About

Born October 10,1971 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Andrew Katz attended High School at Metairie Park Country Day School. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1995 from the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles, California. At USC he was introduced to welding and forging of steel. He interned in 1994 & 1995 with sculptor, Brad Howe in Los Angeles.

Upon graduation from college Andrew returned to New Orleans to focus on his sculpture career and soon began producing metal sculpture in his own studio. In 1998, Andy took Beginning and Intermediate Glass classes at Tulane with artist and professor, Gene Koss. The following semester he began assisting Koss with teaching classes and making sculpture. Soon Andrew was enrolled as a MFA student at Tulane Receiving his degree in Glass Sculpture in 2003.

Currently, he is working at both Glass Axis in Columbus Ohio and his own studio designing and building sculpture and decorative glass objects.