Andrew Abbott

BIOGRAPHY

Andrew Abbott creates multi-layered, seemingly obsessive artworks, with non-traditional found materials such as shopping bags, cabinet doors and notebook paper as well as traditions surfaces such as canvas and paper.  He received his BA in Studio Art from University of North Carolina Wilmington in 2002.  Abbott was born in Nova Scotia, grew up in North Carolina, served in the U.S. Army as a medic, and has lived in Jamaica, Spain, Nigeria, Canada, and Puerto Rico as well as a handful of other US states. He currently resides in Brooklyn, NY, with his wife, Natalia. His works are exhibited internationally.