Andrew K. Currey was born in Pueblo, Colorado in 1987. He received his Bachelors in Fine Art with emphasis in Painting and Drawing from the University of North Texas in 2010, and is currently a painting instructor for the Ft. Worth branch of “Painting With a Twist.”

Andrew K. Currey's most recent solo exhibition, New Alchemy, is a combination of science, religion, and nature in a way that portrays the everyday life of the modern diabetic. These pieces are meant to serve as an ongoing biographical narrative of the artist’s life as a type-one diabetic. Many of the paintings stand as a stark contrast stylistically from the drawings on display. This concept is meant to juxtapose the conflict between the chaos of the disease and the mechanical sterility of the products used to control that chaos. The Artists' use symbolism and visual metaphor to portray a deeper meaning behind insulin injections and blood glucose levels. The most iconographic symbol in these paintings, the honeybee, is what the artist views as having the closest relation to the Diabetic. “What other animal besides the bee spends their life obsessing about the effects of glucose and sugar to their lifestyle?”

New Alchemy also showcases the series, “Memento Mori.” A series of still-life drawings that focus on the medical supplies that assists the diabetic in their existence, destroyed. Derived from the Latin phrase, Memento Mori (translation: “Remember you are mortal.”) is meant to serve as a quiet affirmation of life.