Andrew Werth

I have long been interested in the mind: consciousness, perception, thinking, psychology, and the self. My ongoing study of these and related subjects informs much of my abstract painting. The titles of my paintings are clues to concepts that I find fascinating in the philosophy and science of mind.

One idea I’ve found particularly intriguing is the notion of embodiment: that how we make sense of the world is directly shaped by the physical nature of our bodies. For example, the colors we see are due to the pigmentation in our eyes as well as the neural structure of our brain. We generally think of vision as being like photography, where an entire image is presented to us at once. However, vision might be better compared—surprisingly—to touch, since it is only through the continuous probing and movement of our eyes that we are able to construct the world around us. Notions of embodiment, metaphor, and mental “strange loops” are recurrent themes in my work.

My paintings are built up through a slow, deliberate process that consists of thousands of individual brushstrokes applied one at a time. The markings (derived from the mazes I drew as a child) provide a structure in which to explore perceptual effects and the interaction o...

My arts education has been self-directed, drawing upon a diversity of resources throughout New York City, including the School of Visual Arts, The New School, and the Art Students League. In addition to the arts, I have studied philosophy of mind and cognitive psychology at The New School. My formal degrees are from Carnegie Mellon University: B.S. Computer Engineering, M.S. Information Networking.

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A few venues I've exhibited in include:

Center for Contemporary Art (Bedminster, NJ)
Art Fair 14C (Jersey City, NJ)
Monmouth Museum (Lincroft, NJ)
Trenton City Museum (Trenton, NJ)
Blue Mountain Gallery (New York)
West Windsor Arts Center (NJ)
The Painting Center (New York)
Alfa Art Gallery (New Brunswick, NJ)
Bowery Gallery (New York)
The Gallery at MCCC (West Windsor, NJ)
MUSE Gallery (Philadelphia)
3rd Street Gallery (Philadelphia)