Andrew Michael French is an

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born abstract

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

. A one-time pupil of Peter Hide, French is best known for upright, large-scale welded sculptures made of brightly painted steel.City of Edmonton Public Art Collection
/ref> With sculptors Mark Bellows, Bianca Khan, Rob Willms, and

Ryan McCourt Ryan McCourt (born February 23, 1975) is a Canadian artist best known for his sculptures.Terry Fenton, "Edmonton Sculpture: The Next Generation," Harcourt Expressed, Volume 12, Summer/Fall 2002 He lives in Edmonton, Alberta. Early life and edu ...

, Andrew French is identified as part of the "Next Generation" of Edmonton Sculpture.Terry Fenton, "Edmonton Sculpture: The Next Generation," Harcourt Expressed, Volume 12, Summer/Fall 2002 Educated at Newbury College (England), and

Kent Institute of Art & Design The Kent Institute of Art & Design (KIAD, often ) was an art school based across three campuses in the county of Kent, in the United Kingdom. It was formed by the amalgamation of three independent colleges: Canterbury College of Art, Maidstone Co ...

with a BFA in Sculpture, French completed his Master of Fine Arts at the

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in 1999.MFA final visual presentation, Andrew Michael French, University of Alberta, 1999
/ref> French's 1999 sculpture "Pillar" is located on the University of Alberta campus, his sculpture "Still Life" is in the collection of the CIty of Edmonton, installed in Belgravia Art Park and his small soldered brass piece "The Abduction of St. Paul" is in the collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts. Andrew French is a co-founder of the North Edmonton Sculpture Workshop. His sculptures have been seen in a number of important exhibitions in Edmonton, including the Chichester Festival,

Big Things ''Big Things'' was a large-scale steel sculpture exhibition series organized by the North Edmonton Sculpture Workshop for the Royal Alberta Museum's outdoor South Terrace.Gilbert Bouchard, "Come to Expect 'Big Things'", Edmonton Journal, July ...

, the Edmonton Contemporary Artists' Society, and the Alberta Centennial Sculpture Exhibition at the

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,Gilbert Bouchard, "Come to Expect 'Big Things'", Edmonton Journal, July 19, 2002Erik Floren, "Big Impressions", The Edmonton Sunday Sun, July 28, 2002Mike Berezowsky, "Sculpture Exhibit Gets a Big Response", Edmonton Examiner, September 11, 2002 and Sculpture by Invitation at the

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