{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox artist | name = Andy Council | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | field = Graffiti, Street artist, Bristol underground scene | training = Arts University Oxford | movement = | works = | patrons = | influenced by = | influenced = | awards = | elected = | website = {{URL|andycouncil.co.uk}} }} '''Andy Council''' is an illustrator and graffiti artist from Bristol, UK. Dinosaurs combined with architecture are a common theme of his designs.<ref name="BBC Dec 2010">[https://news.bbc.co.uk/local/bristol/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_9252000/9252147.stm ''Two Bristol artists make mural for M Shed''], BBC Bristol News, 3 December 2010. Retrieved 2011-11-10.</ref>
Council was educated at Arts University Bournemouth where he studied Animation.<ref name="WesternEye 2011">Jenny Pearce [http://www.westerneye.net/westworld/2011/10/andy-council/ ''Andy Council (interview)''], WesternEye - UWE's Student Voice, 26 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-10.</ref>
He has produced work for ''Blender'' magazine, Russian design magazine ''Interni'' and ''The Guardian'' newspaper.<ref name="Blueprint 09">Emma Grit [http://www.blueprintmagazine.co.uk/index.php/art/andy-council-urban-scrawl/ ''Andy Council: Urban Scrawl''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402034612/http://www.blueprintmagazine.co.uk/index.php/art/andy-council-urban-scrawl/ |date=April 2, 2012 }}, Blueprint Magazine, 30 March 2009. Retrieved 2011-11-10.</ref>
In June 2011 Council and artist Luke Palmer created a centerpiece painting for Bristol's new museum, M-Shed. It consisted of a colourful graphic dinosaur made of prominent Bristol buildings, poised over the city skyline.<ref>Jame Lachno [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-reviews/8588781/M-Shed-Bristol-review.html ''M Shed, Bristol, review''], The Telegraph, 21 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-10.</ref>
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== External links == * [http://www.andycouncil.co.uk/ Council's website] * [http://workspiration.org/andy-council Work Inspiration with Andy Council] - Interview on Workspiration.org {{Street_Art}}
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