Andrew Jonathan Gow (born 1978) is an English artist best known for portraiture. He is also a lecturer on painting and an instructor in the atelier method of drawing and painting from life.
Alongside Luxembourgish painter Roland Schauls and British painter Louise Pragnell, he has created in 2025/26 one of the official paintings of Grand Duke Guillaume of Luxembourg, displayed at the grand ducal palace in Luxembourg City.
Life and work Gow studied painting at Williams College, Massachusetts (1996 – 2000). He holds a BA (Hons) degree in history and studio art and honed his skills across the United States, Italy, France, and the UK.
He was visiting lecturer at Knightsbridge School, London (spring term 2014), at the Painting School/Sculpture School (Devon summer 2017) and at the London Atelier of Representational Art (LARA), from Spring 2013 to 2019).
Notable portraits Public commissions Grand Duke Guillaume V, Maison du Grand-Duc, Luxembourg, 2025 Colonel Sir Malcolm Ross, Grand Prior, Order of St John, 2022 Cardinal George Pell, Apostolic Palace Vatican City 2016 Mr Ratan Tata, Asia House, London, 2013 Mr John Henry Felix, Harris Manchester College, Oxford, 2012 Lord and Lady Harris of Peckham, Harris Manchester College, Oxford, 2010 Dr and Mrs Larry Tseu, Harris Manchester College, Oxford, 2010 Mr David Woodfine, Harris Manchester College, Oxford, 2007 The Reverend Doctor Ralph Waller, Harris Manchester College, Oxford, 2006 The Reverend Charles Roberts, Queen's Chaplin for Scotland, The Cannongate Kirk, 2005 Mr Robert Conway, Harris Manchester College, Oxford, 2004
Gow said of his portrait of Grand Duke Guillaume V that it was "probably the most important painting I have ever produced".
Private commissions Since 2002, Gow has - apart from public commissions - been commissioned to paint over 100 commissions for private clients across Europe and the United States.
Exhibitions List of exhibitions: 2024 British Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, London 2023 StART Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, London 2022 The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, The Mall Galleries 2020 Catherine Prevost Gallery, London 2014 Chauchet Contemporary, London 2012 The Hollywood Road Arts Club, London 2010 The New English Art Club, the Mall Galleries, London 2006 The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, The Mall Galleries, London 2005 Arndean Gallery, Cork Street, London 2004 The Cavalry and Guards Club, Piccadilly, London 2002 Paul Mitchel Gallery, Bond Street, London 2000 Luschinger Gallery, Greenwich, Connecticut, USA 2000 Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA
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External links
Andrew Gow on Kei London