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Andrew Salgado
Canadian artist (born 1982) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Andrew Salgado (born 1982) is a Canadian artist who works in London and has exhibited his work around the world.[1] His paintings are large-scale works of portraiture that incorporate elements of abstraction and symbolic meaning.[1]
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Biography
Andrew Salgado received BFA from University of BC in Vancouver in 2005 and graduated with MFA from Chelsea College of Art & Design in London at 2009.
Salgado was featured in the 2014 documentary Storytelling, which followed him as he created a series of works.[2] In 2013, he was awarded the Emerging Artist Award as part of the Lieutenant Governor's Arts Awards in Saskatchewan.[3]
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Personal life
Andrew Salgado is openly gay. In 2008, he was a victim of homophobic violence, when his partner and he were beaten by eight guys during a music festival in British Columbia.[5]
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