Born and raised in Indagen Village in the Sarawaged mountain range of Papua New Guinea, Andrew Bowing is an indigenous artist and singer. A gifted musician, Andrew plays many traditional instruments such as Kundu drums, the bamboo flute and the bamboo mouth organ.

In this tropical environment where the majority of the inhabitants live largely traditional village lifestyles in agricultural societies – Andrew spends much of his time designing and creating bilum bags with locally sourced materials. Drawing, playing guitar and the keyboards are amongst his many other skills.