NAME: Andrew Lewandowski
BIRTH PLACE: Chicago, Illinois
BIRTH DATE: 6.9.47
BIOGRAPHY
Andrew Paul Lewandowski, ofm is a member for the Franciscan Province of the Sacred Heart and a Roman Catholic priest. He has worked in parishes in Michigan, Illinois, and Missouri and has taught High School English, Art, and Religion in Chicago and Cleveland. He has a M.Div degree from Catholic Theological Union of Chicago. He is presently chaplain for the Franciscan Sisters of Mary in St. Louis.
Andrew is showing work at John Yimin's Outsider Art Info Gallery. In August, 2004, Andrew joined around twenty other artists from around the world at the London Raw Arts Festival sponsored by artist Pier Midwinter and the Candid Arts Trust. He has been represented by Ghost Dog Gallery and Art Mango Gallery. In March of 2006 he will participate in the International Raw Arts Festival in Prato,Italy. He is a member of the Whohadada Group.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT:
The act of creation is one of the best qualities we human beings possess. I rely on an intuitive process. I "look": into myself and allow whatever is there to emerge and express itself in images born in my imagination. The result is a work that is spontaneous and childlike. I use form and color to describe this inner world which is sometimes jubilant, sometimes sad, but always honest and direct.
