ARTIST

Andrew Sloan

Chicago Studio

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’81 Chevy in the City

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1980 Trans Am Turbo

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1981 GMC Sierra Grande

About

Studio Member since 2011

b. 1976

Andrew Sloan is a Detroit native known for his elaborate drawings of muscle cars, urban architecture, and sports icons. Often informed by an extensive knowledge of the auto industry and aspiration to capture the “Motown spirit”, his vision and style remain cohesive across his body of work while referencing disparate interests and subject matter.

Sloan’s distinct aesthetic is one of incredible detail and careful execution, with thoughtful compositions often breaking the borders of his substrates. Relationships found in nature or within urban landscapes are depicted with subtleties deduced through contemplative observation. Alongside the dynamism and compelling distortion unique to his work, each drawing evokes a diligent, meditative quality reflecting the patience and attention invested in his creative process. Sloan was recently featured in Hyperallergic.

“I did a lot of drawings when I was in elementary school, maybe around 1985 or ’86. I read about cars in magazines, Hot Rod and Petersen’s 4-Wheel and Off-Road. I made art a bit in vocational school, but really didn’t get into it until coming to Chicago. I’ve also been a fan of building model cars since I was a kid. I definitely like General Motors cars. They have a lot of hard torque engines and beautiful looking designs. I look at pictures in magazines, old commercials on YouTube, movies, or TV shows. I don’t work on a drawing real fast, just take my time to get the body design right while looking at the picture. I put ideas and details together from my mind, kind of like a photographic memory.”

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Exhibitions

Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear
Circle Contemporary, Glenview, IL 2023
Championship Belt
NIAD Art Center, Richmond, CA 2023
Outsider Art Fair
Metropolitan Pavilion, NYC 2023
Cordially Invited V
Make Studio, Baltimore, MD 2022
Permanent Collection
The Waisman Foundation, Madison, WI 2017

Portfolio work

  • Sold

’81 Chevy in the City, 2021

  • colored pencil and ink on paper
  • 14" x 17"
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1980 Trans Am Turbo, 2022

  • Sold

1981 GMC Sierra Grande, 2021

  • colored pencil and graphite on paper
  • 14" x 17"
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’85 Detroit Muscle Pontiac Trans Am on the Weekend, 2023

  • colored pencil, graphite, and pen on paper
  • 14" x 17"
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’84 Trans Am Bandit!, 2021

  • colored pencil and ink on paper
  • 11" x 14"
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  • Sold

Lou Whitaker Detroit Tigers, 2021

  • colored pencil and ink on paper
  • 14" x 17"
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Detroit Red Wings Motown Hockey, 2022

  • colored pencil, graphite, and pen on paper
  • 14" x 17"
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  • Sold

1987 Trans Am on the Detroit I-75, 2021

  • colored pencil and ink on paper
  • 14" x 17"
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1981 Pontiac Turbo Charge Trans Am in the Neighborhood, 2021

  • Sold

Squad 51 Emergency, 2021

  • colored pencil, graphite, and pen on paper
  • 11" x 14"
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  • Sold

Philadelphia in the Morning, 2021

  • colored pencil, graphite, and pen on paper
  • 14" x 17"
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  • Sold

Caesars Casino Windsor Ontario, 2021

  • colored pencil, graphite, and ink on paper
  • 11" x 14"
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Windsor Fire Rescue, 2020

  • colored pencil and ink on paper
  • 24" x 24"
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Old Tiger Stadium, 2019

  • Sold

Detroit Skyline, 2021

  • colored pencil, graphite, and ink on paper
  • 14" x 17"
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Detroit Tigers Allen Trammell, 2019

  • colored pencil, graphite, and pen on paper
  • 20" x 21"
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The Best of Hilary Marshall, 2019

  • Sold

The Great Ambassador, 2016

  • Sold

57 Chevy Woodward Cruise Fest, 2017

Michigan Pure Cardinal Red Bird, 2016

Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco, 2019

  • Sold

81’ Summer Malibu, 2017

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1972 Grand Torino, 2018

Detroit Fire Engine 383, 2016

Detroit Michigan Majestic Skyline, 2017

  • Sold

1981 Fall Guy GMC Sierra Truck, 2015

  • Sold

1981 Trans Am Muscle Car Summer, 2015

  • colored pencil and marker on paper
  • 12" x 18"
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  • Sold

Michigan Cougar, 2019

  • Sold

Batavia Fox River Bridge Illinois, 2019

  • Sold

Desert Highway GTO 1971, 2014

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The Mighty Mackinaw Bridge, 2014

  • colored pencil, graphite, and pen on paper
  • 12" x 16"
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Windy City Chicago, 2013

  • Sold

Arnold Schwarzenegger Pumping Iron, 2013

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