Andreas Goff

Raku 

Born in New England, Andreas is a graduate of American University with a BA in Political Science during the turbulent 60’s; 
the artist’s social conscience was awakened and nurtured by
 the civil rights and anti-war movements. He later taught Head Start 
in St. Petersburg and was regional coordinator for several migrant 
day care centers in agricultural southern Florida. He taught bilingual education at Ft. Myers Middle School, and social studies and humanities at St. Catherine's Indian School in Santa Fe. 


While in New Mexico, Andreas taught pottery and sculpture at 
St. John's College, and volunteered at the Mescalero Apache 
Drug and Rehabilitation Center doing art therapy. 
"My experience at the Indian school proved to be most rewarding.
 I began to do sculptures and began to understand 
Native American facial features. After ten years of perfecting 
his pottery, the artist created his first sculpture, a realistic Native American face with a whimsical wrap-around body form. 
He found a ready market for his unique style and 
innovative approach to clay. 

As an artist-in-residence for the state of New Mexico for four years,
 his residencies have taken him from the Visually Impaired School
 in Alamogordo to San Juan Community College, and quaint 
Spanish villages like Questa and Mora, as well as residencies
 at Navajo public and boarding schools. 
"In my soul there is a deep respect and admiration for native peoples and their approach to art and life, so I strive to capture a 
sense of beauty and pride in my sculptures." Andreas is an avid petroglyph hunter. These ancient designs frequently find their way 
onto his pottery and sculpture. He has sketched and photographed 
rock art on the big island of Hawaii, Vancouver Island, the Olympic Peninsula, throughout tile southwest, Missouri, Lake Erie, and throughout Venezuela, Peru and The Sahara. 

His 9-inch raku sculpture of an African princess won first place at the 1994 National Miniature Show. Andreas has had a one man show at 
St. John's College of Santa Fe, San Juan Community College, 
Orlando Museum of Art artist of the month for Black History Month
 in 1998, and at Sibanye Gallery of Baltimore in 2000. He has been 
in several group shows including the Carol Thornton Gallery 
of Santa Fe, the Sanibel Ms Center, Gallery A of Taos,
 Penni Anne Cross Gallery of Jackson Hole, WY, 
the Gold Dragon Gallery of Tampa, and 
Just Lookin' Gallery in Hagerstown, MD. 
Andreas has exhibited in 7 of the 12 annual Zora Neale Hurston Festivals. Zora was part of the Harlem Renaissance and had lived in Eatonville, Fl., and in 2001 Andreas received his most cherished honor an award of merit from the Zora Neal Hurston Festival exhibition. 

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