Andy Vagg was born in Sydney in 1964. He completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2007, at the Tasmanian School of Art, University of Tasmania, Hobart, majoring in sculpture. Andy began his undergraduate studies at the University of Newcastle, after completing a Certificate III in Design Fundamentals at the Hunter Institute of Technology, in 2001. The same year, Andy won the 3D Functional Art category of the Waste As Art competition, and was runner up in the same category the following year. Andy's art focuses on the unsustainable practices of consumerism and capitalism. His artworks are made from post-consumer materials, sourced from local tips shops, annual clean-ups or personal use. Andy has exhibited extensively in Newcastle, then Hobart over the past eight years. He is represented in private collections in Newcastle, Sydney and Hobart.