Artist Bio

Andrae Green is a Jamaican artist living and working in Western Massachusetts. Green’s oeuvre is marked by a nuanced exploration of the existential and phenomenological aspects of living a meaningful life through the lens of family relationships. Rather than merely depicting events and experiences that occur over time, Green conveys the emotions and impressions they generate, filtering them through imaginative allegory. His work is not nihilistic but rather hopeful and reflective. Through his paintings, Green seeks to unearth liminal feelings of vulnerability, hope, and desire, often drawing on human experience and the collective unconscious.

Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Green's artistic sensibilities were shaped by the comic books of Marvel and DC, the only accessible art sources where he grew up. Economic hardship and social upheaval, compounded by the threat of violence, led Green to take refuge in art, school, and church. This sparked a deep inner world he explored by creating si-fi and whimsical characters that embodied hope and freedom.

Green earned an MFA in Painting from the New York Academy of Art in 2008 and his BFA from Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts in 2004. In 2000 he was awarded a full scholarship to further his studies in America by the Chase Fund Jamaica. He was the 2019 Experience Jamaique in Geneva Artist-in-Residence, a five-time representative of Jamaica at the Beijing Biennale, and the 2013 United States representative at the Salon de Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts at the Carrousel du Louvre, Paris. Green was a finalist for the Mass Cultural Council Artist Fellowship and the Sustainable Art Foundation Grant. His work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally including at the National Gallery of Jamaica, New York Academy of Art, Maddox Gallery Los Angeles (California), The Investec Cape Town Art Fair (South Africa), The Steffan Thomas Museum of Art (Georgia), University Museum of Contemporary Art at UMass Amherst (Massachusetts), and the Southampton Arts Center (New York). In 2023 Green had his first museum solo show at the Art Complex Museum in Duxbury Massachusetts, entitled “Palindrome: Back To Hope”.