Andy Quilty is a multi-disciplinary artist engaged with the experience, documentation and interrogation of societal anxieties around criminality in a suburban context.
He is a Lecturer in Fine Arts at The University of Western Australia, Program Patron for the Military Art Program Australia a non-profit assisting Military Veterans through art therapy, and works across the state facilitating art workshops in schools, penal institutions, community groups and Aboriginal art centres.
Quilty has been a finalist in number of significant awards including the Hazelhurst Works on Paper Prize, Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize, Rick Amor Drawing Prize, Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award (JADA), Kedumba Drawing Award, Albany Art Prize, Joondalup Invitation Art Award, Black Swan Portrait Prize and the Salon des Refusés.
