Born in Tepic Nayarit, Mexico, Esau Andrade comes from a family of artists which includes his mother Guadalupe Valencia and his brother Raymundo Andrade. He attended La Escuela de Artes Plásticas of the Universidad de Guadalajara . Esau's paintings are included in the collection of The Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, CA. Saint Michael church in San Miguel del valle New Mexico, the Chrysler Co, San Antonio Texas; The Hispanic Broadcasting Co, Los Angeles, CA. As well as in the Downey Museum of Art in Downey, CA.

He frequently has one-man exhibitions at Galería Uno, Puerto Vallarta, and the U.S. where shows include exhibitions at the Chad Mool Gallery, (Los Angeles); Louis Stern Gallery, (Los Angeles); Glass Garage fine art gallery, (Los Angeles); Hamilton Gallery, (los Angeles); Tatewari Gallery, (Sedona, Arizona); Iturralde Gallery, (los Angeles); San Antonio International Airport (San Antonio, Texas); The Downey Museum of Art (Downey, CA.); Euroamerican Gallery, (New York, New York); Allene Lapides Gallery, (Santa Fe, New Mexico); The Consulate general of Mexico in Los Angeles, CA.; Latin art broker's ( Los Angeles, CA.) and The Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, CA., among many others.