Andrew Reach

(b. 1961 – Miami Beach, FL)

I was an architect first, having studied at Pratt Institute and practicing for over 20 years when in 2005, a progressive spine disease left me disabled and unable to continue practicing. I reinvented myself as an artist working in the realm of digital media. Because of my disability, I work digitally. At my age, I straddle two worlds, the analog of the past and the digital of today. Working digitally, I question how the digital modality of creating works of art, being in its infancy relative to the history of art, relates to the history of creative expression. Art and technology is converging in our time. For me, technology as a tool empowers my creative spirit. As my work resides in the realm of virtual computer code, I like to think of the code being the artworks DNA and embedded in this code is the soul of the human element that created it.

My architecture never left me. It lives on in my artistic practice. It informs me; always thinking about structure, color and rhythm.

Creating geometric constructs offers me a form of invention that challenges me both analytically and creatively. Each work is a formal exercise layered on top of a creative one, revealing the duality of my brain.

My architectur...

1986 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York / School of Architecture / Bachelor of Architecture

1979 - 1983 University of Florida, Gainesville / School of Architecture / Bachelor of Design,

SEQUENCE: ART & TECHNOLOGY / Touchstone Gallery / Washington DC / 2023

W/O LIMITS: ART, CHRONIC ILLNESS & DISABILITY / Artists Archives of the Western Reserve / Cleveland OH / 2022

Maria Neil Art Project Turns 10 / Maria Neil Art Project / Cleveland OH / 2022

REVEAL - A showcase of LBGTQ+ Art Benefitting the West 117 Foundation / Yards Project / Cleveland Ohio / 2021

CONVERGE - LGBTQ+ / Artists Archives of the Western Reserve / Cleveland OH / 2021

THE FOUR ELEMENTS / LagunaArt.com Gallery / Mission Viejo, CA / 2021

COVIMETRY ART PROJECT / The Ely Center of Contemporary Art / New Haven CT / 2021

METATOPIA - THE WORNG BIENNALE No 5 / Online / 2021

NAVIGATING THE PANDEMIC: AN ARTIST'S PERSPECTIVE / Summa Health Healing Arts Gallery / Akron OH / 2020

ART TAKES MIAMI / See Me Competition Finalist / Scope International Contemporary Art Show / Miami Beach, FL / 2018

SEE ME ARTISTS TAKE OVER THE MIAMI DOME / Pop-Up event at Magic City Innovation District, Miami / December 6th – 8th

ART TAKES SOHO / See Me Art Community Finalist / Pop up Exhibition at 45 Lispenard St New York, NY / 2018

NEW NOW / juried by Steven Matijcio, curator of the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center / Artists Archives of the Western Reserve Satellite Exhi...