Artist : Andrew Litten
Title : Protector
Medium : mixed media
Dimensions : 100 x 150 x 150 cm


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Andrew Litten’s dynamic, gestural figurative paintings explore the emotional complexity of everyday life. Themes of love, loss, sensuality, fear, anger, nostalgia, personal growth and identity run through his work, which is marked by a raw, empathetic approach and a visceral application of media. His expressive gestures and layered surfaces invite emotive, often contradictory responses — from tenderness to disturbance, compassion to repulsion.

Born in Aylesbury in 1970, Litten is a self-taught British artist working from his studio in Fowey, Cornwall. After leaving art college as a teenager, he initially used humble domestic materials such as envelopes and furniture parts to critique art elitism and commodification. Following a move to Cornwall in 2001, Litten began exhibiting, gaining early recognition with his inclusion in Nudes in New York, reviewed by the New York Times. He has since shown in solo exhibitions at Goldfish Fine Art, Millennium (St Ives), L-13 (London), Spike Island and Motorcade FlashParade (Bristol), and in curated group shows worldwide, including at Tate Modern’s No Soul For Sale, and during the 54th Venice Biennale. His work has also been shown in four major museums in China. Litten’s artworks are held in numerous public and private international collections.