Artist Statement

Robert Andrade explores the values and meaning embedded in structures and symbols within the built environment. He often uses industrial materials and construction methods evocative of urban spaces and various landscape typologies. Andrade is also interested in how humans intervene in the natural world, imposing order and artifice on raw wild life. He works in many different mediums both digital and tangible. This includes sculpture, photography, digital collage, drawing, sound and more recently Landscape Architecture.

Bio

Robert Andrade is an artist from National City, California. He’s been practicing for nearly 20 years. Andrade has lived on both coasts and in the Midwest of the United States. In the recent past, he has worked as an Art Preparator, Artist Assistant, Carpenter, Professor and currently as a Landscape Designer.