Andrew Barrow
Artist Statement
Andrew Barrow was born on Guy Fawkes Day 1945. Educated at Harrow where he won the Henry Yates Thompson Art Prize, he worked briefly as a stand-up comedian before becoming a writer. He is best known for his novel The Tap Dancer (1992), which won the Hawthornden Prize.
In 2001 his first one man show at the Rebecca Hossack Gallery, entitled Man of Letters, was featured in the Sunday Telegraph, Hello magazine and the Evening Standard where it became a page three feature under the title Opening of An Envelope. He has, since then, had two more sell-out shows at the gallery. His collectors include Sir Paul Smith and Nicky Haslam.