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”’Andrew Heard”’ (21 August 1958 – 9 January 1993) was a British artist.

”’Andrew Heard”’ (21 August 1958 – 9 January 1993) was a British artist.

==Biography==

==Biography==

Heard was born in [[Hertford]] on 21 August 1958. He studied Art History at Westfield College (now [[Queen Mary University of London]]) and Fine Art at [[Chelsea School of Art]], [[London]]. He lived in [[West Berlin]] for a period and some of his early successes were one-man shows were at the Friedman-Guinness Gallery in Germany: at [[Heidelberg]] in 1987 and [[Frankfurt]] in 1989. He also had solo exhibitions in the 1980s in [[Athens]], [[Amsterdam]], [[Paris]] and [[Zurich]]. From 1983 he shared a studio with the poet and artist [[David Robilliard]] in [[Shoreditch]], East London. Heard died of AIDS in London in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|title=iniva: Andrew Heard|url=http://www.iniva.org/library/archive/people/h/heard_andrew|website=www.iniva.org|accessdate=22 May 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806012219/http://iniva.org/library/archive/people/h/heard_andrew|archive-date=6 August 2016}}</ref><ref name=”The Independent 1993″>{{cite web | title=Obituary: Andrew Heard | website=The Independent | date=January 12, 1993 | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-andrew-heard-1478126.html | accessdate=May 22, 2016}}</ref>

Heard was born in [[Hertford]] on 21 August 1958. He studied at Westfield College (now [[Queen Mary University of London]]) and Fine Art at [[Chelsea School of Art]], [[London]]. He lived in [[West Berlin]] for a period and some of his early successes were one-man shows were at the Friedman-Guinness Gallery in Germany: at [[Heidelberg]] in 1987 and [[Frankfurt]] in 1989. He also had solo exhibitions in the 1980s in [[Athens]], [[Amsterdam]], [[Paris]] and [[Zurich]]. From 1983 he shared a studio with the poet and artist [[David Robilliard]] in [[Shoreditch]], East London. of in <ref>{{ web|title=Obituary: Andrew Heard|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-andrew-heard-1478126.html |=}}</ref>

New directions in his work were marked by the use of large circular canvases in his ”Strange Fruit” series, shown at Connaught Brown in London.<ref>{{Cite web|date=1993-01-12|title=Obituary: Andrew Heard|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-andrew-heard-1478126.html|access-date=2020-07-27|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref>

of in <ref>{{ web|title=Obituary: Andrew Heard|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-andrew-heard-1478126.html|= }}</ref>

==References==

==References==


Latest revision as of 05:53, 21 November 2025

British visual artist (1958–1993)

Andrew Heard

Born

Andrew Heard

(1958-08-21)21 August 1958

Died 9 January 1993(1993-01-09) (aged 34)

Andrew Heard (21 August 1958 – 9 January 1993) was a British visual artist.

Heard was born in Hertford on 21 August 1958. He studied art history at Westfield College (now Queen Mary University of London) and Fine Art at Chelsea School of Art, London. He lived in West Berlin for a period and some of his early successes were one-man shows were at the Friedman-Guinness Gallery in Germany: at Heidelberg in 1987 and Frankfurt in 1989. He also had solo exhibitions in the 1980s in Athens, Amsterdam, Paris and Zurich. From 1983 he shared a studio with the poet and artist David Robilliard in Shoreditch, East London. New directions in his work were marked by the use of large circular canvases in his Strange Fruit series, shown at Connaught Brown in London.[1]

Heard died of AIDS-related complications in London in 1993.[2][3]

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