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Muñoz grew up in the ‘greybelt’, surrounded by the meticulously planned but ugly concrete buildings,

housing estates of uniform design punctuated by convenient but soulless patches of greenery. He describes

this as an ‘over-simplified environment... much like the over-simplified places in picture books’.

For this body of work, Muñoz has returned to these slightly sinister parks, play areas and towpaths, areas

in the urban environment offering a glimpse of open space where the imagination is allowed to wander

briefly. A receptacle of collective consciousness, these spaces exist not only in reality but also hold

an important place in the realm of the imaginary.

Muñoz uses these settings for recreating and reinterpreting narratives. The sources of these narratives

are varied, as is our shared experience of the world. They may come from a newspaper clipping, from a

familiar story or be drawn from found photographs. By bringing together these diverse elements, Muñoz

examines our shared cultural history.

He portrays primal characters and spaces, which evoke the social narrative traditionally reflected in

religion or myth. His work frames the dialogue between the natural and supernatural, the real and the

imagined, and between the environment and the figures within it. The paintings find a place between reality

and fiction. Haunting and evocative, the works are compellingly ‘uncanny’ in their juxtaposition of the

familiar and unfamiliar. They tap into collective thoughts and shared concerns, and yet remain intensely

personal.

Muñoz creates a delicate balance between figurative and abstract elements, the comic and the grotesque,

adult perception and childhood memory, and between the personal and the collective. Throughout the process,

he allows the materials of paint and canvas to develop the imagery and ideas.

Muñoz creates a delicate balance between figurative and abstract

elements, the comic and the grotesque, adult perception and childhood

memory, and between the personal and the collective.

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Towpath, 2008

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Sunrise (Monument), 2008

Oil on board

Unique, Signed

34 x 48 cm (13.3 x 18.8 in)

Bluebirds, 2007

Oil in canvas

Unique, Signed

35 x 60 cm (13.7 x 23.6 in)

Hum, 2007

Oil on board

Unique, Signed

70 x 60 cm (23.6 x 13.7 in)

See-saw, 2009

Oil on board

Unique, Signed

23 x 30 cm (9 x 11.8 in)

Towpath, 2008

Oil on board

Unique, Signed

63 x 63 cm (24.8 x 24.8 in)

Dead Dog, 2008

Oil on canvas

Unique, Signed

22 x 36 cm (8.6 x 14.1 in)

Untitled, 2009

Oil on canvas

Unique, Signed

60 x 60 cm (23.6 x 23.6 in)

Las Gemelas, 2008

Oil on board

Unique, Signed

23 x 36 cm (9 x 14.2 in)

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Pitch, 2008

Oil on canvas

Unique, Signed

42 x 60 cm (16.5 x 23.6 in)

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Torso, 2009

Oil on board

Unique, Signed

22 x 36 cm (8.6 x 14.7 in)

The Christening, 2004

Oil on canvas

Unique, Signed

41 x 41 cm (16.1 x 16.1 in)

Das Kind, 2010

Oil on canvas

Unique, Signed

160 x 110 cm (62.9 x 43 in)

Selected Exhibitions

2011 159th Autumn Exhibition, Royal West Academy, Bristol

2010 158th Autumn Exhibition, Royal West Academy, Bristol

2008 156th Autumn Exhibition, Royal West Academy, Bristol

2008 ‘BITE’, Centrespace, Bristol

2008 ‘Lost and Found’ Plymouth College of Art

2008 ‘Violare’, Red Propeller Gallery, Devon (solo)

2007 ‘Homecoming’, Southbank Arts, Bristol

2006 ‘Hide and Seek’, Mivart Studios, Bristol

2006 Encore at Royal West Academy, Bristol

2005 Open Exhibition, South West Academy, Phoenix and

Royal Albert Museum, Exeter

2002 Flying Colours Gallery, London

2002 ART2002, London

2001 20/21 British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London

2000 Lane Gallery, Plymouth (solo)

Prizes/Awards

2008 Bristol Fine Art Painting Prize

2007 The Edwards Award

Publications

PROOF Magazine, April 2008

Andrew Muñoz

Andrew Muñoz (b. London, 1967) trained as a painter at the Plymouth

College of Art and Design and later at Falmouth College of Art.

Muñoz grew up in the ‘greybelt’, surrounded by the meticulously planned

but ugly concrete buildings, housing estates of uniform design punctuated

by convenient but soulless patches of greenery. He describes this as an

‘over-simplified environment... much like the over-simplified places in

picture books’. This now informs the backdrop to many of his works.

He is deeply influenced by the work of Goya, Bruegel and Hieronymus Bosch.

The artist lives and works in Bristol and San Sebastian, Spain.

‘Childhood experiences are always diluted/polluted by adult memory and I can only glimpse at my perception of the world as a child’

Andrew Muñoz, 2008

Price List

Sunrise (Monument) ..................... £3,850

Bluebirds .............................. £3,850

Hum .................................... £4,850

See-saw ................................ £3,400

Towpath ................................ £4,850

Dead Dog ............................... £3,400

Untitled ............................... £4,850

Las Gemelas ............................ £3,400

Pitch .................................. £3,850

Torso .................................. £3,400

The Christening ........................ £3,850

Das Kind ............................... £8,500

All prices are subject to VAT where applicable. March 2012

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