Andrew Wykes was born in the UK, just outside of London. He studied at Richmond upon Thames College and Epsom School of Art and Design, where he received his undergraduate qualifications in fine art. He completed his graduate studies at American University in Washington, DC, where he received his MFA in painting. He has taught art for forty years in schools and universities in the UK, Belgium, and the US. He is an Emeritus Professor of Painting from Hamline University in St Paul, where in 2011, he was awarded the Agnes Hulburd Conger Prize for Excellence in the Humanities.
Andrew has shown his work nationally and internationally in London and New York. His work is included in many private and public collections. He has been a recipient of five Minnesota State Arts Board Initiative Grants. In 2009, he was awarded a fellowship at the Ballinglen Arts Foundation in Mayo, Ireland, where he teaches workshops during the year. Andrew is one of the four featured artists in the celebrated feature-length film 'Painting the Place Between', a documentary film by Kristen Lowe, that follows the lives and ideas of four painters. He has also appeared on Sky Televisions Landscape Artist of the Year in 2021. In 2024, Andrew was selected for the Project Space Award from The Kolman & Reeb Gallery in Minneapolis. Current Gallery Representation:
Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis, MN. USA
Tregony Contemporary, Cornwall, UK
