Andrew Shillam was born in Brisbane in 1974. In 1995 he completed a Bachelor of Visual Art at the University of Newcastle and in 1996 completed the Graduate Diploma of Art. He met the painter Rindi Salomon in Newcastle in1997and they began an artistic partnership. After traveling to the UK for a year, they married and had two children. They have had thirteen joint exhibitions since 1998. Andrew specialized in ceramics at university but since graduating has exhibited in a range of materials including, sandstone and wood. His recent work is sculpture constructed from reclaimed timber, acrylic painting and ink drawings in a geometric abstract based style.