"The dream world of the subconscious is the locus of Andrew Antoniou’s art. He draws upon memory and imagination to create his images, rather than using direct observation and working from life. Like many surrealist artists, his process of forming compositions uses principles of collage – that is, a bringing together of disparate elements, often developed previously in preparatory drawings using different poses or costumes, together in a final composition. Unlike much surrealist art, however, Antontiou’s work presents images that have a strangely convincing quality, defying their absurdity, through the unified quality of his drawing and sense of calm normalcy that his subjects project. His work has moved beyond the randomness of surrealism into a realm of fantasy and imagination that is carefully considered and quite deliberate."
Anne Ryan Curator, Art Gallery of NSW Sydney April 2008