ANDREW FITZPATRICK

1966                     Born Greenock
1978-1984           St. Columba’s High School, Gourock (prizes for Art “O” Grade and Higher years)
1984-1988           Glasgow School of Art, B.A.(Hons) Fine Art, Drawing & Painting Dept.
1988                     The Elizabeth Greenshield Award for Painting (travelling scholarship to Europe)
1989                     First solo show, Solstice Gallery, Edinburgh
1990                     Second Elizabeth Greenshield Award
1990                     “Fitzpatrick & Connell”, two man show, The Edinburgh Gallery
1992                     “Between Dark & Dark”, solo show, The Edinburgh Gallery
1992-1993           Solo show & retrospective, Meddens Kunst, Amsterdam
1993                     “Youthful Expression”, Edinburgh Group show
1994                     “The Edinburgh Art Show” (Edinburgh Festival)
1995                     “The Edinburgh Art Show” (Edinburgh Festival)
1996                     “The Edinburgh Art Show” (Edinburgh Festival)
1996                     “Romantic Visions”, Edinburgh Group Show
1998                     “Emotion Recollected”, solo show, The Edinburgh Gallery
2000                     A Festival Exhibition, The Edinburgh Gallery
2001                     “Andrew Fitzpatrick & Joan Gillespie”, two person show, The Edinburgh Gallery
2001                     Elected member of the Glasgow Art Club
2002                     “Festival II Exhibition”, The Edinburgh Gallery
2003                     “Andrew Fitzpatrick & Joan Gillespie”, The Edinburgh Gallery
2003                     “Festival Show”, The Edinburgh Gallery
2004                     “Venice Remembered”, group show, The Edinburgh Gallery
2005                     “ Glasgow Art Fair”, The Edinburgh Gallery  “Festival  Group” show,                                                 Dublin  Art  Fair , “Café 2005” Edinburgh.
2006                     Islington  Art  Fair , The Edinburgh Gallery “Café Society”
2006                     “The Edinburgh Festival II Show”, The Edinburgh Gallery
2007                     Contemporary Fine Art  Gallery, Eton, “The Scottish Show”
2007                     “Romantic Moments”, The Edinburgh Gallery, (February)
2007                     Group Show, The Edinburgh Gallery,( April-May)
2007                     “The Edinburgh Festival II Show”, The Edinburgh Gallery

Critical commentary:  

“Fitzpatrick’s figures do not communicate. They are islands consciously grouped together but not relating. This creates a tension laden with psychological content which both soothes and intrigues. He has clearly imbibed the vividness of Italy from his travels; the Venetian light lingers in his imagination. His use of colour is dramatic, expressive, sometimes jarring; it is coupled with a searchingly experimental technique.”

Virginia Fraser
(Vogue, October 1990)

“… Andrew Fitzpatrick an artist whose enjoyment  in handling pigment and low  key colour has something in common with the Glasgow Boys.
… But Fitzpatrick is more engaged with compositional complexities and using black as a colour, especially for clothes. He also introduces symbolism and narrative, some almost Victorian in sentiment, others mysterious or even sinister. While his inventions with composition and silhouettes are admirable, he is best when mystery takes him to the edge of surrealism”

Edward Gage