Andy Lowrie is an artist working with adornment and decoration in relation to the body. He makes sculptural and wearable objects, works on paper and paint-based installations. His practice began in Australia at the Queensland College of Art, Jewelry and Small Objects Studio, where he earned his Bachelor of Fine Art in 2011. He went on to co-found the contemporary jeweler studio, Bench, in 2012, before relocating to the United States in 2016. He earned an MFA in Craft/Material Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2020.
Andy pursues contemporary expressions of jewelry making that challenge hierarchies of material value and embrace a mindful exploitation of material and process. In acts of mark making, surface manipulation and erasure, he explores the potential of process as metaphor. His work has been exhibited in Australia, China, Italy and North America, and has been professionally recognized with awards from Brooklyn Metal Works in New York and My-Day By-Day Gallery in Rome. He is currently a Teaching Fellow at the Baltimore Jewelry Center in Maryland.
