(Photo by Shawn Rolton)

Safe Little World is the umbrella/background concept, moniker or creative handle for the (visual, conceptual, textual) creative output of New Zealander Andrew Killick.

Andrew was released the same year as Star Wars, 1977, and has lived his entire life in New Zealand. He has an MA (Honours) degree, majoring in English Literature, from the University of Auckland. 

Fascinated by the creative process, he has been actively involved in music, design, photography, video, writing and publishing. 

The Safe Little World concept was first inspired in 2004 by living in the quiet suburban backwater of Bureta, Tauranga. It expanded to take in a wide range of concepts about the safe little worlds we create to give ourselves a sense of security, and beyond.

Informed by a contemplative approach, his work deals with, and grows out of, paradox and the tension and merging of physical and spiritual experiences.

Having participated in various performances and exhibitions, in more recent times his primary medium as become books, published under his own imprint, Shadow Press.

Andrew is also a freelance writer, editor and typesetting specialist, and is a professional publishing manager.

2023: (Art / Poetry) Rain Walk, Safe Little World Monograph 5, published (Sept).

2023: (Art) Singing Ghost Stories poster exhibition, Elements (presented by the Lower Bar Collective), Silo6, Auckland (16 Sept).

2022: (Art) Pride & Refuse, Safe Little World Monograph 4, published (Jul).

2021: (Art) The Ultimate Burn, Safe Little World Monograph 3, a collaboration with Dean Ellery (Receive), published (Nov).

2021: (Art / Academic) Residential Scholarship at Vaughan Park Retreat Centre, Auckland (May).

2020: (Art) Cluster 001, Safe Little World Monograph 2, published (Mar).

2019: (Art) Islands, Safe Little World Monograph 1, published (Apr).

2015: (Art) Pride & Refuse installation, Zeus Gallery, Tauranga (Nov).

2014: (Art) Curated Transitions (experimental music and art event) with the Lower Bar Collective, including the Pride & Refuse installation, Silo6, Auckland (31 Oct - 2 Nov).

2012 - present: (Art) The Lower Bar Collective, audio and visual performances at the Audio Foundation (Auckland), Whammy Bar (Auckland), Silo6 (Auckland Fringe, Transitions & Elements, Auckland), Major Toms (Tauranga), Zeus Gallery (Tauranga), Brewaucracy (Hamilton), and others.

2011: (Art) Shared Spaces, a group exhibition at Draw Inc., Hamilton (14 - 21 Nov).

2005: (Poetry) Epilogue, a collection of Andrew's poems, published.

2003: (Art) Stations of the Cross, a group exhibition at Cityside Church, Auckland.

2000: (Academic) Graduated with a Master of Arts (Honours) in English Literature, University of Auckland.

1997: (Academic) John Tinline Prize in English, University of Auckland.

1996 - 2004: (Poetry) Various live poetry performances, including performing each year at the Parachute Festival, undertaking a range of collaborative projects with musicians and other poets.