Andrew Roberts
Tijuana, 1995
Bio

He incorporates elements from gameplay, roleplay and worldbuilding into his multi-platform practice, recognizing in these mechanisms a cultural structure where consumption and production become one. Exploring the material dimension of horror, Roberts’s digital animations, installations, sculptures and poetry treat colonial agents as possessed images and haunted spaces. He is primarily concerned with representational systems, and the geographical tensions between Mexico and the United States of America.

Lives and works in Mexico City

Recent solo and two-person exhibitions include Pequod Co., Mexico City (2023, 2020); House of Chappaz, Valencia and Barcelona (2022); Best Practice, San Diego (2022); and Delaplane, San Francisco (2021). He presented a solo booth with Pequod Co. at Art Basel Miami Beach (2023). Significant group exhibitions include the Institut Culturel du Mexique, Paris (2023); the Whitney Biennial: Quiet As It's Kept, NYC (2022); the Institute of Mexico in Spain, Madrid (2022); the 7th Athens Biennale: ECLIPSE (2021); the Museo Jumex, Mexico City (2021); and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (2018); amongst others.

Selection of Works
Andrew Roberts
Haunted Tank Mass (Pink)
Medical grade silicone, resin, automotive paint, wood and metal structure
69 x 122 x 8 cm
2023
Andrew Roberts
Haunted Tank Mass (Orange)
Medical grade silicone, resin, automotive paint, wood and metal structure
69 x 122 x 8 cm
2023
Andrew Roberts
Protean Haunted Mass
3 channel, 4K Video 8' 30"
2023
Andrew Roberts
Haunted silicone mass (Installation view)
2024
Andrew Roberts
Haunted Silicone Mass
Medical grade silicone, synthetic padding
40 x 200 x 275 cm
2023
Andrew Roberts
Haunted Silicone Mass (Detail)
Medical grade silicone, synthetic padding
40 x 200 x 275 cm
2023
Andrew Roberts
Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
Platinum silicone, polyurethane foam, resin, pullet, metal chain, 3D print and paint
Variable dimensions
2023
Andrew Roberts
Acute Decompression Syndrome
Platinum silicone, polyurethane foam, resin, 3D print and paint
Variable dimensions
2023
Andrew Roberts
Fisher's Hand Disease
Platinum silicone, polyurethane foam, 3D print and paint
Variable dimensions
2023
Andrew Roberts
Fisher's Hand Disease (Details)
Platinum silicone, polyurethane foam, 3D print and paint
2023
Andrew Roberts
Larvae
4K Video
2023
Andrew Roberts
Tank (Installation view)
2023
Andrew Roberts
Silicone tracking mark: solar seaweed
Tattoo on platinum silicone and metal frame
21.65 x 17.71 x 1.96 in
2023
Andrew Roberts
Silicone tracking mark: phantom compass
Tattoo on platinum silicone and metal frame
21.65 x 17.71 x 1.96 in
2023
Andrew Roberts
Toyota Tacoma 1998
Tattoo on silicone and steel hooks
20.47 x 16.53 x 1.96 inches
2022
Andrew Roberts
Chevrolet Silverado 1995
Tattoo on silicone and steel hooks
20.47 x 16.53 x 1.96 inches
2022
Andrew Roberts
Green
Colored pencil on paper
65 x 95 x 5 cm
2022
Andrew Roberts
Excalibur Resources Ltd. (The sun was warm, bright, and herethey sat on the biggest corpse in the world)
Digital prints on aluminium cutouts
120 x 210 cm
2022
Andrew Roberts
Vanitas (Red)
4K CGI Video, color, sound, looped
2022
Andrew Roberts
Necromancer (Installation view)
Video 4K
2023
Andrew Roberts
Commander Resources Ltd. (Red)
Digital print on aluminium cutout and stainless steel bolts
45 x 35 cm
2022
Andrew Roberts
Commander Resources Ltd. (Purple)
Digital print on aluminium cutout and stainless steel bolts
45 x 35 cm
2022
Andrew Roberts
A house on fire is a ghost, a factory on fire is a specter (Still)
4K two channel video installation
12 min. Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/658259282/c488e4e59f
2020-2022
Andrew Roberts
A house on fire is a ghost, a factory on fire is a specter (Still)
4K two channel video installation
12 min. Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/658259282/c488e4e59f
2020-2022
Andrew Roberts
Contemplaré el fin del mundo, tranquilo, desde mi silla Acapulco
8 channel HD video
2020
Andrew Roberts
Anillo rojo de la muerte
8 channel HD video
2020
Andrew Roberts
Undead (performance)
Tattoos on silicone mask and sleeves, VR Set and Nintendo Switch
Variable duration
2020
Andrew Roberts
COOTIES: the rotten core
Tattoo on silicone
11.8 x 9.8 x 13.8 inches
2020
Andrew Roberts
EXHUMED: miles behind us
Tattoo on silicone
11.8 x 13.8 x 11 inches
2020
Andrew Roberts
REANIMATOR: days gone bye
Tattoo and piercing on silicone
13.8 x 19.7 x 7.9 inches
2020
Andrew Roberts
FRAGILE: Sunflower vending machine
Tattoo and piercing on silicone
3.94 x 1.97 x 1.18 inches
2020
Andrew Roberts
DUCK HUNT: Spaghetti Westerns and Mexican B-Horror Movies
Tattoo on silicone; poly bubble mailer
11.8 x 9.45 x 1.97 inches
2020
Andrew Roberts
CARGO: a certain doom
Tattoo on silicone
5.9 x 20.5 x 3.9 inches
2020
Andrew Roberts
QUIET AS IT’S KEPT, Whitney Biennial 2022 (Installation view)
2022
Andrew Roberts
Towards Electromateriality
3D print on stainless steel light stand
Variable dimensions
2018
Andrew Roberts
Towards Electromateriality
4K video
8:55 min. https://vimeo.com/381911967
2018
Andrew Roberts
Brief History of the Sun
Installation: 4K video, digital prints, bean bags, headphones and electrical extension cord
Video: 4'10"
2017
Andrew Roberts
The Complex (Beta Version)
4K video, two-channel video installation and digital prints
Video: 5 min.
2017
Andrew Roberts
The Complex (Alpha Version)
4K video, two-channel video installations, digital prints on walls and elevators, headphones and electric extension cords
Video: 5:44 min.
2017
Andrew Roberts
How to sell the sun
4K video, three-channel video installation and digital print on wall
Video: 2:46 min.
2017
Andrew Roberts
12 Oz
Pyrography on leather
13.78 x 13.78 x 13.78
2017
Andrew Roberts
Oro sin título
Digital print on cotton paper (Edition of 3)
11.8 x 15.75 inches ea.
2017
Andrew Roberts
Oro sin título
Digital print on cotton paper (Edition of 3)
11.8 x 15.75 inches ea.
2017
Andrew Roberts
Oro sin título
Digital print on cotton paper (Edition of 3)
11.8 x 15.75 inches ea.
2017
Andrew Roberts
Códice columna
Ink on leather and chains
39.37 x 13.78 x 13.78 inches
2017
Exhibitions at Pequod
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