In the Midst

British born artist Andrew Maishman studied art in Nottingham England before emigrating to America where he graduated from the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts. From 1983-87 Maishman exhibited with the Blackwell St. Gallery in Dover, NJ, then joined City Without Walls Gallery in Newark, and consequently relocated to his current studio on Halsey Street in 1988.

In his concurrent career as a professional fine artist, Maishman has had various exhibitions, most recently having a one man show of his larger works at DopDop Salon in Soho NYC in 2003, and at Seton Hall University in 2004. In addition Maishman is an onstage performance painter, participating in ‘happenings’, where he engages with the audience and quickly orchestrates an interactive painting. Maishman recently performed in the show Spontaneous Combustion (in the alternative environment of Lux Magna Exhibitions in Newark); at an event hosted by the Arts Council of the Morris Area in a corporate environment; and at City Without Walls in a traditional gallery environment.