Exhibitions
2018 “The Enlightening Journey of Mr Hugo Ball”, solo at Maitland Regional Art Gallery
2018 'Dogs in Art' Gallery 139
2017 Short listed for the Newcastle Club Foundation Painting prize.
2017 'Gallery 139 Presents', Janet Clayton Gallery, Paddington.
2016 Short listed for the Inaugural Newcastle Club Foundation Painting prize.
2016: 'The Seven Painters: Sweet Sixteen" Newcastle Art Space (November)
2016: '5 Lands En Plein Air' Art House Gallery Wyong (November)
2016: 'Tenants Show' Newcastle Art Space
2016: 'Dogs in Art' Gallery 139
2015: 'Double Wrapup' Gallery 139
2015: "The Seven Painters: The First Fifteen": Newcastle Art Space
2015: '5 Lands En Plein Air': KAB Gallery, Terrigal.
2015: 'Patterns': Gallery 139.
2015: 'An Ecological Eye.' Adamstown Arts
2015: 'Beginnings': Gallery 139.
2014: 'Christmas Advent Calender with Newcastle Now'
2014: 'Kiss my Arts 2'
2014: "Spring Salon." Newcastle Art Space
2014: "Blood.": Newcastle Art Space
2014: "The Seven Painters: Celebrating 14 years.": Newcastle Art Space
2014: Opening Exhibition of Cstudios
2014: "Nature Remembered" finalist in the Laman Street Prize.
2013: "Boxes": NAS
2013" Yule Fest" ASW
2013: The Seven Painters" Art for Health.
2013: "Letters to The Future" NAS
2013: "Tenant's Show": NAS
2013: "Nightmares": NAS
2012: "Yule Fest" "Art Systems Wickham
2012: "Postcard Show": NAS
2012: "Menage a Quatre: " (with Sieglinde Battley and Robert Birch) John Paynter Gallery
2011: "Seven Painters: Nobbys": John Paynter Gallery
2011: "Happily Ever After": John Paynter Gallery and Artspace Mackay
2011:"Noetic": Newcastle Art Space
2010: "Mate": Newcastle Art Space
2010: "Seven Painters": John Paynter Gallery
2009: "Menage a TroisJohn Paynter Gallery
2008:"Welded" (with Tom Ireland and Patricia Williamsz) Newcastle Art Space
2008:"Seven Painters": John Paynter Gallery
2007:"Seven Painters": John Paynter Gallery
2007:"Ten Ant Art": Newcastle Art Space.
2007:"Annual Emerging Artist's Exhibition": Newcastle Art Space
2007:"Foolscap Exhibition": John Miller Galleries
2006:"Six Painters": John Paynter Gallery
2006:"Nature Strip": John Paynter Gallery : curated by Peter Lankis
2006:"Annual Emerging Artist's Exhibition": Newcastle Art Space
2005:"Eight Painters": John Paynter Gallery
2004:"Bridges to Bridegrooms": John Paynter Gallery
2002:"Newcastle Eclectic Painter's Collaborative": Intrados Gallery
2001:"Annual Emerging Artist's Exhibition": Newcastle Art Space
2000:"Blink: And You'll Miss It". : Newcastle Tafe
Selected Publications and Literature
2017: A Feature Artist in Studio La Primitive Arts Zine, November Issue
2016 Artists and Artisans - The Newcastle Community Arts Centre (book)
2001-2018: Various Newcastle Herald Reviews
2013: A Feature Artist in Studio La Primitive Arts Zine issue 2
2011: The True Story of Hansel and Franke (self published hardback book)
2011: Andrew Finnie Newcastle Artist
2010: Feature Artist C3DE Magazine: Issue 5
2008: Feature Artist Dotan8 Magazine: July Edition
Commercial Animations
2010: ' Underwater Worlds' -10 minute animation, used in teaching at Canberra Institute of Technology.
Qualifications
1990 Certificate in Painting: Newcastle Art School (TAFE)
1999 Certificate in Fine Art: Newcastle Art School (TAFE)
Links
Illustration Portfolio: http://andrewfinnie.com/
Illustration Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs8zAH6V6f4
Book of Paintings: http://au.blurb.com/b/2501875-andrew-finnie-newcastle-painter
Illustration Blog: http://andrewfinnie.blogspot.com.au/ (260,000 visits)
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/andrew.finnie.artist
Maitland Regional Art Gallery:http://mrag.org.au/exhibition/andrew-finnie-the-enlightening-journey-of-mr-hugo-ball/
Art Almanac : http://www.art-almanac.com.au/andrew-finnie-enlightening-journey-mr-hugo-ball/
Literary Agent: Anna Olswanger, Senior Literary Agent, Olswanger Literary Agency, New York.
