Andrew Hemingway was born in Yorkshire in 1955. He attended the Barnsley School of Art, and took his degree in Fine Art and the History of Art at Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, London. In 1976, he received bursaries to Italy (Florence and Rome) and he won a scholarship to Norway in 1978. He taught art at various schools and colleges in England during the late 1970's and early 1980's.

Hemingway has exhibited extensively internationally, and his work can be found in many private collections in Canada, the United States, Australia, South Africa, England, Germany, Japan and Switzerland and Holland.

Andrew Hemingway currently lives and works in Yorkshire, England.