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Andrew Browne is an American artist based in Tokyo and Minneapolis. His youth was dominated by film—genre-based and filmmaker retrospectives as well as film festivals showcasing independent films from around the world. It was precisely this exposure that inspired his interest in art and storytelling and helped develop his sensibilities and style. A random chance to see contemporary prints out of Tokyo by Hisaharu Motoda led to Andrew learning intaglio and lithography formally and his decision to pursue drawing professionally.
His ballpoint pen drawings take on ideas of social disconnect, dystopia, and humanity while exploring the subcultures, youth, and politics of the films that permeated his formative years. The meditative quality of his process is itself an escape, and with it comes a focus allowing Andrew to build complex drawings from layers of fine lines.
Andrew is now looking to create art for films as well as expand his creative work into the world of comics.
My Creations
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The Demon Queller
15 September 2015
A contemporary take on [part of] a Kuniyoshi woodblock print. Ballpoint pen on paper.
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Contemporary Idols #1
15 September 2015
A look at contemporary Japanese and American idols. Ballpoint pen on paper.
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Contemporary Idols #2
15 September 2015
A look at contemporary Japanese and American idols. Ballpoint pen on paper.
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Contemporary Idols #3
15 September 2015
A look at contemporary Japanese and American idols. Ballpoint pen on paper.
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Ballpoint Pen Sketch of Suehirotei
22 June 2016
A ballpoint pen sketch of the Suehirotei rakugo theater in Shinjuku for IMANO TOKYO.
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Salaryman Buddha | 傲岸不遜 サラリーマン大仏
15 November 2016
Ballpoint pen on bristol. This is part of a larger series on contemporary idols—the ideas some idolize and what others believe they themselves should be idolized for.
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Schoolgirl Buddha | 人造人間 女子高生大仏
21 November 2016
Ballpoint pen on bristol. This is part of a larger series on contemporary idols—the ideas some idolize and what others believe they themselves should be idolized for.
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Shonan (Commission)
1 March 2017
The owners of a restaurant in Kanagawa commissioned this drawing.Original: Ballpoint on bristol, A3Restaurant: 1 x 1.5 m wall sticker
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Sundaze Bonsai I
28 November 2017
One of two collaborations with Switzerland-based Studio Sundaze, a table manufacturer inspired by surf culture. My bonsai drawings were meant to mimic the concept behi...
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Sundaze Bonsai II
4 December 2017
The second of two collaborations with Switzerland-based Studio Sundaze, a table manufacturer inspired by surf culture. My bonsai drawings were meant to mimic the conce...
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Metalhead—Doomsday Cowboy
6 February 2018
Doomsday cowboy inspired by the metal scene in Botswana.Ink and screentone, 297 x 420 mm (11.7 x 16.5 in).
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Metalhead—Electric Bass
13 March 2018
Inspired by the metal scene in Botswana.Ink and screentone, 297 x 420 mm (11.7 x 16.5 in).
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Ninenzaka (Kyoto)
16 April 2018
A digital drawing of the Ninenzaka hill in Kyoto from 2014, based on a pencil sketch. Completed after a nighttime visit to the area; inspired and informed by 1960s Jap...
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操那些警察 (**** The Police)
13 July 2020
A ballpoint pen drawing created in response and in support of the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests. I believe it is important that people around the world always stand up ...
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Fearless (April 2021)
12 April
I created this piece to show my support for protestors demonstrating against the military junta in Myanmar as well as to help increase awareness regarding the crisis i...
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An adaptation of a moment from Neuromancer by William Gibson. ‘The (…) laminate of the tabletop was dull with a patina of tiny scratches… fogged with something that co...
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An illustration of mine in the Summer 2021 issue of Metropolis.I was asked to create an illustration based on the Japanese proverb 明日の事を言えば鬼が笑う, translated literally a...
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