About Andy

Andy DeLapp is a trans-masculine artist based in Seattle, WA. He established his career while achieving his BFA from Cornish College of the Arts in 2023, where he discovered his practice as a representational oil painter. After completing an internship in object conservation at the Seattle Art Museum, art history became an inspiration and a central part of Andy’s practice. In 2025, he was named a finalist in Neddy Artist Awards and was recognized as a Highly Commended Artist in the Homiens Art Prize, an international artist grant.

photo by Ryan Warner

Artist Statement

Inspired by the Western painting cannon, chaotic digital media, and my queer identity, I layer classical painting techniques with contemporary symbols to playfully weave queerness into art history. I create references for my paintings by creating collages either digitally or from printed images. These materials allow me to engage in a low-stakes process where I can focus on spontaneity and iteration rather than perfection. By blending art history and my contemporary mindset, I insert queer representation within both historical and contemporary art.

photo by Ryan Warner

CV

EDUCATION

• BFA, Cornish College of the Arts

AWARDS

• 2025 Neddy Artist Awards Painting Finalist
• 2023 National Society of Arts and Letters: Winston 2-D Visual Art Finalist
• 2023 Lynn Goodland Endowed Scholarship
• 2019/2022 Robert B McMillen Foundation Scholarship Finalist

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

• 2025, Artlove Salon, Seattle WA
• 2025, Cannonball Arts, Seattle WA
• 2025, ENTROPY, Behnke Gallery, Seattle WA
• 2025, Itty Bitty, Basecamp Studios, Seattle WA
• 2025, A Pain that is not Private, Specialist Gallery, Seattle WA
• 2025 The Cocoon Tightens, The Vestibule, Seattle WA
• 2024-2025 Represent, Cornish Alumni Gallery, Seattle WA
• 2024 Exquisite Corpse 2024, Steve Gilbert Studio Seattle WA 
• 2023 Forest for the Trees, Railspur Building Seattle WA
• 2023 Therapy Party Railspur Building Seattle, WA
• 2023 Cornish Art BFA Exhibition, 9th Ave Gallery, Seattle WA
• 2023 Naomi Rabb Winston 2-D Visual Art Scholarship finalist Exhibition, Figure Ground Gallery, Seattle WA

ART INSTALLATIONS

• 2025 Pike Street Hospitality Group: commissioned body of work: five large oil paintings permanently installed to be the primary art on view 

PUBLICATIONS

• PublicDisplay.Art magazine cover, vol 4, issue 3 2025
• Variable West Artist Interview: Andy Cash Delapp 2025
• Neddy Artist Awards 2025 finalists video Interview 2025
• Transforming My Artistic Practice: Emerging Arts Leader Andy DeLapp Reflects, SAM Stories, Jul 30 2024