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Trevor Andrew
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Trevor Andrew
(GucciGhost)
Trevor Andrew (aka GucciGhost) is an artist born in North Scotia, Canada, and currently based in Brooklyn and Koreatown, Los Angeles. Andrew is known as a multi-talented artist who works in a variety of mediums, including painting, digital art, music, sculpture, and fashion. He paints his signature GucciGhost motif on unwanted objects and clothing, transforming what was deemed worthless into high-end Fine Art, challenging the notion of what is "authentic" and "valuable."
Trevor Andrew, also known as GucciGhost, is a self-taught artist born in Nova Scotia, currently working between Brooklyn, NY, and K-town Los Angeles. Known for his versatile approach to art, Andrew works across multiple mediums, including painting, drawing, digital art, music, sculpture, and fashion. He gained recognition for reimagining discarded objects and clothing by painting his signature GucciGhost motifs, transforming what was once considered worthless into luxury or fine art, and challenging the notion of what is deemed "real" " or valuable.
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Andrew's work often explores themes of commercialism, utilizing iconic imagery and logos and deconstructing them to create new meaning. His inspiration comes from pop culture, comic books, skateboarding and punk aesthetics, and is heavily influenced by his background in skateboarding and snowboarding. As a young school dropout, he pursued and realised his dream of becoming a professional snowboarder and skateboarder, eventually finding art as a means of creative expression.
His 2016 collaboration with Gucci featured his GucciGhost designs in a capsule collection, boosting the brand's sales by 48.3%. His work has been exhibited at prestigious venues such as the V&A Museum in London, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Shanghai, and the Maccarone Gallery in Los Angeles. In the digital art field, he has partnered with platforms such as Nifty Gateway, MakersPlace, Sotheby's, and Christie's, with some of his digital artworks achieving resale values of 800 times their initial price.
In addition to visual art, Andrew is also a musician and filmmaker, collaborating with artists such as 2 Chainz, Usher, Zoe Kravitz, Miley Cyrus, Lil Nas X and Diplo. He is constantly pushing new boundaries in both physical and digital art, and continues to comment on the world today through his various creative outlets.
Andrew's art often explores themes of commercialism by appropriating and deconstructing iconic images and logos, presenting them in raw forms to create new meaning. Influenced by pop culture, comic books, skate, and punk aesthetics, Andrew's work draws from his background in skateboarding and snowboarding . Having dropped out of school at early age, he followed his dream of snowboard & skateboard, which eventually led him to art as a form of creative expression.
His breakthrough collaboration with Gucci in 2016, where his GucciGhost designs were featured in a capsule collection, contributed to a 48.3% rise in organic sales for the brand. His art has been exhibiting in prominent venues like the V&A Museum in London, The Museum of Modern Art in Shanghai, and Maccarone Gallery in Los Angeles, among others. In the digital realm, Andrew collaborates with platforms such as Nifty Gateway, MakersPlace, Sotheby's, and Christie's, with some of his digital art pieces achieving resales of up to 800 times their original value.
Aside from his visual art, Andrew is also a musician and filmmaker, having collaborated with artists such as 2 Chainz, Usher, Zoe Kravitz, Miley Cyrus, Lil Nas X, and Diplo. He continues to push boundaries in both physical and digital art spaces , making commentary on the world he sees in front of him through various forms of creative expression.
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