A Drew Hammond
Andrew “A Drew” Hammond was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1964. His family lived in the West Baltimore community called Edmondson Village. He attended schools in Maryland and South Carolina. Outside of the standard curricula art class in school, A Drew never had any formal art training. He credits God with endowing him artistically with the gift and the affinity for art. His work focuses on expressing the people in the African American diaspora, which is an important and personal undertaking in a society filled with disregard.
Of his medium versatility, his most expressive works are his collages which provoke thought and create visual disputation and resolve. He will never concede to having the torch of his hero, Romare Bearden (1911-1988), but he confesses that his torch has been lit by many including Bearden, George Grosz (1893-1959) David Driskell (1931-2020). Della Wells (Wisconsin), Melvin Smith (Minnesota) and Judy Bowman (Michigan).
