| Artist | Brett Andrus | Resides | United States |
| Website | brettandrus.art | Medium | Oil |
| Print Shop | brettandrus.art/shop | brett.andrus.1@gmail.com | |
| Follow the Artist | Themes | Narrative Figure Painting Magical Realism Landscape Cityscape Portraiture |
About the artist
Brett Andrus is a 48 year old Colorado native. He studied painting and art history at the Savannah College of Art and Design before returning home to Colorado in 2001. In 2009, Andrus co-founded two award-winning galleries, The Modbo and S.P.Q.R, in downtown Colorado Springs. Currently, Andrus owns and operates Bosky Studio.
Between the years of 2010-2022 Brett created and exhibited in 17 solo exhibitions occurring in Denver, Santa Fe, Colorado Springs, and Trinidad. In 2016, Brett received the Artist of the Year Award from the Pikes Peak Arts Council. In 2025, he was named as a finalist for the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize.
In 2018 Brett was diagnosed with a rare, slow moving version of leukemia. In 2021, Brett started a 14 month chemotherapy journey that resulted in nearly losing his eyesight. After 4 eye surgeries and a large amount of perseverance, he is currently disease free and has regained his vision. Every day he paints with joy, cognizant of what he almost lost.
Brett’s focus is on the narrative power of the human figure and portraiture, utilizing elements of magical realism and surrealism. He sets out to inspire an emotional interaction with the viewer. His goal is to create with integrity, to be personal, to be honest. He believes in his viewer and in their ability to engage and to be part of the conversation. His mantra for living a great life is to make a space for creation, connection and impact on a daily basis. Brett loves to paint. He thrives in front of his easel creating beautiful things and telling stories.
Artwork Themes & Subject Matter
In all of the work that Brett Andrus makes, his main goal is to create a meaningful emotional connection with his viewer. Utilizing both the figure, landscape and still life, he draws on the muse of magical realism to create narratives about loss, perseverance and what it might mean to move through a modern world designed to leave us disconnected and alone. His work is about the ghosts of lost ideals, and the power we have to re-write our stories.
Press
Brett Andrus’ paintings have been featured in Guide Artists Magazine Issue 78.
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Education
2000
Painting and Art History, Savannah College of Art and Design
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2025
Frosting Over Fractures, Pink and White, Surface Gallery Colorado Springs, United States
Meditations on Orpheus: A Reclamation of Liminal Spaces, Bosky Studio, Colorado Springs, United States
2023
Remembering How to Be Human, Surface Gallery, Colorado Springs, United States
2019
There’s Music Between Spaces, Stepped Leader and Return Stroke, Kreuser Gallery, Colorado Springs, United States
2018
Love Letters to the Ghost in My Blood, S.P.Q.R Gallery Colorado Springs, United States
The Shadows Move When You Close Your Eyes, Kreuser Gallery, Colorado Springs, United States
2017
The Remainder, S.P.Q.R Gallery Colorado Springs, United States
Finite Resource, When You Close Your Eyes, Kreuser Gallery, Colorado Springs, United States
2016
The Shadows Move When You Close Your Eyes, Kreuser Gallery, Colorado Springs, United States
2015
Oats for the Ghost Horse, Mike Wright Gallery, Denver, United States
2014
Hypothesis, The Modbo Gallery, Colorado Springs, United States
2013
Smooth Looper, Eggman and Walrus Gallery, Santa Fe, United States
Selected Group Exhibitions
Resonance, AR Mitchelle Museum, Trinidad, United States
Sin, Bosky Studio, Colorado Springs, United States
Interloper, Evoke Contemporary, Santa Fe, United States
The Sci-Fi Show, S.P.Q.R Gallery, Colorado Springs, United States
The Murder Show, The Modbo Gallery, Colorado Springs, United States
The War Show, The Modbo Gallery, Colorado Springs, United States
