Artist statement
Concepts
I work with all media producing a wide range of work from simple tinplate automata to complex interactive installations. Imagery is drawn from extensive travel, folk/naive art and 'The Book of Wonder'.
Influences
Folk art, Ancient cultures/Myths
Career path
Qualifications:
1986 Higher Diploma, Mixed Media, Slade
1981 BA Hons, Fine Art, Reading University
Teaching Experience:
Visiting Lecturer, Hull School of Architecture, UWIC/Cardiff
Areas of work:
New technologies
Public art
Solo exhibitions
- 2003 Andy Hazell, Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, Suffolk
- 2002 Andy Hazell, Oriel Myrddin Carmarthen
Group exhibitions
- 2002 Automata, Life in Motion, Maidstone Art Gallery, Maidstone
- 2002 A Sense of Occasion, Craftspace Touring, Birmingham
- 2001 The Silent Scene, James Hockey Gallery, Farnham
- 2001 Sculpture at Eastnor, Eastnor Castle, Eastnor
- 1999 Decadence, Crafts Council, London
- 1998 Freighted with Wonders, Wolsley Art Gallery, Ipswich
- 1998 Devious Devices, touring Automata show
- 1997 Automata, Sony Exhibition Centre, Osaka, Japan
- 1995 Out of this World, Crafts Council
- 1994 Arts and Crafts, Charleroisteenweg, Brussels
- 1994 'Terrain', San Francisco, USA
- 1992 Automata, Royal Festival Hall
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