Artist Statement


The goal for my art is to bring people together.
I think some more love, open honesty, relatability and understanding could really add color into this black and white world.​
My painting subjects are typically from a place of being an underdog. (i.e. being a victim, alone, mutilated, disfigured ) But the back and foregrounds are juxtaposing that by being jubilant and whimsical.
The contrast there gives a surrealistic feel, life to me in many moments feels like a fever dream. Or deja vu. So i wish to replicate that.
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I focused majority of my high school years on women's oppression after roe v wade was overturned. Domestic violence, the struggles with intimacy make it terrible to socialize as a woman. How it is more dangerous to present that way, women are 50% of the population?
I also focused on how being gay even with a gsa/forced community is still super lonely for most people involved and how people settle their standards for company.
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I also have been known to paint and draw many mutilated and sickly disformed people, the bodies are vessels that represent my train of thought.
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I want to make canvases move one day.
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MEET THE ARTIST
Hi! I'm Andy, or more formally, Anderson Pierce.
I'm 18 and a student at The Art Institute of Chicago,
an inspired painter.
Being from Austin Texas, from the moment I was conscious, all I ever wanted to do was add to the world's weirdness. My own blend of spices to the pot, if you will.
I work at Austin's House of Torment, as an actor, and it has only shown me that this little dream of mine,
being an artist, might actually work in the long run.
I'm a scorpio, intp, my favorite color is phthalo blue,
I have 4 dogs, 3 rescues. ​​

Being a transgender gay man from the south was never an easy feat, though there are some battles much harder, I still had to fight to be me. That internal and external fighting has only shown me how unnecessary hate and fear are. I want my art to make room for those who feel too small to speak, to give love to the most hurt and disturbed individuals. I hope the other people who feel out of place in the world can find some sorta comfort within my art.
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