Andrew Olcott | Nothing Personal
HOWARD495 3528 Commercial Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V5N 4E9
Andrew Olcott, "Upstate," 2022
Nothing Personal, a solo exhibition of work by Vancouver-based artist Andrew Olcott.
Olcott’s work expands on an autobiographical theme he has been exploring in his art for many years. Utilizing images in lieu of words, synonymous with the way writers use prose to record their own storied histories, he translates fragments from significant moments he has lived to the minutiae of every day onto his canvas. Olcott’s compulsion to document his life into the two-dimensional, conceptual self-portraits he creates, allows for a body of work overflowing with individual pleasures that are occasionally witty, at times promiscuous, emphatically honest and decidedly unapologetic.
Located on Commercial Street, HOWARD495 is an art advisory firm serving new and dedicated collectors, assisting clients with a customized and collaborative approach to art collecting needs. Housed within a project space in East Vancouver, HOWARD495 exhibits for sale a rotating secondary market inventory of contemporary work by international and national artists at all junctures of their careers. HOWARD495 is dedicated to offering diverse art, across all disciplines that are historically, socially, and at times politically relevant and collectable today.
Founder Krista Howard has over three decades as a private collector and 16 years of experience as an art advisor. Krista has long-term relationships with dealers, gallerists, advisors, collectors, and auction house specialists, travelling globally to attend art fairs, exhibitions, biennials and museum shows to gain access to sought-after works from both emerging and established artists.