artist Statement
In my work, I strive to create imagery that invites the viewer to have their own subjective experience and interpretation. Though much of my work is figurative, I am uninterested in slavish representation. Instead, I use my art as an expressive outlet where I seek to convey a sense of feeling, atmosphere, transitory memory, and the existential experience of the individual.
Through an experimental and improvisational process that combines new and traditional media I distort, transform, reorder, and dismantle form. Digital painting or drawing is merged with analog elements such as acrylic paint, ink, coffee stains, torn paper, etc. These components are integrated to form a final digital composition centered on expression rather than precision or correctness. Through an intuitive technique, often concerned with distortion and the dissolution of form, I seek to create work that evokes an inner world — my own inner world, and hopefully that of the viewer.
Bio
Andrew Binder is a contemporary visual artist and native New Yorker of Jamaican and German background. His work combines digital painting with traditional media elements, which looks to established methods and practices, while embracing and making use of new media. His imagery is defined by a utilization of both figurative and abstract components. This reveals an approach that is concerned with personal exploration, experimentation, and the expression of deep emotions. He became a full time artist in 2017 despite creating and being involved in art to varying degrees since childhood. His work has been exhibited across the United States and in Europe, with several of his images in private collections. He currently resides in New York City.