Painting / Sound - Justin Andrews

Abstraction gives form to the nebulous.

I try to fuse together ideas, knowledge, associations and reflections - my abstraction is intellectual, emotional, residual. I find that a personal, conceptual space must be inhabited so that work can be constructed from it. I aim to preserve my ideas as they transition from impulse into material form.

My practice results in works of geometric abstraction and electronic sound. By creating work in both formats, I aim to understand what they are and how they relate to each other. Feedback loops and areas of passage emanate from abstract zones of potentiality. Paintings are perceived as if they have sound-like qualities and sound is engaged with in a painterly way.

I think, perhaps, it is possible to paint sound.

Justin Andrews
September 2025

Bio:

Justin Andrews is inspired by abstraction’s ability to remain nebulous and enigmatic in today’s hard realisms and scientific representations. He aims to produce a form of art that is timeless, essential, universal.

Andrews sees his practice as part of an expanding community of contemporary artists who contribute to the development of abstraction as a visual and conceptual language on the international level.

His transdisciplinary practice is located within an area delineated by painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, installation and sound. Andrews occasionally works as a free-agent curator, facilitating exhibitions to further the field he operates within. He also an independent publisher and archivist by co-editing Sphere on a biennial basis.

Andrews has been presenting work locally and internationally in solo and group exhibitions since 2002. His works reside in private and public collections worldwide.

He is currently based in Castlemaine, Victoria, which is situated on the lands of the Dja Dja Wurrung people.

Opening Saturday November 1

Discussion with Dr Carolyn Barnes from 1.00pm to 1.45pm
Opening event from 2 til 4pm

Associate Professor Carolyn Barnes (PhD Melb 2004) is Academic Director of Research Training in the School of Design, Swinburne University of Technology, where she teaches qualitative research methods for academic and practice applications. Justin and Carolyn have worked together on a number of exhibition texts since 2007, including:

'The Infinite Loop', Justin Art House Museum (2016)
'Analogue Shift', Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne (2009)
'Abstraction/ Architecture/ Space', RMIT Project Space (2007)

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