Gallery 4

Shane Andrew Vandort

Forbidden Fruit

8 - 19 Apr 2026

Opening night

10 April | 6 - 8 pm

Gallery Hours:
Wednesday – Sunday: 10 am – 5 pm

ARTIST  STATEMENT 

This collection of nine pieces is a deeply personal journey, a reflection of self-discovery intertwined with the quiet beauty of learning about those Shane loves. Shane has always been drawn to transparency, not just in form but in feeling. One of his earliest memories is of the clear brown gum that seeped from gum trees in the spring. That fascination with transparency with things that reveal more the closer you look has stayed with him ever since.

Shane has long been intrigued by something as simple as a fruit bowl. Each one tells a unique story shaped by the hands that arranged it, reflecting the spirits of a household. Just as no two lives are the same, no two-fruit bowls ever carry the same story. The number nine holds a sacred place in this body of work. It is a dedication to his firstborn twins, who arrived on the 9th of May. Becoming a father changed everything. It demanded sacrifice, surrender and gave him a deeper love more than he ever imagined possible. This collection is for them. Shane hopes these works remain silent witnesses to the love that shaped them and the journey that made him a father. He hopes through this collection Shane’s children can learn about his journey and if there was nothing left in time, He hope these pieces can show them how much He loves them and how Fatherhood made him look at the world differently.

ARTIST  BIO

Shane Andrew is a self-taught Multi-Disciplinary artist currently working with Resin and Sculpting which he has been studying and working with since 2022. He has been recently focusing my work recently on fruit bowls. He says There is something about fruit bowls that just makes me full in spirit and studying how different people present their fruit was my inspiration around this project. I really do believe fruit is nature's medicine. On top of this, he loves creating nostalgic items like childhood ice creams, like the Boomy. Previously his work has been Portraiture which a lot of his work was influenced by my Tattooing background and my need to get to know people on a deeper level than just communication, so drawing them was his way of doing that. Shane Andrew’s work has surrealist undertones which were depicted in his work, where he would not draw pupils, as growing up, he would really struggle to make eye contact with people. Shane Andrew really enjoyed using different mediums to do this, and drawing on vintage books brought real enjoyment, as being dyslexic gave these books some real meaning. He is working towards merging both these disciplines more in the future and he has already exhibited a piece with the technique of resin and portraiture on a piece called The Pianola Man, which is a portrait of a person whom he has supported over the last few years with Intellectual disability called Soto Syndrome.