Andrew Hem was born in Cambodia.
At 4 months his parents fled Cambodia from the genocide and ended up in
Los Angeles. By age 12 Andrew started getting into graffiti. He studied
under writers like dzeas, rek2, lifer, and zoueh. He continued graffiti
for about 9 years getting into nothing but trouble. He got introduce to
figure drawing in his last semester in Santa Monica College and knew right
away what he was meant to do. At that moment he changed his major and pursued
the life of an illustrator…
(words taken from his website)

Andrew does not only paint and draw but knows his way in sculpting as well.