"Every man, woman and child lives under a nuclear sword of Damocles, hanging by the slenderest of threads, capable of being cut at any moment by accident or miscalculation or by madness.”
John F.Kennedy to the United Nations 1961
Sword of Damocles
Oil on Canvas
36 × 36 cm
2026
About
Artist Bio
Multi-media Contemporary artist based in the U.K. and China.
Artist Statement
Department of Zero Sum is a multi-media outlet for artist Andrew Wilkinson.
The department serves as a conduit for contemporary artworks in the visual arts, music and literature.
Work deals with astrophysics and the relationship to theology.
These subjects supposedly at different ends of the spectrum are closely related by ideology and symbolism and work harmoniously depicting heavily from the heavens.
The big questions asked in science are mirrored in religion.
This rich source for inspiration drives me to look for opportunities to expression our challenges in finding meaning and belonging.
Searching for salvation in the New Forest 2025
Latest Works
Study for an Archangel
24ct Gold Leaf and Egg Tempera on Wood Panel, 2026
Eclipse of Reason
Oil and Gold Leaf on Canvas, 41 x 61 cm, 2025
Symposium in 4 Chapters
Oil on Canvas, 82 x 31 cm, 2025
Eclipse of Reason, Oil + Gold Leaf on Canvas, 41 x 61 cm, 2025
If God Made Man, Then H.P Made Him on Time #1, Acrylic on Canvas, 30 cm, 2025
Seven Sisters, Acrylic + Gold Leaf on Canvas, 40 cm, 2022
Black Hole #1, Oil on Canvas, 15.5 x 15.5cm, 2025
Black Hole #2, Oil on Canvas, 20 x 20 cm, 2025
Black Hole #3, Oil on Canvas, 20 x 20 cm, 2025
If God Made Man, Then H.P Made Him on Time #2, Acrylic on Canvas, 40 cm, 2025
Hafele- Keating, Oil on Canvas, 51 x 51 cm, 2025
Where Stars Go To Die #2, Gold Leaf on Canvas, 51 x 51 cm, 2024
Time Line #3, Acrylic + Silver Leaf on Canvas, 51 x 51 cm, 2024
Symposium in 4, Oil on Canvas, 82 x 31 cm, 2025
Time Line #2, Acrylic + Silver Leaf on Canvas, 40 x 40 cm, 2024
Time Line #1, Acrylic + Silver Leaf on Canvas, 20 x 20 cm, 2024
HP 5061A, Acrylic on Canvas, 20 x 30 cm, 2022
Where Stars Go To Die #1, Kinetic Sculpture, 61 x 21 x 21 cm, 2023
Study for Annuciation, Oil on Canvas, 61 x 31 cm, 2025
Aural.
Sounds coming in 2026.
News
Icon Painting at the School of Traditional Arts, London
“PAPERTHIN” exhibition at Auger Collective, Boscombe
On Sight-size at Sarum Studio
I recently spent the week at Sarum Studios in Salisbury learning the skills of sight-size portraiture.
