Artist Biography

Andrew Cheetham was born in Heywood, Manchester, 1971.
He lives and works in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, where he has a studio in one of the baiting sheds on the harbour.
He has been painting the sea and documenting Scarborough’s declining fishing Industry since 2000.

Education:

1995 - 1998 Central St. Martins College of Art
1990 - 1993 Liverpool John Moores University
1989 - 1990 Manchester Polytechnic

Experience:

2004 - Present Running courses in life-drawing
2004 - 2008 Selected for North Yorkshire Open Studios
2000 - 2004 Studio Holder at Crescent Arts, Scarborough

Residencies:

2006 Knaresborough Castle, Artist-in-Residence

Publications:

2007 ‘Andrew Cheetham: A Sense of Place’
2007 'Facing North'

Collections:

Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate
Lord & Lady Derwent
Scarborough Art Gallery, Scarborough

Grants and Awards:

2007 Shortlisted for 'Discerning Eye' Drawing Bursary
2005 Arts Council England
2001 Yorkshire Arts

Solo Exhibitions:

October 2007 'Recent Work'
Scarborough Art Gallery

January 2007 ‘A Sense of Place’
Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate

September 2005 ‘Drawings & Paintings’
Crescent Arts, Scarborough

September 2003 ‘Fishing for a Living’
Haworth Art Gallery

December 2001 ‘Seascapes’
Scarborough Art Gallery

Group Exhibitions:

March 2008 'Monochrome'
The Lund Gallery

January 2008 'A Year in Beverley'
Three Artists inspired by the Gallery's historic collection
Beverley Art Gallery

December 2007 'Discerning Eye'
Shortlisted for the drawing bursary
Mall Galleries, London

September 2007 'Facing North'
50 Northern Artists exhibiting self-portraits
Maiden Bridge, Lancaster

September 2007 'High Tide'
Joint Exhibition with photographer David Chalmers
Helmsley Arts Centre, Helmsley, North Yorkshire

May 2007 ‘The Sea’
Joint Exhibition with Claire Money
Bianco Nero, Stokesley

June 2006 North Yorkshire Open Studios
Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate

January 2006 East Coast Open
Scarborough Art Gallery

November 2005 Winter Open - North East Artists
Saltburn Artists’ Project, Saltburn

May 2004 ‘SHO4’ -Studio Holders’ Group Show
Crescent Arts, Scarborough

June 2002 ‘SH**’ - Studio Holders’ Group Show
Crescent Arts, Scarborough

July 2001 ‘Celebrating the North York Moors’
Scarborough Art Gallery

November 1998 New English Art Club
Mall Galleries, London

July 1996 Art in the Dockyard
Historic Dockyard, Chatham

November 1994 New English Art Club
Mall Galleries, London

March 1994 Manchester Academy Open
Manchester City Art Gallery