Andrew Michael French is an

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born

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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 ...

. 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, 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

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with a BFA in Sculpture, French completed his

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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

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. 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, 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 Shaw Conference Centre. Don't Cry For Me

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