Andrew Stonyer gained the first PhD for studio-based research in the UK, at Leicester Polytechnic with the Slade School of Fine Art. He has taught in Turkey, Holland, Canada and the United States, as well as Falmouth College of Art. Concurrent to 2000, he was Professor of Fine Art at Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher Education.

Movement is the central theme of his work though he also produces static pieces. A major commission was completed for the Newcastle Metro, that was exhibited as Pulse in 2000 at Falmouth Art Gallery.